| Heading: |
Employment: Social Class |
| Question ID: |
1753159 |
| UIN: |
22269 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4357 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kirsty Blackman
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| Asking Member handle: |
KirstySNP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@KirstySNP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating socioeconomic background reporting for all employers with over 250 employees. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Answer text: |
The Department has not undertaken any such assessment. Companies are already required to disclose employee matters and can choose to include socioeconomic aspects where relevant to their business. For example, all large companies in the UK must include in... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |