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Department for Education: Staff

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 10 November 2025UIN 85867

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people work in her Department's (a) Human Resources and Transformation Directorate and (b) Public Sector Equality Duty team.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

As at the end of October 2025, the full-time equivalent (FTE) headcount of the department’s Human Resources Directorate was 139.

Public Sector Equality Duty work in the department sits within the department's central Strategy Group and is resourced by 1.7 FTE staff. In addition, the department has a model of maintaining dispersed capacity across the department to comply with its duties.

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