Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 71199

Government Departments: Gender

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason page 38 of the document entitled Government Function: People, Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework, updated on 30 June 2025, refers to gender rather than sex.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The document entitled Government Function: People, Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework uses the term gender on the basis that this refers to the legally required business publication of Gender Pay Gap reporting as per the Equality Act 2010.