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1539404

registered interest
date	04/11/2022
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	Regional Accents: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on banning discrimination against someone because of their regional accent.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	79269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans for legislation to introduce new protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 nor is the scope of the Act a particularly good fit for those areas of life where people can experience bad treatment because of their accent.</p><p>However, advancing fairness in the workplace is a key priority for this Government. We have made it clear that everyone is treated fairly in the workplace, so that they can thrive and reach their full potential. We recognise that employers stand the best chance of achieving this when they focus their efforts on effective actions which have a proven track record of improving diversity and inclusion.</p><p>We have taken on board the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) recommendations, and as part of the UK government’s response ‘Inclusive Britain’, Action 69 is the commitment to establish an Inclusion at Work Panel to examine the evidence to understand what actually works to improve inclusion in the workplace and to share that information with employers so they can take action.</p><p>Made up of a panel of academics and practitioners in business it will develop and disseminate effective resources to help employers drive fairness across organisations. This will go beyond just race and ethnicity to identify actions to promote fairness for all in the workplace. It will include a programme of research and workplace trials to provide a robust evidence base and root out poor quality training.</p><p>In addition, we have published guidance that sets out the steps that employees can take if they are experiencing bullying or harassment at work, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment</a>.</p><p>Acas provides free and impartial advice for employers and employees, and has also published useful guidance on how to deal with bullying in the workplace that we encourage individuals and employers to consider when dealing with such matters. This is available at: <a href="https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work/being-bullied" target="_blank">https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work/being-bullied</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/11/2022 17:06:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1539451

registered interest
date	04/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charities: Cost of living and Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of charities on rising (a) energy costs and (b) costs of living.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	79317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>With government support, charities from across the Civil Society sector have shown significant resilience over the past two years, and will again be crucial in supporting communities and households through the winter.</p><p>My Department has ongoing engagement on the cost of living and energy costs with stakeholders across the Civil Society sector.</p><p>DCMS will continue to engage constructively with these stakeholders and across government to monitor the impact of rising costs, and to ensure DCMS is engaged on policy which impacts charities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/11/2022 15:43:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1539140

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 discussions her Department has had with (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Wales, (c) the Royal College of GPs, (d) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (e) the British Psychological Society and (f) the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy on transgender conversion practices.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	78903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Equality Hub Ministers and officials have met with healthcare professionals in developing the policy approach to protecting all individuals from conversion practices. Many such organisations responded to the public consultation that closed in February 2022.</p><p>We will continue to meet with healthcare professionals to inform our approach and will respond to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 74836 74837 question first answered 08/11/2022 09:19:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1539141

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the Government's plan to exclude transgender people from its ban on conversion therapy practices.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	78904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Equality Hub Ministers and officials have engaged widely on the issue of conversion practices with victims, LGBT groups, healthcare professionals, faith groups, groups advocating for sex-based rights and parliamentarians. This engagement was an important part of developing proposals for the public consultation that closed earlier this year and many such organisations responded to that consultation.</p><p>We are carefully considering all the responses to the consultation and will respond in due course. We will continue to work closely with a full range of stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/11/2022 17:54:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1539142

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 discussions she has had with her international counterparts in (a) Malta, (b) France, (c) Canada, (d) New Zealand, (e) Greece and the relevant regional and state governments in (i) the USA, (ii) Spain and (iii) Australia on conversion therapy regulations in those jurisdictions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	78905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has engaged with a wide range of international counterparts including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Malta, to understand the approaches they have taken to ban conversion therapy. We will continue to engage with counterparts around the world that are committed to protecting everyone from conversion practices to share insight and develop our approach.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 74838 question first answered 08/11/2022 09:21:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1539143

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group to the Scottish Government on Ending Conversion Practices in England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	78906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has been liaising with territorial offices and the devolved administrations including the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on this important issue.</p><p>Officials will continue to work with their counterparts across the devolved administrations to discuss the UK Government’s approach to protecting everyone in England and Wales from conversion therapy practices.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 74839 question first answered 08/11/2022 09:23:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1538624

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charities: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to financially support advisory charities, in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	77279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>With government support, charities from across the Civil Society sector have shown significant resilience over the past two years, and will again be crucial in supporting communities and households through the winter.</p><p>We are providing support to all charities, public sector organisations and businesses with their energy costs this winter by offering an energy price guarantee for six months through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. This scheme will benefit charities and community groups across the country, including those which provide advisory services.</p><p>My Department will keep engaging constructively with the civil society sector and across government to monitor the impact of levels of demand, and ensure DCMS is engaged on policy which impacts charities and crisis support services.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/11/2022 08:54:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1538671

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on banning sexual orientation and transgender conversion practices.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	77558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has been liaising with territorial offices and the devolved administrations including the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on this important issue.</p><p>Officials will continue to work with their counterparts across the devolved administrations to discuss the UK Government’s approach to protecting everyone in England and Wales from conversion therapy practices.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 74612 74613 74734 question first answered 07/11/2022 09:21:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1538699

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Educational Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ending of the List of Travellers Scheme on the youth, student and educational travel industry.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	77463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Since the UK’s exit from the European Union, the government’s priority has been for people from Europe and beyond to be able to visit and enjoy the UK and for the tourism industry to thrive.The continuing desirability of English language skills drives the UK’s soft power on the world stage.</p><p>The Tourism Recovery Plan recognises educational travel as an important part of the visitor economy and highlights the 2021 updates to the International Education Strategy, which sets out how we will promote English Language Training in the UK.</p><p>There were 35,700 UK jobs supported by English Language Training in 2018, and this industry provided £1.4 billion GVA to the UK economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 77464 question first answered 07/11/2022 14:36:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1538700

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Educational Visits: Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the youth, student and educational travel industry on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	77464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Since the UK’s exit from the European Union, the government’s priority has been for people from Europe and beyond to be able to visit and enjoy the UK and for the tourism industry to thrive.The continuing desirability of English language skills drives the UK’s soft power on the world stage.</p><p>The Tourism Recovery Plan recognises educational travel as an important part of the visitor economy and highlights the 2021 updates to the International Education Strategy, which sets out how we will promote English Language Training in the UK.</p><p>There were 35,700 UK jobs supported by English Language Training in 2018, and this industry provided £1.4 billion GVA to the UK economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 77463 question first answered 07/11/2022 14:36:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith