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810193

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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	Gender Recognition
	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 15 December 2017 to Question 117778, on gender recognition, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the correct application of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>We will soon launch a broad consultation on amending this Act. The consultation will focus on making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people. We will engage with businesses and employers during the consultation to gain their views.</p><p> </p><p>As the Minister for Women and Equalities only acquired responsibility for the Gender Recognition Act on 16 November 2017 from the Ministry of Justice, no prior consideration had been made by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office, however, issued guidance on supporting transgender employers in the workplace in November 2015. This included a section on the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service also recently updated its advice to employers on managing transgender staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2018 13:44:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

809564

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which groups in Northern Ireland she consulted in developing the policy to pay for women with low incomes resident in Northern Ireland to travel and have abortions in England.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	120222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The judgement on June 2017, in the case of R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health, confirmed the Secretary of State's powers to extend equal access to women from Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement to consult on this specific aspect of the scheme and no formal consultation took place.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 18:44:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806715

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the extension to the Government's Northern Ireland abortion scheme covers (a) free travel and (b) free accommodation; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer My hon. Friend, the Member for Congleton to the Written Ministerial Statement made by My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities on 23 October 2017. The statement is attached.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 12:43:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Written statement - HCWS192.pdf title Written Ministerial Statement
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806004

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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	Government Equalities Office: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, to which legislation she has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014..
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Guidance to departments on the application of the Family Test to domestic policy was published on 31 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria for assessing policies, including those which require primary legislation, are set out in the guidance. Policy is to be assessed against the Family Test questions if it has a demonstrable impact on family relationships and functions, and if the impact is not small, indirect or temporary.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation introduced by the Government Equalities Office since August 2014 includes: The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014, The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 and The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The family test was not formally applied for any of these regulations as they do not have a direct or demonstrable impact on family relationships.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 12:29:39 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806703

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department had discussions with (a) the Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the decision to extend the Northern Ireland abortion scheme to include the provision of free travel to women resident in Northern Ireland from low-income backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The judgement in June 2017, in the case of R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health, confirmed My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State's powers to extend equal access to women from Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement to consult on this specific aspect of the scheme and no formal consultation took place.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 12:28:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806717

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the extension of the Government's Northern Ireland abortion scheme, if the Government will take steps to provide financial support for disadvantaged women who plan to continue with their pregnancies.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The provision of financial support for people in Northern Ireland is a devolved issue and therefore a matter for the Northern Ireland Government.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 12:27:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805443

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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	Government Equalities Office: Families
	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 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps the Government Equalities Office is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	119114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office wants to increase gender equality, including within families. That is why the government has introduced Shared Parental Leave, in order to provide parents with more choice and flexibility in how they divide care between them in the first year of their child’s life. Working parents can share up to 37 weeks of pay and 50 weeks of leave.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/12/2017 17:54:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806165

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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	Gender Recognition Act 2004
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department plans to consult (a) Women's refuges (b) women's rights charities and (c) trans rights charities ahead of bringing forward legislative proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	119366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is aiming to carry out a consultation on the Gender Recognition Act to look at making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people.</p><p>Ahead of the consultation launch, we have been engaging with a range of stakeholders, including women’s refuges, women’s rights charities and trans rights charities to help inform the development of the consultation document.</p><p>We will also encourage women’s refuges, women’s rights charities and trans rights charities to respond to the consultation when it is launched.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/12/2017 17:51:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

802091

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Gender Recognition
	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 effectiveness of the implementation of the Gender Recognition Act in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	117778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities became responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on 16 November 2017, following a ‘Machinery of Government’ change.</p><p>The government has committed to carrying out a broad consultation on the Gender Recognition Act to look at making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people.</p><p>We will encourage employers to respond to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/12/2017 14:18:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

804395

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to Answer of 23 November 2017 to Question 902535, on Equal Pay, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of requiring all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap on reducing that pay gap.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
	uin	118536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to close the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%. A full assessment was published that set out the expected impact of new regulations which introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting:</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/245/pdfs/ukia_20160245_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/245/pdfs/ukia_20160245_en.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department recently published research on the action larger employers are taking to close the gender pay gaps within their organisations:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-pay-gap-employers-action-and-understanding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-pay-gap-employers-action-and-understanding</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:54:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone