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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

750316

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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	Government Equalities Office: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps her Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	4058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by my Right Honourable Friend, the member for Ashford in response to PQ 3079.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2017 10:51:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

750317

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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	Government Equalities Office: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the contribution from the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what work is being done to progress work to distinguish Gypsies and Travellers using 2011 census classifications in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	3879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by my Rt hon. Friend, the member for Ashford in response to PQ 3079.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2017 16:45:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

746211

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answers of 10 June 2015, 22 December 2015 and 2 September 2016 to Questions 700, 19860 and 44313, when she plans to (a) publish the evaluation report on the pilot Access to Elected Office Fund and (b) make a decision on whether that Fund should continue.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	1672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Access to Elected Office Fund was run by the Coalition Government between 2012 and the election of 2015. The Fund closed after that election and an evaluation was subsequently carried out. The evaluation and any decision made in the light of it will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 16:18:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

751840

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the decision to abolish the role of disability commissioner was taken outside of a Equality and Human Rights Commission Board meeting; and when that decision was made.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	4776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions about the roles and responsibilities of its Board members, and how these are communicated within the organisation, are matters for the Commission itself.</p><p>I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to my hon. Friend with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4777 4778 question first answered 18/07/2017 16:40:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

753020

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the decision to abolish the post of Disability Commissioner in 2017 was taken outside of an Equality and Human Rights Commission board meeting; whether the standard procedure for the board to make decisions outside of board meetings was followed; what electronic or hard copy records exist of communications relating to (a) the possibility of abolishing and (b) the decision to abolish the post of Disability Commissioner in 2017 (i) from or to individual board members and (ii) by any employees of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and if she will place a copy of those records in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	5436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions about the roles and responsibilities of its Board members, and how these are communicated within the organisation, are matters for the Commission itself. I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to the my hon. Friend with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 5381 5382 5435 5576 question first answered 24/07/2017 16:29:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

752797

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the decision to abolish the post of Disability Commissioner in 2017 was taken at a meeting of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Board.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	5276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions about the roles and responsibilities of its Board members, and how these are communicated within the organisation, are matters for the Commission itself. I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to my hon. Friend with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/07/2017 16:23:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

782886

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals during the 2017-18 Parliamentary session to change the process for officially recording a change of gender.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	111114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We announced on 23 July that we will be consulting on changes to the Gender Recognition Act. We are currently developing the consultation content with the intention to publish later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/11/2017 16:21:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

751842

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Disability Advisory Committee was (a) consulted and (b) informed in advance of the abolition of the role of disability commissioner in June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	4778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions about the roles and responsibilities of its Board members, and how these are communicated within the organisation, are matters for the Commission itself.</p><p>I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to my hon. Friend with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4776 4777 question first answered 18/07/2017 16:40:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

754971

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Migrant Workers: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has received evidence of an increase in discrimination against non-UK EU nationals seeking employment because of uncertainty on the future status of such nationals in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	6824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a proud record of promoting equality and some of the strongest laws in the world to prevent and tackle discrimination. We will continue to make sure that these rights are protected.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is aware of, and is looking into, the reports of discrimination against non-UK EU nationals seeking employment which the hon Member has recently forwarded to the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU. The GEO sponsors the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which has powers to enforce the Equality Act 2010 in cases where it suspects unlawful discrimination in employment may have occurred.</p><p>Anyone who believes that they have experienced unlawful discrimination when seeking employment or when receiving goods or services, should seek advice and support from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service: <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1461" target="_blank">http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1461</a>.</p><p>Additionally, they can also contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service: <a href="https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com" target="_blank">https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2017 12:13:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield