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1145817

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Service Industries: Assistance Animals
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 Act 2010, what steps the Government is taking to inform businesses and the service sector of the rights of assistance dogs.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	290800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 places a duty on businesses and other service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve disabled people’s access to goods and services so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) statutory code of practice for services sets out examples of making reasonable adjustments for assistance dogs and in 2017, the EHRC published their updated guide for all businesses on assistance dogs. The guidance was produced in order to help businesses understand what they can do to comply with their legal duties under the Equality Act.</p><p>The Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS), the equalities and human rights helpline, receives about 35,000 customer contacts a year, more than 60% of which concern disability issues. The EASS intervenes directly with or assists the complainant to take the problem up with the relevant service provider in many cases, including those involving assistance dogs.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 11:55:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1145818

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Assistance Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to assistance dogs.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	290801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 places a duty on employers and service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve disabled people’s access to goods and services so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people. In the case of service providers this reasonable adjustment duty is an anticipatory duty therefore those who provide goods, facilities and services to members of the public are expected to anticipate the reasonable adjustments that disabled customers may require, including auxiliary aids.</p><p>In recent years, case law has strengthened the equalities law for people with assistance dogs. There have been a number of significant cases brought under the Equality Act involving assistance dogs, which have been successfully litigated, for example, <em>Bloch v Kassim</em> (assistance dogs in taxis); <em>Clutton and Williams v Pen</em>-<em>y</em>-<em>Bryn Group (assistance dogs in restaurants); and McCafferty v Miah (assistance dogs in shops).</em></p><p>The Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS), the equalities and human rights helpline, receives about 35,000 customer contacts a year, more than 60% of which concern disability issues. The EASS intervenes directly with or assists the complainant to take the problem up with the relevant service provider in many cases, including those involving assistance dogs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:01:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1146263

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what the timeframe is for her Department to table the regulations enabling opposite sex civil partnerships under the terms of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act to take place before the end of 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	290564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade is required to exercise the power in the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act 2019 amending the eligibility criteria for civil partnerships so that the regulations come into force no later than 31 December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations will be laid later this year for the 31 December deadline.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:33:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 136383 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1146267

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 and Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what progress is being made on proposals to allow married partners to convert to an opposite sex civil partnership without divorce under the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Act.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	290566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government published a consultation on 10 July on proposals to allow opposite-sex married couples to convert to a civil partnership. The consultation closed on 20 August and we are considering the responses to this.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:38:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 136382 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1145497

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
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	Gender Recognition Act 2004: Public Consultation
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 publish its response to the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 consultation.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	290436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>We had an exceptionally high number of responses to the consultation we ran on the Gender Recognition Act, receiving over 100,000. We are now carefully considering all the information we have received and will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:27:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1145248

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
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	Public Sector: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the workings of the Public Sector Equality Duty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL17775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s report on ‘Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the EHRC’, which includes recommendations relating to the Public Sector Equality Duty. We will be responding to this report in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/09/2019 13:23:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

1143618

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Disability: Discrimination
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 extent of enforcement of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 on discrimination on the basis of disability.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	285085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the evidence given by the Government Equalities Office and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to the recent inquiry into <em>Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the EHRC</em> by the Women and Equalities Select Committee chaired by my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Basingstoke. The Select Committee recently published its report from the inquiry and the Government will be responding to that report shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Written evidence to the inquiry by the Government can be found here <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/enforcing-the-equality-act-the-law-and-the-role-of-the-equality-and-human-rights-commission/written/91826.html" target="_blank"><strong>http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/enforcing-the-equality-act-the-law-and-the-role-of-the-equality-and-human-rights-commission/written/91826.html</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/09/2019 16:45:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1140801

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that women have access to full-time jobs.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	280366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2019 answer text <p>Female employment rates are at a record high, however women are still over three times as likely as men to work part-time.</p><p> </p><p>On the 3rd July 2019, we launched<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-equality-at-every-stage-a-roadmap-for-change" target="_blank"> ‘Gender Equality at every stage: a Roadmap for Change</a>’ setting out government action to address this and other persistent gendered barriers at every life stage. Actions include: supporting employers to promote gender-balanced progression in the workplace; continuing to develop the evidence base on what works through our Workplace &amp; Gender Equality Programme; and working with local partners to help those who have taken time out for caring identify opportunities to return to work.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/09/2019 16:38:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1138984

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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	Churches: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions her Department has has with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the exemptions from equality legislation applied to the (a) Church in England, (b) Church in Wales and (c) Church of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	277267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has not had any recent discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission about this issue.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/09/2019 16:29:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1138065

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of obligating all major employers in the UK to publish their gender and ethnicity pay gap data.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	275700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Since introducing regulations in 2017, organisations with 250 or more employees are required to publish gender pay gap data on an annual basis. This has sparked a national conversation, as well as prompting conversations in boardrooms across the country. The unparalleled level of transparency brings to light where inequalities exist, and is inspiring action from employers to bring about change.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have consulted on how best to implement mandatory ethnicity pay reporting, including questions on the main benefits for employers in reporting ethnicity pay information and which employers it should apply to. They received over 300 detailed responses to the consultation and will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/09/2019 16:59:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly