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1563360

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	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	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's website entitled Ethnicity Facts and Figures, how many and what proportion of the datasets which appear on that site contain data which can be disaggregated in such a way as to provide specific information on the number of Sikhs in each category, in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	114759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics’ latest Equalities Data Audit (Nov 2022), 22 of the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures collect religion data as well as ethnicity. This is 29% of all the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures. There are 73 datasets (pages) in Ethnicity facts and figures that use data from these sources; this is 39% of all datasets. Sample sizes for each source vary so it may not always be possible to provide reliable estimates when disaggregating data by both ethnic group and religion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/01/2023 17:03:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1179590

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	Gender Recognition Act 2004: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, published in July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	18861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>Any changes to the Gender Recognition Act must be carefully planned. We will take into account the need to protect single sex spaces for women and girls, and also that adults who decide they are transgender are free to live their lives as they wish. We will publish our response to the consultation once our next steps have been agreed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/02/2020 17:01:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1002064

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Females: Equality
	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 meet with civil society groups on measuring progress on Sustainable Development Goal five for the voluntary national review in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	188165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2018 to written questions 176113, 176114 and 176115.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 188166 question first answered 13/11/2018 11:28:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1002066

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what consultations her Department has had with local authorities on the planned indicators to measure progress on Sustainable Development Goal five for the voluntary national review in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	188166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2018 to written questions 176113, 176114 and 176115.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 188165 question first answered 13/11/2018 11:28:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1198280

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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 recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing legislative framework to end conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	52329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office are reviewing the current legislative framework to see where and how the harmful and unacceptable practices referred to as conversion therapy may already be captured by existing laws and offences.</p><p>As my honourable friend will know, there are certain abhorrent and violent practices which may be classed as conversion therapy such as ‘corrective’ rape, or other forms of physical abuse, which are already covered by existing criminal offences. Where such practices are already unlawful, we will ensure the law is clear, well understood and enforced.</p><p>Where dangerous conversion therapy practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending such practices underground.</p><p>We will outline plans to end Conversion Therapy practice in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/06/2020 08:32:49 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

982997

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Carers: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of caring responsibilities on gender pay gaps.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	176530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing the gender pay gap. Evidence shows that one of the main drivers of the gender pay gap is the time taken out of the labour market by women to care for others.</p><p>This Government has increased funded childcare provision and introduced flexible working and Shared Parental Leave policies to help men and women share caring responsibilities more equally. We have also invested £3.1m in research to help employers understand what works to close their gender pay gaps.</p><p>In 2017, we committed £5 million to support people to return to paid work in the public and private sector. These returner programmes will support carers who have taken an extended career break. The Government has also published best practice guidance to help employers of all sizes and across sectors to increase the quantity and quality of work opportunities they offer returners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/10/2018 13:49:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1198279

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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, with reference to the letter from the Government Equalities Office to the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston in December 2019, ref COGEO-001047, when the timetable for ending conversion therapy will be released.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	52328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes this issue very seriously and fundamentally disagrees with attempts to forcibly change someone’s sexuality.</p><p>My officials are working at pace on the matter, and we will outline plans to end its practice in due course.</p><p>We have commissioned research that looks at the scope of practices and experiences of those subjected to conversion therapy. Once the findings have been reviewed, we will continue engaging other key stakeholders, and ensure we quickly progress an effective approach.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/06/2020 08:27:45 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563359

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	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	Sikhs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has sought legal advice on whether (a) public bodies and (b) decision makers fail in their equality duty if they are unable to establish the number of people who they employ or to whom they provide a service that have a Sikh ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	114758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The specific duties of the public sector equality duty apply to most public bodies in England, such as local authorities and schools; most public authorities operating across Great Britain, such as Government departments (except on devolved functions); and a small number of public bodies operating across one of the borders inside Great Britain. These duties also apply to decision-makers who are not public authorities but exercise public functions. Public bodies subject to the specific duties must publish information to show their compliance with the public sector equality duty. The information must include:</p><ul><li>information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies and practices, such as service users, and who share protected characteristics;</li><li>and for public bodies with 150 or more employees, information relating to those of the public body’s employees who share protected characteristics.</li></ul><p>The specific duties are intended to enable better performance of the public sector equality duty, but there is no requirement to hold or publish information to any particular level of detail. Similarly, there is no prescribed format. It is up to each public body to decide for itself what information it publishes. This will vary greatly depending on the size of the body, the range of functions it performs, and the extent to which those functions could affect equality.</p><p>However, public bodies and decision-makers who think that their decisions may affect discrimination, harassment, or victimisation of Sikhs, affect equality of opportunity between Sikhs and people of different ethnicity, or affect Sikhs’ relations with people of different ethnicity, should ensure that their compliance with the duty includes considerations of Sikh ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/01/2023 17:48:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1503300

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 129064 on Equal Pay, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting employers from requesting salary history from new employees.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	44972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>There is growing evidence to show that, when pay is negotiable, asking applicants to disclose previous earnings and not including salary information in the advert increases the risk that historic disparities will be replicated. Research from the Fawcett Society suggests that questions about salary history particularly disadvantage women's confidence in pay negotiations.</p><p>On International Women’s Day this year, we called on all employers to provide salary information in all of their job adverts, and to stop asking about previous salary during recruitment.</p><p>We recognise that some employers may find it challenging to take these steps, due to historic pay decisions and lack of clarity in pay processes. That is why we also announced that we will work with employers to develop and pilot a methodology to support them to adopt these measures. The first meeting of the methodology working group took place at the start of this month.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/09/2022 16:07:25 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

931036

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	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	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what form of technical capacity the Government has provided to each of its Departments of State to enable them to implement Sustainable Development Goal 5.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	157230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and we are one of the countries who pushed hard for a standalone Sustainable Development Goal on gender.</p><p> </p><p>All Government Departments are required to promote and monitor implementation of the SDGs, and report on this in Single Departmental Plans and Annual Reports and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>I regularly meet with my ministerial colleagues to promote the development of domestic policy that is consistent with our commitments under Sustainable Development Goal 5.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2018 14:48:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill