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654620

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to support young people to (a) develop their self-confidence and (b) understand pressures related to advertising.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
	uin	907767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>We want all young people to be comfortable and confident in themselves and understand that the way you look should not define who you are.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we funded Media Smart, a media literacy resource for parents and teachers of Key Stage 2 pupils. The resource helps young people understand and challenge the stereotypes they may see in advertising.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:22:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

694214

	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	Women's Business Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the Women's Business Council's business plan for 2017-18; and how many full-time equivalent staff that Council has employed in each fiscal year since it was established.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	65474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>The Women’s Business Council, an independently led, government-backed body publishes a Progress Report annually, to account for business activity. The Council’s latest Progress Report was published in October 2016, and set out the Council’s current priorities for 2016-17.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/560524/6.2658_GEO_WBC_3_years_on_v5_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/560524/6.2658_GEO_WBC_3_years_on_v5_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Progress Report due for publication in July 2017, will set out the Council’s priorities for 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>The Council does not directly employ any staff. The secretariat for the Council is based in the Government Equalities Office, which has provided two full-time equivalent posts to support the Council since its creation in 2012.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 10:03:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

514143

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	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	Women and Equalities Select Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many times she has attended public meetings of the Women and Equalities Committee since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	uin	34558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities has attended two public meetings of the Women and Equalities Select Committee since its establishment in June 2015, giving evidence to the Committee’s enquiries on Transgender Equality and the Gender Pay Gap. In my role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice, I also attended and gave evidence at the first of these sessions. I remain informed of other public meetings via Parliament TV and meeting transcripts.</p><p> </p><p>Attendance at Committee meetings is a matter of public record. Transcripts and videos of these appearances can be found on the Committee’s web pages, via the links below. There is also a transcript in Hansard.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/oral/24014.html" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/oral/24014.html</a></p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/gender-pay-gap/oral/28868.html" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/gender-pay-gap/oral/28868.html</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2016 15:31:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

769044

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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	Wheels to Work Schemes: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department has provided to Wheels to Work schemes in rural areas, including Cornwall in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	107289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>DWP has provided £360 in support to Wheels to Work Schemes in the last 5 years, the payments were made during 2012/13. These were made specifically in Helston, Bodmin and Liskeard Job Centres.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/10/2017 13:05:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

886147

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on providing electric wheelchairs for NHS patients.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	136342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS Wheelchair Services are responsible for the provision of wheelchairs, including electric wheelchairs, and are commissioned through clinical commissioning groups. Determination of the entitlement an individual has in respect of wheelchairs, or any other mobility equipment, is decided following assessment by the local NHS Wheelchair Service. Each Service will have its own assessment criteria and procedures in place in respect of eligibility for individual mobility equipment.</p><p> </p><p>Further information in relation to wheelchair and mobility services, including details in respect of all local NHS Wheelchair Services, can be located via the NHS Choices website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support/mobility-equipment-wheelchairs-scooters/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support/mobility-equipment-wheelchairs-scooters/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:45:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

804515

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	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	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are in receipt of tax credits, including the childcare element of tax credits, do not receive housing benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	118717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>At 31st August 2017 approximately 3.2 million people receiving tax credits, including those receiving the childcare element) were not receiving housing benefit.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/12/2017 15:15:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

654622

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Welfare State: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of its welfare policies on equality for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	907770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK is a recognised world leader in disabled rights and equality, and the Government continues to spend around £50 billion a year to support sick and disabled people. According to OECD figures, the UK spends a higher proportion of its GDP on incapacity than any other G7 country except Germany.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:19:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

710922

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the fund announced in the Spring Budget 2017 to mark the centenary of women's suffrage will be open for applications from Northern Ireland bidders; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	67840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set up a £5m fund to help celebrate this important occasion. Funding will be available for projects in England, and details including application criteria will be announced in due course. The Barnett formula has been applied to this funding in the usual way and it is for the devolved administrations to decide whether, and how, they choose to mark the centenary.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 67841 question first answered 21/03/2017 16:07:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

710924

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria bidders will be required to meet to secure funding from the fund announced in the Spring Budget 2017 to mark the centenary of women's suffrage; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	67841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set up a £5m fund to help celebrate this important occasion. Funding will be available for projects in England, and details including application criteria will be announced in due course. The Barnett formula has been applied to this funding in the usual way and it is for the devolved administrations to decide whether, and how, they choose to mark the centenary.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 67840 question first answered 21/03/2017 16:07:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

715550

	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	Voting Rights: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to announce further details of the £5 million funding to be made available to women's groups to celebrate 100 years of voting rights for women announced in the Spring Budget 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	69992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The new fund will support projects celebrating the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which extended voting rights to women for the first time. We hope the fund will help build a legacy for the future by educating young people about this important milestone and inspiring women to get more involved in politics at all levels.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how people can apply for funding, what criteria will need to be met and when the scheme will start will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/04/2017 16:23:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw