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Treasury: Equality

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainTreasuryTabled Answered 7 January 2025UIN 21137

The question

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

Answered by James Murray

There have been no job opportunities restricted to certain groups through positive action schemes based around race, sex or other characteristics in the last financial year. HM Treasury works within the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.

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