What we do

The Government Equalities Office leads work on policy relating to women, sexual orientation and transgender equality. We are responsible for a range of equalities legislation.

GEO works with the Department for International Development.

Read more about what we do

Our policies

  1. Equality
  2. Human rights internationally

See all our policies

Documents

Our announcements

  1. Minister for Women joins procession through London

    • Press release

  2. Five new commissioners appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission

    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Returning to work after time out for caring

    • Consultation outcome

  2. National LGBT survey

    • Closed consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Access to Elected Office Fund: evaluation report

    • Research and analysis

  2. Encouraging the hiring of returners: an email trial

    • Research and analysis

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Factsheet: Voluntary gender equality reporting

    • Official Statistics

  2. Experiences of and barriers to participation in public and political life for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

    • National Statistics

See all our statistics

Contact GEO

Government Equalities Office

Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD

The national helpline is open between Monday and Friday, 9am to 5pm.

General media queries

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information (FoI) requests

Government Equalities Office
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD

Corporate information

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