Question follow-through · 106725

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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: Home Office
Tabled: 19 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 21 Jan 2026
Answer: 29 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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.
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2026
Answer published
There are no roles primarily focused on transgender policy.Within central HR there are 18 roles primarily focused on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) - a total of 16.06 FTE.The total aggregate annual salary cost based on the latest reporting period...

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