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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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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  1. 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,

  2. 15 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 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, ...

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