Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 93387
Working Class
Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it his policy not to refer to working class people as having a lower socio-economic status.
Answer
Seema MalhotraAs given in the answer of 8th October, the term ‘working class’ was used in the 10-Year Health Plan in the standard way that it is used in English, that is to indicate people who are employed for wages and generally experience greater job insecurity and l...
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