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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Jobcentres: Glasgow more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the amount of information available on the number of people in the disabled working-age population in the Glasgow South constituency who use services at (a) Castlemilk and (b) Langside jobcentres on public sector equality duty. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow South more like this
tabling member printed
Stewart Malcolm McDonald more like this
uin 59785 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-01-17more like thismore than 2017-01-17
answer text <p>We are committed to complying with our Public Sector Equality Duty, as part of the Equality Act 2010, to meet the needs of those with protected characteristics. Equality analysis involves us considering the likely or actual effects of proposals on people with protected characteristics as part of our decision making processes and helps us comply with the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We will be undertaking an equality analysis as part of the detailed planning for service reconfiguration. This will include feedback from public consultation in those locations where this applies.</p><p> </p><p>The equality analysis and public consultation will help us determine whether we have sufficient information to assess the impact on the 5,790 people in Glasgow South who claim Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefits, as well as other people who use our services at Castlemilk and Langside Jobcentres, before any final decisions are made.</p><p> </p><p>It is also important for us to assess the extent to which people use our services as not all benefit claimants are required to attend the Jobcentre on a regular basis.</p>
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-01-17T15:30:42.157Zmore like thismore than 2017-01-17T15:30:42.157Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald more like this