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514820

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	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's Business Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to support the work of the Women's Business Council.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	35087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Women’s Business Council was established in 2012 to advise the Government on how to support women and maximise their contribution to economic growth. The Ministers for Women and Equalities regularly meet with the Council and its Chair to set strategic direction and support the development of business to business toolkits.</p><p>Most recently, we have supported Council members such as Barclays in launching their ‘Come Back’ toolkit for businesses to encourage and support women to return to the workplace after a career break. We have also worked with the Council member from Deloitte in producing the ‘Trailblazers’ transparency report, to share business best practice on tackling the gender pay gap. We have also engaged with Deloitte in their April 2016 report highlighting best practice to support and encourage female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The Government has taken into account the Women’s Business Council’s reports and recommendations when developing policy options and programmes. In particular their evidence papers and analysis has informed our policies on closing the gender pay gap, increasing the numbers of women into senior positions and encouraging women and girls to take up STEM qualifications. This builds upon work already done by the Government in line with the Council’s recommendations such as the right to request flexible working and shared parental leave and supporting the National Careers Service in launching the ‘Your Daughter’s Future’ toolkit to raise parental awareness regarding career opportunities for girls and women.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 35086 question first answered 26/04/2016 16:10:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

514821

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	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's Business Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has incorporated any research recommendations from the Women's Business Council into government policy or legislative proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	35086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Women’s Business Council was established in 2012 to advise the Government on how to support women and maximise their contribution to economic growth. The Ministers for Women and Equalities regularly meet with the Council and its Chair to set strategic direction and support the development of business to business toolkits.</p><p>Most recently, we have supported Council members such as Barclays in launching their ‘Come Back’ toolkit for businesses to encourage and support women to return to the workplace after a career break. We have also worked with the Council member from Deloitte in producing the ‘Trailblazers’ transparency report, to share business best practice on tackling the gender pay gap. We have also engaged with Deloitte in their April 2016 report highlighting best practice to support and encourage female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The Government has taken into account the Women’s Business Council’s reports and recommendations when developing policy options and programmes. In particular their evidence papers and analysis has informed our policies on closing the gender pay gap, increasing the numbers of women into senior positions and encouraging women and girls to take up STEM qualifications. This builds upon work already done by the Government in line with the Council’s recommendations such as the right to request flexible working and shared parental leave and supporting the National Careers Service in launching the ‘Your Daughter’s Future’ toolkit to raise parental awareness regarding career opportunities for girls and women.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 35087 question first answered 26/04/2016 16:10:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

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

514551

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	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	Voluntary Organisations: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women's organisations the Minister for Women has met since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	34907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have met with many representatives from women’s organisations since taking on our roles as Ministers for Women and Equalities. This includes attending and speaking at conferences and events, including a women and equalities stakeholder event held in July 2015, and our pre-CSW NGO event organised by the Government Equalities Office in November 2015, which was attended by representatives of approximately 40 women’s organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Meetings are a matter of public record, and can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-ministers-quarterly-returns" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-ministers-quarterly-returns</a> and <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>. Some of the meetings we have held with women’s organisations include:</p><ul><li><p>Women’s Aid</p></li><li><p>Agenda</p></li><li><p>30% Club</p></li><li><p>Rights of Women</p></li><li><p>Birth Companions</p></li><li><p>Women’s Business Council</p></li><li><p>Brighton Women’s Centre</p></li><li><p>One Small Thing</p></li><li><p>Women’s Breakout</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/04/2016 10:33:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

422713

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Utilities: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made on accessibility of utilities bills for (a) people with disabilities and (b) elderly people.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	12606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 protects service users from discrimination on a number of grounds, including disability and age. In the case of disability, it also requires providers of services to make reasonable adjustments for customers who require them. The government has recently published a memorandum to the Act, on post-legislative scrutiny. A link to the memorandum can be found here:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441838/Memo_to_Women_Equalities.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441838/Memo_to_Women_Equalities.pdf</a></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/10/2015 14:26:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

385556

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Membership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the UK last nominated a member of the expert committee of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and for what reason she has not made a nomination in relation to forthcoming vacancies.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
	uin	3995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK government has not put forward a candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women since signing the Convention in 1981. Whilst nominating a candidate has been considered, a variety of reasons such as the timing of the election and the resources required from across Government have meant that we have not yet done so.</p><p> </p><p><br> The UK strongly supports the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) against Women and it is committed to advancing women’s rights. We are fully committed to the CEDAW process, including submitting reports and participating in the oral examination, and are fully engaged with the UN and the Committee. UK nationals are well represented on other UN treaty monitoring bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2015 16:33:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

512662

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Tribunals: Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against school exclusion were heard at the First Tier Tribunal (SEN and Disabilities) in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	33877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>Information about the number of appeals (a) heard against school exclusion and (b) how many were found in favour of the appellant is published by the Ministry of Justice in the Tribunals and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly. The most recent statistics for the First-tier Tribunal SEND are for the period 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015, published on 10 December 2015, which can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics cover the years 2011/12 to 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics for earlier years can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/385777/sen-tables-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/385777/sen-tables-2014.xls</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 33878 question first answered 22/04/2016 13:57:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

512663

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Tribunals: Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against school exclusions at the First Tier Tribunal (SEN and Disabilities) were upheld in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	33878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>Information about the number of appeals (a) heard against school exclusion and (b) how many were found in favour of the appellant is published by the Ministry of Justice in the Tribunals and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly. The most recent statistics for the First-tier Tribunal SEND are for the period 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015, published on 10 December 2015, which can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics cover the years 2011/12 to 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics for earlier years can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/385777/sen-tables-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/385777/sen-tables-2014.xls</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 33877 question first answered 22/04/2016 13:57:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

431798

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	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	Transphobia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to raise awareness of the prejudice against transgender people.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	17221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>M​any transgender people face discrimination in the workplace, as well as in their day-to-day lives. That is why I will publish guidance for employers and service providers on 26 November 2015, to improve knowledge and understanding.</p><p>I want to continue to raise awareness of the issues and discrimination facing many transgender and non-binary people.</p><p>On Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20 November 2015, my department became the first to fly the transgender flag, remembering all those who have lost their lives and faced discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 17303 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:14:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

446080

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	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	Transgender People: Discrimination
	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 tackle prejudice and discrimination towards the transsexual community.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	23126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>For the fifth year in a row, the UK has been recognised as the leading country in Europe for LGB&amp;T equality.</p><p>I am proud of our achievements but we are not complacent; there is more work to be done. Achieving transgender equality is a priority for this Government. We will continue to tackle this prejudice, taking action such as issuing guidance for employers and service providers on how best to support transgender people. We will soon be able to evaluate the impact of the £2 million fund provided to tackle transphobic, homophobic and biphobic bullying in schools and we have sought to strengthen the voices of trans people through funding of the LGB&amp;T Partnership to support the Transgender Organisations Network. The review will engage with relevant stakeholders, including from the transgender community, combined with professional and operational expertise.</p><p>The GEO is continuously exploring relevant policies with other Departments and officials are currently doing so in the context of the recommendations made by the Women and Equalities select committee.</p><p>For the fifth year in a row, the UK has been recognised as the leading country in Europe for LGB&amp;T equality.</p><br /><p>I am proud of our achievements but we are not complacent; there is more work to be done. Achieving transgender equality is a priority for this Government. We will continue to tackle this prejudice, taking action such as issuing guidance for employers and service providers on how best to support transgender people. We will soon be able to evaluate the impact of the £2 million fund provided to tackle transphobic, homophobic and biphobic bullying in schools and we have sought to strengthen the voices of trans people through funding of the LGB&amp;T Partnership to support the Transgender Organisations Network. The review will engage with relevant stakeholders, including from the transgender community, combined with professional and operational expertise.</p><br /><p>The GEO is continuously exploring relevant policies with other Departments and officials are currently doing so in the context of the recommendations made by the Women and Equalities select committee.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/01/2016 14:18:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West