Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 49755
Equality: Impact Assessments
Tabled: 1 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the regulatory cost of producing Equality Impact Assessments; and whether the Government plans to take steps to reduce the compliance cost of producing them.
Answer
Dame Nia GriffithWhere a public body decides to undertake an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) to fulfill its Public Sector Equality Duty obligations, this would be funded as part of the organisation’s administrative budget. EIAs are well embedded in Government policy maki...
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