Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what (a) programmes and (b) grants funding has been provided.

DWP are no longer Stonewall Diversity Champions. The department withdrew from its membership to the programme from April 2022.

a) In the last 5 years DWP has paid a total of £11,440.00 to Stonewall for its membership to their Diversity Champion’s Programme and services provided.

2023/2024 £460.00 leadership course

2022/2023 Nil

2021/2022 £3,000.00 membership (including VAT) plus £750 for conference

2020/2021 £3,000.00 membership (including VAT) plus £750 for conference

2019/2020 £3,000.00 membership (including VAT) plus £480 for event

b) DWP has not paid any money to Stonewall in the form of grant funding in the last 5 years.