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Department for Business and Trade: Equality

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 September 2024UIN 5180

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.

Answered by Justin Madders

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.

Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts.

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