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928655

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
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	Government Equalities Office: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the main policy priority is for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	156395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office’s job is to champion equality and to work with people inside and outside government to help make Britain a place where everyone can succeed without facing discrimination. The GEO leads work on policy relating to women, sexual orientation and transgender equality, and has responsibility for a range of equalities legislation.</p><p>All Government departments publish single departmental plans, which for the first time have also included equalities objectives. Due to the ministerial change shortly before these were published, GEO has not produced a plan.</p><p>The Secretary of State is considering her priorities for this role and will set these out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2018 14:50:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

910183

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Government Equalities Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many contractors currently employed by her Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	147418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>GEO does work with consultants hired under contract working on e.g. the gender pay gap portal, but these people would be procured for such activity via the government procurement service, and are not GEO employees.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/06/2018 11:24:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

909282

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Government Equalities Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many contractors her Department employs who have worked for her Department for (a) up to one year, (b) over one and up to five years, (c) over five years and up to ten years and (d) over 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	146795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>GEO does work with consultants hired under contract working on e.g. the gender pay gap portal, but these people would be procured for such activity via the government procurement service, and are not GEO employees.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/06/2018 11:24:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

900051

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Government Equalities Office: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the job titles are of civil servants in her Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver; and how many civil servants are so provided for.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	141745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>No civil servants in the Government Equalities Office are provided with an official car or a driver.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/05/2018 15:21:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708622

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government Equalities Office's main policy priority is for 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Eliminating the gender pay gap remains a key priority for the Government Equalities Office and increasing transparency among employers is a significant step towards this. A more diverse and inclusive culture in the workplace benefits everyone.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2017, large employers must publish information showing the differences in average pay and bonuses paid to women and men. We are also taking action to address the main drivers of the gender pay gap because neither families nor the economy can afford to miss out on female talent.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2017 15:49:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

706279

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Equality and Human Rights Commission has spent settling discrimination and equal pay claims (a) internally, (b) before an employment tribunal determination and (c) after an employment tribunal determination in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	65952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and makes its own decisions about handling discrimination and equal pay claims. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Commission to write to the honourable member with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 09:50:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

690480

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in the Government Equalities Office who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	64167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The most recent publication of<em> Civil Service Statistics </em>was released by the Office for National Statistics in October 2016, using data gathered from departments as of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016. The latest set of data can be found on the ONS website via this weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service is committed to being a place where everyone can thrive, regardless of background - with the aim of becoming the most inclusive employer in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is encouraging to see a positive trajectory in terms of diversity representation in the Civil Service, we recognise that there is more to do. That is why in March 2016 the Government published its refreshed Talent Action Plan for the Civil Service, identifying actions to support our staff, increase diversity in the Civil Service and deliver the best possible public services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/02/2017 17:39:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

683456

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many former prisoners have been employed by the Government Equalities Office in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/02/2017 16:43:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

577655

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Civil Partnerships and Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) civil partnerships, (b) conversions of civil partnerships into marriages and (c) same sex marriages have taken place since 10 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics:</p><p>(a) In 2015, a total of 861 civil partnerships were formed in England and Wales.</p><p>(b) 7,732 couples in England and Wales converted their existing civil partnership into a marriage between 10 December 2014 and 30 June 2015.</p><p>(c) A total of 7,366 marriages were formed in England and Wales between same sex couples between 29 March 2014 (when the legislation came into effect) and 30 June 2015.</p><p>This information is available online at: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/09/2016 17:38:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

452135

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Government Equalities Office: Fringe Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff in the Government Equalities Office receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	26818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>No staff receive the above allowances in the Government Equalities Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/02/2016 16:57:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies