Summary
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) is using equality information and data outlined in this paper to:
inform its projects
establish objectives that seek to eliminate discrimination, advance equality and foster good relations
help demonstrate our commitment to meeting the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) set out in the Equality Act 2010.1
Our evidence relates to what is known about children and young people in relation to the protected characteristics set out in the 2010 Act (age; disability; race, gender; gender identity and transgender; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy, maternity and breast feeding; religion and belief; and sexual identity and orientation).