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1050036

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
	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 bring forward legislative proposals on extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	213156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government remains committed to extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, and is supporting the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc.) Private Members Bill. We are considering with the Bill’s sponsors how best this could be used to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/02/2019 17:47:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1139798

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Equal Pay: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of any potential discrepancies in rates of pay between heterosexual and non-heterosexual workers.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	278331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not currently collect data on differences in pay for LGBT vs non-LGBT staff. There is likely to be variation in the extent to which organisations collect this information about their staff. As part of the LGBT Action Plan, the Government Equalities Office is working with the Office for National Statistics and the Government Statistical Service on a cross-government project to develop monitoring standards for sexual orientation and gender identity across central government. These standards will be freely available to the wider public and private sectors, which will enable organisations to introduce measures, such as monitoring the LGBT pay gap, if they so wish.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/10/2019 10:01:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

687134

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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	Females: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how Sustainable Development Goal 5 has been incorporated into the Government Equality Office's single department plan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is part of the Department for Education. The Department’s single Departmental plan is currently being updated to allow for, amongst other things, the inclusion of the relevant parts of the Sustainable Development Goals. The revised plan is currently due to be published this spring.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/02/2017 17:37:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

688065

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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	Public Sector: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure the effective application of the public sector equality duty.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Each public authority is responsible for ensuring compliance with the public sector equality duty within its organisation. The Government Equalities Office is currently updating its guidance on the public sector equality duty for Government Departments, in addition to the provision of ongoing support and training as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:33:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

688066

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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	Gender: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the Government plans to increase the level of engagement between government, civil society and women's organisations on gender equality.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have regular meetings and engagement with women’s organisations and organisations that represent the views of women. In November last year we held our Annual National NGO Consultation Event, organised by the Government Equalities Office, where we heard the views of around 100 women’s organisations from across the UK. We will be looking forward to taking part in a variety of events and activities to mark International Women’s Day and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in March 2017.</p><p>We are currently looking at how we can make better use of social media and other digital channels to increase the reach and frequency of our engagement with women’s groups.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:33:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

688067

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	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	Females: Equality
	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 her Cabinet colleagues on the implementation plan for Sustainable Development Goal 5.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	63791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with my ministerial colleagues at which we discuss a range of issues related to gender equality, including the implementation of SDG5.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:32:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

760173

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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	Migrant Workers: EU Nationals
	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 levels of discrimination against EU citizens in the UK in relation to (a) employment and (b) redundancy since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	10323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Employment discrimination on grounds of nationality is in most cases prohibited by the Equality Act 2010 and will remain so, but the provisions in the Act do not distinguish between EU and non-EU nationals, nor between British and non-British EU nationals, and statistics in this area do not allow these distinctions to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office sponsors the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which has powers to enforce the Equality Act 2010 in cases where it suspects unlawful discrimination in employment may have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 07:30:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1123174

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	247556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit and devolution work. EU exit work is funded from the Office’s £5.1 million budget for 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 10:14:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126135

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>No staff from the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales have been transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2019 09:22:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126568

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in his Department; and what the cost was to his Department of officials taking sick leave over that period.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	254077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is unable to disclose the number or proportion of officials in the Department citing stress as a reason for sick absence in the last twelve months as the data relates to fewer than five staff, and releasing the data would risk the identification of individuals.</p><p>Sick leave for reasons relating to stress amounted to 33% of total sick leave days in the Department in the 12 months to 31 March. The cost of officials taking sick leave was £14,117.</p><p>The physical and mental wellbeing of our staff is crucially important to the department and staff have access to all employee services that help to sustain physical and mental wellbeing, including Occupational Health and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2019 09:24:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake