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Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.
The department has 5 or less roles that are primarily focused on Equality, diversity and inclusion. The combined annual salary of these roles is £135,153.
How many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.
The Department for Transport does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost. Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts.
How many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.
Dedicated EDI staff help DWP comply with equality legislation, making sure that vulnerable customers are supported. Proactive EDI initiatives can help prevent issues related to discrimination or exclusion, reducing grievances and costly disputes. As of December 2025, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) employed 84,373.2 paid full-time equivalent (FTE) staff. There are no roles within the Department that are primarily focused on transgender policy.Roles considered to be primarily focused on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are as follows: 1 x Grade 6 – 0.86 FTE8 x Grade 7 – 8 FTE6 x Senior Executive Officers (SEO) – 5.3 FTE This constitutes a total of 14.16 FTE staff, which represents approximately 0.02% of the Department’s total Paid FTE workforce as being EDI focused. The annual expenditure associated with the salaries for staff whose roles are primarily focused on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (based on People & Capability Annual Average Salary and including employer pension and NI contributions) amounts to approximately £1,121,565.
Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.
The team responsible for policies relating to equity, diversity, and inclusion do not align roles to single protected characteristics. As of 31 December 2025, there were six employees (with a full-time equivalent of 6.0) on payroll in this team. The annual salary for the six employees totalled £302,927.
How many civil servants employed by their Department work in roles primarily focused on (a) transgender policy, (b) diversity, (c) equity and (d) inclusion; and at what annual salary cost.
While the Department employs civil servants whose roles include work on transgender policy, diversity, equality, and inclusion, there are currently no civil servants who work in roles primarily focused on all these areas. As such, the total annual salary cost is £0.
Innovation and Technology, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold a central record of feasibility studies undertaken for projects that subsequently did not proceed. Identifying the total cost over the last five years would require manual review of records across multiple directorates, our partner bodies and programmes, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Where appropriate, feasibility work is undertaken as part of standard business‑case development to inform decisions and ensure value for money.
Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The Scotland Office can confirm that the cost over the last five years of conducting feasibility studies is nil.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested is not centrally held in an accessible form.Due to this any response could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) manages its projects in accordance with the principles of HM Treasury’s Managing Public Money to ensure the effective and efficient use of public funds.Following a review of departmental records for the last five years, the Northern Ireland Office has no such costs to report.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not hold this information centrally. The information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Feasibility studies are an essential tool to avoid committing funds to unsuitable projects and their use is considered as part of routine project management.As this is not centrally held, it is not possible to provide this information without incurring disproportionate cost.
Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost to the Department.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested is not held as we do not track costs in this way.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Feasibility studies are a routine part of the Department’s approach to assessing potential transport projects, and the associated costs are managed within individual programme budgets rather than held in a single collated dataset. These studies are conducted across a wide range of programmes, and where work does not lead to a project progressing, the expenditure remains part of normal project development activity. Producing a total figure for feasibility studies undertaken over the past five years for projects that did not proceed would therefore require a disproportionate manual review of programme‑level records.
What the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The Attorney General’s Office has not conducted any feasibility studies within the time period, as such there has been no cost to the public purse.
Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.