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Public Sector: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on using (a) the Public Sector Equality Duty and (b) equality impact assessments to ensure that (i) women and (ii) wome

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
17 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on using (a) the Public Sector Equality Duty and (b) equality impact assessments to ensure that (i) women and (ii) wome

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    It is each local authority's own responsibility to ensure it fulfils its obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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