Equality

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Services

• Apply to be a BSL Advisory Board member or co-chair

  Applications are not currently open to join as a board member or co-chair.

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Guidance and regulation

• Equality Act 2010: guidance
  • Detailed guide
  • 16 June 2015
  • Closed organisation: Government Equalities Office and Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Equality Act 2010: how it might affect you
  • Guidance
  • 8 March 2013
  • Closed organisation: Government Equalities Office and Women and Equalities Unit
• Gender pay gap reporting: guidance for employers
  • Statutory guidance
  • 11 August 2025
  • Closed organisation: Government Equalities Office and Women and Equalities Unit
• Inclusive communication
  • Guidance
  • 15 March 2021
  • Disability Unit and Cabinet Office
• Call for input: Incorrect guidance on single-sex spaces and gender self-identification
  • Guidance
  • 1 May 2024
  • Closed organisation: Equality Hub

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News and communications

• Women's Business Council refreshed to help break down barriers for opportunity for women at work
  • 9 September 2025
  • Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Press release
• Tajikistan Small Projects Programme: call for bids 2025 to 2026
  • 21 August 2025
  • World news story
• Government confirms Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the next EHRC chair
  • 31 July 2025
  • Office for Equality and Opportunity and Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • Press release
• Government seeks new BSL Advisory Board members to break down barriers to opportunity faced by Deaf people
  • 10 July 2025
  • Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Press release
• LGBTQIA+ Legal Guidebook launched in Philippines for Pride Month
  • 23 June 2025
  • World news story

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Research and statistics

• Confidence in maternity care services: engagement with ethnic minority women and maternity staff
  • 28 August 2025
  • Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Research
• How to improve gender equality in the workplace: actions for employers
  • 11 August 2025
  • Office for Equality and Opportunity and Women and Equalities Unit
  • Research
• The lived experience of disabled people in the UK: a review of evidence
  • 17 July 2025
  • Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Research
• Disabled people's employment in the UK: a thematic review of the literature
  • 17 July 2025
  • Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Research
• Disability, loneliness and relationships: a thematic report
  • 17 July 2025
  • Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• British Sign Language 5-year plan: Wales Office
  • 28 August 2025
  • Wales Office, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Policy paper
• British Sign Language 5-year plan: Department of Health and Social Care
  • 21 July 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Policy paper
• British Sign Language 5-year plan: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • 21 July 2025
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Policy paper
• British Sign Language 5-year plan: Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • 21 July 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Policy paper
• British Sign Language 5-year plan: Attorney General's Office
  • 21 July 2025
  • Attorney General's Office, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Disability Unit Regional Stakeholder Network: meeting summaries
  • 26 August 2025
  • Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Transparency
• British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board: meeting summaries
  • 6 August 2025
  • Disability Unit, Closed organisation: Equality Hub, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Transparency
• Companies House gender pay gap report and data 2024
  • 25 March 2025
  • Companies House
  • Transparency
• British Sign Language (BSL) second report, May 2023 to April 2024
  • 17 December 2024
  • Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
  • Corporate report
• Natural England equality, diversity and inclusion approach 2024 to 2027
  • 26 November 2024
  • Natural England
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Disability Unit
• Office for Equality and Opportunity
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street

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• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Women and Equalities Unit
• Cabinet Office
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Race Equality Unit
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Business & Trade
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Department for Transport
• Government Legal Department
• HM Treasury
• Northern Ireland Office
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Government Digital Service
• Immigration Enforcement
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Attorney General's Office
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Civil Service
• Companies House
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• Government Actuary's Department
• Government Internal Audit Agency
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Lammy Review
• Office for Veterans' Affairs
• Planning Inspectorate
• Scotland Office
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• UK Health Security Agency
• Wales Office

• Environment Agency
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Ofsted
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Natural England
• Ofqual
• Sellafield Ltd