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91573

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test applied to all domestic policy, which policies of the Government Equalities Office have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014 the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:50:38 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91574

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Castes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when she expects the Government's programme of research into caste discrimination to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	209041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has recently commissioned a consortium of TNS, BRMB and NIESR to conduct a feasibility study into how it might be possible to estimate the extent of any caste-based discrimination in Britain. The consortium is due to present its final report to Government in November.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91575

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Castes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government has had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on research into caste discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	209040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Since April 2013, the Government has had numerous discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) about research into caste discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>Most of these discussions have concerned the work leading up to the EHRC-commissioned research reports – the ‘Socio-legal review’ and the ‘Experts’ Seminar and Stakeholder Workshop’. These reports looked at issues surrounding caste in Britain and were published in February 2014 as part of its Caste in Britain project. Discussion took place about the reports themselves and about the planned follow-up research which the EHRC was initially due to undertake to determine the extent of any caste discrimination in Britain but which it subsequently withdrew from earlier this year.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:51:24 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

91213

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from the Government Equalities Office regularly meet a broad range of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender stakeholders. Government Equalities Office officials met with representatives from the UK Intersex Association in June 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 12:41:06 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91326

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessments have been made since 2010 of the potential merits of establishing the Government Equalities Office within a permanent parent department or as a standalone department.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208494 208495 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91327

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 Appointments: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's publication entitled Appointments to Boards and Equality Law, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Government welcomed the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) legal framework on board appointments. The Guidance was only recently published (July 2014) so it is still too early to assess its impact.</p><p> </p><p>The EHRC Guidance is clear that the deliberate use of all-women long-lists or shortlists is likely to constitute unlawful sex discrimination. However, where there is no predetermination to draw up an all-women shortlist and an objective and consistent assessment of all candidates demonstrates that the best qualified candidates are all women, an all-women shortlist will be lawful, just as an all-male shortlist would be in the same circumstances.</p><p>The framework is also useful in highlighting that there are many good practices that focus on positive measures that will help create an even playing field. This best practice has led to great progress being made in the number of women on boards. For the first time, every board of Britain’s top 100 companies have at least one woman and we now have over 22% women on the boards of our FTSE 100 companies (up from 12.5% in 2011).</p><p> </p><p>We could not have got this far without the excellent work of the Executive Search Community to improve gender parity in our boardrooms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/09/2014 11:20:15 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

91328

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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 Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 409W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits (a) she and (b) her predecessors have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The answer is in the tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rt Hon Maria Miller MP</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Visit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/5/13</p></td><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>To launch pilot scheme to get more women and girls active and tackle the gender gap in sport.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-18/10/13</p></td><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>Included discussions on women and the economy.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1-4/12/13</p></td><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>Included equalities related activity.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-17/12/13</p></td><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>Included discussions on LGBT rights.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/1/14</p></td><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>Included visit to Riding for the Disabled, to see how the organisation supports disabled people.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11-14/3/14</p></td><td><p>UN Commission on the Status of Women</p></td><td><p>To promote women’s rights and help ensure a strong set of agreed conclusions.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Visit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/5/14</p></td><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>Included an interview with a local LGBT publication.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2/6/14</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Visited Birmingham LGBT and interview with local online LGBT publication.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Visit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7/5/14</p></td><td><p><strong>The National Science Museum, London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>To launch the ‘Your Life’ campaign </strong>to motivate more girls to continue to study maths and physics.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/5/14</p></td><td><p><strong>Google Campus for Mums, Shoreditch, London</strong></p></td><td><p>To announce a new £1million challenge fund to help female entrepreneurs benefit from superfast broadband.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05/06/14</p></td><td><p><strong>Paris</strong></p></td><td><p>Attended a Conference to explore practical strategies and best practices in accelerating women’s economic progress worldwide</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Helen Grant MP </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Visit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/6/13</p></td><td><p>Pimlico Academy, London</p></td><td><p>To encourage girls in their career aspirations.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25/6/13</p></td><td><p>St Mary’s Primary school, Moss Side, Manchester</p></td><td><p>To encourage girls in their career aspirations.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3/12/13</p></td><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>To see the progress of Sport England pilot.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2-3/6/14</p></td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Undertook equalities meetings as well as tourism events.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> J</strong><strong>o Swinson MP</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Visit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/1/13</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>To raise SMEs awareness of the Equality Act 2010.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7/3/13</p></td><td><p>Epsom</p></td><td><p>To raise SMEs awareness of the Equality Act 2010.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8/3/13</p></td><td><p>The National Science Museum</p></td><td><p>To celebrate International Women’s Day and speak to young girls about careers in science, engineering, technology and maths.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/3/13</p></td><td><p>Big Bang Fair - ExCeL centre London</p></td><td><p>To encourage interest by women in science and engineering.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4/10/13</p></td><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>To visit military personnel and spouses benefiting from Rural Growth Network.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/11/13</p></td><td><p>Bridge Academy London</p></td><td><p>To launch project to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying Project.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Jenny Willott MP</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Visit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2/6/14</p></td><td><p>Royal Free Hospital London</p></td><td><p>To launch report into body image during pregnancy and after birth.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4/6/14</p></td><td><p>Highams Park School, Highams Park, London</p></td><td><p>To launch the ‘Opening doors’ pilot scheme aimed at encouraging more girls to undertake A’ Levels in subjects traditionally dominated by boys.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/6/14</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>To promote the role of women in the economy at the International Festival for Business.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 14:52:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

91099

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with hate crime prevention groups in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	208532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has not met hate crime prevention groups specifically, but meets regularly with stakeholders – such as Stonewall, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, and the Lesbian and Gay Foundation – to discuss a broad range of issues including hate crime. In addition, Government Equalities Office officials attend the Hate Crime Strategy Board, a cross-Government working group led by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice which considers policy and service improvements to prevent and reduce all forms of hate crime, and improve the criminal justice system’s response to such incidents.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/09/2014 13:03:16 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91100

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect on organisational capacity and productivity of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208495 208811 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91101

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the financial cost has been of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208494 208811 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson