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845504

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to promote Sustainable Development Goal 5.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	128476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text The UK was instrumental in securing agreement for a stand-alone goal and dedicated targets for gender equality and women’s empowerment within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The promotion of SDG5, and other related targets, remains a priority for the Government both domestically and internationally. Government policies, such as those to eliminate the gender pay gap and to end violence against women and girls, will help us achieve the implementation of the goals. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2018 11:19:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

845638

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Equal Pay: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission are working on the gender pay gap.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	128610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions on staffing requirements are operational matters for the Commission itself. I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to the Hon member with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/03/2018 10:47:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

845636

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Equal Pay
	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 adequacy of the resources available to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to check gender pay gap data.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	128608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has an annual budget of £18.3m in 2018-19, and we expect it to be able to resource its existing commitments from its allocated budgets during the current Spending Review period. Decisions on allocation of resources within its overall budget are matters for the EHRC as an independent public body.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2018 16:02:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

845635

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission will have a role in checking the accuracy of gender pay gap data.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	128607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>Regulations introduced in 2017 require employers with 250 or more employees to report specific data about their gender pay gap. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the power to take enforcement action against employers that breach the regulations, including by publishing inaccurate data.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2018 16:03:46 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

845668

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of the roll-out universal credit on (a) women and (b) BME women.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	128640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I have not yet had the opportunity to discuss these matters with my Rt. Hon Friend, but I look forward to covering these matters with my Ministerial colleagues soon.</p><p>It is important that women, including BME women, have opportunities to enter employment and to progress in work. The introduction of Universal Credit helps to support people who are in work to progress their earnings, and is designed to ensure that it is always worth working by allowing people to keep more of their benefit in the transitional period back to work. The Government will monitor employment rates and the BME employment gap quarterly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/02/2018 12:53:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

845637

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) public sector organisations, (b) businesses and (c) charities are required to report gender pay gap information this year; and how many (i) public sector organisations, (ii) businesses and (iii) charities have already reported gender pay gap data for this year.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	128609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>An initial assessment of the number of employers required to report under the regulations was made in 2015. Based on the Office for National Statistics’ Interdepartmental Business Register it was estimated that around 8,000 private sector and 1,200 public sector employers would be in scope of the regulations.</p><p>We have been working with employers to ensure that our list reflects the changes since that assessment was made. The nature of business means that this number has changed and it will continue to do so. Employers change in size, often as a result of mergers and restructuring. Many businesses also have a number of subsidiaries, some of which may be in scope. We work closely with employers to ascertain who is required to report in light of this.</p><p>Over 1,000 employers have already reported and more employers report every day. The most up to date picture of employers that have already reported can be seen on the Government viewing service:</p><p><a href="https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Viewing/search-results" target="_blank">https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Viewing/search-results</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2018 16:07:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

845621

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	128593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department recognises the importance of the Welsh language in its day to day work. Our Welsh Language Scheme makes clear our commitment to treat the Welsh and English languages on the basis of equality, to enable people to interact with the department in their language of choice. We welcome correspondence in Welsh or English, and ensure replies on a consistent basis and to the same timescales irrespective of language. As a small department, my Office uses corporate services provided by the Ministry of Justice. This includes our use of the HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s Welsh language translation service when required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/02/2018 15:29:12 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

845647

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, how many members of the UK delegation were of UK-Chinese origin during her recent visit to China.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	128619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of the UK delegation is available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 27/02/2018 16:44:49 answering member 8 label Biography information for Baroness May of Maidenhead
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

845564

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Irish Language: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the St Andrews Agreement of 2006, what her policy is on the introduction of an Irish Language Act.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	128536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Since May 2007, Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions have been responsible for the introduction of the Irish language Act. It is disappointing that the Northern Ireland parties have been unable to reach an agreement on how to proceed in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will continue to do all it can to support delivery of an effective, stable, power-sharing devolved Government, so that decisions on issues such as the Irish language and other languages are taken by locally accountable politicians.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/02/2018 15:21:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

845369

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Learning Alliance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have responded to a letter sent to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation on 17 January by the Prisoner Learning Alliance in relation to their decision not to extend its contract for in-custody provision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL5569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Yes. My Ministerial colleague, Rory Stewart OBE, MP, Minister of State for Justice, replied to Professor Schuller’s letter on Wednesday 21 February.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2018 17:03:08 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham