We have completed an evaluation of our summary guidance on the Equality Act with input from other regulators, charities and interest groups. We will publish a fuller version of our guidance later in 2011 which reflects the feedback we have received.

We are taking further time to develop the fuller version of the guidance so that we can:

• give more detailed coverage to the issues and questions which have been identified in the evaluation
• take account of any relevant points from the appeal by the charity Catholic Care

We have received positive feedback about the clarity of our summary material which was published in September 2010. The fuller version will retain a focus on the charity exemption in the Equality Act.

However, we will include more examples and detail on areas such as the relationship between the public benefit test and the tests in the exemption, and how the tests in the exemption might work in relation to charities with restricted funds.