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818681

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will include in the information published on the Government's gender pay gap portal a total headcount column for each company.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	121445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We will launch an updated gender pay gap viewing service in April 2018 that will allow employers to benchmark themselves against similar organisations. This will include information on the size of organisations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/01/2018 17:57:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

804395

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to Answer of 23 November 2017 to Question 902535, on Equal Pay, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of requiring all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap on reducing that pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to close the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%. A full assessment was published that set out the expected impact of new regulations which introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting:</p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/245/pdfs/ukia_20160245_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/245/pdfs/ukia_20160245_en.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department recently published research on the action larger employers are taking to close the gender pay gaps within their organisations:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-pay-gap-employers-action-and-understanding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-pay-gap-employers-action-and-understanding</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:54:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

802559

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the principal reasons for the current size of the gender wage gap.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to close the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%. Research commissioned by the Government Equalities Office indicates that the biggest driver of the gender pay gap is women’s reduced labour market participation.</p><p>The research can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 118110 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:50:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

802560

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the evidential basis is for the Government using positive action to reduce the gender wage gap.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to close the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%. Research commissioned by the Government Equalities Office indicates that the biggest driver of the gender pay gap is women’s reduced labour market participation.</p><p>The research can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 118109 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:50:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

794171

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	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

789304

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to ensure that gender pay gap reporting is effectively enforced when it comes into effect in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	113069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Any failure to comply with the new gender pay gap regulations is unlawful under section 34 of the Equality Act 2006. This would be subject to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of a breach of the regulations, the EHRC can issue unlawful act notices and, ultimately, court orders if an employer refuses to comply.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2017 17:34:04 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

757007

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Fair opportunities for all: A strategy to reduce pay gaps in Britain report, what steps she is taking to tackle gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	7670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We note the findings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s research into gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps. The Government is tackling pay gaps by requiring large employers, including the public sector, to publish their gender pay gap and gender bonus gap. In addition, we are exploring options for introducing other forms of pay gap reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the government is offering 30 hours of free childcare for working families with 3 and 4 year-olds, has extended the right to request flexible working to all employees and introduced shared parental leave. In addition, we are providing £5m of funding to increasing Returners Programmes.</p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging girls to consider a wider range of careers, including in those higher paying sectors traditionally dominated by men, through funding programmes in schools to increase take-up of STEM subjects and programmes such as STEM ambassadors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 16:55:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

753604

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the gender pay gap in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	5692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures set out below, based on place of residence, annually.</p><p>The UK gender pay gap is now at a historic low of 18.1%. However, while we have made progress, there is more to do to close the gap. In April this year, the UK became one of the first countries to introduce mandatory reporting of gender pay gaps and bonuses for voluntary, public and private sector employers with more than 250 staff. The new regulations are an important step in addressing the gender pay gap by highlighting where women are being held back, so that employers can take action.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>Hampstead and Kilburn constituency</strong></p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>London</strong></p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p><strong>UK</strong></p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/09/2017 12:02:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

748309

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require companies with more than 250 employees to publish data on the pay gap between men and women.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>New regulations introducing mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers came into force earlier this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/07/2017 12:30:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732650

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the gender pay gap in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures set out below, based on place of residence, annually. To accelerate the rate at which the UK gap is closing the Government has introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers and is helping business to understand and address their gaps.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>25.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>21.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em><br> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>Scotland</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:40:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day