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.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Children in Care: Equality

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