Making the announcement today, the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, said that before new legislation or policy can be put to ministers or introduced to Parliament, Government departments will have to consider the impact it might have on families.
It follows on from a speech delivered by the Prime Minister David Cameron in August to introduce a ‘families test’ for all domestic Government policy.
Under the move, civil servants will need to consider a series of questions when first developing policy and legislation, including the impact it will have on families going through key transitions such as becoming parents or getting married, and the effect on those most at risk of relationship breakdown.
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