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Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

Asked by Richard FullerConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 August 2026UIN 18542

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED); what the (i) annual employment and (ii) total annual cost incurred is as a result of PSED and compliance with PSED for each of those bodies; what the outputs are from the work of PSED teams and personnel dedicated to PSED; and if they will publish an assessment of their Department's compliance with PSED.

Answered by Department of Health and Social Care

The requested data is not centrally held by the Department, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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