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Written Question
Discrimination
Thursday 10th December 2020

Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to ensure the effectiveness of the Equalities Hub in tackling discrimination and disadvantage resulting from socio-economic circumstances or geography, which are not covered by the Equality Act 2010.

Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade

The Equality Hub is at the heart of Government decision-making in the Cabinet Office, and brings together the Government Equalities Office, the Disability Unit and the Race Disparity Unit. It has a key role in driving Government priorities on equality and opportunity.

The Hub has a particular focus on improving the quality of evidence and data about disparities and the types of barriers different people face, ensuring that fairness is at the heart of everything we do. Key to this is looking beyond a focus solely on the protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010, to ensure we understand how different issues interact, including in socio-economic and geographic inequality.

The Equality Hub will be key to driving progress on the Government’s commitment to levelling up opportunity and ensuring fairness for all.


Written Question
Equality Act 2010
Thursday 10th December 2020

Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department collects data on the effect of the Equality Act 2010 on heterosexual white males.

Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade

Data is not collected routinely or centrally on the effect of the Equality Act 2010 on different groups. Individual public authorities are responsible for conducting Public Sector Equality Duty assessments of new measures and collecting and using data to ensure that the impact of policies on all groups, including men and heterosexual people, is adequately considered.


Written Question
Cyprus: Peace Negotiations
Friday 29th June 2018

Asked by: Ben Bradley (Conservative - Mansfield)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the re-unification of Cyprus.

Answered by Alan Duncan

As a strong supporter of a comprehensive and just Cyprus settlement based on the internationally accepted model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, we regularly engage with the parties to the settlement talks at all levels. The Prime Minister discussed the issue with President Anastasiades in London on 17 April. I discussed the issue with Cypriot Foreign Minister Christodoulides on 20 April. The British Ambassador to Turkey discussed the issue with senior Turkish officials in mid-June. The Foreign Secretary last met with the parties at the Conference on Cyprus in Crans Montana, Switzerland on 27 June 2017.