Cabinet Office: Families

(asked on 14th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.


Answered by
Oliver Dowden Portrait
Oliver Dowden
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
This question was answered on 8th March 2018

The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk and provides that the test should be taken into account, if sensible and proportionate, when considering all new policies that might have an impact on the family, including those set out in legislation.

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