Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 68262
Carers: Equality
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57646 on Children in Care: Discrimination, if she will make caring a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer
Dame Nia GriffithThere are currently no plans to make caring a legally protected characteristic. Carers are likely to be already protected from less favourable treatment under the Equality Act 2010, under the “discrimination by association” provisions, which require emplo...
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