Legal Background
4 As the Government's current guidance points out, policy-makers should think about family impacts in a similar way to how they consider impacts on equality as required by the Public Sector Equality Duty. However, while analysis under the Family Test might complement the consideration of equality impacts, the two are separate responsibilities with the equality considerations required under statute.
5 This Bill seeks to place the Family Test on a similar statutory footing for certain public authorities to the assessment and analyses required under Equality legislation.