Question follow-through · 126609
ICF Consulting Services: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the government transparency data, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments,
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the government transparency data, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments,
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
The referenced KPI in Defra’s contract with ICF does not require the supplier to ensure that 50% or more of professional staff within the core team for service orders are female or non-binary, nor does it impose any minimum staffing requirement. Instead, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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