Northern Ireland Office: Equality

(asked on 19th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the diversity champion is on his departmental board.


Answered by
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Kris Hopkins
This question was answered on 9th January 2017

The Northern Ireland Office recognises the importance of embedding diversity in everything it does. The Permanent Secretary of the NIO, Sir Jonathan Stephens KCB is the overall Diversity Champion at board level.

The PUS is supported in his role as NIO Diversity Champion by the Department’s two directors who champion a number of specific diversity categories. Further details are provided below:

NIO Director

Diversity Category Championed

Colin Perry

  • Black and Minority Ethnic
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender

Mark Larmour

  • Disability
  • Other protected characteristics

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