Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for which policies the Implementation Unit has examined the effect in regard to the family in the last 12 months.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister by tracking the delivery of the Government's programme. This includes working with departments to look at a number of policies on families.
Asked by: Fiona Bruce (Conservative - Congleton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk and provides that the test should be taken into account, if sensible and proportionate, when considering all new policies that might have an impact on the family, including those set out in legislation.