Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Training

(asked on 20th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 28th September 2022

The cross-government learning curriculum, which is curated by the Government Skills and Curriculum Unit (GSCU), includes an 'Inclusion in the Civil Service' e-learning module, which has been included DLUHC's mandatory learning requirement and references the Equality Act 2010. We are unable to confirm whether officials' obligations under the Equality Act 2010 have been used as defence in legal proceedings brought against the Department since the commencement of that Act as the information is not held centrally.

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