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769759

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information the Government holds on the number of equality impact analyses undertaken by government departments in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	107430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), at Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, all Government Departments are required to consider the potential impact of key decisions on groups with protected characteristics and keep a record of their decision-making process. The scope and nature of the analysis undertaken can vary considerably depending on the decision in question and the extent to which equalities considerations are relevant.</p><p>Public bodies have flexibility in how they document their analysis under the PSED and are not explicitly required under the legislation to produce an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA). The evidence which Departments can use to demonstrate their compliance under the PSED could, for example, include meeting notes and advice in Ministerial submissions.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office does not, therefore, keep a central record of how many EIAs are completed by all Departments as a simple tally of how many EIAs have been produced would not reflect the full extent to which equalities have been considered across the board.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/10/2017 16:44:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

769760

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many recommendations from the Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion the Government has accepted since that group's foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	107431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Commons Reference Group consulted government on two recommendations from the <em>Good Parliament </em>report. The first was to support the permanent establishment of the Women and Equalities Select Committee. The Government accepted this recommendation and the committee was made permanent shortly after the 2017 general election.</p><p> </p><p>The second recommendation was to commence Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010, which would impose mandatory diversity reporting for candidates on political parties. The Government recently confirmed that it would not bring this into effect.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/10/2017 16:47:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

769762

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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 Act 2004
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timetable is for the Government's review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	107418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department announced on 23 July that it will be consulting on changes to the Gender Recognition Act in the Autumn. We are currently considering the content of the consultation. We will be making an announcement shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/10/2017 16:45:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

771590

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans her Department has to help the UK make progress towards meeting UN Sustainable Development Goal 5.5.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	107924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government was at the forefront of negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals and is committed to their implementation in the UK.</p><p>We have set up a £5 million fund to mark the centenary of voting rights for women in 2018. The fund will support projects that raise awareness of this milestone and that also celebrate our diverse political system.</p><p>Furthermore, we are supporting the work of the Hampton Alexander Review and the Women’s Business Council which foster the talent of women within the workforce.</p><p>In 2016-2017, 48.5% of new public appointments were women which is the highest number of female appointments in the last decade.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 24/10/2017 16:38:27 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

771616

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2017 to Question 901069, whether the Government has plans to develop and implement best practice guidelines to ensure local providers account for sexual-gender identity within service provision.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Gerard Killen
	uin	107895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2015, the Government published guidance for employers and service providers on how to specifically support and include transgender people at work. This helps them to meet their obligations under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We also recently issued instructions to offender management services to improve the treatment and management of transgender offenders. The new guidelines state that all transgender prisoners must be allowed to express the gender with which they identify.</p><p> </p><p>Our National lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Survey has recently closed and we will use the data we collected from this to help to identify areas that service provision needs to improve for LGBT people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2017 16:42:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

771619

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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 Act 2004
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the consultation on changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will begin.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	uin	107933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We announced on 23 July that we will be consulting on changes to the Gender Recognition Act. We are currently considering what the content of the consultation will be and we will make an announcement shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2017 16:39:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

771620

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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	Members: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of female hon. Members; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	107977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>In the 2017 general election 208 women were elected Members of Parliament, an increase of almost 9% from 191 women at the 2015 election. The government agrees we would like to see more women elected so that Parliament can more accurately represent the diverse British public that it serves.</p><p> </p><p>The government is looking at ways to support political parties to increase the numbers of women Parliamentary and local council candidates, including with guidance and academic research.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/10/2017 16:39:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

772315

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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	Females: Directors
	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 meet the Government's target of women making up 33 per cent of FTSE 350 boards by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	108146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of women on FTSE 350 boards has more than doubled and we now have the highest ever percentage of women on boards – over 24% in the FTSE 350. We also have only eight all-male boards remaining in the FTSE 350, and none in the FTSE 100. We are supporting the Hampton-Alexander Review to meet their target of women holding 33% of FTSE 100 senior leadership positions and 33% of FTSE 350 board positions. The Hampton-Alexander Review will report on 9 November regarding progress over the last 12 months of women on boards for FTSE 350 companies.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with businesses to highlight the benefits they gain from a more diverse board membership.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/10/2017 13:31:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

776263

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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	Abortion Act 1967: Anniversaries
	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 events that she and Ministers at the Government Equalities Office attended to mark the 50th anniversary of passing of the Abortion Act.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	109071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities has not attended any events to mark the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act.</p><p> </p><p>Government Equalities Office Ministers, including myself and My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister of State for School Standards and Minister for Equalities, have not attended any such events either.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/11/2017 17:48:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

777039

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans her Department has to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	109379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>This Government supports a wide range of policies to remove inequalities for people with disabilities. The Department for International Development is currently reviewing proposals for various events to mark the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/11/2017 13:05:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara