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registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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	Artificial Intelligence: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the use of artificial intelligence systems does not increase the risk of discrimination against people with protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	904649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the huge potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s lives. That’s why we’re making sure British values, rules and know-how are at the heart of safe AI that will benefit us all.</p><p>Our AI White Paper set out that:</p><ul><li>all uses of AI in the UK must comply with the Equality Act;</li><li>regulators should look to key principles such as fairness, accountability, contestability and redress when making sure that the use of AI is safe.</li></ul><p>I am also continuing to drive implementation of the Inclusive Britain Action Plan’s commitments to guard against bias in AI.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/04/2023 16:53:13 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1536181

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	901846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to protecting everyone from these conversion practices.</p><p><br>It is important that we get this right. As the newly appointed Minister, I will give careful consideration to our public consultation on the issue and respond in due course.</p><p><br>In the meantime, we have launched a support service open to all victims or those at risk of conversion practices.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/10/2022 10:06:51 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1485141

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on tackling (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) disabled persons pay gaps.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	28444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The national gender pay gap has fallen significantly under this government - and by approximately a quarter in the last decade. In 2017, we introduced regulations requiring large employers to publish the differences in average salaries and bonuses for men and women every year. The regulations have helped to motivate employers, and focus attention on improving equality in the workplace.</p><p>On ethnicity pay gaps; in ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Finclusive-britain-action-plan-government-response-to-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPSKemiBadenoch%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cee04b6941c074bdc895c08da5e81e1cb%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637926209168338302%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Xv1CGNVTk%2FNREQ9hJDqNyS%2BjzO4igg79FI5jMZ9oY%2FM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Inclusive Britain</a>’, we accepted the recommendation to publish guidance for employers to support a voluntary approach to ethnicity pay reporting. Work on this is already underway and we are ensuring that it reflects what we have learned from gender pay gap reporting.</p><p>With regard to the disability pay gap, we recognise that one of the greatest challenges is opening up opportunity in the workplace. We recently consulted on Disability Workforce Reporting. This focused on reporting on disability, as opposed to pay gaps, for large employers; and explored both voluntary and mandated workplace transparency.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/07/2022 16:39:43 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484668

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council: Beach Huts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 22339 on Beach Huts: Property Transfer and with reference to his Department's statutory guidance entitled Guidance on flexible use of capital receipts, published on 11 March 2016, whether Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council has submitted details of its planned flexible use of capital receipts in the financial year 2022-2023 as of 29 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	27505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government issued the Flexible Use of Capital Receipts direction on 4 April that allows local authorities to use the proceeds of asset sales to fund projects for transformation and efficiency. This extends the flexibility that has been in place since 2016. A new condition was introduced that requires local authorities to send specified details of their planned use of the flexibility to DLUHC, in advance of its use. This is to make sure there is transparency and allows government to effectively monitor the use of the flexibility. Local authorities must comply with all conditions of the direction in order to use the flexibility.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/07/2022 16:27:46 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1484847

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 17152 on Energy: Costs, how much and what proportion of the additional £3.7 billion made available in the Local Government Finance Settlement 2022-23 was allocated to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	27751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022/23 makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils, including funding for adult social care reform.</p><p><br> Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council's Core Spending Power grew from £240.0 million in 2021/22 to £260.3 million in 2022/23, a change of up to £20.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/07/2022 16:28:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1484898

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Parish and Town Councils
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 assessment his Department has made of the number of inquorate parish councils as of 29 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The department has made no assessment of inquorate parish councils as of 29 June 2022. Local authorities under section 91 of the Local Government Act 1972, have the power to make an Order appointing temporary members to a parish council where, due to the number of vacancies, the council cannot function until other councillors are elected and take up office. This is to ensure that a parish council can continue to operate without becoming inquorate.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 06/07/2022 12:33:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1484198

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Energy and Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Local Government Association's analysis of the impact of inflation and energy prices on councils, published on 28 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	26824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £54.1 billion in 2022/23 for local government in England, an increase of up to £3.7 billion on 2021/22.</p><p>Inflation forecasts are higher than they were when the settlement was announced. How that interacts with the finances of local government is not straightforward, as not all areas of expenditure will be sensitive to inflation and local authorities may have multi-year contracts, cushioning them from this year’s inflationary increases.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 26844 question first answered 06/07/2022 11:31:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1484313

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Local Government Association analysis of 28 June 2022 which found that rising energy prices, rising inflation, and National Living Wage pressures are set to add £3.6 billion in unforeseen extra cost pressures onto council budgets in 2024-25, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of that matter on (a) council budgets and (b) the ability of local authorities to maintain public services that are helping communities recover from the pandemic and residents cope through cost of living rises; and what steps his Department is taking to (i) tackle cost pressure on councils and (ii) maintain public services.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	26844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £54.1 billion in 2022/23 for local government in England, an increase of up to £3.7 billion on 2021/22.</p><p>Inflation forecasts are higher than they were when the settlement was announced. How that interacts with the finances of local government is not straightforward, as not all areas of expenditure will be sensitive to inflation and local authorities may have multi-year contracts, cushioning them from this year’s inflationary increases.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 26824 question first answered 06/07/2022 11:31:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1483441

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Political Parties: Equality
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 implications for her policies of the debate entitled The role of political parties in fostering diversity and inclusion: a new Charter for a non-racist society which took place on 20 June 2022 at the Council of Europe; and whether the Government is in favour of a new Charter.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	25796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>I have made no assessment of the implications of the debate or the new Charter on government policy as the Charter is aimed at political parties, but we appreciate the work of the Council of Europe and in particular PACE in this sphere. The government's roadmap for fostering diversity and inclusion is set out in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-britain-action-plan-government-response-to-the-commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities" target="_blank">Inclusive Britain</a>, which I published on 17 March.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 30/06/2022 09:15:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1483446

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Antisemitism
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate that took place at the Council of Europe in the week beginning 20 June 2022 entitled Preventing and combating antisemitism in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	25801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Antisemitism has no place in our society, which is why we became the first country to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism and continue to encourage other bodies to do so. We also continue to support the independent adviser on Antisemitism, Lord Mann, to provide expert advice to Government on contemporary Antisemitism, and how best to tackle it.</p><p>Online abuse of any kind, including antisemitic abuse, is unacceptable. We want the internet to be a safe space for all users - we are clear that what is unacceptable offline should be unacceptable online. A new regulatory framework will mean that companies will be held to account for tackling illegal activity and content, such as hate crime, harassment and cyber-stalking, as well as that which may not be illegal but is nonetheless highly damaging to individuals and society. <br> <br> This Government is providing £14 million this year, and has provided over £65 million to date, for the Protective Security Grant to provide protective security measures at all Jewish state, free and independent schools, colleges, nurseries, and some other Jewish community sites, including a number of synagogues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/07/2022 16:23:33 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell