Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what methodology her Department used to assess bid applications for the school-based nursery capital grant.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Bid applications for the school-based nursery capital grant were assessed on four key criteria: project overview and value for money, local need for childcare, approach to early years education and management of provision.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many (a) weeks in the year and (b) hours each week recipients of the school-based nursery capital grant will be open.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The school-based nursery capital grant is capital funding awarded to schools to repurpose spare space in school buildings for the purpose of creating, or expanding, nursery provision.

All schools, including those in receipt of the school-based nursery capital grant, will report termly through the school census details of all registered pupils who take up any of the funded entitlements to free education within that school. All schools are also required to report annually on the types of childcare offered, for example, before school, after school, holiday and under five. The information collected includes the opening and closing time as well as the number of weeks opened.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the schools chosen to take part in the Breakfast clubs early adopters pilot already have a breakfast club; and how many already have a free breakfast club.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

I refer the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston to the answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 34817.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answers of 1 March 2024 to Questions 15743 and 15744, how many staff in (a) her Department, (b) Arts Council England and (c) the National Lottery Community Fund have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The requested figures are

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2024 to Question 15748, how many staff in (a) The Ministry of Defence (b) Defence Equipment & Support and (c) the Submarine Delivery Agency have email tallies which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.

Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 26 September 2024 to Question 1555.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 December 2024 to Question 19000 on Social Services, when the report on the adult social care relative needs formula will be made available on the Adult Social Care Policy Research Unit Website.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department of Health and Social Care is still considering this research as part of its ongoing policy work. We are working closely the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the role of a specific adult social care funding formula was considered within the consultation Local authority funding reform: objectives and principles, published on 18 December 2024 and closed on 12 February 2025. We will update further in due course.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) HMRC have job titles that include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.

Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury has a headcount of 2 staff who have (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT or (vi) race in their job title.

HMRC has a headcount of 12 staff who have (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race in their job title

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students (a) joined and (b) left each state school mid-year in each of the last three years.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Information on the number of pupils in England as at January is published annually in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ accredited official statistics publication, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2023-24.

These statistics do not include pupil movements within the school year.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer he was given by my predecessor on 4 March 2024 in response to the same question (PQ UIN 15470).

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work in her Department's (a) Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team and (b) specialist equalities unit.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

DWP currently employs 28.74 full time equivalent employees in its Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing teams. The department does not have a specialist equalities unit.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) HS2 Ltd have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

As of the latest available data:

(a) Department for Transport (DfTc) A total of 9 staff have job titles that include at least one of the specified terms:

• Inclusion: 6

• Diversity: 4

• Equality: 1

• Gender: 0

• LGBT: 0

• Race: 0

Please note: Some roles contain more than one of the listed terms. For example, “Diversity and Inclusion Partner” includes both “diversity” and “inclusion” and therefore contributes to both counts.

(b) HS2 Ltd A total of 10 staff have job titles with at least one of the terms:

• Inclusion: 10

• Diversity: 3

• Equality: 3

• Gender: 0

• LGBT: 0

• Race: 0

As with DfTc, some job titles are counted under multiple categories if they contain more than one relevant term.

Question

To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many confirmations there were in each year since 1994.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

Data for 2024 is still being analysed and is not yet available for publication.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race in the (i) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, (ii) Civil Nuclear Police Authority and (iii) UK Atomic Energy Authority.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have 4 roles that include "diversity and inclusion" as their job title’

The CNC have 5 roles with the acronym EDI in the job title (Equality Diversity and Inclusion).

The UKAEA manages Equality, Diversity and Inclusion alongside Wellbeing, and there are 3 members of staff who have the words 'equality,' 'diversity' and 'inclusion' plus wellbeing in their job titles.

There are no roles with the words gender, LGBT or race in the job titles.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff in his Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has fewer than five staff with job titles that include the words equality, diversity, inclusion gender, LGBT or race. These roles play an important part in the Department’s commitment to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to mark the 200th anniversary of the Rainhill trials.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Whilst it doesn't form part of the bi-centenary celebrations, the Railway 200 team in Network Rail are working with local stakeholders to support their plans to mark the 2029 anniversary of the Rainhill Trials.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in his Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

In DBT, we do not have any roles in HR or Corporate Services with job titles which include the words ‘equality’, ‘diversity’, ‘inclusion’, ‘gender’, ‘LGBT’ or ‘race’.

Within our Trade Policy, Implementation and Negotiations Group (TPIN), we have 8 roles which include the word ‘gender’ in the job titles – these roles cover FTA chapters rather than a corporate/HR role.

Within our Domestic and International Markets and Exports Group (DIME), we have one role which includes the word ‘diversity’ in the job title – this role is an administrative one as of the King’s Award for Enterprise Team.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 17002, how many staff in her Department, excluding its public bodies, have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

This information is not held centrally.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

There are 6 full time equivalents working in standalone EDI roles. Otherwise, this information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.