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Civil Service: Equality

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 28 January 2026UIN 107035

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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 88700 on Civil Service: Equality, whether the civil servants attended the humanists convention using staff time or annual leave.

Answered by Ian Murray

Pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 the Civil Servant who attended the Humanist Convention did so in working time.

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