Claire Coutinho MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Disability and Ethnic Groups: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113926More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.
Answer: As set out in our manifesto and in the King’s Speech in July 2024, the government is committed to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers and making the right to equal pay effective for ethnic minority and disa...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRace Equality Engagement GroupWomen and EqualitiesTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113925More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish a list of the organisations the Race Equality Engagement Group has (a) met with and (b) engaged with since it was appointed.
Answer: On 25 September 2025 the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) held its first thematic roundtable covering tackling the barriers to accessing finance and investment for ethnic minority entrepreneurs, and the Police Race Action Plan. On 9 December 2025 the...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGender: DatabasesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83370More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the statutory guidance entitled Preparing your data, updated on 11 August 2025, for what reason it is her policy that an employer may exclude an employee who does not self-identify as either
Answer: The current gender pay gap reporting guidance was drafted in order to reduce the burden on business, and be mindful of variations in their data collection processes. This part of the guidance has not been updated recently. We regularly look at a range of ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
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