Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2024 to Question 15472 on Department for Work and Pensions: Equality, which teams across his Department hold that information.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Under Public Sector Equality Legislation every person working for the department has a personal responsibility for implementing and promoting commitment to equality in their day-to-day dealings with everyone – including members of the public, other colleagues, employers and partners.
The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team are responsible for providing advice on Equality Analysis where activity is colleague facing.
For customer focussed work, the responsibility sits across multiple teams in Policy and Service Delivery.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra has a specialist HR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Team made up of 11 full-time equivalent posts. In addition, the Farming and Countryside Programme has two posts which include EDI in their job titles. All roles are internally focused.
The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all activities that support the EDI of the workforce, through the review of EDI spending announced last June.
As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for the Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department currently has seven roles with job titles that include the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT and race. These roles sit within policy areas linked to supporting the Department’s work externally, and are not internally or HR focussed.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in the Office for Students have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department does not hold this information. The job titles of staff at the Office for Students are a matter for the Office for Students.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
As of 31st January 2024, there were four members of staff employed in the central Department (DfTc) which have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion and / or (d) gender. There were no job titles that include the words (e) LGBT or (f) race. Three of these roles relate to access to transport.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many staff in (a) UKRI and (b) each of the Research Councils have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
UKRI’s workforce, including the Research Councils, consists of 8,733 people. Of this total, 22 have the search terms requested in their job title. Not all of the roles are full time.
The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all activities that support the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) of the workforce, through the review of EDI spending announced last June. As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in (a) Defence Equipment & Support and (b) the Submarine Delivery Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Staff employed by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) have both a Success Profile and an Email Tally. Success Profiles provide outlines of roles, key responsibilities and formal qualifications needed, as well as required technical competences and behaviours, which are aligned to wider Civil Service behaviours. No DE&S or SDA Success Profile includes the words 'equality', 'diversity', 'inclusion', 'gender', 'LGBT' or 'race'.
Email Tallies are short summaries of an individual's current team and role which appear after their name in the Ministry of Defence's Global Address List. While staff will be formally assigned to a Success Profile on joining either DE&S or SDA, Email Tallies may be amended to reflect changes to the nature of an individual's role over time.
In total fewer than 15 members of staff across DE&S and SDA have Email Tallies that include either the word 'diversity' and/or the word 'inclusion', or abbreviations thereof. No Email Tallies in either DE&S or SDA include the words 'equality', 'gender', 'LGBT' or 'race'.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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 Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's question. I will write to him when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in the Education and Skills Funding Agency have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The department does not hold the information requested. The department does not hold information on job titles, as the department’s records are by job grade only.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in HS2 Ltd have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
HS2 Ltd has four job titles which contain the words “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. No jobs within HS2 Ltd have any of the words ‘gender’, ‘LGBT’ or ‘race’ in their title.