Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 107035

Civil Service: Equality

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 88700 on Civil Service: Equality, whether the civil servants attended the humanists convention using staff time or annual leave.

Answer

Ian Murray

Pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 the Civil Servant who attended the Humanist Convention did so in working time.