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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

Everyone will benefit if men include more women in top roles

7 September 2018

Government Equalities Office

Press release

1. Men as Change Agents speech
   • 7 September 2018
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Press release
2. Fortunes of mankind depend on the talents of womankind
   • 7 September 2018
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Press release
3. More than £400,000 awarded to organisations increasing diversity in politics
   • 5 September 2018
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Press release
4. 100% of UK employers publish gender pay gap data
   • 1 August 2018
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Press release

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Research and 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
• Inequality among LGB&T groups in the UK: a review of evidence
  • 21 July 2016
  • Government Equalities Office
  • Research
• Anti-homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying programme: Evaluation
  • 11 July 2016
  • Government Equalities Office
  • Research

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Policy and engagement

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

  Government Equalities Office

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 18 September 2017

• Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 3 July 2018

  Government Equalities Office

  Open consultation

  Closing date 19 October 2018

• Returning to work after time out for caring 26 March 2018

  Government Equalities Office

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 23 October 2017

• Enforcing human rights: government response
  • 13 September 2018
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Policy paper
• Disabled people’s rights: information following the UK’s first periodic review
  • 6 September 2018
  • Department for Work and Pensions and Office for Disability Issues
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

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

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