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Guidance and regulation

• Equality Act 2010: guidance

  Detailed guide

  16 June 2015

  Equality and Human Rights Commission and Government Equalities Office

• Equality Act 2010: how it might affect you

  Guidance

  8 March 2013

  Government Equalities Office

• Gender pay gap reporting: overview

  Detailed guide

  1 December 2017

  Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and Government Equalities Office

• Gender pay gap reporting: make your calculations
  • Detailed guide
  • 6 March 2017
  • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and Government Equalities Office
• Gender pay gap reporting: data you must gather
  • Detailed guide
  • 27 February 2018
  • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and Government Equalities Office

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News and communications

14 October 2018 — Government response

Facts about the Gender Recognition Act consultation

Government Equalities Office

1. UK and partners launch next phase of gender equality programme in garment industry
   • 5 October 2018
   • World news story
2. Lord Ahmad reaffirms UK commitment to stamp out anti-semitism
   • 27 September 2018
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
   • News story
3. UK government and Bloomberg L.P. announce partnership to promote and improve reporting on gender equality in the workplace
   • 26 September 2018
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Press release
4. £500,000 awarded to organisations helping to tackle causes of the gender pay gap
   • 22 September 2018
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Race Disparity Audit
  • 11 October 2018
  • Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, and Race Disparity Unit
  • Research
• Public Appointments: Annual Report for Northern Ireland, 2016/17
  • 27 September 2018
  • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
  • Official statistics
• Understanding disabilities and impairments: user profiles
  • 25 October 2017
  • Government Digital Service
  • Research
• Equality Advisory Support Service: what difference does it make?
  • 20 July 2017
  • Government Equalities Office
  • Research
• Measuring caste discrimination in Britain – a feasibility study
  • 28 March 2017
  • Government Equalities Office
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Caste in Great Britain and equality law: a public consultation 23 July 2018

  Government Equalities Office

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 18 September 2017

• Defence diversity and inclusion strategy 2018 to 2030: A force for inclusion
  • 11 October 2018
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Policy paper
• Tackling racial disparity in the criminal justice system: 2018
  • 11 October 2018
  • Ministry of Justice and Race Disparity Unit
  • Policy paper
• Disabled people’s rights: information following the UK’s first periodic review
  • 3 October 2018
  • Department for Work and Pensions and Office for Disability Issues
  • Policy paper
• Enforcing human rights: government response
  • 13 September 2018
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Equality in Ofsted
  • 8 March 2017
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report
• DECC equality information: 2016
  • 9 February 2016
  • Closed organisation: Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • Corporate report
• HS2 Ltd Workforce Diversity Report: April 2015
  • 24 November 2015
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Corporate report
• DFID Diversity and Inclusion: Annual Report 2014-15
  • 17 September 2015
  • Department for International Development
  • Corporate report
• Equality and Human Rights Commission: Report & Accounts 2014-15
  • 14 July 2015
  • Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Government Equalities Office
2. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Home Office
5. Department for Work & Pensions

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1. Department for Education
2. Office for Disability Issues
3. Social Mobility Commission
4. Cabinet Office
5. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
6. Ministry of Justice
7. Department for International Development
8. Ministry of Defence
9. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
10. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
11. Northern Ireland Office
12. Race Disparity Unit
13. Department for Transport
14. Department of Health & Social Care
15. Government Digital Service
16. HM Treasury
17. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
18. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
19. Civil Service
20. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
21. Government Actuary's Department
22. Immigration Enforcement
23. Lammy Review
24. Planning Inspectorate
25. Public Health England
26. UK Atomic Energy Authority

1. Innovate UK
2. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
3. Environment Agency
4. Ofsted