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731213

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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	Women's Rights: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had made representations to the Prime Minister on women's rights in Northern Ireland prior to the Prime Minister meeting with Democratic Unionist Party leader, Arlene Foster, on 13 June.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/08/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has a continued dialogue with my Rt hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, on a range of issues that affect government. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, in her recent debate on equalities and women’s rights in the House, made clear the UK’s proud record of promoting equality. We have some of the strongest laws in the world to prevent and tackle discrimination and my Rt hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, has provided reassurance that we will continue to strengthen our progressive record on equality and human rights as we work with others to govern in the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 31/08/2017 15:48:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

731260

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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	Women's Rights: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and (b) Members of Northern Ireland Executive on the protection and promotion of women's rights in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/08/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has ongoing discussions with my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on a number of issues that affect government, and my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, has a continued dialogue with members of the Northern Ireland Executive. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, in her recent debate on equality and women’s rights in the House, gave reassurances that we will continue to strengthen our progressive record on equality and human rights as we work with others to govern in the national interest.</p><p> </p><p>Work continues in preparation for the UK’s 8<sup>th</sup> Periodic Report to the Committee on the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – a core human rights treaty which focuses on rights equality between women and men in all aspects of life.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 31/08/2017 15:51:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

769122

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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	Women's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on women's rights of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	901066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government’s record on equalities is one of the best in the world and we are determined this will remain so as, and after, we leave the EU.</p><p>We will ensure all the protections in the Equality Act 2010, including the public sector equality duty, continue to apply once we have left the EU. This will ensure women’s rights of protection against discrimination are preserved, and provide a strong platform for further progress</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/10/2017 16:42:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

756064

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Sports: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to discuss with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport better representation of women's sport on terrestrial television.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	7318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport is working to raise the profile of women’s sport in the media and encourage more commercial investment into women’s sport. Decisions on content and programming are made independently by broadcasters and editors.</p><p>Since the Olympics in 2012, there has been a notable increase in the coverage of women’s sport on terrestrial television, including the recent UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 broadcast on Channel 4.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is committed to removing the barriers to equality and undertakes a range of work to help women and girls achieve their potential, including in education and the workplace.</p><p>Ministers meet frequently to discuss a number of issues concerning women’s representation.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 17:06:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

750889

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what funding the Government Equalities Office plans to make available to tackle period poverty; and whether she plans to meet her equivalent in the Scottish Parliament to discuss its initiative to provide sanitary products to women and girls on low incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	4361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>No girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her gender.</p><p>Current guidance to schools on Relationship and Sex Education encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation and with requests for sanitary protection.</p><p>We have taken note of the Scottish Government’s pilot programme to provide free access to sanitary products for low-income women and female pupils and are looking for opportunities to discuss this further with them.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:22:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

798009

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	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	Representation of the People Act 1918: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how funding announced in the Spring 2017 Budget to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	116916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>In the Budget my Rt hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £1.2 million of the centenary fund will go directly to seven Centenary Cities and towns in England with a strong suffrage history, to strengthen the reach and legacy of regional activity to inspire a new generation with this story.</p><p>A further £1.5 million will be available to organisations and communities through a grants scheme. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) have appointed a grant administrator to oversee the application and award process and I will write to all Members with details of the scheme including application criteria shortly.</p><p>The rest of the £5 million fund will be spent on a statue of Millicent Fawcett, to be erected in Parliament Square; on activities to increase young people’s engagement with democracy; and on activities to increase women’s engagement with political representation. GEO will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/12/2017 17:56:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

767685

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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	Monuments: Parliament Square
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much of the £5 million announced in the Spring Budget 2017 to commemorate the centenary of votes for women will be spent on the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	106441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The £5m funding is available for projects across England to celebrate the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, educate young people about democracy and encourage women to get involved in politics at all levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is in the process of agreeing how the Centenary Fund will be allocated. Given the limited time available and the size of the fund, a full public consultation was not feasible. Instead, we chose to consult widely with women’s organisations and non-governmental organisations on how the Government could support projects next year.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in April this year, the first statue of Millicent Fawcett, a leader of the suffrage movement, was erected in Parliament Square and funded from the £5 million Centenary Fund. Government has contributed just over £706,000 towards the statue’s costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are setting up a £1.5million Women’s Suffrage Centenary Grant Scheme specifically to support local and community groups across the regions of England to celebrate the centenary. This grant scheme has two funding streams: the small grants stream has a ceiling of £2,000 to support small local celebratory events. The larger grant stream will cover projects from £2,000 to £125,000 that will principally focus on increasing young people’s understanding and engagement with democracy as well as encouraging women to participate in public life. There will be a grant administrator to oversee the scheme which will be opening soon.‎ I have written to all members of the House to alert them to our plans and will be writing again when the scheme opens.</p><p> </p><p>We are also developing plans for supporting the reach, impact and legacy of existing centenary activities in a number of cities across England that have a strong suffrage history.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett formula has been applied to this funding in the usual way and it is for the devolved administrations to decide how they choose to mark the centenary.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 106442 106443 106444 106461 question first answered 17/10/2017 11:40:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

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

753023

	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	Maternity Services: Northern Ireland
	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 offer support to Northern Irish women to carry their children through to term in the light of the support it is extending to women in Northern Ireland seeking support to have an abortion on the NHS in England.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	5601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>Healthcare is devolved to Northern Ireland so this is a matter for the Northern Ireland (NI) Government. The recent decision to fund abortions in England for women usually resident in NI does not affect this position.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/07/2017 17:54:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

749080

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Managers: Females
	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 promote the role of female leaders in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	uin	900282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of women on FTSE boards has more than doubled. The Hampton-Alexander Review has set targets of women holding 33% of FTSE 100 senior leadership positions and 33% of FTSE 350 board positions.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Women’s Business Council to develop tools for the business community, to stimulate culture change. The Women’s Business Council has been enlarged to 20 members, to include more male agents of change and increase national representation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:51:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies