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973024

registered interest
date	13/09/2018
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to end the practice of gay conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	906878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Conversion therapy is wrong and we are not willing to let it continue. That is why we are committed to bringing forward proposals to end this abhorrent practice in the UK. We recognise this is a complex issue that we need to get right. Officials in the Government Equalities Office are working with stakeholders to consider all legislative and non-legislative options and will announce further detail on the matter in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2018 13:12:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

968197

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Government Equalities Office: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information her office holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior roles in the Government Equalitiies Office in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	170831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office does not hold information about the socio-economic background of its senior civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/09/2018 16:49:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

967455

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Political Parties: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to commence section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL9950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>We keep any uncommenced provisions from the Equality Act 2010 under review. However, political parties are responsible for their candidate selection and should lead the way in improving diverse representation. I welcome the many efforts already ongoing from political parties to do so.</p><p>We believe diversity is important, as reflected in this Parliament as the most gender and LGBT diverse ever, but there is still more to do. The Government Equalities Office continues to work on supporting political participation, we have recently announced a fund to support disabled candidates to seek electoral office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/09/2018 12:43:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

967456

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Political Parties: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 January (HL Deb, cols 527–528), what steps they have taken to consult political parties on increasing the number of women who stand as candidates for political and public office; and what have been the results of any such consultations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL9951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has met with a range of representatives from political parties to consider what could help to increase the number of women standing for elected office. As part of the response to this the Centenary Fund supported an Ask Her to Stand event in London. 350 women who are interested in standing for elected office heard from women politicians from the main parties and took part in workshops providing practical advice on getting into politics and public life.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government Equalities Office has been funding projects through the Government’s £5m Suffrage Centenary Fund that help deliver our aim to increase women’s participation in politics.</p><p> </p><p>Some of these projects are providing women with practical training in political skills – for example a political leadership programme for women in Bradford and Birmingham, and training in public speaking and media relations for women in the East Midlands, West Midlands and London.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/09/2018 12:44:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

967496

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 20 July (HL Deb, col 1413), when the reply to Catherine Utley will be sent to her.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL9986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>I responded to the correspondence from Ms Catherine Utley on 24<sup>th</sup> August.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/09/2018 12:35:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

967747

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Females: Members' Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has held discussions with the Leader of the House on tackling the inequality in the number of males and females carrying out parliamentary assistant/researcher roles for Members of Parliament; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	170257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend has not held any discussions with the Leader of the House on this matter. Where a Parliamentary assistant or researcher is engaged under a contract of employment, apprenticeship or contract personally to do work, the Member of Parliament, as their employer, is subject to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore must not unlawfully discriminate in any aspect of recruitment covered by the Act. The positive action provisions in the Act enable an employer to treat one gender more favourably than the other in connection with recruitment providing certain conditions are met.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/09/2018 16:45:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

964815

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Females: Equality
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 10 July 2018 to Question 160802 on Females: Equality, what progress her Department has made on meeting Sustainable Development Goal 5 by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	169661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>To date, our progress in implementing policy in line with Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals has led to a higher percentage of women on FTSE boards than ever before, ground-breaking regulations to close the gender pay gap, tax-free childcare entitlements, the introduction of shared parental leave, and an increase in flexible working opportunities. We have also developed a proactive violence against women and girls strategy which protects and supports victims and provided support to enable women from Northern Ireland to access abortion services in England.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/09/2018 16:47:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

964394

registered interest
date	10/08/2018
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	International Men's Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has plans to mark International Men's Day 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	169031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government intends to mark International Men’s Day 2018, and the Government Equalities Office is planning a programme of activities accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/09/2018 16:48:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

947361

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Females: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that indicator 5.c.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals is assessed effectively across Government.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	168122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Indicator 5.c.1 is a non-statistical global indicator to monitor global progress toward Target 5c, which calls on Member States to ‘adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels’.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s Office for National Statistics is responsible for providing UK data on the global indicators to the UN for its annual progress reporting.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has adopted many programmes and policies that address Target 5c, including the introduction of gender pay gap reporting regulations, increasing flexible working opportunities, promoting shared parental leave and implementing a strategy to prevent violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be reporting on its progress towards implementing Sustainable Development Goal 5 as part of the UK’s Voluntary National Review in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 15:06:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

947435

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timetable is for the introduction of legislative proposals to ban gay conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	167926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>As part of our LGBT Action Plan, we have committed to exploring all legislative and non-legislative options to end this abhorrent practice.</p><p>We will set out our timetable for delivering the commitments in the action plan soon.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/09/2018 15:03:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler