Equality: Public Sector

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the guidance notes produced on procurement and race, disability and gender public sector equality duties published respectively by the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission.

Barbara Follett
I am placing copies of the following publications in the Library:

The duty to promote race equality: Race Equality and Procurement in Local Government: A guide for (local) authorities and contractors (CRE)

The duty to promote race equality: Public Procurement and Race Equality: Guidelines for local government (CRE)

The duty to promote race equality: Race Equality and Public Procurement: A guide for public authorities and contractors (CRE)

The duty to promote race equality: Public Procurement and Race Equality: Guidelines for public authorities (CRE)

Public procurement and race equality: Briefing for suppliers (CBI and CRE)

Procurement and the Disability Equality Duty: Implications of the Disability Equality Duty for Public Procurement and the Management of Public Sector Contracts (DRC)

Guidance for Great Britain: Procurement: Gender equality duty (EOC)