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date	06/11/2018
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: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the cost to the public purse was of creating the gender pay gap register.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	188900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The gender pay gap reporting website was created to enable over 10,000 employers of 250 or more employees to comply with their legal obligation to report their gender pay gap data. The website can be found at: <a href="https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/</a></p><p>The total cost of creating and maintaining the website to September 2018 in line with Government Digital Service guidelines was £2,349,808. The cost reflects several stages of digital design and development from the initial discovery phase £84,000, Alpha phase £249,600 and private beta £544,733 through to public beta and maintenance £1,471,476.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 11:27:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

997561

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date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the legal framework governing the sale of nitrous oxide for the protection of public health and safety.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	185736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (2016 Act) bans the sale, supply, production and distribution of psychoactive substances, such as nitrous oxide, for human consumption</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service continues to prosecute cases involving nitrous oxide under the 2016 Act successfully. The Government continue to work closely with the CPS, law enforcement and scientific experts to ensure that prosecutions of cases under the 2016 Act are supported by the best available evidence.</p><p>Since the 2016 Act came into force, over 300 retailers across the United Kingdom have either closed down or are no longer selling psychoactive substances and action by the National Crime Agency has resulted in the removal of psychoactive substances being sold by UK based websites. In 2016, there were 28 convictions in England and Wales and seven people jailed under the new powers. This rose to 152 convictions in 2017 with 62 people immediately sent to custody.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2018 17:35:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones