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
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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
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Recorded timeline
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
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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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.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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