Question follow-through · 75765
Equality Act 2010
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Equality Act to add socio-economic status as a protected characteristic.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Equality Act to add socio-economic status as a protected characteristic.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government has no plans to add to the list of protected characteristics in the 2010 Act. The Government committed to commencing the socio-economic duty in England in our manifesto, as part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity and make ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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