A question on #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #Equality tabled by Rupert Lowe on 18-12-2024 has been answered by Catherine West.

Heading: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality
Question ID: 1751231
UIN: 21136
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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, 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: 2025-01-10
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Answering Member ID: 4523
Answering Member display name: Catherine West
Answering Member handle: catherinewest1
Answering Member Twitter reference: @catherinewest1
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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: 208
Answering body name: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tweeted: true