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<p>The Civil Service Talent Action Plan, published in 2014, included a requirement
that all civil servants complete learning on unconscious bias. Online learning was
made available via Civil Service Learning (CSL) for all staff and a face to face course
for the Senior Civil Service (SCS). As part of the introduction of the CSL Learning
Platform for Government website in Autumn 2019, MHCLG has set an updated curriculum
which outlines 'required' learning for all staff, including the SCS. This is inclusive
of an e-learning course on Diversity and Inclusion, which includes 4 modules covering
unconscious bias in various contexts (e.g. recruitment) and a stand-alone course on
unconscious bias. There is no cost per use charge to the Department for online learning;
data on spend in relation to these courses is therefore not held centrally and to
gather the data for the whole department would exceed the disproportionate cost limit.</p>
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