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Department for Transport: Equality

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 10 January 2025UIN 21133

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.

Answered by Mike Kane

Seven officials have been hired by the Department at AO and EO grades via the Civil Service ‘Going Forward into Employment’ schemes in the last financial year.

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