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91102

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Transgender People: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which government policy on gender identity conforms to the Yogyakarta Principles on human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity; and what steps she has taken to ensure that policy conforms to those principles.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is proud of its record in protecting and advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens and in promoting equal treatment abroad.</p><p>The Yogyakarta Principles are a set of standards conceived by an independent group of human rights experts. The Principles have not been adopted by any nation state or international legislative body and the Government does not intend to undertake an assessment of the extent to which its policies conforms to them. However, our legislation, policy and practice in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality meets, or surpasses, our international commitments and human rights requirements.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 12:45:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91213

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Intersex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from the Government Equalities Office regularly meet a broad range of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender stakeholders. Government Equalities Office officials met with representatives from the UK Intersex Association in June 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 12:41:06 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91100

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Government Equalities Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect on organisational capacity and productivity of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208495 208811 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91101

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Government Equalities Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the financial cost has been of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208494 208811 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91326

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Government Equalities Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessments have been made since 2010 of the potential merits of establishing the Government Equalities Office within a permanent parent department or as a standalone department.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208494 208495 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60961

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what consideration the Government Equalities Office gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by My Rt Hon Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/06/2014 10:08:52 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60962

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what targets the Government Equalities Office has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which includes the Government Equalities Office, has no specific targets for increasing employeediversity. DCMS publishes its employee diversity information on data.gov.uk annually. The most recent diversity information can be found at the following link</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/237397/DCMS_Equality_Workforce_Data_2012-2013.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/237397/DCMS_Equality_Workforce_Data_2012-2013.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/06/2014 10:10:15 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60963

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what proportion of staff within the Government Equalities Office who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The table shows the proportion of staff, within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years and who have declared themselves as white British.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of DCMS headcount who have been subject to disciplinary proceedings</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff subject to disciplinary proceedings who declared themselves as white British</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff subject to disciplinary proceedings who declared their nationality as British but ethnicity is undeclared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures as they relate to the period from September 2012 include the Government Equalities Office, which joined the Department in that month as part of a machinery of Government move. Before September 2012, the Government Equalities Office was part of the Home Office and the information requested for this period is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/06/2014 13:50:51 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60964

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what proportion of staff within the Government Equalities Office who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The table shows the proportion of staff within the Department for Culture, media and Sport who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years and declared themselves as white British.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of DCMS headcount who have been dismissed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings who declared themselves as white British</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff subject to disciplinary proceedings who declared their nationality as British but ethnicity is undeclared</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012 – 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures as they relate to the period from September 2012 include the Government Equalities Office, which joined the Department in that month as part of a machinery of Government move. Before September 2012, the Government Equalities Office was part of the Home Office and the information requested for this period is not available.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/06/2014 13:51:37 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60950

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets her Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department has not set specific targets, but is fully committed to fulfilling its statutory responsibilities, including the duties set out under fair employment legislation and the Northern Ireland Act 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 12/06/2014 13:13:14 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson