Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 29146 on Department for Work and Pensions: Equality, if she will list (a) each item of expenditure on (i) specific equality and diversity training needs and (ii) external memberships and (b) the titles of any training courses undertaken by her staff in relation to equality and diversity-related training in the 2023-24 financial year.

DWP is committed to being an inclusive employer with a workforce that is representative of the communities and customers we serve. To support with these commitments, we have invested a total of £69,198 in supporting our employees with specific equality and diversity related external memberships and training within the 2023-2024 financial year, the breakdown of which is below:

In addition, the DWP Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) internal e-learning module is mandatory for all new starters during their induction and aims to increase important knowledge of the PSED legal duties incumbent on colleagues both at an individual level and DWP at a collective level.

All new starters are also required to complete Civil Service Expectations training. This learning helps colleagues understand the behaviours expected of all Civil Servants and summarises the legislation that informs our work, policy and services for citizens. It is mandatory learning for all new Civil Servants at all grades. There are no associated costs for this training.