Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Oral Answers to Questions

Ben Howlett Excerpts
Monday 27th March 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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No, we have been mindful throughout of our duties under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Equality analysis will help to inform the final decision-making process, and it is an integral part of the thinking and process throughout.

Ben Howlett Portrait Ben Howlett (Bath) (Con)
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Following the publication of the Women and Equalities Committee report on Muslim women in the workplace, what work is the Minister doing to ensure that minority groups in which unemployment remains stubbornly high are prioritised at jobcentres across the UK?

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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There are a number of very good local projects working with local organisations. I do not have the list in front of me, but there is some good work going on, and we seek to find where best practice exists and see how far it can be replicated.