Impact assessment

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

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

• From: Home Office
• Published: 22 June 2022
• Last updated: 16 November 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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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 line with the public sector equality duty, this equality impact assessment (EIA) considers the likely equalities impact.

Published 22 June 2022

Last updated 16 November 2023 + show all updates

1. 16 November 2023

   Added equality impact assessment on increasing the maximum civil penalty amount for the right to work and right to rent schemes.

2. 22 June 2022

   First published.