Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.

Assessing the impact of the Department’s policies on families is an integral part of policy development in the Department. Although not a statutory requirement, the impact on families is considered as part of the Department’s compliance with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality Duty as specified in the Equality Act 2010.