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794171

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date	23/11/2017
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to achieve equal pay for men and women.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	902535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Paying men and women unequally for the same work has been unlawful for nearly 50 years. Where an employer is found to have breached equal pay law, an employment tribunal can order them to produce an equal pay audit. Our requirement for all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap will help increase transparency of all the factors underlying the endemic differences in pay between men and women.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 17:41:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

794172

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If she will reinstate the role of Disability Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	902537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The roles and responsibilities given to Board members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are matters for the Commission itself. The Government has no powers to reinstate the EHRC’s Disability Commissioner role.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2017 17:44:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

794173

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Budget November 2017: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether the Government has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the Autumn Budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	902538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>All departments, including the Treasury, carefully consider the equality impacts of individual policy decisions taken on those with protected characteristics - in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to equality issues.</p><p> </p><p>When working on policy, including measures announced at the Autumn Budget 2017, ministers are advised of the impact a decision has on protected groups, and this is taken into account when a policy decision is made.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget includes many announcements that will benefit protected groups, including increases to the National Living Wage and the income tax personal allowance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2017 17:46:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

794561

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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: Voting Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the criteria for application for the £3.8 million for local and community projects within the centenary fund are and how people can apply for that funding.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	115534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>This week, the Chancellor announced that £1.2 million of the centenary fund will go directly to seven Centenary Cities and towns in England with a strong suffrage history, to strengthen the reach and legacy of the celebrations to inspire a new generation with this story.</p><p>A further £1.5 million will be available to organisations and communities through a grants scheme. We have appointed a grant administrator to oversee the application and award process, and I will write to all Members with details of the scheme including application criteria shortly.</p><p>We are developing an exciting national programme to celebrate and remember the suffrage movement, which also includes funding the statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, and a suite of education programmes.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/11/2017 17:53:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

794572

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date the the GEO informed the Prime Minister's Office that the Equality and Human Rights Commission intended to abolish the position of Disability Commissioner.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	115545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The non-statutory roles and responsibilities of Board members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), including the former ‘Disability Commissioner’ role are matters for the EHRC to decide. The GEO would not normally inform the Prime Minister’s Office of intended EHRC changes to these roles and responsibilities and did not do so in this case.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 17:49:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone