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77238

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the fee will be to convert civil partnerships to marriage; and on what basis that fee was calculated.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The proposed fees for converting a civil partnership to marriage have been calculated on a full cost recovery basis. Where comparable processes exist for marriage and civil partnership, for example, for housebound and detained persons, these have been mirrored in the calculations for the conversion fees. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary legislation, the fee to convert a civil partnership to a marriage will be:</p><p> </p><p>· £45 - standard procedure at a register office</p><p>· £99 - at the residence of a housebound person</p><p>· £117 - at the place of detention of a detained person</p><p>· £15 – special procedure where a person is seriously ill and not expected to recover.</p><p> </p><p>There will be separate fees for conversions conducted in consulates overseas which have yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some couples may not have entered into their civil partnership if marriage had been available to same sex couples at that time. Therefore the Home Secretary has agreed to waive the fee for one year from 10 December 2014 for any couple who formed their civil partnership prior to 29 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 15/07/2014 15:09:16 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77239

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when the Government will issue guidance to local authorities on the procedure for converting civil partnerships to marriage.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The provision of guidance to local authorities on registration matters is the responsibility of the General Register Office for England and Wales, part of Her Majesty's Passport Office. Guidance on the conversion process has already been issued.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 15/07/2014 15:11:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77240

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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 Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent meetings she has had with ministerial colleagues on the gender pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Women and the Economy action plan sets out a clear programme of work to maximise women's contribution to economic growth and address the gender pay gap. I have oversight of this, as well as being the minister responsible for key elements of it, such as extending flexible working, introducing shared parental leave, and increasing the number of women on company boards. I regularly meet with ministerial colleagues and others to discuss these issues, and the Ministers for Women gave a joint presentation to Cabinet in April on these issues.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:23:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77241

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many women have made a statutory application to request flexible working in the Government Equalities Office; and how many of those applications have been granted.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) embraces flexible working. All posts are advertised on a flexible basis and GEO employees have always had the opportunity to request temporary or permanent changes to their working patterns at any time. This approach significantly reduces the need for GEO employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 205147 question first answered 17/07/2014 12:24:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77242

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to encourage flexible working in the Government Equalities Office.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) embraces flexible working. All posts are advertised on a flexible basis and GEO employees have always had the opportunity to request temporary or permanent changes to their working patterns at any time. This approach significantly reduces the need for GEO employees to make a statutory application for flexible working and we have no record of any such request having been made.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 205155 question first answered 17/07/2014 12:24:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77243

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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 Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the average salary was of (a) male and (b) female employees of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (i) of each ethnicity and (ii) at each grade for the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and is responsible for its own staff management, including staff salaries. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Commission to write to the honourable member with the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:26:15 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65796

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Mental Health Services: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, on what dates she has met Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender mental health service providers.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 9 July 2014 Official Report, col 338W</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 10/07/2014 14:31:27 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65588

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Gender: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government has spent on the Think, Act, Report initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Think, Act, Report</em> was launched in September 2011. On average it has had 2 full-time equivalent staff working on it since then, comprising one team leader (Grade 7) and one Senior Executive Officer. Around £5,000 has been spent on events and publications to support the initiative. Significant support in kind has been received from supporting businesses and other organisations, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, CIPD, CMI, Opportunity Now, and others. More than 200 companies are now supporting <em>Think, Act, Report</em>, collectively employing over 2million people.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 07/07/2014 14:58:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65589

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what proportion of Named Day Written Questions were answered within the prescribed period in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Since joining DCMS in September 2012, as part of a machinery of Government move, the Government Equalities Office has answered the following proportion of its Named Day parliamentary questions within the prescribed period:</p><p> </p><p>2012 (September 2012 to Dec 2012) 0% (of those late 55% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p>2013 (January 2013 to December 2013) 46% (of those late 22% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p>2014 (January 2014 to Date) 83% (of those late 50% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold figures for previous years.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 16:51:44 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65590

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Mental Health Services: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with LGBT mental health service providers in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Government Equalities Office regularly meet a broad range of LGB&amp;T stakeholders, including mental health providers and other organisations with an interest in this area, to discuss key issues and priorities for the sector. Topics raised include the mental health needs of LGB&amp;T individuals, areas of discrimination and issues with service provision.</p><p>In the last year, officials have met with organisations with an interest in this area including: the Albert Kennedy Trust, Bi Community News, Bisexual Index, BiUK, Broken Rainbow, GALOP, GIRES, METRO Centre, PACE, Press for Change, Stonewall, Stonewall Housing, The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), The LGBT Consortium, and The National LGB&amp;T Partnership. The LGBT Consortium, the National LGB&amp;T Partnership and BiUK are umbrella organisations who raise issues on behalf of their wider membership. Officials also sit on the Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity where mental health issues are regularly raised. Officials have also had meetings with NHS England and Public Health England at which they have discussed mental health issues.</p><p>In the last year, the Minister for Sport, Tourism &amp; Equalities met representatives from the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, LGB&amp;T Consortium, PACE Health, Stonewall, Broken Rainbow, the METRO Centre, and BiUK on 10 October 2013; and representatives from GIRES, Gendered Intelligence and the Gender Identity Clinic in Hammersmith on 15 October 2013.</p><p>On 12 June 2014 the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport visited Birmingham LGBT Centre which hosts mental health services. The Secretary of State also met leading LGB&amp;T representatives on 30 June 2014 including Stonewall, Lesbian and Gay Foundation, LGB&amp;T Consortium, GIRES, and Gendered Intelligence. Health issues were discussed at all events.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 16:52:10 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero