Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer on 14 July 2020 to Question 71801, what steps were taken prior to her decision to lift the pause on asylum support cessations and evictions to ensure that due regard was paid to the Public Sector Equality Duty.

The temporary suspension of asylum support cessations remains in place whilst the review described to the Strategic Engagement Group on 24 June is underway.

This review is being undertaken in accordance with our Public Sector Equality duties and includes careful discussion and planning with Public Health Agencies, Local Authorities, Other Government Departments and Stakeholders, which included members of the voluntary and community sector, on how support cessations should appropriately recommence