Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

What steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of prisoners with potential specific learning difficulties.

Tabled: 23 June 2021Answered: 29 June 2021

Asked by

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Equalities (Seema Malhotra)

The Government are committed to breaking down the barriers of opportunity for all, and to race equality throughout Government, so that our missions deliver for everyone. We are working on our plans to legislate to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay group reporting for large employers, and to enshrine in law the right to equal pay for ethnic minority people. Those measures were announced as part of the draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, on which we will consult early next year.