Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107388
Care Quality Commission: Equality
Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any leadership and promotion schemes run by the Care Equality Commission are restricted to ethnic minorities and other protected characteristics.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department has interpreted the question as referring to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), as there is no public body called the ‘Care Equality Commission’.The CQC operates a positive action development programme aimed at addressing barriers to career...
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