Question follow-through · 47338
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether decisions on Civil Service equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure will be published in Departmental annual reports; and whether his Department has had discussions with Departmental accounting offi
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether decisions on Civil Service equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure will be published in Departmental annual reports; and whether his Department has had discussions with Departmental accounting offi
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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14 May 2025
Answer published
Due to the timing of the publication of the EDI Expenditure Guidance, reporting external equality, diversity and inclusion spend in Annual Reporting Accounts will be possible from the 2025/2026 financial year.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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