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Department for Business and Trade: Equality

Asked by Greg SmithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 December 2024UIN 18184

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has a gender action plan.

Answered by Justin Madders

This Government is committed to closing the gender pay gap.

The Department for Business and Trade has recently finalised a Gender Pay Gap Action Plan in response to the 2024 gender pay gap findings which will be published as part of the Department’s annual report in December 2024. The Gender Pay Gap Action Plan aligns with the strategic objectives set out in the Department’s Diversity and Inclusion Framework (2024-28) which was introduced in May 2024.

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