Question follow-through · 44027

Equality: Public Consultation

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8801 on Equality Act 2010, whether those plans include a public consultation with each public authority in legal scope of the new duty; and whether the New

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
23 Apr 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8801 on Equality Act 2010, whether those plans include a public consultation with each public authority in legal scope of the new duty; and whether the New

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. The duty will require specified public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to consider actively how their decisions might help to reduce the inequalities asso...

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