Question follow-through · 9023
ICF Consulting Services: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 126609 on ICF Consulting Services: Equality, whether biological men who are non-binary are counted towards the KPI; and what w
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Ofwat: Equality · 12 Jun 2026
- Meat Products: Labelling · 12 Jun 2026
- Written question 11111 · 17 Jun 2026
- Graffiti · 28 Aug 2026
- Dairy Products and Meat: Consumption · 28 Aug 2026
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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
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 126609 on ICF Consulting Services: Equality, whether biological men who are non-binary are counted towards the KPI; and what w
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
All non-binary individuals are counted in the KPI. The KPI referenced in Defra’s contract with ICF does not mandate that 50% or more of professional staff within the core team for service orders be female or non-binary, nor does it set any minimum staffin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ofwat: Equality
12 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 107386 on Ofwat, for what reason that spending was not included in the Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equal
Meat Products: Labelling
12 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether plant-based and cultivated meat products will be allowed to be marketed with such terminology as a consequence of dynamic alignment with EU law.
Written question 11111
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) plant-based and (b) cultivated meat products will be continue to be marketed as such given dynamic alignment with EU law.
Graffiti
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statistics the Government collects on (a) graffiti incidents, (b) Fixed Penalty Notices for graffiti offence in lieu of prosecution and (c) graffiti prosecutions in court.
Dairy Products and Meat: Consumption
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has a target to reduce (a) meat and (b) dairy consumption.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: International Cooperation
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 23 July 2026, to Question 18831, on Rural Affairs: International Cooperation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreements of (a) environmental co
Kunle Barker
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which Board committees and subcommittees Kunle Barker has been appointed following his appointment to the Board of Natural England.
Angling: Licensing
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14619, on Angling: Licensing, if she will provide a relevant hyperlink for the Cabinet Office spend control approval published by the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14616, on DEFRA: Secondment, if she will name the (a) 45 organisations that were seconded from DEFRA and (b) 22 organisations which w
Kunle Barker
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what interests Kunle Barker has declared upon appointment to the Board of Natural England.
Ofwat: Equality
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15238 on Ofwat: Equality, if she will list the Cultural Calendar Club events led by Powered by Diversity; and for what reason Permanen
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Marketing
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 15567, on DEFRA: Marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise in the last six months.