Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 29141

Department for Education: Equality

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.

Answer

Janet Daby
The department spent £190,000 on diversity and inclusion learning and development courses in 2024, defined as courses where the main theme of the training is diversity, equality and inclusion.