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1050036

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	213156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, and is supporting the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Private Members Bill. We are considering with the Bill’s sponsors how best this could be used to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/02/2019 17:47:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1050293

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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: Trade Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which her Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	213181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) does not itself undertake any regulatory functions imposed by legislation. The GEO is responsible for the Equality Act 2006, which imposes regulatory functions on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. None of these functions are currently undertaken by trade associations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/02/2019 17:48:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1045504

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Religion: Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding her Department has allocated to interfaith projects in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	210564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has not allocated any funding to interfaith projects during the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2019 16:07:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

1045661

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department’s work to ensure that women are not held back in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	210717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Every woman in the UK must have the support needed to fulfil her potential. This government is making this a reality by shining light on inequality through gender pay gap reporting, Returners programmes, Shared Parental Leave and flexible working.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have invested £4 million in our two gender equality research programmes, the Workplace and Gender Equality Research Programme (WAGE) and the Gender and Behavioural Insights Programme (GABI), which are providing employers with the evidence they need about what works to create a more equal workplace.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The gender pay gap nationally is the lowest on record at 17.9%, but there is a way to go and we are committed to supporting this change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/01/2019 15:49:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1043081

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on the consultation on a renewed access to elected office fund.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	209832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. We are undertaking a programme of work to help political parties to better support disabled candidates. As part of this my officials have met with political parties and disability organisations and continue this engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Elected Office Fund has been closed since 2015. We have launched the EnAble Fund for Elected Office, which is a £250,000 commitment to support disabled candidates, primarily for the forthcoming local elections in May. The fund will help cover disability-related expenses people might face when seeking elected office.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2019 16:06:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1042376

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
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 23 October to Question 179255, what progress her Department has made on introducing legislative proposals on the extension of civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	209385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, and is supporting the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Private Members Bill. We are considering with the Bill’s sponsors how best this could be used to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/01/2019 17:18:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1037787

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what representations she has received on the work of (a) Home Start and (b) other charities providing support for young families and carers; and if she will discuss with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the provision of additional funding for those charities to enable more help to be given to people returning to work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The government launched a £1.5 million grant fund in the private sector to support people to return to work. Our grant fund is enabling charities and other organisations to launch projects for people who are currently out of work due to caring responsibilities and want to return to permanent employment. Home-Start have previously applied for this GEO funding.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently announced further funding to support those with additional barriers to participating in the labour market – including people who speak little English, people with disabilities, and those who are homeless or have been victims of domestic abuse. GEO is scoping how best to deliver this and will engage closely with HMT in advance of the next spending review to decide whether and how further funding should be allocated to helping people return to work.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/01/2019 17:39:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1037121

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will allocate additional funds to charities supporting abused women to gain (a) employment and (b) training.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants to make sure that all women have the freedom and opportunity to reach their full potential. This of course includes women from more marginalised or vulnerable groups such as those who have suffered from abuse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Women and Equalities recently announced £500k of funding to support people with multiple and potentially complex barriers to returning to work, including victims of domestic abuse. This funding will be available for charities and other types of organisations to provide support in the form of training or employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>GEO is scoping how best to deliver this programme and will be working closely with delivery partners to publicise how organisations can apply for this funding in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/01/2019 15:53:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1037122

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Health on making the NHS cervical screening programme available to women aged 18 years and over.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The best independent evidence shows that routine screening of women under 25 actually does more harm than good. Cervical cancer in women under the age of 25 is very rare and younger women often undergo natural and harmless changes in the cervix that screening would identify as abnormalities, resulting in many false negatives.</p><p>We offer vaccination to girls to protect against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which protects against 70 per cent of cervical cancers and which is expected to reduce the already low rates of cervical cancer in these young women and allow them to be protected for years to come.</p><p>Young women with symptoms of cervical cancer, largely unusual bleeding particularly after sex, should see their GP and be referred to a gynecologist if clinically appropriate.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities has no plans to discuss this issue with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/01/2019 17:39:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1037245

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Candidates: Females
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 encourage more women to stand for elected office.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	205804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>One of our aims for the Women’s Suffrage Centenary was to ensure more women participate in politics and decision-making. Whether that is to vote, to campaign or to stand for election, women must be there making the decisions.</p><p>Over the course of 2018, the Centenary Fund supported nearly 320 small and large projects. Many of them are ongoing and designed to encourage participation by offering women across the country information and training to take part in civic society at all levels. For example, on 21 November 2018, the Campaign group 50:50 Parliament’s #AskHerToStand event asked MPs to mentor women from their constituency for the day.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/01/2019 17:54:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms