Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 21132
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Equality
Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 10 January 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer
Feryal ClarkAll 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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