Question follow-through · 7122
Lone Parents: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle discrimination against single parents looking for work.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle discrimination against single parents looking for work.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
We are clear that the Equality Act 2010, which provides protection against direct and indirect discrimination across a range of fields, including employment, service provision and housing, already offers some protection for single parents. Significantly m...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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