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1029158

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress the Government has made on repealing the duty under the amendment to section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to caste discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	908344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We intend to legislate to repeal the caste duty as soon as we have a suitable legislative vehicle and parliamentary time, and we expect to publish guidance on caste and the Equality Act before the summer.</p><p> </p><p>My Hon Friend will know that I have been determined to ensure this issue is resolved since I became Minister for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/12/2018 12:04:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1055218

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to her Written Statement of 23 July 2018 on Government Response to Caste Consultation, HCWS898, if she will ensure that (a) the Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance and (b) other non-Government organisations working with victims of caste-based discrimination are able to comment on and input into that draft guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	217082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office will engage with a range of organisations involved in the issue of caste and the Equality Act 2010, before the guidance is published.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/02/2019 17:33:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1055219

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to her Written Statement of 23 July 2018 on Government Response to Caste Consultation, HCWS898, whether the guidance for employers, service providers and public authorities will be statutory guidance linked to the relevant sections of the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	217083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>We intend to issue non-statutory guidance.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/02/2019 17:34:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

167386

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to proceed with the first of the two consultations before the end of autumn 2014 to add caste as an aspect of race into the Equality Act 2010 in accordance with the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	216879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 05/12/2014 09:51:38 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

167438

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date she plans to issue the public consultation as outlined in the Government's timetable for implementing caste discrimination legislation of 29 July 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	216917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 19:54:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

167850

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, what assessment she has made of the implications of the findings of the final report on estimating the extent of caste-based discrimination in the UK on the timescale for the publication of a consultation on caste discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Mr Adam Holloway
	uin	217000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/12/2014 16:38:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

167851

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, when the final consultation on caste discrimination will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	217135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 19:55:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 32604 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

170787

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the document entitled, Caste Legislation introduction programme and timetable, published in July 2013, for what reasons the draft order has not yet been published for consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	218972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government timetable published in July 2013 made it clear that the draft order would be preceded by a public consultation on the prospective caste legislation. We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination legislation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/12/2014 09:25:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

347969

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to caste discrimination in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government opposes caste discrimination. We are aware of the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment in the case of Tirkey v Chandok which opens the possibility that a legal remedy for claims of caste-associated discrimination already exists under current legislation, namely the ethnic origins element of Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010. We are considering the implications of the judgment for discrimination law and specifically for the duty on caste in Section 9 (5) of the Act.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/06/2015 11:21:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

669101

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the consultation on caste discrimination announced on 2 September 2016 will commence.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
	uin	58872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>We intend to issue the consultation shortly at which point it will run for 12 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>[Caste is an extremely sensitive and emotive subject. This is the first ever public consultation on the matter and it is vital that we get the details and content of the consultation right].</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/01/2017 17:53:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen