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Department for Education: Equality

Question for Department for Education

UIN 38858, tabled on 17 March 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

Answered on

29 March 2025

The department has not made an estimate on the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles on our annual staffing costs.

More information on the Civil Service Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Expenditure guidance, published in May 2024, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-expenditure-guidance.