Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15471 on Ministry of Justice: Equality, how many staff in his Department, excluding its public bodies, have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirms that seven job titles including the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race exist in the department (excluding public bodies). As of end of September 2023, the published headcount number for MoJ HQ is 7,263, though these staff provide strategic advice to the nearly 100,000 people employed by the MoJ and its public bodies.