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800761

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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, when she plans to begin her review of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and whether the scope of that review will include staffing levels and the implications of recent redundancies.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	117382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department expects to start its review of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) during the first half of 2018 as part of the standard “tailored review” programme for public bodies. The EHRC’s resources, and its range of functions and responsibilities, will be among the issues which the review will cover.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/12/2017 17:40:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

798014

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date the Government Equalities Office informed (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of its decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin as a general commissioner on the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	116921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) informed the Prime Minister’s Office of my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State’s decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin as a general commissioner on the day before Lord Shinkwin’s appointment on 21 April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The appointment of a commissioner under Schedule 1 paragraph 2(3)(a) of the Equality Act 2006 who is or has been a disabled person does not require consultation with or consent from other parties. The GEO did not inform the then Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, my hon. Friend for Portsmouth North, of the decision to appoint Lord Shinkwin.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/12/2017 17:49:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

797351

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Disability: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Women & Equalities Minister, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues about the scale of bullying of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	116314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>Government responsibility for disability matters resides with the Office of Disability Issues within the Department for Work and Pensions. My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has not had specific discussions with cabinet colleagues on the scale of bullying of disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not tolerate bullying in any form and any sector of our society.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, ‘unwanted or prohibited conduct’ related to a protected characteristic (including disability) that violates an individual’s dignity or creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them, is unlawful. Bullying behaviour may also, in some circumstances, be proscribed by the victimisation provisions of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) record the number of calls they receive about harassment and victimisation of disabled people. They reported that between 1 October 2016, when the current EASS contract started, and 31 October 2017 there were 590 contacts from disabled people about harassment or victimisation, out of a total of 11,817 disability-related calls.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2017 14:12:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

797352

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the level of bullying reported against LGBT+ people.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	116315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is unacceptable and the Government is committed to tackling it.</p><p> </p><p>There is no single source of data on the level of bullying reported against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people. We rely on a range of sources to gather insight on bullying, harassment and discrimination against LGBT people in different contexts. These include our regular omnibus survey of pupils and their parents, research from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, which the Government Equalities Office commissioned in 2016 to review the evidence of inequalities faced by LGBT people, and evidence from LGBT organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In July this year we launched a national online survey to gain the views of LGBT people living in the UK on what they think of public services. There are questions about the workplace as well as health, education, safety, and more general questions about being an LGBT person in the UK. The survey received an unprecedented response, making it one of the largest LGBT surveys in the world. We will analyse those results closely and set out further steps to promote LGBT equality next year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/12/2017 17:42:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

794172

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	If she will reinstate the role of Disability Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	902537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The roles and responsibilities given to Board members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are matters for the Commission itself. The Government has no powers to reinstate the EHRC’s Disability Commissioner role.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2017 17:44:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

794173

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Budget November 2017: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether the Government has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the Autumn Budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	902538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>All departments, including the Treasury, carefully consider the equality impacts of individual policy decisions taken on those with protected characteristics - in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to equality issues.</p><p> </p><p>When working on policy, including measures announced at the Autumn Budget 2017, ministers are advised of the impact a decision has on protected groups, and this is taken into account when a policy decision is made.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget includes many announcements that will benefit protected groups, including increases to the National Living Wage and the income tax personal allowance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2017 17:46:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

794572

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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, on what date the the GEO informed the Prime Minister's Office that the Equality and Human Rights Commission intended to abolish the position of Disability Commissioner.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	115545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The non-statutory roles and responsibilities of Board members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), including the former ‘Disability Commissioner’ role are matters for the EHRC to decide. The GEO would not normally inform the Prime Minister’s Office of intended EHRC changes to these roles and responsibilities and did not do so in this case.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 17:49:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

789182

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Diabetes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the extent of disability discrimination against those with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes; and what steps are being taken to address disability discrimination for people with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office does not monitor the relative incidence of discrimination against people with different disabilities and health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 provides protection from disability discrimination to all those who meet its definition of disability: ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’.</p><p> </p><p>It does not, except in a few specific instances, list conditions that fall within this definition. Instead in most cases, the impact on the person’s life is the qualifying criteria for determining a disability rather than the condition itself.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2017 16:44:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

786472

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions has she had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on the number of (a) redundancies, (b) planned redundancies, (c) vacancies and (d) agency workers employed at the Commission; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	111995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions on staffing requirements are operational matters for the Commission itself. I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) with the information requested in (a)-(d) of the question. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/11/2017 17:14:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

785039

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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, if she will review the management and funding of the Equality and Human Rights Commission after recent redundancies.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	111627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is allocated an overall annual budget, which is £19.3m in the current financial year. Funding for EHRC’s staffing is included within that budget and decisions on staffing requirements are matters for the EHRC as an independent public body. We intend to carry out a review of the EHRC in 2018 as part of the standard “tailored review” programme for public bodies, and governance and funding are among the issues which we expect this review to cover.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/11/2017 17:11:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western