Question follow-through · 903275
Carers: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of classifying care experience as a protected characteristic.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of classifying care experience as a protected characteristic.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is delivering for care leavers by taking practical action. As announced by the Prime Minister on 24 September 2024, care leavers under age 25 will be exempt from rules which require a connection to a local area before accessing social housi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Children in Care: Equality
30 Oct 2025 · To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that young people with care-experience have equal access to support services promoting wellbeing, opportunity and inclusion.