Daniel Zeichner corrected a written answer on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality

8 May 2025 · Commons written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neil O'Brien (Conservative, Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) asked written question 45822 on 17 April 2025. Daniel Zeichner answered on 8 May 2025 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Daniel Zeichner corrected the answer on 8 May 2025. The corrected text no longer gives the figure £80million. Altogether 102 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~The Government~~ is focused on supporting trade opportunities for the UK’s world class agri-food sector. We are working hard to secure new agreements, including an SPS agreement with the EU, and to resolve export barriers. Our network of 16 agri-food attaches resolve barriers around the world and support UK companies deliver growth and capitalise on strong global demand for UK products. Last year we resolved an export barrier nearly every week, including securing access to the US market for UK beetroot growers and resuming pork exports to China for major UK producers, which industry estimates are worth £80million.	This information is not held centrally.

Original

Corrected

~~The Government~~ is focused on supporting trade opportunities for the UK’s world class agri-food sector. We are working hard to secure new agreements, including an SPS agreement with the EU, and to resolve export barriers. Our network of 16 agri-food attaches resolve barriers around the world and support UK companies deliver growth and capitalise on strong global demand for UK products. Last year we resolved an export barrier nearly every week, including securing access to the US market for UK beetroot growers and resuming pork exports to China for major UK producers, which industry estimates are worth £80million.

This information is not held centrally.

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Receipt

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Date read	15 October 2026
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