Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Competition Service spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

The Competition Service had a nil spend on any specific equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year. The organisation uses an on-line training platform which has access to a variety of workplace courses - including courses on equality, diversity and inclusion. The annual cost of this product to the Competition Service was £2,137.50, excluding VAT.