Socio-economic duty implementation
Failure to enact Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 (socio-economic duty) in England, impacting vulnerable populations.
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EHRC compliance action
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Section 31 Assessment: Home Office
Section 31 assessment of whether the Home Office complied with the Public Sector Equality Duty when developing the hostile environment immigration measures that affected the Windrush generation. Found the department did not comply with section 149 of the Equality Act 2010; a legally binding section 23 agreement followed, concluded in 2024.
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HSSIB recommendation
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Intrapartum stillbirth: learning from maternity safety investigations that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic 1 April to 30 June...
It may be beneficial if further work is done to understand the specific aspects of the healthcare system which could explain the disparity in the experience and risk for women and pregnant people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with higher socio-economic deprivation.
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EHRC compliance action
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Section 23 Agreement: Scottish Qualifications Authority
Section 23 agreement to improve equality practices after the EHRC established the SQA was not routinely assessing policies against the Public Sector Equality Duty and had not complied with Scottish specific duties on equality impact assessments. Concluded.
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CQC action
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Royal Bolton Hospital
The trust should ensure that the networks for staff from ethnic minority groups; Disabled staff and LGBTQ+ staff, have suitable corporate support to improve their effectiveness and that the socio-economic, age and gender networks, currently in developmental stages, are supported to develop in a timely way.
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Committee recommendation
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#16 - 4th Report - BBC Royal Charter Review
The BBC has already made significant progress in moving its activity outside of London, with creative clusters playing an important role in attracting regional investment and stimulating economic activity. It has done so with a public service ethos, and we are concerned that giving it a specific public purpose with a focus on economic growth risks incentivising it...
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Committee recommendation
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#31 - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
We welcome that the UK Government’s Arctic Policy Framework makes specific reference to economic development in the Arctic being achieved in a way that is safe, responsible and sustainable, and to the benefit of communities living in the Arctic.
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EHRC compliance action
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Section 31 Assessment: HM Treasury
Section 31 assessment of the extent to which HM Treasury met its obligations to consider the impact of the 2010 Spending Review on protected groups. Concluded there was a serious effort to meet obligations but could not establish full compliance in three cases; made recommendations for future spending reviews.
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Committee recommendation
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#44 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
In establishing the Single Enforcement Body, the Government must ensure that the Body’s remit includes the enforcement of disability- related workplace rights and that these are prioritised. The Government must also ensure that the Body has the powers necessary to support proactively those disabled people who are more vulnerable to having their rights breached or who are less...
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CQC action
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Poole Hospital
Bring the EDS2 report to more prominence in the work around equality, diversity and inclusion to include actions on those areas assessed as developing. Determine if the reporting on WRES standards is reflective of the areas where there has been a deterioration in experiences of BME staff.
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CQC action
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
The trust should ensure all staff are protected in line with Equality Act 2010, to ensure they are treated fairly, with dignity and respect they deserve.
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Committee recommendation
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#14 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
Most social tariffs are still too expensive for the most financially vulnerable.
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Committee recommendation
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#11 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
The Government must show leadership on tackling digital exclusion. This is a complex task and the Government cannot solve everything, but that is no excuse for inaction. Incremental progress against clearly defined targets is possible. The extent of Government intervention should be guided by three core principles: pragmatism, proportionality, and joined-up working.
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Committee recommendation
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#2 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
Cost of living challenges have made a bad situation worse for people who struggle to afford internet access. The need for Government action is becoming increasingly urgent.
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#32 - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
While there are limits to the direct support the UK can provide to local communities and indigenous populations, the UK Government can and should assist by maintaining its support for the work of the Arctic Council, particularly the work of its Sustainable Development Working Group .
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Committee recommendation
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#59 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
Employers and employer organisations have a key role to play in supporting employers of all sizes to develop inclusive employment practices and support young disabled people in the workplace.
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#58 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
The content of the Support with Employee Health and Disability website should reflect the barriers and challenges faced by both employers and disabled people and should be developed in partnership with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and employers. The site should act as a single, centralised hub for employers, with signposting to relevant support—regardless of whether that support...
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#54 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
We also ask the Government to support companies with fewer than 250 employees to report voluntarily, drawing on best practice from large employers who already report this information in a meaningful way.
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Committee recommendation
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#50 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
The Government should explore ways of incentivising employers to engage with early conciliation mechanisms, such as the Equality Advisory and Support Service and Acas.
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Committee recommendation
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#49 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
The Government should take steps to improve awareness of the Equality Advisory and Support Service.
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#28 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
Working with the Office for Students, the Government should review the provision and quality of accessibility information provided by universities to students. This should include physical accessibility of spaces, adjustments available to students and previous examples of how adjustments have been implemented, considering the views of disabled students and academics. This review should identify actions for the Government,...
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Committee recommendation
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#99 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
The expansion of permitted development rights to convert Use Class E properties into homes risks damaging the vitality of high streets and reduces local control over the design and development of high streets. The Government should undertake a review of the policy to examine the impact it is having on high streets relative to the number and quality...
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Committee recommendation
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#98 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
It was acknowledged amongst our witnesses that “there is a need for a mechanism to enable conversion of surplus retail space to other uses” 186 and RICS suggested that the conversion of long-vacant units into residential properties prevented buildings falling into disrepair and revitalised high streets. 187 In particular, introducing housing on the upper stories of retail premises...
