Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information she holds on who made the decision at the Equality and Human Rights Commission to dismiss 10 employees at short notice in February 2017; what representations she has received on those dismissals; and whether she has discussed the reasons for the selection of those so dismissed with that Commission.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an independent body and makes its own decisions about staff deployment and redundancies.

I have received representations from several honourable members about the redundancies mentioned in the question, but have not discussed these or the EHRC’s reasons for the selection of particular staff with the Commission.