Question follow-through · 117669
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition. C...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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