questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her department collects data on (a) race and (b) ethnicity and c) religion from benefit claimants.
answerText: The purpose of collecting race and ethnicity data is because it they are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.All public bodies have a requirement under the Public Sector Equality Duty to pay due regard to the impacts of policies to those...
heading: Social Security Benefits