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100761

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Females: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent representations she has received on the role of women in public life; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	211750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I receive regular representations on many issues including the role of women in public life.</p><p>We are removing barriers that prevent women from progressing in public life. For example, the Government has established the Centre for Public Appointments (CPA) in the Cabinet Office to ensure best practice is followed. As a result, the proportion of new female appointees to public boards has increased to 39%. We have also supported political parties to increase women’s representation thorough a combination of legislative and voluntary measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/10/2014 09:03:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

100825

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many (a) men and (b) women her Department has publicly appointed in each of the last five years; and how much has been paid to each (i) man and (ii) woman.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	211836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office made the following public appointments to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes two reappointments</p><p>The EHRC Chair and Deputy Chair posts are salaried and the salaries over the period are shown below. The significant reduction in the remuneration is a result of the reduction in terms and conditions following the Government’s comprehensive review of the EHRC:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair (male)</p></td><td><p>£124,000</p></td><td><p>£124,000</p></td><td><p>£147,000</p></td><td><p>£65,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair (female)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£55,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deputy Chair (both female)</p></td><td><p>£59,533</p></td><td><p>£65,800</p></td><td><p>£65,800</p></td><td><p>£85,000 (including period as interim Chair)</p></td><td><p>£23,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Commissioners receive £400 a day plus expenses. In addition, two male Disability Commissioners were required to carry out additional work during the period, therefore additional payments were made as shown:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair of the Inquiry into disability related harassment</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£8,875</p></td><td><p>£11,750</p></td><td><p>£2,375</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lead on Disability Committee Review</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£18,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total of fees and expenses paid each year to each Commissioner is available in the relevant EHRC annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/10/2014 09:02:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156085

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Castes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what representations she has received on the timetable for the amendment of the definition of race to include caste in the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
	uin	214592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Since July 2013 when the timetable was published, the government has received a number of representations from MPs, Peers, organisations and individuals. These representations have concerned whether the timetable should go ahead as well as the length of time required to implement the various stages it contains. Representations from organisations in particular have included both those in favour of and those opposed to the introduction of legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 13:12:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

156813

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Business: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to address the gender pay gap in the financial sector and to increase female representation at board level in FTSE100 companies; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The gender pay gap in the UK is at an historic low. In the financial &amp; insurance activities sector, the overall gender pay gap is (including both part time and full time workers) down from 44.3% in 2011 to 40.2% in 2014. However, the sector still has a completely unacceptable pay gap of around twice the national average, so more needs to be done. We are strongly encouraging more girls to consider maths and science-related careers through the “Your Life” initiative. Women in the sector will also benefit from the many other measures we are taking to drive the pay gap down further, including extending flexible working to all employees; introducing Shared Parental Leave; and bringing in new childcare tax provisions. We are also providing free software to companies for them to calculate any pay gaps and to analyse the causes of them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK takes a voluntary approach increasing the numbers of women on boards. We are making progress with the Lord Davies business-led initiative to achieve 25% women on boards by 2015 and have moved from 12.5% to nearly 23% of women on the boards of the top 100 companies since 2011. For the first time, every board of Britain’s top 100 companies has at least one woman. Government will continue to work closely with investors, regulators, head hunters and businesses to implement his recommendation of 25% women on boards by 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 16:39:26 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

166058

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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	Business: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to promote the use of role models for women in business.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	906309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We are actively promoting female role models on our new ‘Women in Enterprise’ web page (<a href="http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/women-in-enterprise/" target="_blank">http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/women-in-enterprise/</a> ) and as part of our Great Business campaign. We have invested £1.9m in the Get Mentoring project, which recruited and trained over 6000 mentors to specifically support female entrepreneurs. We announced earlier this month that we would build on this programme by holding a series of ‘Meet a Mentor’ events for women in venues across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 27/11/2014 12:05:20 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

49329

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, which organisations have been awarded funding to conduct a review into homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	197302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The contract to conduct a review of the available evidence on the most effective practices to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools has been awarded to NatCen Social Research following a rigorous assessment process.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49333

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2014, Official Report, columns 578-9W, on equality, how many companies responded to the recent survey of companies participating in the Think Act, Report initiative; and what information her Department holds on which companies participating in that initiative (a) have conducted a gender pay audit in the last two years and (b) publish detailed gender pay gap information for each grade.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	197286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The survey of Think, Act, Report participating companies was conducted in October 2013. There were 39 responses, roughly a third of the companies then supporting the initiative.</p><p> </p><p>The survey was anonymous, so the Department does not hold information on which of the companies have conducted gender pay audits. However, we are aware there are at least 16 such companies.</p><p> </p><p>At least two companies, Friends Life and Genesis Housing, publish detailed gender pay gap information broken down by every grade. The Government is using the initiative to encourage companies to publish pay information, and for many of them signing-up to Think, Act, Report is their first step on that journey.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49459

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of her Department to Brighton; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	197445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

49600

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent progress he has made on the appointment of a business champion for older workers.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	197649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answer given on 2 April 2014 Official Report, col 651W.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott previous answer version 9266 answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49758

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance currently issued to managers at the Equality and Human Rights Commission on managing a diverse workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and is responsible for its own staff management, including diversity training. The guidance papers requested are internal documents that were not intended for wider publication. However, I have asked the EHRC to send copies to the Hon Member.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies