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	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to achieve equal pay for men and women.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	902535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Paying men and women unequally for the same work has been unlawful for nearly 50 years. Where an employer is found to have breached equal pay law, an employment tribunal can order them to produce an equal pay audit. Our requirement for all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap will help increase transparency of all the factors underlying the endemic differences in pay between men and women.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 17:41:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

757007

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Fair opportunities for all: A strategy to reduce pay gaps in Britain report, what steps she is taking to tackle gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	7670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We note the findings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s research into gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps. The Government is tackling pay gaps by requiring large employers, including the public sector, to publish their gender pay gap and gender bonus gap. In addition, we are exploring options for introducing other forms of pay gap reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the government is offering 30 hours of free childcare for working families with 3 and 4 year-olds, has extended the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduced shared parental leave. In addition, we are providing £5m of funding to increasing Returners Programmes.</p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging girls to consider a wider range of careers, including in those higher paying sectors traditionally dominated by men, through funding programmes in schools to increase take-up of STEM subjects and programmes such as STEM ambassadors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 16:55:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to ensure that gender pay gap reporting is effectively enforced when it comes into effect in April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	113069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Any failure to comply with the new gender pay gap regulations is unlawful under section 34 of the Equality Act 2006. This would be subject to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of a breach of the regulations, the EHRC can issue unlawful act notices and, ultimately, court orders if an employer refuses to comply.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2017 17:34:04 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe