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802559

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the principal reasons for the current size of the gender wage gap.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to close the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%. Research commissioned by the Government Equalities Office indicates that the biggest driver of the gender pay gap is women’s reduced labour market participation.</p><p>The research can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 118110 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:50:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

802560

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the evidential basis is for the Government using positive action to reduce the gender wage gap.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to close the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%. Research commissioned by the Government Equalities Office indicates that the biggest driver of the gender pay gap is women’s reduced labour market participation.</p><p>The research can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/33083313/FULL_TEXT.PDF</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 118109 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:50:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

802091

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Gender Recognition Act in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	117778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities became responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on 16 November 2017, following a ‘Machinery of Government’ change.</p><p>The government has committed to carrying out a broad consultation on the Gender Recognition Act to look at making the process of legally changing gender less bureaucratic and intrusive for transgender people.</p><p>We will encourage employers to respond to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/12/2017 14:18:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

802193

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many times she has (a) met, (b) spoken to and (c) communicated with (i) directly with or (ii) through (A) officials, (B) Ministerial advisers and (B) other contacts, the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	117880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office and its Ministers are in regular contact with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a range of issues to do with the running of the Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 117881 117883 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

802194

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what dates she (a) met, (b) spoken to and (c) communicated with (i) directly with or (ii) through (A) officials, (B) Ministerial advisers and (B) other contacts, the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	117881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office and its Ministers are in regular contact with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a range of issues to do with the running of the Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 117880 117883 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

802196

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what dates between (a) 20 March and 21 April 2017 and (b) since 21 April 2017 (i) she, (ii) Officials of her Department, (iii) Ministerial advisers or (iv) others (A) met with, (B) spoke to or (C) communicated with the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and on which of those dates contact with the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission included communication about (I) the position of Disability Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission or (II) Lord Shinkwin.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	117883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office and its Ministers are in regular contact with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a range of issues to do with the running of the Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 117880 117881 question first answered 11/12/2017 17:37:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

802197

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish communications relating or referring to (a) the position of Disability Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission and (b) Lord Shinkwin between (i) herself, (ii) Officials of her Department, (iii) Ministerial advisers, (iv) the Government Equalities Office, (v) the Equality and Human Rights Commission and (vi) David Isaac between (A) 20 March and 21 April 2017 and (B) since 21 April 2017; and if she will place copies in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	117884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equality Office and its Ministers are in regular contact with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a range of issues to do with the running of the Commission. These discussions and communications are not routinely published.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/12/2017 17:35:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

802381

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Equal Pay: Maternity Leave
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 effect of maternity leave on the gender wage gap?
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to closing the gender pay gap, which is currently at 18.4%.</p><p> </p><p>The calculation of the national gender pay gap, based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, does not include employees whose earnings are affected by absence from work, such as through maternity leave. Such employees should therefore not artificially inflate the gender pay gap.</p><p> </p><p>However, evidence suggests that more broadly, women’s reduced labour market participation is the biggest known driver of the gender pay gap, which is in part, a result of women taking on the bulk of caring responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has one of the most generous Maternity Leave offers in the world, and we have also introduced Shared Parental Leave in order to provide parents with more choice and flexibility in how they divide care between them in the first year of their child’s life.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2017 17:32:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

802383

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Business: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of proposing gender quotas for businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	118070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We believe that each country has a unique business environment. We are aware that quotas have driven progress in representation of women in a number of countries such as Norway, France and Italy. However, in the UK we have made excellent progress using a voluntary, business-led approach; for example we have seen the number of women on FTSE 350 boards more than double since 2010. We also have only nine all male boards remaining in the FTSE 350, and none in the FTSE 100. This is why we support the work of the Hampton-Alexander review, which sets voluntary targets for FTSE 350 companies to have 33% women on their boards and in their senior leadership positions by 2020. Currently, we believe this is the most effective approach and want to work collaboratively with businesses to ensure that progress on this agenda continues. We will continue to keep this approach under review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2017 16:44:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

798009

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Representation of the People Act 1918: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how funding announced in the Spring 2017 Budget to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	116916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>In the Budget my Rt hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that £1.2 million of the centenary fund will go directly to seven Centenary Cities and towns in England with a strong suffrage history, to strengthen the reach and legacy of regional activity to inspire a new generation with this story.</p><p>A further £1.5 million will be available to organisations and communities through a grants scheme. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) have appointed a grant administrator to oversee the application and award process and I will write to all Members with details of the scheme including application criteria shortly.</p><p>The rest of the £5 million fund will be spent on a statue of Millicent Fawcett, to be erected in Parliament Square; on activities to increase young people’s engagement with democracy; and on activities to increase women’s engagement with political representation. GEO will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/12/2017 17:56:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers