Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 63337
Disaster Relief and Emergencies: Equality
Tabled: 27 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 54806 on Disaster Relief and Emergencies: Equality, for what reason the Risk Vulnerability Tool uses gender rather than sex.
Answer
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareThe Risk Vulnerability Tool will use data that relates to both sex and gender, depending on data availability, alongside other vulnerability indicators.