Department for Education: Civil Service

(asked on 5th November 2025) - View Source
Questioner
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
(Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the titles of all the events organised by Civil Service networks in her Department since 2017.

Answered by
Olivia Bailey Portrait
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 17th November 2025

The department does not hold a comprehensive record of all events organised by Civil Service networks since 2017. However, we are able to provide a list of Civil Service network events that were advertised within the department from 2020 onwards. It is important to note that whilst these events were shared with staff, we cannot confirm whether they were organised by departmental colleagues as part of their participation in cross-Civil Service networks, or whether they were arranged independently by the networks and simply shared with departmental colleagues.

The following events were advertised within the department:

  • October 2020: Cross-network Black History Month launch (Civil Service Race Forum).
  • 26 November 2020: Celebrating Carers (Civil Service Carers Network).
  • 4 December 2020: Disability and Accessibility in the Civil Service (Civil Service Disability Network).
  • 25 February 2021: LGBT+ History Month – Section 28 and its Legacy (Civil Service LGBT+ Network).
  • 3 March 2021: Eating Disorders Awareness Week (Civil Service Eating Disorder Network).
  • 4 March 2021: Eating Disorder Ask an Expert (Civil Service Eating Disorder Network).
  • 10 June 2021: Young Adult Carers in the Civil Service (Civil Service Carers Network).
  • 24 December 2021: Whitehall Carol Service (Christians in Government).
  • 25 January 2022: Holocaust Memorial Day (Civil Service Jewish Network).
  • 17 February 2022: From Sad to Glad (Christians in Government).
  • 3 March 2022: From Panic to Peace (Christians in Government).
  • 17 March 2022: From Loathing to Living (Christians in Government).
  • 31 March 2022: From Despair to Hope (Christians in Government).
  • 27 March 2023: Whitehall Easter Service (DfE Christian Network and Christians in Government UK).
  • 14 December 2023: BSL Christmas Coffee Morning (Civil Service Deaf and Hard of Hearing Network).
  • 30 April 2025: Climate and Environment Awareness Session (Civil Service Climate and Environment Network).
  • 17 October 2025: Black History Month – Raising Black Achievement (Civil Service Race Forum).
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