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1718310

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Women and Equalities: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	26439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1718467

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to help support (a) local action groups and (b) Southport Access For Everyone in Southport constituency to advocate for local authorities to increase access to public infrastructure for people with (i) limited mobility and (ii) disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	26600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation. answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1718479

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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 Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on assessing proposals to amend the Equality Act 2010 to clarify the protected characteristic of sex.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	26563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation. answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1718075

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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 Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish her response to her Department's call for evidence on Variations in sex characteristics, which closed on 28 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	26284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>It is important to understand the experiences of people living with VSC, as well as the impacts on their family and support networks. In order to understand these experiences, it is vital that research and first hand testimony be conducted and made widely available.</p><p>That is why the Government is currently monitoring and considering evidence and research specific to people living with VSC, including the evidence provided through the call for evidence. We hope to be in a position to publish the findings of the review in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 22/05/2024 15:55:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1717520

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Minister without Portfolio's article of 12 May 2024 in The Sunday Telegraph, when the Equality and Human Rights Commission is expected to withdraw the requirement in their contract with Be Applied Ltd., procurement reference EHRC 2021-29, for organisational wide diversity reporting; and whether the projected cost of that contract up to 24 January 2025 will be reduced through the withdrawal of that requirement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/05/2024 15:25:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1717623

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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	Mental Health: Men
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it his policy to promote healthy role models in masculinity.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	25879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to challenge stereotypes that can limit opportunities and cause harm, in health and elsewhere. For example, in the draft Relationships, Sex and Health Education Statutory Guidance, currently under consultation, we make it clear that pupils should have the opportunity to identify positive male role models.</p><p>To help dispel taboos and stigmas among men about their general health, the government is appointing the UK’s first Men’s Health Ambassador. Alongside the work of the first Men’s Health Task and Finish Group, they will help us to identify how to get more men to engage with their health. The group includes behavioural scientists, men’s health campaigners, health experts and academics.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/05/2024 16:33:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1717190

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with employers on the (a) public reporting of ethnicity pay gaps and (b) inclusive early talent pipelines.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	25712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of the government’s ambitious Inclusive Britain action plan, we published comprehensive guidance in April 2023 for employers on how they can measure, report on and address any unfair ethnicity pay gaps within their workforce. We have engaged with employers and representative bodies in both developing and promoting the new guidance.</p><p>We have also worked with employers to deliver other relevant actions in Inclusive Britain including:</p><ul><li>Updated guidance for employers on positive action in the workplace, published last April, on how to widen opportunities in a way that is consistent with equalities legislation.</li><li>The report by the independent Inclusion at Work Panel, published on 20 March, on how to achieve fairness and inclusion in the workplace.</li><li>Introducing a voluntary in-work progression offer for low paid Universal Credit claimants, a disproportionate number of whom are from an ethnic minority background.</li><li>Measures to increase the number of young ethnic minorities in apprenticeships.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 16:54:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1718172

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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 Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on tackling gender-based violence in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	902870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Foreign Secretary on many issues, including tackling violence against women and girls in other countries.</p><p>The UK is a global leader on action to address conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and has committed £60m since the launch of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative(PSVI) in 2012.</p><p>We have also put forward the first ever UK nomination to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Professor Shazia Choudhry, whose academic work<br>focuses on violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/05/2024 16:45:52 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1718173

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Working Hours: Gender
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 potential impact of a four-day working week on gender equality.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	902872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The government routinely considers the implications of evidence from a range of sources when assessing policies on working practices. The government has no plans to implement a four-day week but has recently introduced the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023.</p><p>The Act makes changes to the right to request flexible working to better support employers and employees to agree flexible working arrangements that work for everyone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:59:22 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1718174

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Women: Employment
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 adequacy of Government support for women experiencing misogyny in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Misogyny is unacceptable in any workplace.</p><p>This Government has committed to protect workers from misogyny through a robust legal framework, we made that clear in our response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Misogyny in Music report, published in April.</p><p>We also supported the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This will strengthen protections for employees against workplace sexual harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:57:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine