Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (the Duty) all public authorities, including Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. While ‘equality impact assessments’ may be produced, there is no legal requirement for duty assessments to be recorded in a specific format.
We do not centrally monitor assessments in this area but are confident that we are meeting the Duty in our decision-making processes.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much the Department spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
Nothing. All staff at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) undertake unconscious bias training through Civil Service Learning at no direct cost to the Office.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff in his Department have equality, diversity or inclusion in their job title.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
Although no staff at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) have diversity or inclusion (D&I) in their job titles, we have a Board Champion responsible for leading on these issues. Also, several staff, including the HR team, contribute to the D&I agenda by participation in relevant groups within the Ministry of Justice (the employer of our staff) and the UK Governance Group at Cabinet Office and by implementing best practice back at OSSW.