Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) uses the Civil Service Learning Frameworks for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion training for our people.
The financial information held by the department is limited to customer or supplier. The core department spent £1,246,267.27 with the Civil Service Learning Framework supplier. The department is not able identify how much the department has spent specifically on diversity, equality and inclusion training because our financial reports do not provide course titles.
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