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654620

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to support young people to (a) develop their self-confidence and (b) understand pressures related to advertising.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
	uin	907767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>We want all young people to be comfortable and confident in themselves and understand that the way you look should not define who you are.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we funded Media Smart, a media literacy resource for parents and teachers of Key Stage 2 pupils. The resource helps young people understand and challenge the stereotypes they may see in advertising.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:22:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

654622

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Welfare State: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of its welfare policies on equality for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	907770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK is a recognised world leader in disabled rights and equality, and the Government continues to spend around £50 billion a year to support sick and disabled people. According to OECD figures, the UK spends a higher proportion of its GDP on incapacity than any other G7 country except Germany.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:19:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

648720

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with teachers and other education providers on the training required by teachers to effectively tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
	uin	55628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Bullying, including homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, is unacceptable and should not be tolerated in our schools. The Government is committed to tackling it in all forms.</p><p> </p><p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy with measures to tackle bullying among pupils. Schools are free to develop their own anti-bullying strategies but they are held clearly to account for their effectiveness through Ofsted. We trust schools to decide for themselves what training their staff need in order to be able to do this effectively.</p><p> </p><p>However, we know that individuals who are, or perceived to be, homosexual, bisexual or transgender are disproportionately affected by bullying. In 2015, research by the UCL Institute of Education identified that 56% of young LGB people aged 14-16 were bullied compared to 45% of their heterosexual peers. To help schools to tackle bullying and support victims, in September 2016 the Department for Education and the Government Equalities Office announced £4.4m of funding for 10 projects to tackle bullying, including £2.8 million for projects tackling specifically homophobic, transphobic and biphobic bullying. This programme focuses on primary and secondary schools in England which currently have no, or ineffective, measures in place. The funding will involve voluntary sector organisations engaging with teachers and schools through training, and supporting them to work through a whole school approach. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-more-children-to-benefit-from-anti-bullying-app" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-more-children-to-benefit-from-anti-bullying-app</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:16:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

654621

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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 and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the proposed reduction in funding on the work of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	907766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission performs an important and valuable role. Its Chair, David Isaac, and his Board are well equipped for this task.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission receives – and will continue to receive – sufficient funds to enable it to fulfil its full range of statutory functions.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:17:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

652772

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the gender pay gap.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	uin	907760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Eliminating the gender pay gap remains an absolute priority for this government.</p><p> </p><p>Transparency is one of the most powerful tools for shaping behaviour and driving change. That is why we will be requiring large employers to publish their gender pay gaps.</p><p> </p><p>The draft regulations were laid on Tuesday 6 December. If parliament approves the legislation, the regulations will commence in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:20:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

652296

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Yorkshire and the Humber since 2010; and where such centres were located.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	56193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure there are sufficient centres to meet local need; and a duty to consult where changes are planned to local children’s centre provision.</p><p>As at 31 October 2016 there were 3,259 main children’s centres and sites open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network. Children’s centre records are maintained by local authorities and are made publicly available via the department’s “EduBase portal” at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a>.</p><p>As at 5 December 2016, based on the information supplied by local authorities 37 children’s centres had closed in Yorkshire and Humberside since April 2010. The local authority in which they were located is given in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local authority</p></td><td><p>Number of children’s centres closed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:42:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

654623

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Care and Management of Transgender Offenders Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government's plans are for implementation of the recommendations in its review into the care and management of transgender offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	907768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to ensuring that transgender offenders are treated fairly, lawfully and decently, and their rights respected.</p><p> </p><p>A revised instruction, drawing on the conclusions on the Ministry of Justice’s review into the management and care of transgender offenders, was published on 9 November. This is already being applied, with full implementation by 1 January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:16:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

652396

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Bank Services: Non-binary People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to encourage banks to include a non-binary gender option on their official documents.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	56057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the regulator for the public sector equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The Commission uses a range of levers to ensure local authorities and other public bodies comply with the requirements of the duty, from provision of guidance through to enforcement activity where it considers there to be a strategic benefit.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In light of the Brighton University report highlighted by the Honourable Member, the Commission will be writing to the Local Government Association (LGA) drawing its attention to the findings of the research and of the Commission’s evidence of the key equality challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and asking the LGA to remind local authorities of their legal obligations under the public sector equality duty.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We encourage all service providers, including financial services, to provide a welcoming environment for all customers, including transgender and non-binary customers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To support this aim, we published ‘Providing services for transgender customers: a guide’ in November 2015 to help service providers ensure transgender people are welcomed, included and valued as customers, clients, users or members, and to ensure they are treated fairly and appropriately. It also aims to help service providers comply with the law.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We welcome the fact that some banks, such as the Metro Bank, allow customers to select non-binary as a gender option.</ins></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 09:25:50 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2016 13:16:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 25173 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion