Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle racial inequality.

We published our ground-breaking race equality strategy last year.

Inclusive Britain set out 74 actions to tackle entrenched ethnic disparities across health, education, employment, policing and criminal justice.

18 months on and we have completed over half of the actions, including:

o publishing new ethnicity pay guidance for employers;

o issuing improved guidance on behaviour in schools and on suspensions and permanent exclusions; and

o improving the stop and search process through new de-escalation skills training for police officers.

A further update will be provided to parliament in Spring 2024