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922426

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Re-employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Can the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff made redundant by his Department between January and March 2017 have been reemployed by his Department on (a) permanent, (b) agency or (c) contractor contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	152853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>No staff have been reemployed by the Department who previously left under compulsory or voluntary redundancy, between January and March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/06/2018 11:09:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

795911

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Marriage Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned investment in relationship support programmes was for 2018-19 and 2019-20 prior to any changes announced in Autumn Budget 2017; what additional funding Autumn Budget 2017 allocated to relationship support programmes; what the planned total investment in relationship support programmes is for 2018-19 and 2019-20 as a result of Autumn Budget 2017; and whether that investment in relationship support programmes relates to (a) the Department for Work and Pensions' Reducing Parental Conflict Programme or (b) other programmes or projects intended to strengthen families and relationships.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	116233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>We published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017 where we announced a spend of up to £30m to launch the new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme. Planned spend in 17/18 is £5.91m. Funding allocations to projects/business areas in future years are decided on an annual basis and are subject to internal prioritisation.</p><p>The funding that was announced as part of the 2017 Autumn Budget, safeguards £15m pa investment on relationship support/parental conflict in 18/19 and 19/20. DWP has no plans to fund other projects than those mentioned in the budget statement, however, strengthening families is a cross-government objective and other government departments will be able to confirm their own plans in this area.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 116231 question first answered 01/12/2017 17:04:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

596087

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. However, there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 47585 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:29:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

687134

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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, how Sustainable Development Goal 5 has been incorporated into the Government Equality Office's single department plan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is part of the Department for Education. The Department’s single Departmental plan is currently being updated to allow for, amongst other things, the inclusion of the relevant parts of the Sustainable Development Goals. The revised plan is currently due to be published this spring.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/02/2017 17:37:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

577655

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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	Civil Partnerships and Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) civil partnerships, (b) conversions of civil partnerships into marriages and (c) same sex marriages have taken place since 10 December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	45544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics:</p><p>(a) In 2015, a total of 861 civil partnerships were formed in England and Wales.</p><p>(b) 7,732 couples in England and Wales converted their existing civil partnership into a marriage between 10 December 2014 and 30 June 2015.</p><p>(c) A total of 7,366 marriages were formed in England and Wales between same sex couples between 29 March 2014 (when the legislation came into effect) and 30 June 2015.</p><p>This information is available online at: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/09/2016 17:38:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

720807

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Rob Marris
	uin	70476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows data on how many and what proportion of staff are employed by the Department for Education (DfE), on a contract which is full-time permanent and part-time permanent. The permanent headcount figures include staff who are on fixed-term contracts and have been employed for over 1 year but under 2 years. The fixed term/temporary figure shows staff on fixed-term contracts who have been employed for less than 1 year.</p><p>The total figure for (c) is therefore 212.</p><p> </p><p>Agency workers are not employees of DfE and have therefore not been included. DfE does not employ any staff on zero hours contracts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td><td><p>GEO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Paid headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4697</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FT Permanent (a)</p></td><td><p>3941</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PT Permanent (b)</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Of Permanent (c) </em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>FT contract (less than 2 years)</em></p></td><td><p><em>34</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other FT contract</em></p></td><td><p><em>109</em></p></td><td><p><em>0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed Term/Temporary (c)</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/04/2017 15:52:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

657996

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many applications were made to Access to Elected Office Fund 2015-16 by (a) political party, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) region; and how many such applications were (i) granted and (ii) refused.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Access to Elected Office Fund was set up to help disabled candidates meet their additional costs in standing for election. It was a three-year pilot that ran until the General Election in May 2015. No applications were made after March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/12/2016 17:37:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

447442

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2016
	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	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many civil partnerships have been (a) conducted, (b) terminated and (c) converted to marriage status since such partnerships were established.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	24071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Based on the latest publicly available data from the Office of National Statistics, since the Civil Partnership Act came into force in December 2005, the total number of civil partnerships formed in England and Wales up to the end of 2014 is 62,621.</p><br /><p>From January 2007 to December 2014, there were 4,527 civil partnerships dissolutions in England and Wales.</p><br /><p>A total of 7,732 couples chose to convert their existing civil partnership into a marriage in the six months between 10 December 2014 and 30 June 2015 in England and Wales.</p><br /><p>This information is available from the Office of National Statistics: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Civil+Partnerships" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Civil+Partnerships</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/01/2016 13:49:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

657275

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	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: Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many civil servants worked in the Government Equalities Office in each of the last five years by grade; and how many at each grade were (a) women, (b) BAME and (c) disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	57185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) joined DfE in September 2015. We do not hold data to prior to this when GEO was part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p>The number of civil servants working in GEO is shown below. Ethnicity and disability status data are based on voluntary declaration of these characteristics. To protect personal information numbers are rounded to the nearest five and suppressed when fewer than five.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>End Nov-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><em>a) women</em></p></td><td><p><em>b) BAME</em></p></td><td><p><em>c) disabled</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>35</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>5</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>5</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="12"><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><em>10</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td><td><p><em>5</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A (UPPER)</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 6</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS Band 1</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS Band 2</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>End Nov-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><em>a) women</em></p></td><td><p><em>b) BAME</em></p></td><td><p><em>c) disabled</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>40</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>10</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="12"><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><em>20</em></p></td><td><p><em>5</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A (UPPER)</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 6</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS Band 1</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS Band 2</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2016 16:56:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

445068

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	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: Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many defibrillators are provided in each building the Government Equalities Office manages.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	22559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) does not manage any buildings. The GEO shares premises with the Department for Education. We refer the Honourable Member for Brigg and Goole to the answer submitted by that department to PQ Number 22555.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/01/2016 08:57:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

692065

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	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: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many equality impact assessments have been carried out in the last three years on public service reforms which impact on (a) departmental staff and (b) members of the public; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	64445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last three years the Government Equalities Office (GEO) has had and continues to have due regard, as necessary, to the public sector equality duty in exercising its functions. The Equality Act does not require this due regard to take the form of an equality impact assessment, nor does it define an equality impact assessment, and the GEO does not maintain a record of such assessments.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/02/2017 18:00:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

683456

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many former prisoners have been employed by the Government Equalities Office in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	62958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/02/2017 16:43:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

573875

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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 and Human Rights Commission: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full-time equivalent caseworkers have been employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in each year from 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	44522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission was formed in 2007 and is an independent body. The Commission is responsible for its own staff management, including the number of case workers it employs. I have therefore asked the Commission to write to the Hon. Member with the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/09/2016 16:34:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

675620

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	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 and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many legal cases the Equality and Human Rights Commission has (a) opened, (b) continued and (c) concluded in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	60825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and makes its own decisions about its legal work to enforce equality law. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Commission to write to the honourable member with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/01/2017 09:18:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

448756

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2016
	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 Minister for Women and Equalities, how many meetings she has had on increasing the number of women receiving public appointments since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	24805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>I am working closely with the Cabinet Office to modernise recruitment practices and attract a more diverse field of candidates from an ever-wider range of social and professional backgrounds.</p><p>This includes engaging with government departments, the private sector and a range of different diversity networks and groups. We have engaged with them through online advertising, social media and at events to promote and raise awareness of public appointments and better understand the barriers or concerns for those considering a public appointment.</p><p>The most recent figures published show that we are making real, consistent, progress in increasing the number of public appointments going to women. Last financial year 44% of new appointments were made to women.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/02/2016 17:54:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

448441

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many meetings she has had with businesses since May 2015 on increasing the number of women on company boards; and who those meetings were with.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	24538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have met with many business representatives since taking on our roles as Ministers for Women and Equalities. We have also met employers and business representatives as part of our plans to introduce gender pay gap reporting and always ensure that we use these opportunities to raise the issue of achieving a better gender balance on boards. This includes attending and speaking at conferences and events, including at the 30% Club and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 businesses in the UK.</p><p>Since May 2015, we have met numerous business leaders at conferences and events, including meetings with:</p><ul><li><p>Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE</p></li><li><p>Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, CBE, CEO, Mitie Group PLC (in her capacity as Chair of the Women’s Business Council)</p></li><li><p>Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, CBE, CEO, Mitie Group PLC</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Cilla Snowball, CBE, Group Chairman and Group CEO, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO</p></li><li><p>Denis Woulfe, Partner, Deloitte LLP</p></li><li><p>Emer Timmons, President, BT Global Services UK</p></li><li><p>Fiona Dawson, Global President, Mars Food, Drinks, and Multisales, Mars Food</p></li><li><p>Sue Langley, OBE, Non-Executive Chairman, A J Gallagher UK, UK Asset Resolution Limited (Northern Rock Asset Management and Bradford &amp; Bingley)</p></li><li><p>Sue O’Brien, OBE, Partner, Ridgeways Partners</p></li><li><p>Amanda Harrison, HR Director, Centrica PLC</p></li></ul><p>I also spoke at the launch of Lord Davies’s final report, which was attended by a large cross section of over 100 businesses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 24539 question first answered 01/02/2016 15:29:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

