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Government Departments: Equality

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 29 May 2025UIN 53540

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 52340 on Government Departments: Equality, in which departments have decisions on EDI spending controls been delegated to their Permanent Secretary.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The following Departments have formally informed the Cabinet Office that their Minister has delegated the decision to approve external Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) expenditure to the Permanent Secretary:

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • HM Treasury

  • Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Cabinet Office

  • Home Office

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Department for Transport

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