Written Question·Home Office·UIN 21138

Home Office: Equality

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 9 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
All 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.