Impact assessment

Right to work and right to rent checks: equality impact assessments

Equality impact assessments undertaken in relation to the Right to Rent and Right to Work Schemes.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Digital only right to work and rent checks: equality impact assessment

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From 6 April 2022, holders of biometric residence cards (BRCs) and biometric residence permits (BRPs) are required to use their biometric cards to access Home Office online right to work and rent services, in order to prove their status to employers or landlords, rather than a physical check.

In November 2023 we announced proposals to increase the maximum level of civil penalty.

In line with the public sector equality duty, these equality impact assessments (EIA) consider the likely equalities impact.

Updates to this page

Published 22 June 2022
Last updated 16 November 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added equality impact assessment on increasing the maximum civil penalty amount for the right to work and right to rent schemes.

  2. First published.

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