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Police: Equality

Commons · Question 23033 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Women and Equalities · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Equality, whether the socio-economic duty will apply to (a) Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) Police Constables.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 16 Jan 2025

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...