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<p>Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service.</p><p>
</p><p>The Department for Education has highlighted tackling bullying and harassment
as one of its three diversity and inclusion priorities for 2019. It recently appointed
fair treatment ambassadors on all of its sites to provide support and advice to people
who report bullying or harassment, and has also provided training for managers on
inclusive leadership, disability awareness and unconscious bias.</p><p> </p><p>In
the most recent People Survey, 11% of respondents across the Civil Service, on average,
told us that they had experienced bullying or harassment at work in the 12 months
preceding the survey. Whilst this figure has remained stable since 2016, we recognise
that certain groups of staff are more likely to say than others that they have experienced
this type of unacceptable behaviour. This includes staff members with long-term limiting
conditions who, in the vast majority of departments and agencies, were more likely
to say that they had been bullied or harassed in the last 12 months than staff members
with no long-term limiting conditions. We are strengthening the routes for staff to
report bullying and harassment to make sure that all staff are fully supported throughout
the process and to make sure that the cultures are positive and inclusive.</p><p>
</p><p>The high level People Survey results for each organisation, including reported
rates of bullying and harassment, were published last December on GOV.UK. Each spring,
the Cabinet Office conducts and publishes a range of further analysis on the People
Survey responses, including the results by gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and
health status. Similar analysis will be conducted again this year and made available
on GOV.UK. In the meantime, the results for the 2017 survey are summarised in the
attached table. A copy of this table has been placed in the Houses of both Libraries.</p><p>
</p><p>Data on health status for the Civil Service People Survey 2017, which are arranged
by organisation, can be found in the attached table. Long-term health status is captured
in the People Survey through questions J04 and J04A. J04 asks if the individual has
a "long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or
disability?" and, if they answer yes, J04A asks whether their condition, illness
or disability has an impact on their daily activity or the work they can do.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Results are aggregated in to two broad categories: "No
long-term limiting condition", combining those who answer No to either J04 or
J04A; and, "Long-term limiting condition", those who answer Yes to J04 and
who answer that their condition limits what they can do either "a little"
or "a lot" at J04A.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
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