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541348

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Islamophobia
	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 the Home Secretary on steps to tackle Islamophobia.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	905996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2016 answer text <p>Anti-Muslim hatred is completely abhorrent and this Government is committed to preventing and tacking it.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up the first ever cross-government working group on anti-Muslim hatred, and we have published a new Hate Crime Action Plan to help us ensure nobody in this country lives in fear because of who they are.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/08/2016 08:55:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

596086

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Managers: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Answer of 14 April 2016 to Question 904452, what assessment she has made of the merits of the Government's forthcoming legislation to tackle the disparity between the number of men and women in senior and higher paying management roles.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	46803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>This Government is introducing ground breaking gender pay transparency for larger employers. Employers will report on four measures including the proportions of men and women working across their pay distribution. This means identifying where men and women are in the organisational pay hierarchy, and motivating employers to address any issues that limit women’s progression.</p><p> </p><p>Since we announced the introduction of gender pay gap reporting, it is encouraging that over one third of the large employers are now responding to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development poll, which has already begun to prepare for the forthcoming annual reporting by starting to run some analysis now. We will be providing a package of support to employers to help them implement the gender pay reporting regulations. We have already published a ‘Trailblazing Transparency’ best practice report on gov.uk earlier this year and provided guidance on what sort of supporting analysis an employer could do as part of our ‘Think, Act, Report’ framework. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/think-act-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/think-act-report</a></p><p> </p><p>Gender pay gap legislation is part of a range of wider action we are taking on women’s progression. That is why the Government appointed Sir Philip Hampton and Dame Helen Alexander to lead an independent review, which is focusing on the representation of women in the most senior executive layers of the FTSE 350, as well as championing the increased target for 33% women on FTSE 350 boards by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2016 16:30:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

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

452511

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	North Sea Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the Prime Minister will make it his policy to devolve responsibilities for the North Sea oil industry to the Scottish Government.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	27144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government does not intend to devolve responsibility for the North Sea oil industry.</p><p>The Smith Commission Agreement, agreed by all of Scotland’s main parties, was clear on the powers that would be devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Ministers, and the Scotland Bill, currently before Parliament, delivers these powers in full.</p><p>The Smith Commission agreed that all aspects of the taxation of oil and gas receipts and the licensing of offshore oil and gas extraction would remain reserved.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 26/02/2016 13:07:59 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

454895

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the implications of a decision to leave the EU on provisions in the Scotland Act 1988 requiring compliance with EU law.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	28414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 01/03/2016 11:58:04 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

453341

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the comparative effect of changes to civil service pensions on prison officers who joined that scheme under Classic but have been switched to the Alpha scheme and colleagues with the same length of service who have not been switched.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	27380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Alpha is the new Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, which now applies to the vast majority of Civil Servants (including prison officers). Only those who are close to retirement have been able to remain in previous schemes or to defer entry to the Alpha scheme. This has always been made transparent and is considered fair as this group of staff are likely to have already started to make plans for their retirements which would be unduly impacted by a change in arrangements at this stage. There are therefore no plans to make such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/02/2016 10:31:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

576359

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers : Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward proposals to bring prison officers' retirement age into line with that of staff in the police force, fire service and armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	44981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Like other Civil Servants, and the wider workforce, Prison Officers can now choose to retire at their State Pension Age (SPA) should they wish to do so, unless they have a protected lower pension age allowing them to retire at age 55, 60 or 65.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/09/2016 16:57:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

584149

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the introduction of a higher normal pension age in the Alpha pension scheme on the life expectancy of prison officers after retirement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	46654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Prison officers are highly valued public servants, who do an important job protecting the public and keeping prisoners safe. The Justice Secretary recently met the POA to discuss their concerns.</p><p>Public sector pension schemes have been reformed to rebalance taxpayer and member contributions in the short term, and to ensure that costs are sustainable and fair in the long term.</p><p>An Equalities Assessment for the Alpha pension age change is available on gov.uk. The change eventually moves normal pension age to 68, and was introduced in the context of generally improving life expectancy. The higher normal pension age of 68 does not take effect until 2042, and of 67 not until 2025.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 46655 question first answered 29/11/2016 19:50:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

584150

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the number of medical and injury awards to staff of raising the pension age of prison officers and other frontline uniformed staff.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	46655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Prison officers are highly valued public servants, who do an important job protecting the public and keeping prisoners safe. The Justice Secretary recently met the POA to discuss their concerns.</p><p>Public sector pension schemes have been reformed to rebalance taxpayer and member contributions in the short term, and to ensure that costs are sustainable and fair in the long term.</p><p>An Equalities Assessment for the Alpha pension age change is available on gov.uk. The change eventually moves normal pension age to 68, and was introduced in the context of generally improving life expectancy. The higher normal pension age of 68 does not take effect until 2042, and of 67 not until 2025.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 46654 question first answered 29/11/2016 19:50:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

457024

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Egypt: Royal Engineers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential terrorist and security threat to the corps of Royal Engineers who will be deployed in March to provide short-term engineering support to the multinational force and observers in Sinai.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	29578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>As is the case with all operational deployments, a full risk assessment was conducted prior to the decision to deploy Royal Engineers to support the Multi-National Force Observers (MFO) mission in Sinai. This covered the full range of risks to our personnel and identified appropriate measures to mitigate risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/03/2016 16:13:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day