Third Report: Unequal impact? Coronavirus and BAME people
Select Committee
Women and Equalities Committee
HC 384
15 December 2020
Government response
3rd Special Report: Unequal Impact? Coronavirus and BAME People: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report · published 5 Mar 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 36
We believe that current guidance is inadequately catering to the needs of BAME people and...
Recommendation
We believe that current guidance is inadequately catering to the needs of BAME people and the publication of translated guidance has been slow and often less accessible than English-language versions. The Government should update the guidance on the virus itself, …
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Government Response Summary
The government describes existing press, radio, TV, and BBC partnerships used to share COVID-19 information in multiple languages to reach ethnic minority audiences, without committing to updating general guidance.
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 37
We welcome the Government’s Community Champions scheme; it is a step in the right direction.
Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s Community Champions scheme; it is a step in the right direction. In order to ensure the scheme’s success, we urge the Government to liaise with BAME women and representatives of BAME women to encourage them to …
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Government Response Summary
The government commits to ensuring all local areas engage minority ethnic women in the Community Champions scheme, monitoring progress and addressing barriers to access information, testing, and vaccination.
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Recommendation
Accepted
Para 51
We understand that data sharing is voluntary.
Recommendation
We understand that data sharing is voluntary. However, we believe it is the Government’s responsibility to build trust among BAME communities so that they are comfortable in volunteering data. We strongly disagree with the Minister’s approach and the resistance to …
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Government Response Summary
The government confirms robust data is critical, outlining ongoing work within PHE to improve ethnicity data for COVID-19 cases and deaths, and mandating the UISPC to improve comprehensive and quality ethnicity data collection and analysis, including weekly vaccination data.
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Recommendation
Accepted
We recommend that the Race Disparity Unit extend the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website to...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Race Disparity Unit extend the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website to include a section on the BAME impacts of coronavirus specifically reporting the disaggregated share of BAME people being tested; the disaggregated share of BAME people …
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Government Response Summary
The government states that the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website already features a dedicated page on Ethnicity and COVID-19, which includes links to key datasets providing disaggregated statistics on deaths, intensive care admissions, and infection rates by ethnic group.
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