Written questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality

Lords · Question HL1117 · Tabled 13 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 26 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Lord Farmer

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 7 August (HL344), how many staff in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours

Answer

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington, 26 Sep 2024

The FCDO has 17 Staff Networks which relate to protected characteristics defined in the 2010 Equality Act, related characteristics referenced in the Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion Strategy, and FCDO specific groups for topics experienced as a glo...