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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of the civil servants and advisors working on the industrial strategy are women.

The Industrial Strategy has been developed across Government, with many civil servants working directly or indirectly on it. Therefore we are unable to provide the figures requested without incurring disproportionate cost.

An inclusive economic policy is of the highest importance to the success of the Industrial Strategy, my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Small Firms and I have engaged with a broad range of stakeholders, including women’s organisations, to ensure that we could understand and consider key issues.