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1131464

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date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the results of the consultation on ethnicity pay reporting, which closed on 11 January.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL16258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister committed to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay reporting and consulted on how to do so. We received over 300 detailed responses to the consultation. We are working with stakeholders to understand how best to take forward the proposals and will announce next steps in due course. We are also grateful for your continuing support in helping us progress this important agenda.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL16259 question first answered 17/06/2019 12:30:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1131465

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce the mandatory reporting of ethnicity pay gaps for companies operating in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL16259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister committed to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay reporting and consulted on how to do so. We received over 300 detailed responses to the consultation. We are working with stakeholders to understand how best to take forward the proposals and will announce next steps in due course. We are also grateful for your continuing support in helping us progress this important agenda.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL16258 question first answered 17/06/2019 12:30:47 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1131466

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Opening up Public Appointments to Disabled People Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations of the review conducted by Lord Holmes of Richmond Opening up public appointments to disabled people, published in December 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL16260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving diversity in public appointments and has made good progress. Between 2015/16 and 2017/18, the number of appointments (including re-appointments) made to women rose from 45% to 48% and to those with a declared disability from 4% to 7%. In 2017/2018 appointments to candidates from a BAME background (where declared) were at 8.4%.</p><p>But there is still more to do. We have carefully considered the recommendations put forward by Lord Holmes of Richmond in his review. As I set out in my response to my Noble friend’s Oral question in 09 May, we are aiming to publish our response to his review’s recommendations, together with a refreshed Public Appointment Diversity Action Plan, around the end of June.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16261 question first answered 20/06/2019 11:26:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1131467

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the diversity of public appointees.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL16261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving diversity in public appointments and has made good progress. Between 2015/16 and 2017/18, the number of appointments (including re-appointments) made to women rose from 45% to 48% and to those with a declared disability from 4% to 7%. In 2017/2018 appointments to candidates from a BAME background (where declared) were at 8.4%.</p><p>But there is still more to do. We have carefully considered the recommendations put forward by Lord Holmes of Richmond in his review. As I set out in my response to my Noble friend’s Oral question in 09 May, we are aiming to publish our response to his review’s recommendations, together with a refreshed Public Appointment Diversity Action Plan, around the end of June.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16260 question first answered 20/06/2019 11:26:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1131468

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to change the provision of free childcare for children from when they are born.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL16262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to making childcare more affordable and more accessible. We plan to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone – more than any previous government. All 3 and 4-year-olds and the most disadvantaged 2-year-olds can access 15 hours a week of early education. From September 2017, this government doubled the childcare entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4-year-olds to 30 hours a week. Tax-Free Childcare provides additional financial help from government to help with any additional costs, worth up to £2,000 per child per year for children under 12 (or up to £4,000 per year for disabled children under 17). Those parents in receipt of Universal Credit can claim up to 85% of their childcare costs. The Childcare Choices website supports families’ understanding of what might be available to them. This can be found at: <a href="http://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.childcarechoices.gov.uk</a>. The government has no plans to extend the package of free childcare to children from birth.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/06/2019 13:41:17 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith