Department for Work and Pensions: Sexual Harassment
Commons · Question 16326 · Tabled 26 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incidents of sexual harassment have been formally reported in her Department in each of the last five years; and what steps her Department is taking to estimate the number of such cases that ar
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 4 Dec 2024
All formal cases of harassment, bullying and discrimination are required to be flagged with the DWP’s expert HR Investigation Service. In the past year (Dec 23 - Nov 24) the HR Investigation Service has investigated 24 cases of alleged sexual harassment. ...