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1020584

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date	06/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Early Intervention Youth Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Early Intervention Youth Fund; and what accomplishments that fund has achieved.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Our Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22 million is already supporting 29 projects in England and Wales. Over £17 million has already been allocated to projects delivering interventions to young people at risk of criminal involvement, gang exploitation and county lines.</p><p>The successful bids were announced in November 2018 and so it is too early to make an assessment of the Fund’s effectiveness and any accomplishments.</p><p>We will be appointing an independent evaluation partner who will support local partnerships with monitoring arrangements and will gather qualitative and quantitative data over the course of the project. This work will contribute to a programme wide evaluation, including an overview of what we have learnt about good practice. The projects will also be required to provide regular updates on their progress.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2019 15:04:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1020585

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to make meaningful progress on the Disclosure and Barring Service modernisation programme.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	199933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has taken full account of the findings and recommendations of the National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee reports earlier this year on its modernisation programme. The DBS will be procuring a new supplier to deliver IT services and has agreed a short contract extension with the current provider to enable a smooth transition so that all operational services are protected.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/02/2019 13:15:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1020607

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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: Hate Crime
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 the Secretary of State for Education on using the national curriculum to tackle misogyny.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	199794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe. That is why we are making Relationships Education compulsory in primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) compulsory in all secondary schools.</p><p>High quality teaching of these subjects will help children understand positive relationships, how to value difference and respect for others, and the law on abuse and harassment in an age appropriate way. The consultation on the draft regulations and guidance closed on 7 November. The Department for Education is analysing responses and expect to publish a response in the New Year.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office continue to support this agenda, and has recently funded Phase 1 of the Law Commission review of online abuse law, to ensure women are sufficiently protected from online misogyny.</p><p>Both the Minister for Women and Equalities and the Secretary of State for Education are committed to ensuring that both girls and boys can achieve their potential in life, and met recently to discuss women’s economic empowerment in the education sector.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:48:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1020612

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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 representations she has had from civil society organisations on bringing Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 into force.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	199797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 13 November to my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Loughborough, I have received a number of representations regarding section 106, including from civil society organisations.</p><p>We continue to keep uncommenced provisions of the Equality Act 2010 under review. Equality is never a one-time fix and it is right that we should keep re-examining the issues.</p><p>This Parliament is the most gender and LGBT diverse ever, but there is still more to do. Political parties are responsible for their candidate selection and should lead the way in improving women’s representation. Many are already doing so.</p><p>The Government’s Suffrage Centenary Fund is supporting a number of projects that aim to increase women’s participation in politics, and earlier this year we announced funding for disabled candidates to meet the costs of campaigning, primarily for the forthcoming English local elections in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:49:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler