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1177396

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2020
	date	10/02/2020
	date tabled	10/02/2020
	ddp created	10/02/2020 21:30:55
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	10/02/2020 21:41:53 13/02/2020 13:53:02
	hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	14606
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/02/2020 13:21:55
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the Access to Elected Office Fund for people with disabilities.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 14606
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14606
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>While financial support for candidates in elections is also a matter for political parties the Government is considering what support it might provide to succeed the current EnAble fund. The Disability Unit is considering options in connection with the National Strategy for Disabled People, which is due to be published in 2020.</p> question first answered 13/02/2020 13:21:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	creator	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1232342

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/09/2020
	date	08/09/2020
	date tabled	08/09/2020
	ddp created	09/09/2020 00:30:19
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	09/09/2020 00:41:00 14/09/2020 09:29:12
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Equality
	house id	1
	identifier	86725
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	14/09/2020 08:57:39
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission has to investigate inequalities of (a) outcome from the judicial system and (b) composition of (i) Supreme Court judges, (ii) Court of Appeal judges (iii) civil court judges, (iv) magistrates court judges, (v) barristers and solicitors and other legal professionals, (vi) the Crown Prosecution Service and (vii) the police.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 86725
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	86725
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities" target="_blank">Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparity</a> is supported by a secretariat based in the Cabinet Office, who handle correspondence in line with the published departmental guidance and requirements as set out in relevant legislation. Those wishing to submit evidence to the Commission are encouraged to send contributions via email, noting that it may take longer to process items sent by post. Further details of the Commission, its work and how to contact them are published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/commission-on-race-and-ethnic-disparities</a></p><p>As outlined on the Commission website, the Commission will focus on areas including poverty, education, employment, health and the criminal justice system, and will look at outcomes for the whole population.</p><p>The Commissioners were appointed by the Prime Minister after a thorough process, and we are pleased to have such a diverse range of Commissioners that can bring a wealth of talent to their roles. The Commissioners are not remunerated for their roles and are not required to undertake unconscious bias training under their terms of appointment.</p><p>The secretariat to the Commission is made up of Cabinet Office staff, who were recruited in line with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.</p><p>Any activities associated with the Commission will be handled in line with the relevant Cabinet Office policies ensuring effective use of public money and transparency in line with departmental annual reporting.</p> question first answered 14/09/2020 08:57:39 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	creator	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1458501

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2022
	date	19/04/2022
	date tabled	19/04/2022
	ddp created	19/04/2022 22:06:54
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	19/04/2022 22:35:44 25/04/2022 16:15:36
	hansard heading	Alcoholism: Discrimination
	house id	1
	identifier	155898
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/04/2022 15:43:17
	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.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 155898
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	155898
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 25/04/2022 15:43:17 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	creator	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1471378

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/06/2022
	date	17/06/2022
	date tabled	17/06/2022
	ddp created	17/06/2022 14:07:48
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	17/06/2022 14:17:45 22/06/2022 08:37:11
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	identifier	20251
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/06/2022 08:07:05
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, further to the oral contribution of the Minister for Women and Equalities on 8 June 2022, Official Report, column 794HC, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on that Department's strategy on handling cases of rape and serious sexual assault.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 20251
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20251
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Departmental officials and Ministers talk regularly on a range of issues, and have discussed the Ministry of Defence’s strategy for tackling sexual offending in Defence, which will shortly be released.</p> question first answered 22/06/2022 08:07:05 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1455707

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/03/2022
	date	30/03/2022
	date tabled	30/03/2022
	ddp created	30/03/2022 11:00:04
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	30/03/2022 11:05:26 31/03/2022 10:13:10
	hansard heading	Autism: Equality
	house id	1
	identifier	906390
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	31/03/2022 09:42:25
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help ensure equality and freedom from discrimination for people with autism.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
	tabling member printed	Fay Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 906390
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906390
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In July 2021, we published a new all-age autism strategy that set out our commitments to address the inequalities autistic people experience. These include poorer health outcomes and a 16 year life expectancy gap. As part of this, we have provided over £13 million to improve access to diagnosis, including through testing ways to reduce waiting times and expanding a pilot that is identifying autistic children and young people earlier on in life. To improve inclusion of autistic people, we have also provided £600,000 to train many more educational staff across England, and we will launch an autism public understanding initiative this year.</p> question first answered 31/03/2022 09:42:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	creator	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1309810

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/04/2021
	date	16/04/2021
	date tabled	16/04/2021
	ddp created	16/04/2021 14:14:10
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	19/04/2021 12:35:16 28/04/2021 16:21:07
	hansard heading	Babies and Mothers: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	182050
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/04/2021 15:50:15
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Ministers in HM Treasury on the allocation of specific funding from the public purse to (a) new mothers and (b) children born since the outbreak of covid-19.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 182050
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	182050
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing support to all those that need it, including new mothers and children born during the pandemic, as we recover from the impact of COVID-19. During the crisis we have rolled out unprecedented levels of support to protect jobs and income for both women and men, including via the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Universal Credit uplift.</p><p>Financial support available for those who are pregnant or new parents includes Child Benefit, the Sure Start Maternity Grant, and the Healthy Start Scheme, as well as Maternity Allowance or paid parental leave for those who are eligible and/or Universal Credit where relevant.</p><p>We also recognise the impact of the pandemic and restrictions on people’s mental wellbeing and are doing our utmost to ensure that mental health services are there for everyone who needs them. The Government's mental health recovery action plan, backed by £500 million, will support hundreds of thousands of people with mental health issues.</p><p>All specialist and in-patient perinatal mental health services have remained available during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, having moved at pace during the early stages to be able to deliver digital and remote support.</p><p>Since 1 April 2020, GPs are required to offer a maternal postnatal consultation at 6-8 weeks after birth, focusing on a review of the mother’s physical and mental health and general wellbeing. This service has also continued throughout the pandemic.</p> question first answered 28/04/2021 15:50:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1256328

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/12/2020
	date	27/11/2020
	date tabled	27/11/2020
	ddp created	27/11/2020 15:15:05
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	27/11/2020 15:21:18 02/12/2020 17:27:06
	hansard heading	Bullying: Homophobia
	house id	1
	identifier	121915
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/12/2020 16:55:12
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government still allocates funding to the Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Challenge Fund.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 121915
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	121915
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 2016, we have invested £4m to support schools in preventing and addressing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, reaching 2,250 schools in England. This programme concluded in March 2020 and we are currently evaluating it.</p><p>In our 2019 Manifesto, we made clear our commitment to continuing to help teachers tackle bullying, including homophobic bullying, and the Government is continuing to fund anti-bullying projects. The Department for Education announced £750k of funding in June for three charitable organisations, including a project for victims of hate-related bullying. The Department for Education is also rolling out new inclusive statutory Relationships Education in all primary schools and Relationships and Sex Education in all secondary schools, so that children leave school prepared for life in modern, diverse, Britain.</p> question first answered 02/12/2020 16:55:12 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	creator	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1138423

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2019
	date	11/07/2019
	date tabled	11/07/2019
	ddp created	11/07/2019 16:41:03
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	11/07/2019 16:47:19 25/07/2019 09:57:03
	hansard heading	Business: Equality
	house id	1
	identifier	276168
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/07/2019 09:25:18
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to increase diversity across all levels of FTSE 100 companies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 276168
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	276168
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is working with the business community through the Business Diversity and Inclusion Group to coordinate action to increase diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The Government has commissioned and supports several business-led, independent reviews on promoting diversity. These include the Hampton-Alexander Review which has a 33% target for women on boards and in senior leadership positions across the FTSE 350 by 2020. Also the Parker Review to increase the ethnic diversity of FTSE 350 boards by 2024.</p><p>These reviews form part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy that works for all.</p><p>Women hold a higher percentage of senior leadership positions than ever before with 32.3% of women on FTSE 100 boards.</p> question first answered 25/07/2019 09:25:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1167413

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2019
	date	30/10/2019
	date tabled	30/10/2019
	ddp created	30/10/2019 19:59:09
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	30/10/2019 20:07:56 05/11/2019 18:32:01
	hansard heading	Candidates: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	7708
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 17:37:51
	question first ministerially corrected	05/11/2019 18:00:11
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will extend access to the EnAble fund to provide financial assistance to deaf and disabled parliamentary General Election candidates to assist with disability-related costs in the forthcoming General Election.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 7708
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7708
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government recognises that disabled people are likely to face greater costs when seeking elected office due to their disability. That is why we launched the EnAble Fund for Elected Office to help cover disability related expenses. As an interim fund it gave political parties the time to put in place measures to support disabled candidates.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> The Fund is time limited and was put in place for elections that had been planned. Therefore, funding has not been scheduled for this election. Retrospective support, as with this year’s European Parliamentary Elections, could be considered for candidates but this would be for the next Government to decide.</ins></p> question first answered 05/11/2019 17:37:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1177397

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2020
	date	10/02/2020
	date tabled	10/02/2020
	ddp created	10/02/2020 21:30:58
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	ddp modified	10/02/2020 21:41:57 13/02/2020 16:49:06
	hansard heading	Candidates: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	14607
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/02/2020 16:17:30
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled parliamentary and local government candidates.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 14607
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14607
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises that disabled people are likely to face greater costs when seeking elected office due to their disability which is why we launched the EnAble Fund for Elected Office to help cover disability related expenses.</p><p>The Fund is time limited and was set up to cover scheduled elections between December 2018 and March 2020. Officials are exploring how the Fund might support Police and Crime Commissioner and Local election candidates after 31st March 2020.</p><p>While financial support for candidates in elections is also a matter for political parties the Government is considering what support it might provide to succeed the current EnAble fund. The Disability Unit is considering options in connection with the National Strategy for Disabled People, which is due to be published in 2020.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/02/2020 16:17:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	creator	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman