To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many of the responses received to the consultation on the public sector equality duties proposed in the Equality Bill were from faith-based organisations working in the public sector. (294830)

The consultation on the specific duties closed on 30 September. We are currently working through the responses and will publish an analysis in due course.

The single Equality Duty we are bringing in through our Equality Bill will place a new legal requirement on public bodies to consider how they can design and deliver services in ways that will tackle discrimination and advance equality for people of different religions and those of none—resulting in better, more responsive and more personalised services for all.