| Heading: |
Civil Servants: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1743690 |
| UIN: |
HL2771 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4174 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Stedman-Scott
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Baroness Stedman-Scott
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on positive action, affirmative action, and positive discrimination, in relation to protected characteristics in Civil Service recruitment. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answer text: |
Decisions on recruitment are delegated to departments. They are responsible for ensuring their policies are compliant with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and any other relevant legislation such as, in this instance, the Equality Act... |
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| Answering body ID: |
53 |
| Answering body name: |
Cabinet Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |