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1693663

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date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which unit in his Department is responsible for equalities.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	17024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>Every Department across Government has a responsibility for equalities.</p><p> </p><p>Under Public Sector Equality Legislation every person working for the Department has a personal responsibility for implementing and promoting commitment to equality in their day-to-day dealings with everyone – including members of the public, other colleagues, employers and partners.</p><p> </p><p>The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team are responsible for providing advice on Equality Analysis where activity is colleague facing.</p><p> </p><p>For customer focussed work, the responsibility sits across multiple teams in Policy and Service Delivery.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a specialist equalities team who can provide their colleagues with advice on equalities-related issues, including the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED). Under the PSED, all public authorities, including Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June, to ensure value for money for taxpayers. The Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/03/2024 14:46:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1692796

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2024 to Question 15472 on Department for Work and Pensions: Equality, which teams across his Department hold that information.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	16429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Under Public Sector Equality Legislation every person working for the department has a personal responsibility for implementing and promoting commitment to equality in their day-to-day dealings with everyone – including members of the public, other colleagues, employers and partners.</p><p> </p><p>The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team are responsible for providing advice on Equality Analysis where activity is colleague facing.</p><p> </p><p>For customer focussed work, the responsibility sits across multiple teams in Policy and Service Delivery.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/03/2024 15:40:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1680651

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Households: Social Security Benefits and Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown by nationality of the (a) total and (b) average amount households received in (i) total cash benefits, (ii) tax credits, (iii) income related benefit and (iv) non-income related benefit in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	8635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Tax credits are administered by HMRC, therefore any request for data on the nationality of those claiming these benefits would need to be directed to HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/01/2024 15:00:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676564

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Families: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families receive (a) any state support, (b) tax credits, (c) an income-related benefit and (d) an non-income related benefit by nationality.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/12/2023 14:11:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1236226

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work in her Department's Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety and Health team.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	92883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>Of the c.80,000 Civil Servants working in the Department, there are 72 people who work in the Wellbeing, Inclusion, Safety and Health team. The total number of colleagues working on issues relating to Inclusion is 22, including 1 SCS.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 92884 question first answered 24/09/2020 16:58:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien