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91108

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Employment: Homophobia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets the Government has set for tackling homophobia in the workplace; and what steps have been taken to achieve those targets in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	208534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not set targets for tackling homophobia in the workplace; however, practical advice for employers and/or employees on dealing with homophobia is available via the following Government-funded bodies: acas, the Equality and Human Rights Commission; the Equalities Advisory and Support Service; and on GOV.UK.</p><p>In March 2011 the Government published Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality: Moving Forward which set out the actions to be taken across Government to enhance equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGB&amp;T) people. The Government is also providing match funding to the Citizens’ Advice European Union funded project to overcome barriers to employment and advancement in the workplace, which includes a specific focus on LGB&amp;T people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 13:00:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156727

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	215176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills operates a flexible working policy that enables employees to work flexibly wherever possible and where this meets the needs of the business. We have been offering our employees the opportunity to work flexibly since April 2012.</p><p>Decisions on how this operates for an individual employee, and consideration of statutory applications to request flexible working, are managed by line managers at a local level.</p><p>We do not hold central records on this and there would therefore be a disproportionate cost incurred in collecting this information from our line managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 15:09:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

173034

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many equality impact assessments his Department produced in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	220343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Equality is at the heart of all policy and decision making by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help comply with the Equality Act 2010, analysis conducted of the impact on equality of its key policies and decisions are regularly published by the department and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;from_date=&amp;keywords=&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;page=2&amp;publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&amp;to_date=&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;from_date=&amp;keywords=&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;page=2&amp;publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&amp;to_date=&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/01/2015 14:02:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227689

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 gives the proportion of staff in each ethnic group in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. These proportions are statistical estimates derived from the 2014 Civil Service People Survey.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Ethnicity of staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White or White British</p><p> </p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black or Black British</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed or multiple ethnic group</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any Other Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undeclared Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: Civil Service People Survey 2014</strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/03/2015 11:26:54 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228771

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average hourly pay is of employees in his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	228576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>In the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the average hourly rate of pay for White or White British employees is £23.53. For BIS employees that are Black, Asian or other minority ethnic groups (including mixed race), the hourly rate is £20.07.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the above figures reflect the different levels of seniority of the employees that have provided their ethnicity information. This information is declared on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/03/2015 13:02:59 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

100825

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many (a) men and (b) women her Department has publicly appointed in each of the last five years; and how much has been paid to each (i) man and (ii) woman.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	211836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office made the following public appointments to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes two reappointments</p><p>The EHRC Chair and Deputy Chair posts are salaried and the salaries over the period are shown below. The significant reduction in the remuneration is a result of the reduction in terms and conditions following the Government’s comprehensive review of the EHRC:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair (male)</p></td><td><p>£124,000</p></td><td><p>£124,000</p></td><td><p>£147,000</p></td><td><p>£65,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair (female)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£55,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deputy Chair (both female)</p></td><td><p>£59,533</p></td><td><p>£65,800</p></td><td><p>£65,800</p></td><td><p>£85,000 (including period as interim Chair)</p></td><td><p>£23,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Commissioners receive £400 a day plus expenses. In addition, two male Disability Commissioners were required to carry out additional work during the period, therefore additional payments were made as shown:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chair of the Inquiry into disability related harassment</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£8,875</p></td><td><p>£11,750</p></td><td><p>£2,375</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lead on Disability Committee Review</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£18,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total of fees and expenses paid each year to each Commissioner is available in the relevant EHRC annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/10/2014 09:02:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65588

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government has spent on the Think, Act, Report initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Think, Act, Report</em> was launched in September 2011. On average it has had 2 full-time equivalent staff working on it since then, comprising one team leader (Grade 7) and one Senior Executive Officer. Around £5,000 has been spent on events and publications to support the initiative. Significant support in kind has been received from supporting businesses and other organisations, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, CIPD, CMI, Opportunity Now, and others. More than 200 companies are now supporting <em>Think, Act, Report</em>, collectively employing over 2million people.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 07/07/2014 14:58:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77240

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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 Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent meetings she has had with ministerial colleagues on the gender pay gap.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	205141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Women and the Economy action plan sets out a clear programme of work to maximise women's contribution to economic growth and address the gender pay gap. I have oversight of this, as well as being the minister responsible for key elements of it, such as extending flexible working, introducing shared parental leave, and increasing the number of women on company boards. I regularly meet with ministerial colleagues and others to discuss these issues, and the Ministers for Women gave a joint presentation to Cabinet in April on these issues.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:23:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77241

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many women have made a statutory application to request flexible working in the Government Equalities Office; and how many of those applications have been granted.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	205155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) embraces flexible working. All posts are advertised on a flexible basis and GEO employees have always had the opportunity to request temporary or permanent changes to their working patterns at any time. This approach significantly reduces the need for GEO employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 205147 question first answered 17/07/2014 12:24:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77242

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to encourage flexible working in the Government Equalities Office.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	205147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) embraces flexible working. All posts are advertised on a flexible basis and GEO employees have always had the opportunity to request temporary or permanent changes to their working patterns at any time. This approach significantly reduces the need for GEO employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 205155 question first answered 17/07/2014 12:24:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero