Intimidation

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her most recent assessment is of (a) levels of staff concern over and (b) the level of (i) bullying, (ii) harassment and (iii) discrimination in her Department.

Mr. Dhanda
We take this issue very seriously. Our most recent assessment is set out in the Government Response to the Select Committee’s Report on the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Annual Report 2007 (Cm 7335), a copy of which can be found on the Department’s website at:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/responseannualreport2007

The results of the Department’s 2007 staff survey are also on the website.