Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

(asked on 19th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who the diversity champion is on his departmental board.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 10th January 2017

All Executive Members of the Departmental Board have a Diversity Champion role as follows:

  • Champion of Champions: Sir Robert Devereux KCB (Permanent Secretary)
  • Social Mobility: Andrew Rhodes (Director General, Operations)
  • Age: Peter Schofield (Director General, Finance Group)
  • Gender: Mayank Prakash (Director General, Digital Group)

Additionally, the following members of the Department’s Executive Team have Diversity Champion roles as follows:

  • Sexual Orientation and Transgender: Jeremy Moore (Director General, Strategy, Policy and Analysis Group)
  • Disability, Health and Wellbeing: Debbie Alder (Director General, Human Resources)
  • Race: Neil Couling (Director General, Universal Credit)
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