Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30 September 2024 to HL1115 Home Office: Equality, how many staff in his Department have been permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours since 1 January 2025.

The requested data is not readily available and could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

The majority of staff time spent on diversity staff networks is voluntary and unpaid.