https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650723/RDAweb.pdf<\/a>), by the Cabinet office in October 2017. Officials from the Government Equalities Office and Cabinet Office are discussing a number of issues highlighted by the audit, including any implications that it might have for the Equality Act 2010 which prohibits harassment on grounds of race in employment and the provision of goods, services and public functions.<\/p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) records the number of calls they receive about harassment and victimisation of BAME people and have reported that, between October 2016 and 31 October 2017 there were 89 calls from BAME people about harassment or victimisation, out of a total of 2,235 race-related calls.<\/p>"}
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Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), and those who are perceived to be LGBT, are disproportionately affected by bullying. Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is unacceptable and the Government is determined to tackle it.<\/p>
<\/p>
As the Department responsible for equality strategy and legislation across Government, Ministers for the Government Equalities Office regularly meet with members of the Cabinet and with Ministers from other Government Departments. Such meetings are used as an opportunity to discuss issues affecting LGBT people and how Departments can work together to reduce the inequalities LGBT people face.<\/p>"}
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The Equality Act 2010 prohibits certain forms of conduct \u2013 including harassment \u2013 in employment and the provision of goods, services and public functions. Harassment is defined as unwanted conduct related to someone\u2019s protected characteristics and which has the purpose or effect of violating their dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. However, \u201cbullying\u201d is not a term used in the Act, and incidents of \u201cbullying\u201d are not recorded.<\/p>
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The Equality Advisory and Support Service, a Government-sponsored helpline that offers free advice and support to people who feel that they have been victims of unlawful discrimination, records and makes available statistics on all the customer contacts that it receives.<\/p>
<\/p>
Between 1 October 2016 - when the current service provider took over running the contract - and 28 February 2018, the Service recorded 1443 customer contacts concerning harassment across all the protected characteristics covered by the Act, 310 (21%) of which were related to race.<\/p>"}
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The Department expects to start its review of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) during the first half of 2018 as part of the standard \u201ctailored review\u201d programme for public bodies. The EHRC\u2019s resources, and its range of functions and responsibilities, will be among the issues which the review will cover.<\/p>"}
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The Government Equalities Office (GEO) informed the Prime Minister\u2019s Office of my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State\u2019s decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin as a general commissioner on the day before Lord Shinkwin\u2019s appointment on 21 April 2017.<\/p>
<\/p>
The appointment of a commissioner under Schedule 1 paragraph 2(3)(a) of the Equality Act 2006 who is or has been a disabled person does not require consultation with or consent from other parties. The GEO did not inform the then Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, my hon. Friend for Portsmouth North, of the decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin.<\/p>"}
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Government responsibility for disability matters resides with the Office of Disability Issues within the Department for Work and Pensions. My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has not had specific discussions with cabinet colleagues on the scale of bullying of disabled people.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government does not tolerate bullying in any form and any sector of our society.<\/p>
<\/p>
Under the Equality Act 2010, \u2018unwanted or prohibited conduct\u2019 related to a protected characteristic (including disability) that violates an individual\u2019s dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them, is unlawful. Bullying behaviour may also, in some circumstances, be proscribed by the victimisation provisions of the Act.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) record the number of calls they receive about harassment and victimisation of disabled people. They reported that between 1 October 2016, when the current EASS contract started, and 31 October 2017 there were 590 contacts from disabled people about harassment or victimisation, out of a total of 11,817 disability-related calls.<\/p>"}
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Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is unacceptable and the Government is committed to tackling it.<\/p>
<\/p>
There is no single source of data on the level of bullying reported against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people. We rely on a range of sources to gather insight on bullying, harassment and discrimination against LGBT people in different contexts. These include our regular omnibus survey of pupils and their parents, research from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, which the Government Equalities Office commissioned in 2016 to review the evidence of inequalities faced by LGBT people, and evidence from LGBT organisations.<\/p>
<\/p>
In July this year we launched a national online survey to gain the views of LGBT people living in the UK on what they think of public services. There are questions about the workplace as well as health, education, safety, and more general questions about being an LGBT person in the UK. The survey received an unprecedented response, making it one of the largest LGBT surveys in the world. We will analyse those results closely and set out further steps to promote LGBT equality next year.<\/p>"}
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Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to understand the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and to coordinate planning. A team within the Government Equalities Office (GEO) leads on providing advice to ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of GEO staff provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues across a range of policy areas affecting women and equalities, as required.<\/p>
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Given the interactions between EU exit work and GEO\u2019s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate figure specifically for work on EU exit.<\/p>"}
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The Employment Tribunal Service case management system does not collect or hold the level of detail of information requested, which could only be obtained from the paper records of each tribunal office.<\/p>
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People with HIV are automatically considered disabled for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 and afforded all the relevant protections under its provisions, which make it unlawful to discriminate against people because of a disability in matters of employment, education and the provision of goods and services.<\/p>
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