David Burrowes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2016-03-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that the Government publishes a family impact test in respect of all future primary and secondary legislation.

Priti Patel

While we encourage departments to publish Family Test assessments, there is no requirement to do so, as this may not always be appropriate. Assessments against the Family Test are completed by policy officials in the course of developing advice on new policy; this may include some ideas that do not progress beyond the design stage.