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1642444

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	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	Disability: Cost of Living
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to support people with disabilities with increases in the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	905244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Over 8 million households on eligible means-tested benefits will receive Cost of Living Payments, totalling up to £900. The first instalment of £301 was paid recently.</p><p>In addition, over six million people receiving an eligible disability benefit will receive a further £150 disability cost of living payment from the 20th of June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/06/2023 14:06:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1652201

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2023
	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	Asylum: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on support for asylum seekers with protected characteristics.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	905960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Everybody has a protected characteristic.</p><p>In supporting individuals and where it is required, we have an obligation to provide accommodation which is adequate to their needs, which may or may not be on account of protected characteristics.</p><p>Accommodation providers are required to take account of specific requirements from individuals who have specific characteristics including sexual and gender identity.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 12/07/2023 13:57:57 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

420331

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Government Equalities Office: Pressure Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have had with representatives of (i) the Taxpayers' Alliance, (ii) the Confederation of British Industry, (iii) the Institute of Economic Affairs, (iv) the Adam Smith Institute, (v) the Freedom Association, (vi) the Politics and Economics Research Trust and (vii) the Midlands Industrial Council in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	11144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published up to 31 March 2015 and can be accessed on Gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p><br /><p>Further publications of Ministerial meetings will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/10/2015 11:29:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

652769

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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 and Human Rights Commission: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the expected budget is of the Equality and Human Rights Commission for each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	56260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the spending review 2015, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been allocated a budget of £21.435m for 2016-17.</p><p>Budgets for the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 are being finalised by the Department for Education in consultation with the EHRC, and are consistent with the spending review settlement provided to the Department. We hope to be in a position to confirm budgets for these years shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/12/2016 17:23:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

652770

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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 and Human Rights Commission: Publicity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much her Department spent on advertising the services provided by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	56261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Equality &amp; Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an independent body which, among other statutory functions, enforces the Equality Act 2010, encourages good practice in relation to equality and diversity, and monitors the effectiveness of the equality and human rights enactments. My Department promotes the EHRC’s functions where appropriate in the normal course of its own activities but since 2010 has not spent anything on advertising its services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/12/2016 17:24:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

692065

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	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	Government Equalities Office: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many equality impact assessments have been carried out in the last three years on public service reforms which impact on (a) departmental staff and (b) members of the public; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	64445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last three years the Government Equalities Office (GEO) has had and continues to have due regard, as necessary, to the public sector equality duty in exercising its functions. The Equality Act does not require this due regard to take the form of an equality impact assessment, nor does it define an equality impact assessment, and the GEO does not maintain a record of such assessments.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/02/2017 18:00:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

782201

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to provide funding for the advertising of services provided by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	110790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is allocated an overall annual budget, which is £19.3m in the current financial year. Funding for EHRC’s promotional activities is included within that budget. Decisions on allocation of resources within its overall budget are matters for the EHRC as an independent public body subject to Cabinet Office spending controls which apply to non Departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/11/2017 16:40:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

786472

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	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	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions has she had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on the number of (a) redundancies, (b) planned redundancies, (c) vacancies and (d) agency workers employed at the Commission; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	111995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent public body and decisions on staffing requirements are operational matters for the Commission itself. I have therefore asked the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer to write to the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) with the information requested in (a)-(d) of the question. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/11/2017 17:14:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

991167

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2018
	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	Government Equalities Office: Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by his Department in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	181612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) do not hold the relevant information to be able to estimate the number and proportion of its staff in receipt of universal credit. Universal credit is dependent on an individual’s circumstances, including their housing arrangement, caring responsibilities and dependent children. This information is not held by GEO.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2018 09:56:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029346

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) is not an employer in its own right and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. The number of Civil Servants working for OSSW on the requested dates is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) 20 December 2018</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) 23 June 2016</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/01/2019 13:18:00 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens