Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 35959

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

Conservative — Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have been permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
The majority of staff time spent on diversity staff networks is voluntary and unpaid. We have 11 staff in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport who have been permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours.