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1124692

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help ensure that employers provide reasonable adjustments to the workplace so that people with hidden or invisible conditions are able to (a) access and (b) stay in employment.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	250748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The law is very clear that employers must make reasonable adjustments for employees and job applicants who meet the Equality Act 2010’s definition of disability, namely having a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on the person’s ability to do normal daily activities. Where a disability is not obvious, it will be necessary for the employee or job applicant to declare their condition, but at that point the onus passes to the employer to meet its legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p>To help employers comply with the law, the Government has issued guidance on the duty to make reasonable adjustments, here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-workers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-workers</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, guidance on this subject has been issued by Acas and by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which has also published a statutory code of practice for employers. Where employers fall short on their obligations, legal remedies exist for employees and job applicants, together with Acas’s early conciliation service, which aims to settle disputes before they reach the employment tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2019 15:13:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

1666958

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	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, what progress her Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	906698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/10/2023 15:36:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1690140

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	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
	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 (a) tackle the gender pay gap and (b) promote equal pay for equal work.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	14746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2017 we introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers, building on the robust equal pay protections we already have in the Equality Act. This has motivated employers to look at their pay data and improve workplace equality; including routing out instances of unequal pay.</p><p> </p><p>The national gender pay gap has fallen by approximately a quarter in the last decade; however, we are not complacent. To accelerate progress we are ensuring that people can balance their work and home lives. To this end we have supported legislation to: enhance flexible working, extend redundancy protection for those on maternity leave, and introduce carers leave. We have also announced the single biggest investment in childcare in England ever, in order to help working families with their childcare costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/02/2024 12:01:13 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1690142

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	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: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress her Department has made on promoting women's representation in leadership positions within (a) Government, (b) local government and (c) business.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	14748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made clear his commitment to greater representation at the highest levels of Government, having appointed many talented women to his cabinet, and in ministerial positions. When it comes to local government, political parties are responsible for their candidate selection and should be leading the way in improving the diversity of representation. I am aware that most national parties provide additional support to women looking to become candidates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Turning to business, almost 40% of UK FTSE 100 board positions are now held by women. To continue this progress, the Government supports the FTSE Women Leaders Review - which is independent, voluntary and business-led. The review uses data transparency to support talented, diverse leadership in the UK’s top companies. Now in its third stage, it continues to set stretching targets for firms to ensure a diverse pipeline of talent.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government is fully committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to reach their full potential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/02/2024 12:31:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1690143

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	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: Education and Employment
	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 with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce barriers to (a) education and (b) employment for women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	14749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has taken wide ranging action to ensure everyone, regardless of their sex, can take advantage of the same opportunities in both education and employment, some examples are outlined here.</p><p> </p><p>To prevent girls from missing school due to the cost of period products the DfE funds a period product scheme which provides free period products to pupils and students. The scheme covers all state-funded schools with female learners in year 5 or above and DfE-funded 16-19 education organisations in England. Since the scheme’s launch in January 2022, 99% of secondary schools, 94% of 16-19 education organisations and 75% of primary schools have placed an order for products.</p><p> </p><p>To increase the take up of computer science qualifications the DfE have invested in the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE), which supports the ‘I Belong’ programme, available to secondary schools. Focused on Key Stage 3, ‘I Belong’ aims to improve schools’ awareness of the barriers to girls’ engagement with computing so they are better able to remove them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also supports the STEM Ambassadors programme, a nationwide network of 30,000 registered volunteers from over 7,000 STEM and related employers. Approximately 48% of Ambassadors are women and 17% are from minority ethnic backgrounds, providing young people with a variety of role models, and encouraging increasing numbers of girls to take STEM subjects.</p><p> </p><p>To make sure these gains are not lost as women move from education into employment, the Government has enhanced several legal protections which particularly benefit women, including; enhancing flexible working, extending redundancy protection for those on maternity leave, introducing carers leave, and strengthening the protections against harassment in the workplace.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/02/2024 13:50:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1183698

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) sole traders and (b) people working in the gig economy are not adversely affected by changes to IR35 legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	27035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (IR35) do not apply to people who are self-employed, such as sole traders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to working with organisations to ensure that changes to the rules are implemented correctly. HMRC are undertaking an extensive programme of education and support to help organisations prepare for the reform.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:18:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1221534

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government is putting in place to help the 3 million people who are not entitled to Government covid-19 support.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	70537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided a comprehensive economic response that is one of the most generous of its kind in the world, taking unprecedented steps to support families, businesses and the most vulnerable. As well as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), this package includes Government-backed loans and grants to businesses, tax deferrals, rental support and mortgage and consumer credit holidays.</p><p> </p><p>This package also includes extra funding for the welfare safety net to help those through this outbreak who are unable to access other forms of support. The temporary welfare measures include increases to Universal Credit and Local Housing Allowance, a relaxation of the Universal Credit minimum income floor, and making Statutory Sick Pay easier to access.</p><p> </p><p>Now, the Government’s new Plan for Jobs will support, protect and create jobs. This plan will make available up to £30 billion to help kickstart the nation’s economic recovery ahead of a fuller package of medium-term recovery measures in the forthcoming Autumn Budget and Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 69458 71071 question first answered 13/07/2020 13:53:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1226949

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Premium Bonds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken for National Savings and Investments to transfer prize money to premium bond winners in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	77863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>NS&amp;I issues Premium Bond prizes to a regular timetable. The time taken depends on the customer’s chosen method of payment and this has not changed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the last 5 years customers have increasingly chosen to receive their prize payments as BACS payments rather than as warrants (by post), resulting in Bond holders receiving their prize payments more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 07/09/2020 09:18:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1230341

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the new taper is for the Small Brewers Relief.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	83983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not yet made decisions about the new taper for Small Brewers Relief. This will be subject to consultation later this Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/09/2020 08:17:38 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1232409

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the Equalities Act 2010 to prevent discrimination by financial businesses in relation to home mortages for prospective borrowers over the age of 75 who are nearing or post retirement age.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	86786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text The requirements relating to lending beyond retirement age aim to protect consumers from carrying unaffordable debt into retirement. Where older consumers have the means to support repayments (as many do through employment, pensions, or other sources of income such as investments) the rules do not prevent them from accessing mortgages.<p> </p>The Equalities Act (2010) allows financial services providers, including mortgage lenders, to use an individual’s age in designing, pricing and offering products. This includes allowing lenders to set age limits on customers to whom they will lend. The Government believes that it is important for financial services companies to be able to factor in a person’s age in their assessment of risk, pricing, and willingness to lend if there is evidence to justify the different treatment.<p> </p>However, the Government is clear that mortgage lenders should not discriminate against borrowers due to their age, if they are able to demonstrate they can repay their mortgage over the course of a term and based on their income. The Government has worked with industry to ensure that products are available for older borrowers including the introduction of the Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage, and the availability of Lifetime Equity Release products.<p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/09/2020 12:49:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford