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1605035

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	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	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be nominating a candidate to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in the 2024 elections.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role played by CEDAW in holding state parties to account in implementing the convention.</p><p>As with all UN bodies, the Government considers a range of factors in deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee and will continue to consider future vacancies as they arise.</p><p>The UK continues to ensure that we put women at the heart of our domestic and international policies, as shown on International Women’s Day when the government published the UK’s new international women and girls strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 21/03/2023 16:45:40 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1605368

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	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	UN Commission on the Status of Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether civil society and youth representatives were included in the UK delegation at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting as requested by UN Women; and if so, (1) how they were selected, and (2) how they liaised with and reflected the views of the other UK civil society representatives at CSW.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was led by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. Officials from FCDO and the Cabinet Office were also part of the delegation. The UK does not include civil society and youth representatives on the delegation, instead we hold regular briefing sessions with them to keep them updated. The relationship that the Government delegation has with civil society representatives at CSW is often held up as a model of good practice.</p><p>Some other visitors to CSW from the UK are allowed to attend and are thus provided with delegate passes for the purpose of access to the UN building. This year this included a number of parliamentarians, a civil society speaker at one of our side events and a UN Women Youth delegate. We do not, though, consider them members of the official HMG delegation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/03/2023 10:22:20 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1605393

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	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	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will submit their report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>We will not be submitting a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this year. Since we last went through the reporting cycle there has been a change in process, and we now follow the simplified reporting procedure.</p><p>Under the simplified reporting procedure, the Committee sends a list of issues to the state party, to which the state party sends a reply. This reply constitutes the periodic report. This change came into effect after the Committee issued their concluding observations on our eighth periodic report in 2019.</p><p>The Committee has not yet indicated when they will send the list of issues.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/03/2023 10:22:33 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1639915

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2023
	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	Ethnic Groups: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) encourage, and (2) normalise, racial equality by the end of 2023.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Inclusive Britain action plan, published in March 2022, sets out the UK Government’s most comprehensive strategy ever to tackle unjust ethnic disparities across education, employment, health and criminal justice.</p><p>In April, we published a report to Parliament on the substantial progress we have made in delivering this action plan, with 32 of the 74 actions now completed just one year into the strategy. The report documents how this work is making a real difference to people’s lives and reducing unfair racial disparities.</p><p>We intend to deliver the remaining actions over the course of the next year and will update Parliament next spring on the progress we have made with this.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 07/06/2023 15:47:28 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1627192

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	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: Gender
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average gender pay gap for each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL7801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Since 1997 the Office for National Statistics has published data on the national gender pay gap annually. Their latest release can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/genderpaygapintheuk/2022#measuring-the-data" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/genderpaygapintheuk/2022#measuring-the-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The headline measure of the median gap for all employees stood at 14.9% in 2022, down from 17.8% in 2018. The median national gender pay gap for each of the past five years was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median gender pay gap for all employees (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/06/2023 15:01:43 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1603024

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2023
	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: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve the wellbeing of women in the workplace.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL6325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to removing the barriers that prevent women from reaching their full potential. To achieve this, we are supporting legislation that will change the culture of the workplace, and subsequently improve the wellbeing of working women. This includes changes that will: enable more people to request flexible working, extend redundancy protection for those on maternity leave, introduce carer's leave, and strengthen the protections against harassment in the workplace.</p><p>In addition, the Women’s Health Strategy set out the ambition that health conditions and disabilities should not be a barrier to women’s participation in the workplace. In response to this, the Department for Work and Pensions has recently appointed a Menopause Employment Champion. Part of their role will include driving workplace change to realise the full potential of women, businesses, and the economy; by assisting women at any age and career stage to be supported to remain, and thrive, in work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 21/03/2023 16:53:22 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1607646

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will consider when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers consider a range of factors when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, including the time and resources to mount a campaign, the potential benefits and the impact on other international elections.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/03/2023 10:22:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1604696

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2023
	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: Ethnic Groups
	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 report by Inclusive Equal Rights UK 3.0 A Snapshot View of Racial Disparity in the City of York, published on 28 February; and what steps they are taking to address reports of inequalities experienced by ethnic minority communities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL6544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Inclusive Equal Rights report provides some interesting insights into racial disparities in York, although this is just a snapshot, as the report acknowledges, and does not analyse the causes of these disparities.</p><p>The government is taking steps to address negative ethnic disparities through the ground-breaking Inclusive Britain action plan. Published in March 2022 in response to the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, Inclusive Britain sets out 74 actions designed to tackle disparities, promote unity and build a fairer Britain for all.</p><p>The Minister for Women and Equalities has committed to reporting back to Parliament on progress with the action plan after 12 months, and will do so shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 21/03/2023 16:56:47 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1628690

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	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: Equality
	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 report Burnt Out Britain published by the think tank Onward on 3 April, regarding (1) gender disparities in time spent on childcare, (2) gender disparities in time spent on housework, (3) the fragmentation of free time, and (4) the effect of the foregoing on the mental health of Britons.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL7900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The ‘Burnt Out Britain’ Onward report raises a number of important issues, particularly in relation to the ways in which modern life has a disproportionate impact on women. The report highlights areas of particular concern to women including pay disparities and more time spent on domestic tasks and childcare (in comparison to men). It attributes overarching issues regarding the pace of modern lifestyles to digital technology and different choices that people make with regards to employment and domestic arrangements. The report also recognises that, while Government does have a part to play in responding to and tackling particular aspects of these issues, this is a limited role in many cases.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government is committed to enabling all women to thrive and to reach their full potential, which is why steps have been taken to ensure that all parents are able to balance work and family life.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Actions include:</p><ul><li><p>Over £3.5 billion in each of the past 3 years on our early education entitlements to support families with the cost of childcare. At this year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced that by 2027-28, this Government will expect to be spending in excess of £8bn every year on free hours and early education. This represents the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Shared parental leave and pay, so that both parents can be part of those crucial early years. Our online tool is now making it easier for parents to check if they are eligible for leave and pay, and plan their leave and pay.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Making it easier for everyone to access flexible working. We have committed to give all employees the right to request flexible working from their first day of employment, through support for the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Private Members’ Bill. This will ensure that an additional estimated 2.2 million people will be able to request changes to the hours, times, or place of work; so that they can also have more control over their free time.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>The Government’s Women’s Health Strategy, published last year, set out our 10 year ambitions for boosting the care of women and girls. One of the priority areas identified by the strategy was mental health and wellbeing, with the report outlining how the Government will ensure delivery partners are equipped to develop tailored plans and interventions that meet the needs of different groups.</p></li></ul><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 05/06/2023 15:54:30 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1599701

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	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	Pornography: Internet
	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 impact of violent and abusive online pornography on violence against women and girls.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL5945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office published 2 reports in 2021 on the relationship between pornography and harmful sexual practices, including violence against women and girls. These are ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-publications/the-relationship-between-pornography-use-and-harmful-sexual-behaviours" target="_blank"><em>The relationship between pornography use and harmful sexual behaviours’</em></a><em> </em>and <em>‘</em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-publications/the-relationship-between-pornography-use-and-harmful-sexual-attitudes-and-behaviours-literature-review" target="_blank"><em>The relationship between pornography use and harmful sexual attitudes and behaviours: a literature review’</em></a>.<em> </em>These are available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>The reports indicate that there is not one single factor that leads someone to engage in harmful sexual behaviour, rather it is a combination of factors which interact with one another to differing effects on each individual. No causal link could be established between porn use and harmful sexual practices as the evidence can not establish if the use of porn leads to harmful sexual practices, or if it is the other way round. Conclusively establishing such a link would require impractical and unethical study conditions (exposing individuals who have never seen it, to porn).</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/03/2023 17:16:01 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick