Civil Service: Equality
(asked on 17th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of 30 May 2025, if he will list (a) the suppliers and (b) a breakdown of the expenditure related to the £3,779 of expenditure on (i) LGBT+ and (ii) Humanists’ Convention.
Answered by
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 22nd July 2025
See below the suppliers and a breakdown on the expenditure requested:
| Description | Spend | Supplier |
| Carers UK Membership | £2,500 | Carers UK |
| Rainbow Flag | £350 | This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost to the department |
| Rainbow Pins | £225 | This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost to the department |
| Catering for Ramadan Event | £400 | This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost to the department |
| Holocaust Memorial Day event (train ticket for Speaker) | £160 | Train Ticket Reimbursed to an External Speaker |
| Humanists Convention | £144 | Humanists UK |