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<p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July
2016. Bullying or harassment is not tolerated at BEIS. BEIS is taking active steps
where needed to address any issues, and is one of the best performing departments
in government with regards to creating an inclusive culture, as highlighted by the
cross-civil service people survey results.</p><p>Below are the figures for the number
of bullying and/or harassment cases recorded against members of BEIS staff where advice
and guidance was sought from our HR Casework Services team. We do not hold information
centrally on whether the staff against whom the allegations were made were managers
at the time of the case being raised.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
2016 – December 2016</p></td><td><p>1 (0.03% of BEIS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2017 – December 2017</p></td><td><p>5 (0.13% of BEIS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2018 – December 2018</p></td><td><p>11 (0.28% of BEIS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2019 – end April 2019</p></td><td><p>4 (0.10% of BEIS)</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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