Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61054 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Stonewall, for what reason that Answer did not include the £1,295 +VAT paid by his Department for staff attendance at Stonewall Leadership Programme in 2020 as per an FOI response in April 2021, reference FOI2021/04447; and whether other funding by his Department to Stonewall was omitted in that Answer.

The additional spend was omitted due to a drafting error.

In the 2017-2018 financial year, an additional £200 + VAT was paid for one ticket to the Stonewall Workplace Conference on 22 September 2017. In the 2018-2019 financial year, an additional £1,495 + VAT was paid for five tickets to the Stonewall Workplace Conference on 27 April 2018. In the 2020-2021 financial year, £1,295 + VAT was paid for a staff member to attend the Stonewall Leadership Programme.