Social Security Benefits: Ethnic Groups

(asked on 7th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any disproportionate impact of the benefit cap on households headed by someone from an ethnic minority.


Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 19th June 2023

The Secretary of State has complied with his duties under the Equality Act 2010 and had due regard to the equality impacts when completing the benefit cap review in November 2022.

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