Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action plans are in place to address the inequality deficiencies identified in the Race Disparity Audit; and what arrangements are in place to review and monitor developments and progress.

The Government has made a commitment to explain or change key ethnic disparities highlighted by the Race Disparity Audit in the Ethnicity facts and figures website.

The Government has launched an initial programme of work to tackle some of the disparities highlighted, including targeted action in employment areas, a review of school exclusions and a commitment to take forward a number of recommendations in the recent Lammy Review of the criminal justice system.

Detailed analytical work and engagement with external partners is underway across Departments to bring forward further data driven policies to tackle disparities highlighted by the Audit and will be announced in due course.

The Race Disparity Unit in the Cabinet Office is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the progress of the Government’s response to the Audit overseen by the Cabinet Office and the Race Disparity Inter-Ministerial Group.