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#97 - 1st Report - High Streets: Life beyond retail?
This inability to control the loss of retail frontages altogether could result in ‘gap-toothed’ high streets. . 183 Interspersing town centres with “dead” retail frontages “may actually reduce the attractiveness and retail footfall rather than enliven it.” 184 The then Government was aware of these risks when expanding PDRs in February 2024. In July 2021, the then Secretary...
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HSSIB recommendation
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Investigation report: Clinical investigation booking systems failures - written communications in community languages
It may be beneficial to clarify the roles and functions of national organisations in supporting the health inequalities landscape.
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CQC action
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The York Hospital
The trust must ensure it takes account of the Workforce Race Equality Standard, Workforce Disability Equality Standard and NHS staff survey data to ensure both staff from ethnic minority groups and disabled staff are not disproportionately disadvantaged by working in the organisation.
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CQC action
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Glenfield Hospital
The trust should consider continuing to improve the promotion of equality and diversity within and beyond the organisation.
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Barnet General Hospital
The trust should consider their population’s profile, health deprivation, disability and the broader needs of their culturally diverse communities when planning the service.
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CQC action
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Moorfields Eye Hospital
The trust should ensure the work on equality, diversity and inclusion continues and is sufficiently resourced and prioritised to deliver tangible improvements.
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CJINI report
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Equality and Diversity within the Criminal Justice System
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CJINI report
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How the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland treats Females in Conflict with the Law
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CJINI report
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The impact of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on the criminal justice system in NI
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Committee recommendation
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#19 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
The Government should work with industry to explore options for expanding these schemes during cost of living challenges to help wider groups at risk of digital exclusion.
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Committee recommendation
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#18 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
We welcome the introduction of alternative voucher and discount schemes. These provide flexible ways to help people afford internet access.
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Committee recommendation
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#17 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
We recommend Ofcom consults on requiring Openreach to offer a wholesale social tariff.
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Committee recommendation
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#16 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
Removing VAT may not be enough to lower prices to an affordable level for those on the lowest incomes. Lowering the wholesale price floor for sales of social tariffs is one way to address this.
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#15 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
The Government should remove VAT from retail social tariffs and from the wholesale broadband used to provide them. The Government must then work with Ofcom to monitor social tariff prices to ensure these savings are passed on to consumers.
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#10 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
We further recommend that the Prime Minister’s Office takes a direct interest in tackling digital exclusion and establishes a suitable mechanism to oversee progress on the refreshed digital inclusion strategy.
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Committee recommendation
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#1 - 3rd Report - Digital exclusion
Digital exclusion remains a serious problem. Although there has been progress in recent years, millions of people still cannot access the internet or use it adequately. For some, skills and motivation are the main barriers. For others, affordability is the key obstacle. Others face barriers around accessibility, or poor mobile and broadband coverage. These groups face deepening isolation...
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Committee recommendation
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#35 - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
The Arctic Council has a proven track record of promoting international collaboration in the Arctic on environmental protection and scientific research. It has provided a vital platform for the voices of the Arctic’s indigenous peoples to be heard, and their status as permanent representatives has been an innovative model of governance.
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Committee recommendation
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#34 - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
The UK Government should encourage local partnerships and support UK businesses wishing to operate in the Arctic by signposting them towards local companies and business organisations.
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Committee recommendation
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#33 - 1st Report - Our friends in the North: UK strategy towards the Arctic
There are opportunities for UK companies to increase their footprint in the Arctic in a way that is responsible and sustainable.
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Committee recommendation
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#57 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
We welcome the introduction of the Government’s Support with Employee Health and Disability service, which may provide valuable support for employers with disabled employees.
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Committee recommendation
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#56 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
The Disability Confident scheme itself should be reformed to focus on outcomes rather than the employer’s internal processes and procedures, and to ensure that those accredited at the higher levels are subject to commensurately more stringent requirements.
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Committee recommendation
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#55 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
Achieving Disability Confident status at any level should be made conditional upon the employer demonstrating that it has reached clearly defined thresholds for the percentage of its workforce that is disabled. This reporting should be subject to external audit, with an employer’s status being lost or downgraded after a year where these thresholds are not reached.
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Committee recommendation
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#53 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
We urge the Government to ensure that disability pay gap reporting is mandatory for employers with more than 250 employees and for all Disability Confident Leaders.
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#52 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
We welcome the Government’s commitment to the principle that disabled people should be paid equally and to the introduction of disability pay gap reporting.
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#51 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
In our view, all of the benefits of the voluntary reporting of employers’ disability data would apply equally to mandatory reporting.
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Committee recommendation
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#48 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
When developing an information hub setting out support for young disabled people during the transition from education to work the Government should ensure that workplace rights are prominently highlighted.
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Committee recommendation
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#42 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
Disabled people, particularly young disabled people, face significant barriers to upholding their workplace rights. The current enforcement mechanisms fail to uphold these rights in a way that supports disabled claimants to remain in work and do not incentivise employers to respect the rights of their disabled employees. We therefore welcome the Government’s commitment to introducing a Single Enforcement...
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#41 - 1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
Within the next 12 months the Government should launch a campaign aimed at improving attitudes towards disabled people in the workplace. This should be developed in partnership with disabled people and disabled people’s organisations and be targeted at employers.
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