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800490

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date	04/12/2017
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	Ethnic Groups: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what comparative assessment she has made of the difference in the reported level of in-person bullying against BAME people and the reported level against non-BAME people.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	117111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2018 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 prohibits certain forms of conduct – including harassment – in employment and the provision of goods, services and public functions. Harassment is defined as unwanted conduct related to someone’s protected characteristics and which has the purpose or effect of violating their dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them. However, “bullying” is not a term used in the Act, and incidents of “bullying” are not recorded.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service, a Government-sponsored helpline that offers free advice and support to people who feel that they have been victims of unlawful discrimination, records and makes available statistics on all the customer contacts that it receives.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 October 2016 - when the current service provider took over running the contract - and 28 February 2018, the Service recorded 1443 customer contacts concerning harassment across all the protected characteristics covered by the Act, 310 (21%) of which were related to race.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/04/2018 10:29:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

800488

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Ethnic Groups: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the level of in-person bullying against BAME people.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	117109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the publication of the Race Disparity Audit (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650723/RDAweb.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650723/RDAweb.pdf</a>), by the Cabinet office in October 2017. Officials from the Government Equalities Office and Cabinet Office are discussing a number of issues highlighted by the audit, including any implications that it might have for the Equality Act 2010 which prohibits harassment on grounds of race in employment and the provision of goods, services and public functions.</p><p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) records the number of calls they receive about harassment and victimisation of BAME people and have reported that, between October 2016 and 31 October 2017 there were 89 calls from BAME people about harassment or victimisation, out of a total of 2,235 race-related calls.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2017 17:56:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

800489

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	LGBT People: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has met with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the level of in-person bullying against LGBT+ people.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	117110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), and those who are perceived to be LGBT, are disproportionately affected by bullying. Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is unacceptable and the Government is determined to tackle it.</p><p> </p><p>As the Department responsible for equality strategy and legislation across Government, Ministers for the Government Equalities Office regularly meet with members of the Cabinet and with Ministers from other Government Departments. Such meetings are used as an opportunity to discuss issues affecting LGBT people and how Departments can work together to reduce the inequalities LGBT people face.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2017 17:57:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

800688

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the Written Answer of 13 November to Question 111397, what the timetable is for for a decision on delivering universal broadband; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	117309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>We expect to make a decision on our proposed approach for delivering universal broadband shortly, and will make a statement at that time.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/12/2017 10:25:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore