Office for Veterans' Affairs: Ethnic Groups and LGBT+ People
(asked on 22nd June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the number of (a) BAME and (b) LGBT+ staff working in the Office for Veterans' Affairs.
This question was answered on 27th June 2023
As of 22 June 2023 there were 23 Full Time Employees (FTE) in the Office of Veterans’ Affairs (OVA). In order to increase support to veterans, the Government is providing an additional £33 million to the OVA over the next three years.
It is optional for employees to disclose their ethnicity and sexual orientation and disclosing this data could breach the confidentiality of the individuals working in the OVA due to the size of the unit.