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1150239

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that comprehensive mental health services are available for women who experience domestic and sexual violence.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	900034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:37:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1150336

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	International Women's Day: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much her Department has spent on celebrations for International Women's day in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	1642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>From April 2017 to present, the Government Equalities Office has spent £3,199 on International Women’s Day celebrations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the GEO has taken the opportunity to promote IWD through our communications activity and through any events that happen to take place on or around 9 March.</p><p> </p><p>Due to historic machinery of government changes, GEO does not hold specific spend information for International Women's Day, for the years preceding 2017. Whilst the Department for Education will hold detailed records of transactions from 2015, it will not be able to identify International Women's Day spend.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 12:52:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1150527

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	Employment: Sexual Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a preventative duty on employers to require them to take reasonable, proactive steps to protect workers from sexual harassment and victimisation.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	1716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Earlier this year, we consulted on the evidence for a preventative duty on employers. The consultation closed on 2 October and we are currently considering the responses received.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2019 12:45:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1150240

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	Housing: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When the Government plans to consult on the introduction of mandatory accessible housing standards in building regulations.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	900036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The former Prime Minister announced that Government will consult on mandating higher accessibility standards for new housing. We will bring forward the consultation on improving accessibility standards at the earliest opportunity, ensuring it happens as part of our full review of Part M of the Building Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 17/10/2019 16:36:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1150238

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	Railway Stations: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on rail stations that are inaccessible to people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	900033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p><em>We are committed to improving accessibility at rail stations, and have recently extended the Access for All programme with £300m to provide accessibility improvements at even more stations. This is in addition to improvements required whenever infrastructure work is carried out at a station by the industry.</em></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/10/2019 16:36:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1148876

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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	Mental Illness: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government has to strengthen protections in the Equality Act 2010 for people with mental health problems who experience discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	24
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Tacking mental health discrimination in the workplace is a priority for the Government. We are considering the scope for further support and protection for people with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 already protects people whose mental health conditions meet the definition of disability in the Act, specifically a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities’.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/10/2019 15:12:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1147949

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Candidates: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more women to seek elected office.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	293589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We are clear that Parliament must be representative, and that it is for parties to ensure that they select a diverse range of candidates, and that their selection processes are responsive to known barriers.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Suffrage Centenary Fund supported around 320 projects across the country including events encouraging nearly 800 women to stand for election, creating a pipeline of talent ready to enter public life. The Fund also provides a valuable model for further consideration of Government action in the future.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/10/2019 16:30:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1150172

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department uses ONS estimates of personal wellbeing in formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) takes the wellbeing of our staff very seriously and is committed to providing a high level of support. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) employ staff on behalf of OSSW and therefore the Office adopts and applies MOJ wellbeing policies to our staff.</p><p> </p><p>MOJ published a report on staff mental health and wellbeing in August 2019:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827763/moj-voluntary-reporting.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827763/moj-voluntary-reporting.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The report covers the four positive wellbeing measures used by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for the UK population: life satisfaction, sense of purpose, happiness and anxiety.</p><p> </p><p>The Office uses a wide range of MoJ policies that support wellbeing, including a carers charter and passport. During the past 12 months, MoJ has introduced guidance on supporting victims of domestic abuse (November 2018) and a policy to support EU nationals (August 2019). In August, MoJ introduced the Gender Identity and Intersex Policy and Guidance for staff who identify as transgender, non-binary and intersex. This sets out standards of behaviours and useful resources to ensure everyone is treated fairly at work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>OSSW staff can access a range of MoJ wellbeing services which include: access to internal mental health first aiders, the 24/7 hour employee assistance helpline, occupational health referral and counselling sessions (if deemed appropriate) and membership of relevant employee support networks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to MoJ policies, the Office engages with other Government Departments in the UK Governance Group to raise staff awareness of wellbeing techniques. This includes discussion of staff wellbeing at staff events and senior leadership meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2019 10:11:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1150201

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293443, on Public Sector: Redundancy Pay, what recourse is available to public servants who have not had the waiver system applied to their exit payment and wish to challenge that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The published draft HM Treasury Directions set out circumstances where the power to relax restrictions must be exercised (“mandatory cases”) and may be exercised (“discretionary cases”). In discretionary cases, the relevant delegated authority must submit a business case to the sponsoring department for approval of the Principal Accounting Officer and the relevant Minister before submitting the business case to HM Treasury for approval. In mandatory cases, there is no requirement to send a business case to HM Treasury for approval.</p><p>The government is currently considering responses to the consultation and the consultation response will provide more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 865 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:14:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1150202

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293443 on Public Sector: Redundancy Pay, how that waiver system will operate; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The published draft HM Treasury Directions set out circumstances where the power to relax restrictions must be exercised (“mandatory cases”) and may be exercised (“discretionary cases”). In discretionary cases, the relevant delegated authority must submit a business case to the sponsoring department for approval of the Principal Accounting Officer and the relevant Minister before submitting the business case to HM Treasury for approval. In mandatory cases, there is no requirement to send a business case to HM Treasury for approval.</p><p>The government is currently considering responses to the consultation and the consultation response will provide more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 864 question first answered 25/10/2019 13:14:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe