Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints there have been of sexist behaviour in the workplace in HMRC in each of the last five years, by directorate.

Since 2016 there have been 22 complaints of sexist behaviour as detailed below.

On the request to break these figures down further by directorate, releasing this data would breach HMRC’s statutory obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, as it could lead to identification of the individuals concerned.

The figures provided are for formal complaints recorded under the ‘sex’ category, which includes sex discrimination and sexual harassment. It is possible that other complaints may have had an aspect of sexist behaviour, but if it was not the primary reason for the complaint it could have been recorded under a different category.