Question follow-through · 119213
Department for Education: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 Education
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 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.Co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Further Education: Lincolnshire
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the availability of post-16 provision in Lincolnshire.
Department for Education: Redundancy Pay
18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Special Educational Needs: Pre-school Education
18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure access for pre-school children with additional needs to nursery places in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Department for Education: Social Media
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has paid for followers on social media platforms it uses.
Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence
17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Department for Education: Training
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a list of training programmes used by civil servants in her department since 2020.
Private Education: Lincolnshire
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional teachers funded in Lincolnshire with the proceeds from VAT on school fees.
Special Educational Needs: Lincolnshire
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to support SEND pupils in Lincolnshire with their studies.
Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department permits (1) Ministers, (2) Special advisers and (3) officials to use (a) Chat GPT, (b) Google Gemini, (c) Claude, (d) Deepseek and (e) Grok as part of their official duties.
Department for Education: Streaming
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.
Department for Education: Remote Working
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
Further Education: Lincolnshire
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing for post-16 education providers in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.