Office for Equality and Opportunity
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 2007 |
| Jurisdiction | England |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Annual budget | £16.7 million in 2019-20 |
| Parent department | Cabinet Office |
| Website | [1] |
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The Office for Equality and Opportunity, formerly known as the Government Equalities Office, is the office of the British government with responsibility for social equality. Based in the Cabinet Office, it is led by the Minister for Women and Equalities.
The Office for Equality and Opportunity is responsible for leading on equality policy including women's equality, race equality, LGBT+ equality, disability equality, socio-economic equality and the overall framework of equality legislation for the UK. It contains three smaller equalities units within it known as the Disability Unit, the Race Equality Unit and the Women and Equalities Unit.