Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in (i) her Department and (ii) research and STEM workplaces.

Bullying and harassment, of any type, is unacceptable and must be eliminated. DSIT provides a range of support to staff, such as access to Fair Treatment Ambassadors and its Employee Assistance Programme.

UKRI convenes the sector Forum for Tackling Bullying and Harassment  which aims to tackle bullying and harassment in the research and innovation sector by driving culture and environmental change across the system.