Question follow-through · 76829

Arms Length Bodies: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, published on 30 May 2025, whether his Department holds data on arm’s length bodies expenditure authorised

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
12 Sept 2025
Target answer date
16 Sept 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 39 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, published on 30 May 2025, whether his Department holds data on arm’s length bodies expenditure authorised

  2. 16 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Expenditure which is exempted under the requirements of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Expenditure Guidance must be reported to the Cabinet Office by departments and ALBs who employ civil servants.Reported expenditure is published annually.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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