Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are employed in equality, diversity and inclusion roles by NHS England.

NHS England, Health Education England, and NHS Digital have legally merged into the new NHS England. NHS England is still in the process of completing the merger. As part of the merger, NHS England has cut the number of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) posts by more than a third. The remaining posts help the National Health Service meet its legal duties set out for public bodies in the Equality Act 2010, through the public sector equality duty and the principles that guide the NHS Constitution. Areas include discrimination against disabled staff and sexual safety of staff.