Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations (2026), whether she has undertaken with Cabinet colleagues an equality and human rights impact assessment of its potential impact on disabled and neurodivergent people.

The Public Sector Equality Duty requires the Secretary of State to have due regard to its three aims when making a decision on whether to approve the draft Code, before laying in Parliament. We have followed the correct process for considering the Code.

The Equality Impact Assessment, which includes an assessment of the updates to the Code on the protected characteristics of disability, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-draft-code-of-practice-for-services-public-functions-and-associations-2026