Question follow-through · 80908

Women: Career Development

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle gender-bias as a barrier to leadership progression for women.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle gender-bias as a barrier to leadership progression for women.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to supporting women to thrive in all areas of their lives. Supporting women into leadership is vital to the economy. This is why the government has recently refreshed the Women’s Business Council (WBC) which works to maximise w...

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