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62997

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Government Equalities Office in the last parliamentary session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	201547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>All parliamentary questions tabled to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which includes the Government Equalities Office, in the last parliamentary session, received a substantive answer by the time the House prorogued on 14 May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/06/2014 15:19:59 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

60453

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2014
	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	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to enable civil partnerships to be amended to marriage without recourse to a separate legal process.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	199521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 provides that civil partners may convert their civil partnership into marriage under regulations to be made by the Secretary of State, and that the resulting marriage will be treated as having subsisted since the date the civil partnership was formed. Civil partnerships and marriage are separate legal institutions so a process is required for conversion. We are working hard to ensure that couples wanting to convert their civil partnerships into marriages are able to do so as soon as possible. We aim to do this before the end of 2014.</p><p>These aspects of implementing the Act take longer because they involve developing and implementing completely new procedures and processes. This contrasts with the work to make new marriages for same-sex couples possible, where we were able to build on existing processes so implementation was more straightforward.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/06/2014 13:37:52 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

50305

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 guidance she has given to other Departments on commissioning publicly-funded research into gender differences in brain development and functioning.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	198267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>I have given no guidance to other departments on commissioning publicly-funded research into gender differences in brain development and functioning.</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	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

60627

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how often Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 has been used by employers in relation to recruitment or promotion of an individual with protected characteristics in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	199763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected or held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 12/06/2014 10:52:39 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

65796

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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	Mental Health Services: LGBT People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, on what dates she has met Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender mental health service providers.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 9 July 2014 Official Report, col 338W</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 10/07/2014 14:31:27 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65590

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	Mental Health Services: LGBT People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with LGBT mental health service providers in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Government Equalities Office regularly meet a broad range of LGB&amp;T stakeholders, including mental health providers and other organisations with an interest in this area, to discuss key issues and priorities for the sector. Topics raised include the mental health needs of LGB&amp;T individuals, areas of discrimination and issues with service provision.</p><p>In the last year, officials have met with organisations with an interest in this area including: the Albert Kennedy Trust, Bi Community News, Bisexual Index, BiUK, Broken Rainbow, GALOP, GIRES, METRO Centre, PACE, Press for Change, Stonewall, Stonewall Housing, The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), The LGBT Consortium, and The National LGB&amp;T Partnership. The LGBT Consortium, the National LGB&amp;T Partnership and BiUK are umbrella organisations who raise issues on behalf of their wider membership. Officials also sit on the Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity where mental health issues are regularly raised. Officials have also had meetings with NHS England and Public Health England at which they have discussed mental health issues.</p><p>In the last year, the Minister for Sport, Tourism &amp; Equalities met representatives from the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, LGB&amp;T Consortium, PACE Health, Stonewall, Broken Rainbow, the METRO Centre, and BiUK on 10 October 2013; and representatives from GIRES, Gendered Intelligence and the Gender Identity Clinic in Hammersmith on 15 October 2013.</p><p>On 12 June 2014 the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport visited Birmingham LGBT Centre which hosts mental health services. The Secretary of State also met leading LGB&amp;T representatives on 30 June 2014 including Stonewall, Lesbian and Gay Foundation, LGB&amp;T Consortium, GIRES, and Gendered Intelligence. Health issues were discussed at all events.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 16:52:10 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65589

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	Government Equalities Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what proportion of Named Day Written Questions were answered within the prescribed period in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Since joining DCMS in September 2012, as part of a machinery of Government move, the Government Equalities Office has answered the following proportion of its Named Day parliamentary questions within the prescribed period:</p><p> </p><p>2012 (September 2012 to Dec 2012) 0% (of those late 55% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p>2013 (January 2013 to December 2013) 46% (of those late 22% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p>2014 (January 2014 to Date) 83% (of those late 50% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold figures for previous years.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 16:51:44 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65591

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many apprentices the Department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many were (a) women and (b) men in each year since the scheme started.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not currently have any apprentices from the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme. We have however taken part in the Summer Diversity Internship Programme and offer placements to individuals on the various Fast Stream schemes. These schemes are managed centrally by Cabinet Office and Civil Service Resourcing.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 14:02:56 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77238

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the fee will be to convert civil partnerships to marriage; and on what basis that fee was calculated.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	205169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The proposed fees for converting a civil partnership to marriage have been calculated on a full cost recovery basis. Where comparable processes exist for marriage and civil partnership, for example, for housebound and detained persons, these have been mirrored in the calculations for the conversion fees. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary legislation, the fee to convert a civil partnership to a marriage will be:</p><p> </p><p>· £45 - standard procedure at a register office</p><p>· £99 - at the residence of a housebound person</p><p>· £117 - at the place of detention of a detained person</p><p>· £15 – special procedure where a person is seriously ill and not expected to recover.</p><p> </p><p>There will be separate fees for conversions conducted in consulates overseas which have yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some couples may not have entered into their civil partnership if marriage had been available to same sex couples at that time. Therefore the Home Secretary has agreed to waive the fee for one year from 10 December 2014 for any couple who formed their civil partnership prior to 29 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 15/07/2014 15:09:16 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77239

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when the Government will issue guidance to local authorities on the procedure for converting civil partnerships to marriage.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	205170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The provision of guidance to local authorities on registration matters is the responsibility of the General Register Office for England and Wales, part of Her Majesty's Passport Office. Guidance on the conversion process has already been issued.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 15/07/2014 15:11:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero