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1727990

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the ethnicity pay gap in businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The King’s Speech announced our intention to publish draft legislation this session that will introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers (those with 250 or more employees). This will help businesses to identify and close ethnicity pay gaps within their workforces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 19/09/2024 15:21:23 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1726513

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many responses have been received to the call for input on incorrect guidance on single-sex spaces and gender self-identification, published on 1 May; and what is the estimated date for publishing the Government response to the consultation and the summary of responses.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stedman-Scott
	uin	HL693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The call for input, published under the previous Government, closed on 26 June. We are currently reviewing the responses and considering the next steps. We will share further details, including the number of valid responses, in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 16/09/2024 15:53:31 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott

1723989

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	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: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which abbreviation they prefer to use when referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Strathcarron
	uin	HL467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government uses the term LGBT+. This reflects the breadth and diversity of the community as well as the preferences of most LGBT+ people. This term also resonates with language used by international partners and institutions. Whilst this is the Government's standard terminology, there may be occasions where it is appropriate to utilise variations that reflect a different focus.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 12/08/2024 14:01:36 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4937 label Biography information for Lord Strathcarron

1724006

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	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	Sexuality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism to be a protected characteristic within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
	uin	HL428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>The Equality Act (2010) contains nine protected characteristics, which include age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Section 12 defines sexual orientation as being an orientation toward people of the same, oppositie, or either sex. The Equality Act protects orientation – sexual acts such as those described are not included within that definition.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 12/08/2024 14:03:03 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1723708

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	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 Certificates: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they also intend to lower the legal age for (1) applying, or (2) qualifying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate to 16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to lower the minimum age of application for a Gender Recognition Certificate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 07/08/2024 15:54:50 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1722348

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2024
	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	Political Parties: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to commence section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to political party candidate information and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Llanfaes
	uin	HL188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes that every party standing for elections to the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament and the Senedd has a duty to demonstrate progress towards better representation. Commencement of section 106 is one way of achieving that and we will set out our plans for this area in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 02/08/2024 13:44:05 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	5023 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Llanfaes

1722217

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	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	Age: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of ageism in England and Wales; and whether it is decreasing or increasing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL145 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1722218

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	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	Age: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of current legislation in combating ageism.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Age discrimination that cannot be objectively justified is unacceptable and unlawful across a range of fields under the Equality Act 2010. It is the strong protections in the 2010 Act that enable older people and their representatives to challenge such unlawful behaviour and ultimately seek redress in the courts or, in the case of older workers, an employment tribunal.</p><p>In addition, as regards to the public sector, the Public Sector Equality Duty places a duty on Government Departments, local authorities, the NHS and other bodies to have due regard to meeting equality requirements, including to eliminate unlawful age discrimination, where this is relevant to their policies and activities.</p><p>Age discrimination complaints to an Employment Tribunal stood at 2,434 in the year prior to the pandemic (2019/20) and fell slightly to 2080 in the 12 months to June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL144 question first answered 01/08/2024 12:46:54 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1716654

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the gender pay gap; and what estimate they have made of how long it will take to close.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL4465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>Under this government the gender pay gap has fallen significantly, having fallen from 19.8% to 14.3% over the last decade. In 2017, we introduced world-leading regulations requiring large employers to publish the differences in average salaries and bonuses for men and women every year. This has ensured that employers are aware of their gaps and are taking steps to close them.</p><p>We know that reporting is just the first step, but do not believe that setting arbitrary targets or a timetable will help to drive the changes that we all want to see. The causes of the gender pay gap are complex, and the wider societal shifts required to close it will take time.</p><p>Detailed gender pay gap information is published annually by the ONS, and this includes sector-specific data and analysis. ONS data shows that the gender pay gap has decreased across all major occupational groups between 2022 and 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL4487 question first answered 22/05/2024 15:52:51 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1716672

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	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	Political Parties: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to commence section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to political party candidate information; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Llanfaes
	uin	HL4483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to keep section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 under review but remains of the view that political parties should lead the way in increasing diverse electoral representation through their own approaches to the selection of candidates.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/05/2024 15:56:35 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	5023 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Llanfaes