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1460368

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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
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 merits of establishing a principle of respect and dignity for people with protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	160521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Every individual has protected characteristics, so I think the hon. Member is describing the UK's commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights. In addition, the Equality Act 2010 provides protection for everyone against behaviour which unlawfully violates their dignity because of a protected characteristic, and the General Duty of the Equality and Human Rights Commission includes encouraging and supporting the development of a society in which there is respect for the dignity and worth of each individual.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/04/2022 09:52:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1460490

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Period Poverty Task Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Period Poverty Taskforce will restart its meetings; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL7974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic. Further announcements on the plans and the work of the Taskforce will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL7975 HL7976 HL7977 HL7978 question first answered 28/04/2022 10:58:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1460491

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Period Poverty Task Force: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the £250,000 that was committed to help the Period Poverty Taskforce to address the issue of period poverty will still be made available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL7975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic. Further announcements on the plans and the work of the Taskforce will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL7974 HL7976 HL7977 HL7978 question first answered 28/04/2022 10:58:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1460492

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Period Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to their target of ending period poverty and shame in the UK by 2025.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL7976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic. Further announcements on the plans and the work of the Taskforce will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL7974 HL7975 HL7977 HL7978 question first answered 28/04/2022 10:58:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1460493

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Period Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the issues of period poverty and shame.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL7977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic. Further announcements on the plans and the work of the Taskforce will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL7974 HL7975 HL7976 HL7978 question first answered 28/04/2022 10:58:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1460494

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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	Period Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what trends they have identified, if any, in period poverty and shame; and what steps they are taking to address any such trends.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL7978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Period poverty is an issue the government takes very seriously and has taken a number of steps to address the problem.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. Additionally, from 1 January 2021, the ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished - with a zero rate of VAT applying to all period products. Prior to the abolition of the tax, a Tampon Tax fund was in place to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on period products, to projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls. A final round of £11.25 million in grant funding was awarded in November 2021 to distribute the VAT collected on period products in the final nine months of the 2020/21 financial year, before the tax ended.</p><p>As well as these steps, in 2019, NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them and the Home Office changed the law to ensure that all people in custody are provided with health and hygiene products for free, to include period products.</p><p>In March 2020, in light of COVID-19, the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce was paused to free up resources to focus on the pandemic. Further announcements on the plans and the work of the Taskforce will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott grouped question UIN HL7974 HL7975 HL7976 HL7977 question first answered 28/04/2022 10:58:30 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1459003

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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 steps her Department is taking to review the gender pay gap reporting regulations now that five years have elapsed since they were first implemented.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	156489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Under The Gender Pay Gap Information Regulations 2017 we are required to produce a post-implementation review. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/04/2022 15:51:58 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1458501

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Alcoholism: Discrimination
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 impact the exclusion of alcohol dependence and other addictions from the protections of the Equality Act 2010 has had on (a) discrimination and (b) stigmatisation of people with a history of alcohol dependence.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	155898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>While the Government recognises the personal challenges faced by people with addictions or dependencies such as alcohol, we subscribe to the view of successive Governments since the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, that it is not appropriate to give such conditions protected status under discrimination law. Alcohol addiction or dependency therefore remains specifically excluded from the Act’s definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010.</p><p>Addiction and dependency can however sometimes cause a disability – for example lung or kidney failure – or be the result of a disability, for example a mental health condition. Where the addiction arises due to medically prescribed drugs or other medical treatment – for example an individual who has an addiction to painkillers because they are prescribed following an accident or surgery – protection may also be available under the Act. We believe that this offers the right balance between protecting individuals on the one hand and employers and service providers on the other.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/04/2022 15:43:17 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1458527

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Safe to Be Me Conference: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what are the total costs incurred to date by her Department in preparation towards the Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We announced our decision to cancel Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference on 6 April 2022. Expenditure to that point, and due to the cancellation, is estimated to be between £0.41 million and £0.61 million.</p><p>We are engaging our suppliers to determine whether any costs can be recovered for work that had not yet been undertaken. We are also exploring whether any commitments made could be deferred to support future government events. As a result, these figures are provisional but represent the upper range of the costs the government will incur. The final position will be reflected in departmental accounts in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/04/2022 09:05:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1457306

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2021 to Question 53888 on Conversion Therapy, whether Government policy has changed since that response.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	153930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to bringing forward legislation, when Parliamentary time allows, to ban conversion therapy. We are currently analysing responses to our recent public consultation.</p><p>The Government’s actions to protect people from conversion therapy extend beyond legislating. We are procuring a support service for victims and those at risk via a helpline and website which will provide initial pastoral support, and signposting to services such as counselling and advice about emergency housing.</p><p>The Government has reluctantly taken the decision to cancel this summer’s Safe To Be Me conference. We have been proud to work alongside civil society partners, businesses and others to develop ambitious plans for the conference and appreciate the time and effort that all stakeholders have put into this.</p><p>We are disappointed that the conference will no longer be going ahead and remain committed to strengthening LGBT rights and freedoms. We will continue to support human rights defenders globally and to influence and support countries on the path to decriminalisation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 153807 153865 question first answered 21/04/2022 15:24:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy