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820596

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to help (a) women and (b) men balance work with childcare responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	903244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text The Government is committed to helping men and women to balance work and childcare between them. It is good for parents and children, as well as being an important way to address the Gender Pay Gap. Shared Parental Leave and the right to request flexible working enables parents to arrange work and care in a way that works for them. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/01/2018 11:57:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

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

810537

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Government Equalities Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by her Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The following sets of regulations have been introduced by the Minister for Women and Equalities since May 2010:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 SI 2011/2260 (revoked by SI 2017/353)</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014 SI 2014/2559</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/172</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/353.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessments for the first three sets of regulations, setting out in detail the net costs or benefits, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A separate impact assessment was not prepared for SI 2017/353 because the scope of the regulations was public sector only. However, the average annual recurring cost of complying with the new gender pay gap reporting requirements for employers in the public sector was estimated to be less than £500 per annum, in line with the impact assessment for SI 2017/172. The table below sets out answers to the other aspects of the question:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SI</p></td><td><p>Month of Commencement</p></td><td><p>One in one out</p></td><td><p>One in two out</p></td><td><p>Revoked</p></td><td><p>Amended</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2260</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2559</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/172</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/353</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. For the 2015-17 Parliament, the government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament. For the current Parliament, the government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government has published guidance for departments on the statutory requirements that all new regulations contain a requirement for a review at a suitable point after their implementation. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment for a new regulation should set out the plan for a post-implementation review of the measure, typically within five years of it coming into force. The review should assess if the objectives of the regulation were achieved, remain valid and relevant, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 120913 question first answered 08/01/2018 19:18:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810568

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Government Equalities Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what processes her Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The following sets of regulations have been introduced by the Minister for Women and Equalities since May 2010:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 SI 2011/2260 (revoked by SI 2017/353)</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014 SI 2014/2559</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/172</li><li>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 SI 2017/353.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessments for the first three sets of regulations, setting out in detail the net costs or benefits, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2260/impacts</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2014/202/pdfs/ukia_20140202_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111152010/resources</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A separate impact assessment was not prepared for SI 2017/353 because the scope of the regulations was public sector only. However, the average annual recurring cost of complying with the new gender pay gap reporting requirements for employers in the public sector was estimated to be less than £500 per annum, in line with the impact assessment for SI 2017/172. The table below sets out answers to the other aspects of the question:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SI</p></td><td><p>Month of Commencement</p></td><td><p>One in one out</p></td><td><p>One in two out</p></td><td><p>Revoked</p></td><td><p>Amended</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2260</p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2559</p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/172</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/353</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. For the 2015-17 Parliament, the government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament. For the current Parliament, the government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government has published guidance for departments on the statutory requirements that all new regulations contain a requirement for a review at a suitable point after their implementation. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment for a new regulation should set out the plan for a post-implementation review of the measure, typically within five years of it coming into force. The review should assess if the objectives of the regulation were achieved, remain valid and relevant, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 120882 question first answered 08/01/2018 19:18:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810711

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Government Equalities Office: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting her Department she is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	121056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>EU law will be retained by the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, as it applies in the UK on the day the we leave the EU. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All departments are engaged in this process. Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:53:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810160

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Sanitary Products: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has met her counterpart in the Scottish Government to discuss its initiative to provide sanitary products to women and girls on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	120626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials at the Department for Education hold regular discussions with officials in the devolved administrations about the issue of sanitary protection provision in schools; the last meeting on this topic was held in November 2017 and the next discussion is due take place in January 2018. My hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities has not met her counterpart in the Scottish Government but has been updated on the discussions held. Officials in the Scottish Government have committed to update the Department for Education on all relevant initiatives, including their Aberdeen pilot when information about its impact and affordability becomes available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:59:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

810193

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Gender Recognition
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 15 December 2017 to Question 117778, on gender recognition, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the correct application of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	120659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>We will soon launch a broad consultation on amending this Act. The consultation will focus on making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people. We will engage with businesses and employers during the consultation to gain their views.</p><p> </p><p>As the Minister for Women and Equalities only acquired responsibility for the Gender Recognition Act on 16 November 2017 from the Ministry of Justice, no prior consideration had been made by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office, however, issued guidance on supporting transgender employers in the workplace in November 2015. This included a section on the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service also recently updated its advice to employers on managing transgender staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2018 13:44:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

809554

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Flitwick Station: Disability
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 disabled access to the platforms at Flitwick station.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
uin	120212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, service providers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises or buildings and services so that disabled customers are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers. This reasonable adjustment duty is an anticipatory duty, which means that those who provide goods, facilities and services to members of the public are expected to anticipate the reasonable adjustments that disabled customers may require.</p><p> </p><p>The delivery of accessible transport, including disabled access at stations and transport hubs is the responsibility of the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/12/2017 18:47:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

809564

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which groups in Northern Ireland she consulted in developing the policy to pay for women with low incomes resident in Northern Ireland to travel and have abortions in England.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	120222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The judgement on June 2017, in the case of R (on the application of A and B) v Secretary of State for Health, confirmed the Secretary of State's powers to extend equal access to women from Northern Ireland. There was no legal requirement to consult on this specific aspect of the scheme and no formal consultation took place.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/12/2017 18:44:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

809704

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Government Equalities Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of Answers on the Government Equalities Office to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2017 answer text <p>In the current parliamentary session (as at 19 December 2017), the Government Equalities Office have answered one (0.72 %) written parliamentary question explaining that the requested information was not available on the grounds of it not being collected. No parliamentary questions were answered explaining that the information is not held centrally. This is out of a total of 139 parliamentary questions that have been answered.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/12/2017 14:52:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane