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748146

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Social Mobility Commission's report, entitled The time for change, published on 28 June 2017, what steps she plans to take to increase careers advice and training opportunities for young people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	2942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure young people have the skills they need to do the well-paid, high-skilled jobs of the future. That is why we are investing money into improving skills provision and giving young people real choice, including an additional £500 million per year investment in England’s technical education system.</p><p> </p><p>We want to improve the quality and coverage of careers advice for young people in schools and colleges. We will set out our plans in a comprehensive careers strategy later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We set up the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) in 2014 to connect employers with schools and colleges and improve opportunities for young people to learn about work. The CEC has made good progress in delivering its programmes. There are now over 1,700 Enterprise Advisers working with over 1,700 schools and colleges to improve their careers and enterprise strategies and link up with employers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:53:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748306

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, when the Government plans to make this service available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2764 2765 2816 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748307

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, whether the Government also intends to fund the costs of (a) private consultations in Northern Ireland, (b) travel and (c) accommodation for women who wish to access these services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2764 2765 2815 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748310

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, whether organisations which are not registered as pregnancy advice bureaux will be eligible to receive funding.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2764 2765 2815 2816 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748311

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, how she plans to advertise the availability of such services in England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2765 2815 2816 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748312

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, whether for women with complex medical needs that funding can be used to access NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2764 2815 2816 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748346

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 4 of the Social Mobility Commission report Time for Change, published on 28 June 2017, for what reasons more older than younger workers have obtained apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	2750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Tackling social mobility is at the heart of the government’s ambition to make Britain a country that works for everyone. As part of this, we are committed to ensuring that high quality apprenticeships are accessible to people of all ages and from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs with training and can be used to train and upskill existing employees as well as a means of recruiting new staff.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that people of all ages and backgrounds are able to achieve the long term benefits associated with completing an apprenticeship in terms of increased wages and career progression.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing additional funding to support young people and those from disadvantaged areas to access apprenticeships, recognising where the costs of supporting an apprentice are higher. This includes additional payments for both employers and training providers when they take on 16 to 18 year olds or 19 to 24 year olds who were in care or who have an Education, Health and Care Plan, and cash payments to providers for training individuals from the top 27% of deprived areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our ‘Get In Go Far’ campaign aims to inspire more young people to take on an apprenticeship, and more employers to offer them.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:38:04 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748313

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
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 open up more work opportunities for women.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	900273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The right to Shared Parental Leave and the right to request flexible working help share caring responsibilities more fairly in families so that women can fulfil their potential at work. We are doubling the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds from 15 to 30 hours a week from September 2017. We have also allocated £5 million to help people return to work after a break in employment, the majority of whom will be women.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:53:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

749077

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Directors: Equality
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 promote diverse representation on boards.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	900280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities has advised me that we should celebrate the progress already made: in 2011 there were 152 all-male boards across the FTSE 350; there are now only six.</p><p> </p><p>We need to go further. We are supporting the work of the Hampton-Alexander Review to increase female leadership on boards and crucially in executive positions, and welcome Sir John Parker’s work on increasing ethnic diversity on FTSE boards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are also establishing a new Minister-led Diversity and Inclusion Group to help drive progress, and supporting schemes helping talented women get board experience.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:50:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

749080

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Managers: Females
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 promote the role of female leaders in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	900282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of women on FTSE boards has more than doubled. The Hampton-Alexander Review has set targets of women holding 33% of FTSE 100 senior leadership positions and 33% of FTSE 350 board positions.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Women’s Business Council to develop tools for the business community, to stimulate culture change. The Women’s Business Council has been enlarged to 20 members, to include more male agents of change and increase national representation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:51:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies