Equality: Impact Assessments
2026-06-14 · Women and Equalities · 9614 · Official question
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 129027 on Equality: Impact Assessments, how that approach to equalities impact assessments will be (a) delivered and (b) enforced.
Answer
Our ongoing work is focused on making Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) more targeted, scaled correctly to the policy in question, and effective at driving inclusive outcomes, rather than just acting as an administrative hurdle.EqIAs are not a requireme...