Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 54
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Since 2019, the Government has referred to an Equality Hub within the Cabinet Office but...
Conclusion
Since 2019, the Government has referred to an Equality Hub within the Cabinet Office but to date the Hub has not published any corporate documents. Its structure remains unclear, and it lacks transparency and accountability. This is unacceptable. The Cabinet Office must publish annual information on staffing and funding of the Equality Hub, its constituent units (the Government Equalities Office, the Disability Unit, the Race Disparity Unit and the Social Mobility Commission), broken down by administration, projects and programmes. This could be either in its annual Outcome Delivery Plans or in a separate Equality Hub document, but the information must be proactively published in the interests of transparency and accountability. Our scrutiny role and the Government’s engagement with our work
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
Accept in part. The Equality Hub currently publishes annual information on staffing and funding as part of the Cabinet Office annual report. The Equality Hub will continue to comply with Cabinet Office requirements on publication. To support the Committee’s scrutiny of the Equality Hub, further information can be provided by the Hub’s Director on a bi-annual basis.