Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.

The Department collects data to enable monitoring of our policies and action plans in compliance with 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code. The Department holds regular meetings with the trade unions on a monthly basis where routine information is shared. In addition, trade unions can access a range of Human Resources information published on the Department's intranet.

The Department also publishes detailed workforce data covering age, gender, ethnic origin, disability, and other protected characteristics as part of the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty Report that is publicly available on the GOV.UK website.