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1110002

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Equal Pay: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference the publication of the pay comparison data collected by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the gender pay gap; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	241408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 we introduced ground-breaking regulations requiring large employers to publish their gender pay gaps annually. We have recently passed the second reporting deadline, and over 10,000 employers have provided their data. The Equality and Human Rights Commission will take action with those who have failed to report or provided inaccurate data.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting employers to take action to reduce their gaps. We have recently published guidance on how to diagnose the causes of a gap and how to create an effective action plan.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also taking action to close the gender pay gap by making flexible working a reality for all employees, introducing Shared Parental Leave, supporting the Hampton-Alexander Review to increase the number of women in senior leadership positions, and doubling the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/04/2019 16:46:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

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

909308

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Menstrual Hygiene Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department plans to promote menstrual hygiene day on 28 May.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	146758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government supports a wide range of policies to remove inequalities related to gender. However, the Government Equalities Office does not lead on health related issues and is not promoting Menstrual Hygiene Day or organising events related to it.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/06/2018 12:20:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

890356

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Public Buildings: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities whether she plans to require Departments and local councils to publish the provisions that they have in place for disabled access to their buildings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	137466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 requires service providers and employers, including public authorities, to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not put at a substantial disadvantage, including in questions of access. For service providers this is an anticipatory duty, which means that they should not wait until they are asked to make an adjustment. However, the duty does not require publication of information about any adjustments made or the general accessibility features of a building, such as those required by building regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government agrees that the public sector can play an important leadership role in providing accessibility information for building users, whether they are visitors or employees. However, the Government believes that such decisions are best made at a local level and has no plans to introduce a requirement for such information to be published.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/05/2018 16:02:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

886237

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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: Menstrual Hygiene Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government Equalities Office has to promote Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28 May 2018; and what events she planning to (a) attend and (b) organise.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	136432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>This Government supports a wide range of policies to remove inequalities related to gender. However, the Government Equalities Office does not lead on health related issues and is not promoting Menstrual Hygiene Day or organising events related to it.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/04/2018 12:45:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

843808

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women's sporting events she has attended since becoming Minister for Women and Equalities.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	128246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>I am pleased to see that women’s impressive achievements in sport are gaining increasing recognition, and am delighted that three women have won medals for Team GB at the Winter Olympics so far. The Minister for Women and Equalities has not attended any women’s sporting events since her recent appointment but hopes to do so in the future.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2018 16:00:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

776263

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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 Act 1967: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish the events that she and Ministers at the Government Equalities Office attended to mark the 50th anniversary of passing of the Abortion Act.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	109071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities has not attended any events to mark the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act.</p><p> </p><p>Government Equalities Office Ministers, including myself and My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister of State for School Standards and Minister for Equalities, have not attended any such events either.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/11/2017 17:48:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

750889

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what funding the Government Equalities Office plans to make available to tackle period poverty; and whether she plans to meet her equivalent in the Scottish Parliament to discuss its initiative to provide sanitary products to women and girls on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>No girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her gender.</p><p>Current guidance to schools on Relationship and Sex Education encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation and with requests for sanitary protection.</p><p>We have taken note of the Scottish Government’s pilot programme to provide free access to sanitary products for low-income women and female pupils and are looking for opportunities to discuss this further with them.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/09/2017 08:22:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

622240

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff of the Government Equalities office identify as (a) male, (b) female, (c) gay, (d) lesbian, (e) bisexual, (f) transgender, (g) gender fluid, (h) bi-gender, (i) non-binary, (j) gender queer, (k) gender non-conforming, (l) tri-gender, (m) all genders, (n) intersex and (o) another gender identity.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	50609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>There are 19 male and 35 female members of staff in the Government Equalities Office.</p><p>We are unable to provide information for (c) gay, (d) lesbian, (e) bisexual to protect individuals’ identity, as numbers below 5 are suppressed.</p><p>We do not record data for f) transgender, (g) gender fluid, (h) bi-gender, (i) non-binary, (j) gender queer, (k) gender non-conforming, (l) tri-gender, (m) all genders, (n) intersex and (o) an other gender identity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/11/2016 12:00:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

577654

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what toilet facilities there are for transgender people at the Government Equalities Office at (a) the Sanctuaries Building, London and (b) Piccadilly Gate, Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	45458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that transgender people are free from discrimination, including in the provision of facilities and services. In Department for Education buildings, transgender people are therefore free to use the toilets that match the gender with which they identify.</p><p> </p><p>There are also twelve accessible toilet facilities in Sanctuary Buildings, London and six in Piccadilly Gate, Manchester, which are gender neutral. In line with the Government Equalities Office publication “Recruiting and Retaining Transgender staff – a guide for employers”, which suggests that departments should consider introducing gender neutral toilets when carrying out refurbishments or introducing new toilets into their buildings, gender-neutral toilet facilities will also be provided at the Department’s future London office at the Old Admiralty Buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/09/2016 16:59:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick