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794173

	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	Budget November 2017: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether the Government has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the Autumn Budget 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	902538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>All departments, including the Treasury, carefully consider the equality impacts of individual policy decisions taken on those with protected characteristics - in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to equality issues.</p><p> </p><p>When working on policy, including measures announced at the Autumn Budget 2017, ministers are advised of the impact a decision has on protected groups, and this is taken into account when a policy decision is made.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget includes many announcements that will benefit protected groups, including increases to the National Living Wage and the income tax personal allowance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2017 17:46:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

846747

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Employment: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to support women back into the workplace after having children.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Clarke
	uin	903887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget of 2017, the Government committed £5 million to support people returning to work after time out for caring. We have announced programmes for returning allied health professionals, social workers and those that want to join the Civil Service. We are gathering evidence on what works in the private sector and in Spring will publish best practice guidance for large and small employers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/02/2018 11:45:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke

846745

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Pupils: Sanitary Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to provide sanitary products to all school students who cannot afford to buy those products.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	903883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>No girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her gender. This is why our guidance on Sex and Relationships Education encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Schools have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/02/2018 11:37:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

820596

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to help (a) women and (b) men balance work with childcare responsibilities.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	903244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text The Government is committed to helping men and women to balance work and childcare between them. It is good for parents and children, as well as being an important way to address the Gender Pay Gap. Shared Parental Leave and the right to request flexible working enables parents to arrange work and care in a way that works for them. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/01/2018 11:57:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

794171

	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

846746

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the timetable for the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	903884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor will shortly be launching a public consultation into the Government's response to domestic abuse. The analysis of this consultation will inform the draft Domestic Abuse Bill, which we intend to publish later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/02/2018 11:42:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

797351

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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	Disability: Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Women & Equalities Minister, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues about the scale of bullying of disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	116314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>Government responsibility for disability matters resides with the Office of Disability Issues within the Department for Work and Pensions. My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has not had specific discussions with cabinet colleagues on the scale of bullying of disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not tolerate bullying in any form and any sector of our society.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, ‘unwanted or prohibited conduct’ related to a protected characteristic (including disability) that violates an individual’s dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them, is unlawful. Bullying behaviour may also, in some circumstances, be proscribed by the victimisation provisions of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) record the number of calls they receive about harassment and victimisation of disabled people. They reported that between 1 October 2016, when the current EASS contract started, and 31 October 2017 there were 590 contacts from disabled people about harassment or victimisation, out of a total of 11,817 disability-related calls.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2017 14:12:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

797352

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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	LGBT People: Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the level of bullying reported against LGBT+ people.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	116315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is unacceptable and the Government is committed to tackling it.</p><p> </p><p>There is no single source of data on the level of bullying reported against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people. We rely on a range of sources to gather insight on bullying, harassment and discrimination against LGBT people in different contexts. These include our regular omnibus survey of pupils and their parents, research from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, which the Government Equalities Office commissioned in 2016 to review the evidence of inequalities faced by LGBT people, and evidence from LGBT organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In July this year we launched a national online survey to gain the views of LGBT people living in the UK on what they think of public services. There are questions about the workplace as well as health, education, safety, and more general questions about being an LGBT person in the UK. The survey received an unprecedented response, making it one of the largest LGBT surveys in the world. We will analyse those results closely and set out further steps to promote LGBT equality next year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/12/2017 17:42:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

837601

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Sexual Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of laws tackling sexual harassment in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	126720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unwanted conduct in the workplace that violates a person’s dignity or creates a hostile or degrading atmosphere is unacceptable. Legal protection from such harassment in the workplace exists through the Equality Act 2010, with more serious, criminal offences covered in the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003. We believe this legislation provides adequate protection for both men and women in the working environment; however, we will continue to keep the operation of the legislation under review, to ensure that it works as intended.</p><p>We also recognise that employers may try to get employees to sign away their rights in non-disclosure agreements. In fact the law makes any such agreement unenforceable, should an employee subsequently take action under the Equality Act or the criminal law.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/02/2018 16:02:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

824417

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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 Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Government Response to the Seventh Report of the Women and Equalities Committee, HC799, published on 12 September 2017, on how many occasions the cross-government working group on equalities has met since its establishment and if she will publish the minutes and decision-record from the meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	123218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The cross-government working group has met on three occasions. The minutes of these meetings relate to policy discussions on the UK’s exit from the EU that it would not be appropriate to publish.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 14:32:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green