Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question HL1058 on Civil Service: Equality, whether the exemptions process applies to arm's length bodies.

Yes. As paragraph 4 of the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance makes clear, the same exemptions process applies to Civil Service arm’s-length bodies, except the ALB’s Principal Accounting Officer, in consultation with the Board, must authorise the expenditure.