Asked by: David Burrowes (Conservative - Enfield, Southgate)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - Family Test Guidance
The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.
The Department for Transport’s internal procedures have been updated to reflect this guidance.