Office_for_Tackling_Injustices

Office for Tackling Injustices

Office for Tackling Injustices

Proposed UK government body


The Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI) is a proposed UK government body announced on 12 July 2019.[1] It was said by Prime Minister Theresa May that it would work independently to encourage future governments to focus on addressing inequalities in society.[2] The body would collect evidence on disparities in areas including socio-economic background, ethnicity, gender, disability and sexual orientation.[3] Its role would be limited to collecting and publishing data, and it would not make any policy recommendations,[4][5] leading it to criticism for duplicating data-gathering functions already performed by bodies such as the Office for National Statistics.[6] The Guardian described the OfTI as a way for May to secure a legacy before a new leader was elected by the Conservative Party membership.[7]

In March 2020, The Observer reported that the organisation had not convened or submitted a budget since its inception, with one unidentified participant stating "(it) doesn't exist โ€“ it is never going to exist. It has been thrown into the long grass... People involved in it have never even been told what the plan was. They have heard nothing."[8]


References

  1. "Office for Tackling Injustices: 15 Jul 2019: Hansard Written Answers". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Office for Tackling Injustices :Written statement - HCWS1723". www.parliament.uk. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. Mason, Rowena; Stewart, Heather (10 July 2019). "Social justice, not Brexit โ€“ Theresa May races to secure legacy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 July 2019.



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