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973024

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to end the practice of gay conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	906878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Conversion therapy is wrong and we are not willing to let it continue. That is why we are committed to bringing forward proposals to end this abhorrent practice in the UK. We recognise this is a complex issue that we need to get right. Officials in the Government Equalities Office are working with stakeholders to consider all legislative and non-legislative options and will announce further detail on the matter in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2018 13:12:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91101

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what the financial cost has been of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208494 208811 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91326

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessments have been made since 2010 of the potential merits of establishing the Government Equalities Office within a permanent parent department or as a standalone department.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208494 208495 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91100

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect on organisational capacity and productivity of moving the Government Equalities Office between parent Departments since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	208494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is a small policy unit which, under successive governments, has moved between parent Departments following changes of Ministerial portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The resources, productivity and capacity of the GEO are kept under continuous review to ensure they are sufficient to deliver the Government’s equalities programme.</p><p>No formal assessment has been made of the financial costs, other costs or benefits of relocating GEO staff.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent reshuffle in July, the GEO will continue to be based in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will serve the Ministers for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 208495 208811 question first answered 12/09/2014 12:56:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

909005

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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	LGBT+ People: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the outcome of the national LGBT survey; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	146160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>We will publish the results of the national LGBT survey ahead of Summer Recess. We are currently considering how we will update Parliament on the outcome of the survey. Having received an unprecedented number of over 100,000 responses to the LGBT survey, analysing the results is a significant undertaking that we want to get right.</p><p> </p><p>These results will be used to inform plans to further LGBT equality in the UK, including our LGBT Action Plan.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2018 15:18:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

914729

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	LGBT+ People: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2018 to Question 146160 on LGBT People: Surveys, whether she plans to include legislative proposals on gay conversion therapy in her Department’s LGBT Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	148680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government firmly believes that a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity is not an illness to be cured. We are not prepared to see such activity continue either in the regulated professional sector or outside of it and have taken action to stamp out this bogus treatment.</p><p> </p><p>We have previously worked with the main registration and accreditation bodies for psychotherapy and counselling practitioners, including the UK Council for Psychotherapy, to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to put a stop to this practice.</p><p> </p><p>One major hurdle to tackling this issue is the lack of robust evidence on conversion therapy in the UK. We believe that an effective policy response must be built on a solid evidence base. That is why we included questions on conversion therapy in the National LGBT Survey, which received over 100,000 responses.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Government Equalities Office are analysing the results of the survey, including those on conversion therapy. These results will be published shortly. As the Prime Minister announced last month, the Government will also publish an action plan setting out steps Government will take to address the survey findings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/06/2018 11:10:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168388

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many members of the Government Equalities Office's executive board are disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Director of the Government Equalities Office is a member of the DCMS Executive Board. No members of the DCMS Executive Board have declared a disability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 12:15:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168385

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many members of the Government Equalities Office's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Director of the Government Equalities Office is a member of the DCMS Executive Board. The DCMS Executive Board has 7 white British members and 1 from any other ethnic background.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 12:17:19 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168387

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many members of the Government Equalities Office executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Director of the Government Equalities Office is a member of the DCMS Executive Board. The DCMS Executive Board has 1 male and 7 female members</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 12:18:02 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168386

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many and what proportion of (a) the Government Equalities Office's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by the Government Equalities Office who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office (GEO) does not have any direct employees who are paid less than the living wage.</p><p>GEO, as part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is not responsible for setting pay levels for contracted workers. This is a matter for the organisations who employ them. Where appropriate, the Department will include a clause in its contract terms and conditions encouraging suppliers to pay at least the living wage to their employees. For existing contracts where payment of the Living Wage is an issue, the Department has entered into negotiations with those suppliers to encourage to pay it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 217419 217440 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:49:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson