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Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeWomen and EqualitiesTabled Answered 6 November 2025UIN 85186

The question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51461 on the Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit, whether the Unit will be separate to the Fair Work Agency.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

As set out in Next Steps to Make Work Pay, the government is committed to establishing an Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit.

In April we launched a call for evidence on how enforcement of the equal pay scheme could be improved as well as a number of other areas of equality policy. This included consideration of the establishment of the Unit and its institutional home.

We will consider the responses to the call for evidence, which closed at the end of June, and confirm next steps in due course.

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