Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the (a) evidence received from the consultation on how to implement mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers, and (b) draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.

As set out in our manifesto and in the King’s Speech in July 2024, the government is committed to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers and making the right to equal pay effective for ethnic minority and disabled people.

Good progress has been made in developing the policy and legislative approach to ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting following the public consultation last year.

We will publish the government response to the ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting consultation, as well as sharing next steps on the Bill in due course.