Question follow-through · 14495
Department for Work and Pensions: Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out on the closure of his Department's Service and Support Centre (SSC) at Cotswald House Torquay.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out on the closure of his Department's Service and Support Centre (SSC) at Cotswald House Torquay.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
An Equality Analysis has been completed for the closure of Torquay Cotswold House, which considers the impact on colleagues with protected characteristics. The Department is of the opinion that any potential impacts can be mitigated effectively by its exi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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