Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Civil Service of implementing the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
At this time, no such estimate has been made, as that code remains in draft and is currently subject to consultation.
Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of maintaining a consistent interpretation and application of the proposed EHRC Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations across different business sectors.
Answered by Nia Griffith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is independent of government. The purpose of the EHRC’s Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations is to ensure or facilitate compliance with the Equality Act 2010 or an enactment made under that Act. The EHRC has opened its consultation on the draft updated statutory Code of Practice, seeking views from affected stakeholders. We encourage all those affected stakeholders to submit a response to the consultation. We will then consider the EHRC’s updated draft once they have submitted it.
Asked by: Chris Bloore (Labour - Redditch)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not currently specifically offer (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.
However, the Cabinet Office has other mechanisms in place to support employees who are kinship carers, in parity with other forms of care leave.