Question follow-through · 106714

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
27 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    We cannot provide the number and salary of staff who are employed in roles primarily focussed on a combination of diversity, equity and inclusion. Doing so would breach the Data Protection Act and risk identifying individual members of staff because the d...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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