questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 126609 on ICF Consulting Services: Equality, whether biological men who are non-binary are counted towards the KPI; and what was the policy purpose of a KPI target for contractors on the number of non-binary staff.
answerText: All non-binary individuals are counted in the KPI. The KPI referenced in Defra’s contract with ICF does not mandate that 50% or more of professional staff within the core team for service orders be female or non-binary, nor does it set any minimum staffin...
heading: ICF Consulting Services: Equality