Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the titles of all the events organised by Civil Service networks in his Department since 2017.

Staff networks are collaborative volunteer networks, organised by staff themselves rather than the department. The Civil Service Network Policy was launched in September 2025 to ensure that networks can continue to support staff in a number of areas as well as ensuring that they support a productive working environment and their activities remain within the Civil Service Code. This will be adopted in full by the Cabinet Office.

Events are organised by staff themselves, not the department.

We are aware of the following events networks listed below, organised in 2024 & 2025.

LGBT+ Network

• CO LGBT Network - Network Listening Circle, 13 May 2025

• CO LGBT+ Network - Network Committee Meeting, 20 May 2025

• CO LGBT+ Network - Network Listening Circle, 28 May 2025

Carers Network

• Parent Carer drop in session, 04 December 2024

• CO Carers Network: Virtual Coffee December, 17 December 2024

• Parent Carer drop in session, January 2025 (no specific date provided)

• CO Carers Network: Virtual Coffee, 21 January 2025

• CO Carers Network: Virtual Coffee, February 2025 (no specific date provided)

• Carer drop-in session, March 2025 (no specific date provided)

• Parent Carer drop in session International Women's Day, March 2025 (no specific date provided)

• Parent Carer drop in (caring for children with complex needs), 9 April 2025,

• Carer Drop in session, 15 April 2025

• CO Carers Network - Virtual Coffee, 20 May 2025

• Parent Carer drop in (caring for children with complex needs), May, June. July, August, September, October and November 2025 (no specific date provided)

• Carer Drop in session, 17 June 2025

• Carer Drop in session, 15 July 2025

• Carer Drop in session, 19 August 2025

• Carer Drop in session, 16 September 2025

• Carer Drop in session, 21 Oct 2025

Menopause Network

• Menopause support group run monthly since 29 July 2024

Cabinet Office RACE network

• Virtual Coffee breaks, 7th & 14th April 2025

• Weekly Coffee breaks - Weekly on Mondays

Social Mobility network

• Overcoming Barriers Social Mobility Workshop in Glasgow - An interactive workshop specifically addressing real barriers faced by real people, 1st June 2025

CO Disability network (ABLE)

• ABLE drop in session, 21st May 2025

Faith and Belief Network (FAB)

• Building bridges over troubled waters: the work of the Jewish Muslim Women’s Network Nisa-Nashim, Tuesday 17 December 2024

Age Network

• Civil Service pensions - an understanding, 16 Oct 2025