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1536179

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Medical Examiners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has made an equalities impact assessment of its proposed introduction of the statutory medical examiner system from April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	901844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In its assessment of the impact on equality of these measures, DHSC has concluded that the policy for death certification reform and the introduction of medical examiners should not lead to any unlawful discrimination, harassment or victimisation of any particular group defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 26/10/2022 16:11:00 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1536180

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment the Government has made of trends in the levels of violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	901845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Police data does not provide a fully reliable picture of trends of Violence Against Women and Girls. These crimes are often hidden and can go unreported to the police.</p><p>Pleasingly, levels of reporting have gone up. This may be in part be due to improvements in recording practices, but also because victims and survivors are more comfortable in coming forward.</p><p> </p><p>We want to see these increases, so the victims and survivors can be supported so more perpetrators are rightly brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2022 16:29:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1536181

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	901846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to protecting everyone from these conversion practices.</p><p><br>It is important that we get this right. As the newly appointed Minister, I will give careful consideration to our public consultation on the issue and respond in due course.</p><p><br>In the meantime, we have launched a support service open to all victims or those at risk of conversion practices.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/10/2022 10:06:51 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1536182

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Females: Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential correlation between the cost and availability of childcare provision and women’s incomes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	901848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to improving the cost, choice, and availability of childcare. We continue to look at ways to make childcare more affordable and to encourage families to use government-funded support they are entitled to.</p><p>In assessing the impact of its free childcare entitlements, the department regularly reviews the impact on parents from a range of different research publications. This includes the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/familiesandthelabourmarketengland/2021" target="_blank">Families and the Labour Market</a> release (from the Office for National Statistics) and the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents" target="_blank">Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents</a>.</p><p>As part of the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents" target="_blank">Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents</a>, we also regularly ask parents about the effect that 30 hours free childcare has on families, including their ability to work. Almost 2 in 5 families using the 30 hours offer said that without the entitlement they would work fewer hours.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 26/10/2022 12:52:36 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1536183

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Cost of Living: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the cost of living crisis on survivors of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	901849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government and ensuring all victims and survivors of this heinous crime get the support they need.</p><p>It’s concerning increases in the cost of living may exacerbate risk factors which Women’s Aid have highlighted, and the Home Office is looking to act on.</p><p>The Government’s Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan commits £230m to <ins class="ministerial">tackling domestic abuse</ins> <del class="ministerial">this issue</del>, including a focus of over £140m to work to <ins class="ministerial">support victims, and will establish trials of a ‘flexible fund’, which charities could use to provide extra money to victims and survivors.</ins> <del class="ministerial">establish a ‘flexible fund’ which can be directed to helping those most in need</del>.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 26/10/2022 16:30:59 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2022 11:08:22 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines previous answer version 27885 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1536184

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Women: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
uin	901850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the skills, innovation and talents of female entrepreneurs. That’s why this Government launched a Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce in May 2022, led by Anne Boden of Starling Bank and with a membership of some of this country’s most successful female entrepreneurs.</p><p>It will use its convening power to influence high-growth investors, raise the aspirations of the next generation and work to stimulate regional funding opportunities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 13:04:24 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1536185

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Government's plans for a Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	901851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to improving sexual and reproductive health in England and will set out our plans in due course. We have already taken great steps forward in the last year.</p><p>In December we published an HIV Action Plan, reflecting our commitment to zero new HIV transmissions, AIDS and HIV-related deaths by 2030. And this summer, we published a Women’s Health Strategy, which is being aligned with our broader work to improve sexual and reproductive health.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 26/10/2022 16:12:01 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1535104

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Iraq: Yazidis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iraqi counterpart on extending the Yazidi Survivors Law to children born of ISIS sexual violence.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	69627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Yazidi community has suffered immense pain and loss as a result of the abhorrent crimes inflicted by Daesh/ISIS. The UK advocated strongly for the passing of the Yazidi Survivors' Law (YSL) in March 2021 and continues to advocate for and fund the work of the Directorate of Yazidi Affairs, which is responsible for securing reparations and justice for survivors. The British Embassy Baghdad has engaged specifically on extending YSL to children born of ISIS sexual violence, lobbying political parties, religious leaders and government stakeholders on the issue. We are working to ensure that after a new Iraqi government is formed, the High Committee of Community Peace will go ahead with planned dialogue aimed towards addressing this issue.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/11/2022 15:31:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1535105

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Surgery: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of operations in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	69628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The NHS has published a delivery plan setting out a clear vision for how the NHS will recover and expand elective services over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>To support this recovery, the government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022-23 to 2024-25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available to systems last financial year (2021/2022) to help drive up and protect elective activity. Taken together, this funding could deliver the equivalent of around nine million more checks and procedures and will mean the NHS in England can aim to deliver around 30% more elective activity by 2024-25 than before the pandemic. A significant part of this funding will be invested in staff – both in terms of capacity and skills. The Department has also committed to a £5.9 billion investment in capital – for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p> </p><p>Having met our target to eliminate long waits of two years or more for elective procedures in July, our next ambition is to eliminate waits of eighteen months or more by next April. Steps being taken include increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector, and engaging with patients to understand their choices.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 16:19:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1535106

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of myalgic encephalomyelitis amongst GPs and other doctors.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	69629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>General Practitioners and other doctors are responsible for ensuring their clinical knowledge remains up-to-date as part of their continuing professional development.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated guideline on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in October 2021, to improve awareness and understanding about ME/CFS. This guideline includes recommendations on diagnosis and management. NICE promotes its guidance via its website, newsletters and other media.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2022 15:47:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon