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1404073

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	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	LGBT+ People: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, for what reason the Government Equalities Office published a collection of documents relating to the 2017 National LGBT Survey and 2018 Action Plan on the Department's website on 4 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	106860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Earlier last year, the Minister for Women and Equalities set out her top LGBT policy priorities, which we are making good progress towards delivering. We have launched a public consultation on our plans to ban Conversion Therapy; we are digitising the Gender Recognition Certificate application process, having already reduced the fee, and are improving healthcare for trans people. In December 2021, we published the HIV Action Plan, whilst also announcing the end of the ban on HIV+ people joining the UK armed forces. This month we have announced an independent review into the impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the armed forces on LGBT veterans, as part of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan.</p><p>We have appointed Iain Anderson as LGBT Business Champion, and the Prime Minister has appointed Lord Herbert of South Downs as Special Envoy on LGBT rights, with both an international and domestic focus. The UK will also be hosting its first global LGBT conference in June, <em>Safe To Be Me</em>, which will bring together government representatives, businesses, civil society and international parliamentarians to address the safety of LGBT people at home and abroad.</p><p>The UK Government regularly updates GOV.UK to improve the experience and accessibility of users. The update on 4 January 2022, regarding the 2017 National LGBT Survey and 2018 Action Plan, was to support user access to existing, previously published, documents.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 106861 question first answered 20/01/2022 16:04:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1404074

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	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	LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the status is of the Government's LGBT Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	106861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Earlier last year, the Minister for Women and Equalities set out her top LGBT policy priorities, which we are making good progress towards delivering. We have launched a public consultation on our plans to ban Conversion Therapy; we are digitising the Gender Recognition Certificate application process, having already reduced the fee, and are improving healthcare for trans people. In December 2021, we published the HIV Action Plan, whilst also announcing the end of the ban on HIV+ people joining the UK armed forces. This month we have announced an independent review into the impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the armed forces on LGBT veterans, as part of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan.</p><p>We have appointed Iain Anderson as LGBT Business Champion, and the Prime Minister has appointed Lord Herbert of South Downs as Special Envoy on LGBT rights, with both an international and domestic focus. The UK will also be hosting its first global LGBT conference in June, <em>Safe To Be Me</em>, which will bring together government representatives, businesses, civil society and international parliamentarians to address the safety of LGBT people at home and abroad.</p><p>The UK Government regularly updates GOV.UK to improve the experience and accessibility of users. The update on 4 January 2022, regarding the 2017 National LGBT Survey and 2018 Action Plan, was to support user access to existing, previously published, documents.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 106860 question first answered 20/01/2022 16:04:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1453255

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2022
	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	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken during the consultation on Banning conversions therapy to close the gap in available data on the impact of conversion therapies on (a) women and (b) people from ethnic minority groups.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	145021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Findings from the National LGBT Survey 2017, which had responses from over 108,000 LGBT people in the UK, found that men were generally slightly more likely to have undergone or been offered conversion therapy (8%) than women (6%). Black/African/Caribbean/black British (13%) and Asian/Asian British (14%) respondents, and respondents belonging to an ‘other’ ethnic group (15%), were more likely than white (7%) respondents to have undergone or been offered conversion therapy.</p><p>Our consultation on banning conversion therapy, which closed on 4 February, collected data on the sex and ethnicity of respondents, along with other demographics. This data will be considered as part of our analysis of consultation results. We have no current plans to undertake any additional research however, alongside the consultation, officials and Ministers continue to engage with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure all perspectives are heard.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 28/03/2022 07:38:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1458527

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2022
	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	Safe to Be Me Conference: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what are the total costs incurred to date by her Department in preparation towards the Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	155906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We announced our decision to cancel Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference on 6 April 2022. Expenditure to that point, and due to the cancellation, is estimated to be between £0.41 million and £0.61 million.</p><p>We are engaging our suppliers to determine whether any costs can be recovered for work that had not yet been undertaken. We are also exploring whether any commitments made could be deferred to support future government events. As a result, these figures are provisional but represent the upper range of the costs the government will incur. The final position will be reflected in departmental accounts in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/04/2022 09:05:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1464007

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	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	Safe to Be Me Conference: Costs
	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 26 April 2022 to Question 155906, if she will provide a breakdown of the estimated costs incurred by her Department in preparation for the Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference as of 18 May 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	4676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>We announced our decision to cancel Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference on 6 April 2022. As stated in the answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 155906, expenditure to that point, and due to the cancellation, is estimated to be between £0.41 million and £0.61 million. We are still working with suppliers to reconcile costs for work that had not been undertaken at the time of cancellation. Therefore as of 18 May 2022, we estimate the costs to be as set out in the table below.<strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category of spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (including VAT)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venue</p></td><td><p>£200,000</p></td><td><p>The Government is liable to pay a cancellation charge as stated in the contract.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Production</p></td><td><p>£365,000</p></td><td><p>Already incurred production costs.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We are currently exploring whether VAT can be recovered on any of these costs. The final position will be reflected in departmental accounts in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/05/2022 11:30:52 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1467260

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	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 and Equalities: Safe to Be Me Conference
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish an estimate of the number of hours worked by officials in her Department in preparation for Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	11845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>We announced our decision to cancel Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference on 6 April 2022. At the time of cancellation, there were 9.25 FTE staff within the International LGBT team in the Cabinet Office who were working on the Conference full time with oversight from a Deputy Director. The Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office worked closely together to deliver the Conference.</p><p>The request to publish details of each meeting held in preparation for the Conference and the number of staff present at those meetings can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Conference was being prepared over the course of several years and until the time of cancellation, the Conference team held numerous meetings with key stakeholders within and outside of government, and through international networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 11846 question first answered 08/06/2022 08:11:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1467261

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	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 and Equalities: Safe to Be Me Conference
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish (a) details of each meeting held by her Department in preparation for the Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference and (b) the number of departmental staff that were present at those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	11846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>We announced our decision to cancel Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference on 6 April 2022. At the time of cancellation, there were 9.25 FTE staff within the International LGBT team in the Cabinet Office who were working on the Conference full time with oversight from a Deputy Director. The Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office worked closely together to deliver the Conference.</p><p>The request to publish details of each meeting held in preparation for the Conference and the number of staff present at those meetings can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Conference was being prepared over the course of several years and until the time of cancellation, the Conference team held numerous meetings with key stakeholders within and outside of government, and through international networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 11845 question first answered 08/06/2022 08:11:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1506049

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	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 and Equalities: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what his responsibilities are; and when he plans to populate the responsibilities section of the Minister for Equalities webpage on www.gov.uk which appeared blank when that page was access on 7 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	49246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The equalities brief has not changed and Ministers and officials will continue to be focused on women and equalities issues as before. Gov.uk pages will be updated in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/09/2022 13:04:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1507588

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	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 and Equalities: Cabinet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Departments policies of the Minister for Women not attending Cabinet; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	54638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Equalities’ role represents all aspects of the women and equalities portfolio in Cabinet. Gender equality remains part of this portfolio – this was confirmed by the Prime Minister’s spokesperson shortly after the appointment of the Minister for Equalities.</p><p>The Cabinet role will be supported by the Minister for Women and the equalities Lords Minister.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/10/2022 08:51:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1519622

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the gender pay gap was by ethnicity in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	60033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>ONS last published data on the average (median) hourly pay differences between men and women in different ethnic groups in 2019 from the Annual Population Survey.</p><p>Pay differences between men and women vary by ethnic groups. While in most ethnic groups men earn more than women on average per hour, that is not the case in the Arab, Bangladeshi or black Caribbean ethnic groups.</p><p>Where men earn more than women, the largest pay difference is for people from the Indian ethnic group, where men earn £4.10 more per hour on average. This is higher than the difference for the white British ethnic group, where men earn £2.57 more per hour.</p><p><strong>Median hourly pay, 17 ethnic groups by sex, England and Wales, 2019</strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Difference between Male and Female pay (male minus female)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arab</p></td><td><p>£12.49</p></td><td><p>£12.10</p></td><td><p>-£0.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladeshi</p></td><td><p>£10.60</p></td><td><p>£10.41</p></td><td><p>-£0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Caribbean</p></td><td><p>£12.09</p></td><td><p>£12.03</p></td><td><p>-£0.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other black / African / Caribbean background</p></td><td><p>£11.53</p></td><td><p>£12.28</p></td><td><p>£0.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Irish</p></td><td><p>£16.93</p></td><td><p>£17.80</p></td><td><p>£0.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other ethnic group</p></td><td><p>£11.11</p></td><td><p>£12.03</p></td><td><p>£0.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Asian background</p></td><td><p>£11.06</p></td><td><p>£12.16</p></td><td><p>£1.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other white (including Gypsy Traveller)</p></td><td><p>£10.95</p></td><td><p>£12.07</p></td><td><p>£1.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other mixed / multiple ethnic background</p></td><td><p>£12.07</p></td><td><p>£13.28</p></td><td><p>£1.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black African</p></td><td><p>£10.92</p></td><td><p>£12.13</p></td><td><p>£1.21</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>£10.10</p></td><td><p>£11.43</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and Asian</p></td><td><p>£12.50</p></td><td><p>£14.43</p></td><td><p>£1.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p>£11.21</p></td><td><p>£13.78</p></td><td><p>£2.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and black African</p></td><td><p>£10.13</p></td><td><p>£12.82</p></td><td><p>£2.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and black Caribbean</p></td><td><p>£9.71</p></td><td><p>£12.76</p></td><td><p>£3.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>£14.16</p></td><td><p>£18.05</p></td><td><p>£3.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>£12.39</p></td><td><p>£16.49</p></td><td><p>£4.10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Office for National Statistics, Annual Population Survey 2019</p><p>The original data referred to in this answer and further information is available on the ONS website at the following location: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/articles/ethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain/2019#pay-gaps-by-sex" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/articles/ethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain/2019#pay-gaps-by-sex</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 13/10/2022 08:58:31 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds