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date	20/03/2017
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	Government Equalities Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2017 to Question 65642, on Government Equalities Office: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within her Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The European Institute for Gender Equality and the Fundamental Rights Agency are within the Government Equalities Office remit. The Government Equalities Office engages with a range of stakeholders. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/03/2017 13:15:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

713311

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Sexual Offences: Crime Prevention and Prosecutions
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 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on encouraging other countries to strengthen their laws to prevent and to enable more effective prosecution of perpetrators of sexual violence.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	909427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>A key priority of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative is to ensure that perpetrators of sexual violence are brought to account.</p><p> </p><p>We work with a number of countries to implement the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict.</p><p> </p><p>The Cote d’Ivoire has expanded its definition of sexual violence to harmonise its Criminal and Civil Codes. Croatia and Kosovo have revised their laws to allow victims of sexual violence to access compensation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/03/2017 17:29:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

713312

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Railways: Females
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 Transport on encouraging women to pursue careers in the rail industry.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Mrs Theresa Villiers
uin	909438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>No industry can afford to miss out on talent from any gender. The Department for Transport has set an ambition for women to represent at least 20% of new entrants to engineering and technical apprenticeships in the transport sector by 2020.</p><p>I am pleased that Crossrail is exceeding this: 27% of their apprentices are female.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/03/2017 17:31:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

713318

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Females: Employment
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 support older women to return to work after taking time off to care for children or other family members.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	909430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to unlocking the skills, talents and experience of all women and supporting them to meet their potential.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget, which this year coincided with International Women’s Day, we announced a new £5 million fund to identify the best ways to help people back into the workplace after taking time out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/03/2017 17:29:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham