Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the sustainability of the definition of a long-term condition in the Equality Act 2010.

The current definition of ‘long term’ conditions under the Equality Act 2010 allows the courts flexibility when applying the law in individual cases. We recognise that there are concerns that the protections offered by the Act can be hard to access for people with fluctuating conditions. The robustness of the definition is one of the issues we are exploring in our consideration of extending protections from discrimination in the workplace for those with mental health disorders.