Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) HS2 Ltd have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.

As of the latest available data:

(a) Department for Transport (DfTc) A total of 9 staff have job titles that include at least one of the specified terms:

• Inclusion: 6

• Diversity: 4

• Equality: 1

• Gender: 0

• LGBT: 0

• Race: 0

Please note: Some roles contain more than one of the listed terms. For example, “Diversity and Inclusion Partner” includes both “diversity” and “inclusion” and therefore contributes to both counts.

(b) HS2 Ltd A total of 10 staff have job titles with at least one of the terms:

• Inclusion: 10

• Diversity: 3

• Equality: 3

• Gender: 0

• LGBT: 0

• Race: 0

As with DfTc, some job titles are counted under multiple categories if they contain more than one relevant term.