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1357395

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to encourage covid-19 vaccination uptake among harder to reach groups.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	903597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>We continue to focus our efforts on those groups with the lowest rates of vaccine uptake. Recent initiatives include co-producing a toolkit aimed at improving vaccine uptake among the Black African and Black Caribbean groups, among whom rates have been the lowest. We also produced two animations explaining the entitlement to vaccination for migrants, and held pop-up clinics for those without NHS numbers. Over time, both positive vaccine sentiment and vaccine uptake have increased among all ethnic groups.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 16:42:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1357396

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
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	Females: Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help ensure an equitable economic recovery for women from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	903599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Treasury has offered an unprecedented level of support to both individuals and businesses during this pandemic. In responding to the economic challenges of COVID-19, the Government carefully considered the equality impact of both individual measures and fiscal events on those sharing protected characteristics, including gender, in line with its legal obligations and its strong commitment to promoting fairness. This year, we have invested £44 million to support family childcare costs, enabling local authorities to increase hourly rates paid to childcare providers.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 16:43:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1357397

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to improve healthcare for women.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	903600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government will publish England’s first Women’s Health Strategy later this year which will set out a positive new agenda to improve the health and wellbeing of women across England. To ensure that the Strategy is evidence-based and reflects women’s priorities, we ran a Call for Evidence earlier this year. This attracted over 100,000 responses from individual women, clinicians and carers and around 500 longer written submissions, which we are now analysing.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 16:46:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1356503

registered interest
date	17/09/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Fires: Nuisance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of complaints made to local authorities in England on nuisance bonfires.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	50982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>This data is not currently held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 16:47:44 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1356505

registered interest
date	17/09/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to reform local government in England.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	50984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government's policy is that local government reform should be locally led. Local government reform therefore is an ongoing locally led process rather than a one size fits all centrally led approach.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 16:47:31 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1356204

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she is having with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office on planned engagement with (a) disabled people and (b) groups representing disabled people as part of the public inquiry into the handling of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	50732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that the public inquiry into COVID-19 will begin its work in spring 2022 and that bereaved families and other groups will be consulted before the terms of reference are finalised. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 08:53:58 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1356256

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Government's announcement on plans to ban conversion therapy of 11 May 2021, when she plans to commission support services for victims of conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	50648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working at pace to deliver on our commitment to ban conversion therapy. We will also ensure there is support available for victims of conversion therapy, the first time the UK Government has offered this. The support will be available to whoever considers themselves to be at risk of - or has undergone - conversion therapy, whatever the circumstances.</p><p>The importance of developing a quality service is of central importance and we are working at pace to explore delivery options available to realise this commitment. An announcement with more details on the service and how it will be delivered will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 50649 question first answered 22/09/2021 08:53:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1356257

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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, with reference to the Government's announcement on plans to ban conversion therapy of 11 May 2021, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that victims of conversion therapy have access to support to contribute to the Government’s consultation on banning conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	50649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working at pace to deliver on our commitment to ban conversion therapy. We will also ensure there is support available for victims of conversion therapy, the first time the UK Government has offered this. The support will be available to whoever considers themselves to be at risk of - or has undergone - conversion therapy, whatever the circumstances.</p><p>The importance of developing a quality service is of central importance and we are working at pace to explore delivery options available to realise this commitment. An announcement with more details on the service and how it will be delivered will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 50648 question first answered 22/09/2021 08:53:36 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1357104

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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 assessment she has made of the potential effect of the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill on (a) equality and (b) safety for LGBTQ+ people.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	903589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Bill, which is part of our New Plan for Immigration, seeks to build a fair, but firm asylum and illegal migration system.</p><p>On 16 September, we published an Equality Impact Assessment for the policies being taken forward through the Bill. This includes an assessment on potential impacts on people who are LGBTQ+.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 16:41:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1355700

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Maternity Rights and Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will implement the Equality and Human Rights Commission's recommendation to extend the time limit for cases involving pregnancy and maternity discrimination to be brought to an employment tribunal from three to six months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	49962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>Individuals who experience pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace can access justice through an Employment Tribunal, under the Equality Act 2010. While the time limit for bringing a claim is three months, tribunals have the discretion to provide extensions where they consider it ‘just and equitable’ to do so.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace recently considered the impact of the three month time limit where it applies to Equality Act based cases, including pregnancy and maternity discrimination. In our July 2021 response to that consultation, we committed to keep extending the limit under review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/09/2021 08:47:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan