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Civil Service: Equality

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 14 May 2025UIN 47338

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether decisions on Civil Service equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure will be published in Departmental annual reports; and whether his Department has had discussions with Departmental accounting offi

Answered by Georgia Gould

Due to the timing of the publication of the EDI Expenditure Guidance, reporting external equality, diversity and inclusion spend in Annual Reporting Accounts will be possible from the 2025/2026 financial year.

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