Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been identified as not being suitable to invite to speak at Government events following the vetting of their social media histories; and if she will publish the names of those individuals.

It is not our intention to publish the guidance, as cross departmental networks may wish to adapt it.

We do not collate information on the number of people who are identified as unsuitable for speaking at Government events, nor would we publish the names of these individuals.

Civil Service Human Resources who sit within the Cabinet Office developed the guidance for all Cross-Government Diversity networks, and this requires the networks to carry out checks on external speakers prior to inviting them to participate in Civil Service events.