A question on #CivilServants #Neurodiversity tabled by Lord Patten on 28-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent.

Heading: Civil Servants: Neurodiversity
Question ID: 1790196
UIN: HL6309
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-28
Asking Member ID: 1137
Asking Member display name: Lord Patten
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Patten
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 26 March (HL5733), whether it is their policy that civil servants may self-identify as having a neurodivergent condition.
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Date answered: 2025-04-11
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Answering Member ID: 4508
Answering Member display name: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Answering Member handle: RuthAnderson
Answering Member Twitter reference: @RuthAnderson
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Answer text: All of the demographic questions asked on HR systems are dependent on self-identification. There may be situations where additional information is required about a condition for example to support the provision of reasonable adjustments.This will depend o...
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Answering body ID: 53
Answering body name: Cabinet Office
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