Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 90328

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality

Tabled: 12 November 2025

Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Equality Impact Assessments and (b) equality screenings have been produced by her Department in the last three months.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

In line with the Equality Act 2010, Defra encourages and promotes the completion of Equality Impact Assessments to ensure our policies and decisions consider impacts on protected groups. Defra does not hold information centrally on Equality Impact Assessm...

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