448439

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many meetings she has had with chief executives of FTSE 100 companies since May 2015 at which she raised the issue of increasing the number of women on company boards.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	24539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have met with many business representatives since taking on our roles as Ministers for Women and Equalities. We have also met employers and business representatives as part of our plans to introduce gender pay gap reporting and always ensure that we use these opportunities to raise the issue of achieving a better gender balance on boards. This includes attending and speaking at conferences and events, including at the 30% Club and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which represents 190,000 businesses in the UK.</p><p>Since May 2015, we have met numerous business leaders at conferences and events, including meetings with:</p><ul><li><p>Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE</p></li><li><p>Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, CBE, CEO, Mitie Group PLC (in her capacity as Chair of the Women’s Business Council)</p></li><li><p>Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, CBE, CEO, Mitie Group PLC</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Cilla Snowball, CBE, Group Chairman and Group CEO, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO</p></li><li><p>Denis Woulfe, Partner, Deloitte LLP</p></li><li><p>Emer Timmons, President, BT Global Services UK</p></li><li><p>Fiona Dawson, Global President, Mars Food, Drinks, and Multisales, Mars Food</p></li><li><p>Sue Langley, OBE, Non-Executive Chairman, A J Gallagher UK, UK Asset Resolution Limited (Northern Rock Asset Management and Bradford &amp; Bingley)</p></li><li><p>Sue O’Brien, OBE, Partner, Ridgeways Partners</p></li><li><p>Amanda Harrison, HR Director, Centrica PLC</p></li></ul><p>I also spoke at the launch of Lord Davies’s final report, which was attended by a large cross section of over 100 businesses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 24538 question first answered 01/02/2016 15:29:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

694279

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many officials of the Government Equalities Office oversee contracts awarded to external providers after those contracts have been awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	65534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office does not have a separate contract management function. Some members of staff oversee a specific contract or contracts as part of a wider role in the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 09:53:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

715796

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	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: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to the Government Equalities Office premises with that pass, by Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	70063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/04/2017 14:32:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

444309

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	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: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender have worked as special advisers in the Government Equalities Office since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	22065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Since May 2010, four female and two male special advisers working for successive Ministers for Women and Equalities have had responsibilities which have included women and equalities issues.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2016 17:25:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

432342

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender work as special advisers in the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	17653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>There are currently two special advisers, one male and one female, who work for the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, whose responsibilities include women’s and equalities issues.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2015 17:49:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

432343

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender work in the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	17654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>There are currently 35 female and 20 male members of staff in the Government Equalities Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/11/2015 17:00:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

442763

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people of each gender work in the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	21084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>35 female and 20 male members of staff currently work in the Government Equalities Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/01/2016 12:56:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

643999

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2016
	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: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many projects in operation in her Department are related to the UK's exit from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	54751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has instructed all departments to identify potential opportunities that will arise in their areas from EU Exit. My Department, working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union, is undertaking a variety of analytical and organisational work to understand the impacts of leaving the EU across its entire policy remit. My Department is also making sure that the implications of leaving the EU are understood and accounted for within the context of pre-existing projects. The Government is united in its ambition to deliver a successful withdrawal from the EU and a new relationship with Europe, and departments will work together to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/12/2016 15:40:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

685598

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many security passes into her Department are issued to people (a) not directly employed by and (b) who are not civil servants who work in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	63281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/02/2017 13:43:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett