Sue Hayman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-04-28.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Secondary Legislation Scrutiny on 19 January 2016, Question 7, under what circumstances government departments are permitted not to publish equality analyses which are referred to in government consultation documents.

Mr Oliver Letwin

The Public Sector Equality Duty requires Departments to pay due regard to equality aspects of decisions. It is up to each Department to decide whether to publish their analysis.