A question on #ScotlandOffice #Equality tabled by Rupert Lowe on 18-12-2024 has been answered by Ian Murray.

Heading: Scotland Office: Equality
Question ID: 1751240
UIN: 21145
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-12-18
Asking Member ID: 5158
Asking Member display name: Rupert Lowe
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rupert Lowe
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
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Date answered: 2025-01-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 3966
Answering Member display name: Ian Murray
Answering Member handle: IanMurrayMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @IanMurrayMP
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Answer text: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posit...
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Answering body ID: 2
Answering body name: Scotland Office
Tweeted: true