Universal Credit: Equality
(asked on 23rd April 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government’s equality impact assessment for universal credit identified any potential negative impacts on women.
This question was answered on 26th April 2018
DWP published an Equality Impact Assessment for Universal Credit in 2011 which included a gender analysis.
That, and subsequent analyses, show that women and men are benefitting from the positive employment outcomes and improved childcare support within Universal Credit.
The Equality Impact Assessment can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-equality-impact-assessment