Question follow-through · 7096

Equality: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure the new Draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations (2026) provides adequate and enforceable support for disabled and neurodivergent people.

answeredCameron ThomasWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure the new Draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations (2026) provides adequate and enforceable support for disabled and neurodivergent people.

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Equality and Human Rights Commissions’ (EHRC’s) updated statutory guidance - the draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations (the “Code”) provides guidance to service providers, associations and those exercising public funct...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Disability: Equality

8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what safeguards exist to help that ensure procedural compliance with the Draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations (2026) does not replace substantive disability rights.