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934692

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2018
	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	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consultations are being carried out with government departments on their progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goal 5.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	160802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and we are one of the countries who pushed hard for a standalone Sustainable Development Goal on gender.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Women and Equalities regularly meets with ministerial colleagues to promote the development of domestic policy that is consistent with our commitments under Sustainable Development Goal 5.</p><p> </p><p>Planning for the delivery of the Goals is embedded into the Single Departmental Plan for each government department. Reporting against Single Departmental Plans includes evidence of progress in implementing the Goals, allowing the Department for International Development and the Cabinet Office to track delivery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/07/2018 15:57:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

934201

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the Answers of 2 July 2018 to Questions 158205 and 158206, on Access to Elected Office Fund, how she plans to promote the existence of the £250,000 of new funding announced on 17 May 2018; and such planned promotion is expected to start.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	160175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>GEO is working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. The Minister for Women and Equalities is keen that the delivery model and the communications around it help reinforce that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:42:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

934207

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has held discussions with Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers on appointing an LGBT special envoy as part of the Government's LGBT Action Plan 2018: Improving the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	160296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The promotion and protection of LGBT rights is a UK priority. We work to promote tolerance and non-discrimination against LGBT people and to address discriminatory laws, in particular those that criminalise same sex relations. My Ministerial colleagues and I, and every one of our Ambassadors and High Commissioners worldwide act as envoys on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>We consider that it is more effective to promote the rights of LGBT people as part of a broader approach to equality and non-discrimination, and through the regular engagement of FCO Ministers and officials at our Embassies and High Commissions overseas. We have no current plans to appoint a Special Envoy to work exclusively on LGBT rights.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in the action plan published recently, that we will continue to promote LGBT rights internationally through our overseas missions and through international organisations, including the UN, European institutions and the Commonwealth. We also provide funding to promote LGBT equality. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy has committed £1.1 million to support LGBT rights projects worldwide in 2018 and 2019, and the Department for International Development will provide up to £12 million over four years, from 2018 to 2022, for a consortium of organisations to work together to promote LGBT inclusion.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:42:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

934237

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	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, what steps she is taking to ensure that deaf and disabled people are able to stand for election and compete with other candidates on a level playing field irrespective of their chances of winning.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	160178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. There will be ways that the Government can help, which is why the Minister for Women and Equalities announced that the Government Equalities Office will, with others, undertake a programme of work in this area. Within 12 months, we hope to have political parties offering and advertising support, as well as solutions to help independent candidates. The funding of up to £250,000 that the Minister for Women and Equalities announced is intended to provide support for disabled candidates in the interim, while that programme of work is on-going.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on what the interim funding will cover and how it will be delivered. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 159577 question first answered 09/07/2018 13:47:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

934257

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Gender Recognition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to (a) review the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and (b) de-medicalise the process of applying for a gender recognition certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	160233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>We have recently published the consultation on Gender Recognition Act 2004. The consultation will run for sixteen weeks, after which we will review the Act based on the responses we receive and set out the Government response to the consultation findings.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation asks respondents their views on the current requirements for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate, among which are a gender dysphoria diagnosis and a medical report detailing any gender-affirming medical treatment. Our review of these medical requirements is part of our response to the consultation findings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:43:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

934305

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to make gay conversion therapy illegal; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	160239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>This Government is clear that so-called conversion or reparative therapies are wrong. Being LGBT is not an illness, and LGBT people do not need to be “cured”.</p><p>On 3 July 2018, the Government published the results from last year’s national LGBT survey. We were shocked to find that 2% of respondents to the survey had undertaken conversion therapy, and a further 5% had been offered it.</p><p>These practices have no place in our society, and we are committed to ending these activities. We have now published an LGBT Action Plan responding to the findings from the national survey.</p><p>As part of the action plan, we have committed to exploring all legislative and non-legislative options to end this abhorrent practice. We will bring forward proposals to prevent promoting, offering or practicing these heinous acts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/07/2018 15:55:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

934321

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	LGBT+ People: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will produce a reanalysis of the data collected in the National LGBT Survey to provide a regional breakdown of the responses to each question.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	160380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>In line with the Government’s approach to open data, we will explore how best to make as much of the national LGBT survey data available as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We will not share or publish any data from which individuals can be identified, but we will look to publish more aggregate-level, anonymous data which will be of use to the public at large.</p><p> </p><p>We will be looking to publish more of the data later in the year, and as part of this release, we will look to provide regional breakdowns.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:44:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

934324

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	LGBT+ People: Surveys
	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 make the anonymised raw data from the National LGBT Survey publically available.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	160382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>In line with the Government’s approach to open data, we will explore how best to make as much of the national LGBT survey data available as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We will not share or publish any data from which individuals can be identified, but we will look to publish more aggregate-level, anonymous data which will be of use to the public at large.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/07/2018 13:44:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

933817

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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's Centres: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Treasury on funding for women's centres in Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	159500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>Local funding for women’s centres is a matter for my Right Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice. The Minister for Women and Equalities has not had any discussions with the Treasury on this.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to him by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on this topic on 26<sup>th</sup> June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 159501 question first answered 05/07/2018 16:41:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

933818

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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's Centres: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of women’s centres to reduce the number of short-term prison sentences given to women in Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	159501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>Local funding for women’s centres is a matter for my Right Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice. The Minister for Women and Equalities has not had any discussions with the Treasury on this.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to him by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on this topic on 26<sup>th</sup> June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 159500 question first answered 05/07/2018 16:41:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham