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164479

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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	Employment: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle discrimination of disabled people in the UK workforce.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	215738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the Equality Act 2010, which prohibits employers from discriminating against their disabled employees and job applicants with a disability. Employers are also required to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees so that they can work on a similar basis to employees that do not have a disability. Where an employee or potential employee believes that they have experienced disability discrimination, they can make a claim to an employment tribunal within six months of the alleged discrimination taking place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all disabled people have the opportunities, chances and support that they need to gain and remain in employment, and there is a range of available provision to help them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Equality Ac 2010 only applies to England Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland has its own disability discrimination legislation - Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/12/2014 14:29:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

156813

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Business: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to address the gender pay gap in the financial sector and to increase female representation at board level in FTSE100 companies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	215168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The gender pay gap in the UK is at an historic low. In the financial &amp; insurance activities sector, the overall gender pay gap is (including both part time and full time workers) down from 44.3% in 2011 to 40.2% in 2014. However, the sector still has a completely unacceptable pay gap of around twice the national average, so more needs to be done. We are strongly encouraging more girls to consider maths and science-related careers through the “Your Life” initiative. Women in the sector will also benefit from the many other measures we are taking to drive the pay gap down further, including extending flexible working to all employees; introducing Shared Parental Leave; and bringing in new childcare tax provisions. We are also providing free software to companies for them to calculate any pay gaps and to analyse the causes of them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK takes a voluntary approach increasing the numbers of women on boards. We are making progress with the Lord Davies business-led initiative to achieve 25% women on boards by 2015 and have moved from 12.5% to nearly 23% of women on the boards of the top 100 companies since 2011. For the first time, every board of Britain’s top 100 companies has at least one woman. Government will continue to work closely with investors, regulators, head hunters and businesses to implement his recommendation of 25% women on boards by 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 16:39:26 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

156085

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Castes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what representations she has received on the timetable for the amendment of the definition of race to include caste in the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Since July 2013 when the timetable was published, the government has received a number of representations from MPs, Peers, organisations and individuals. These representations have concerned whether the timetable should go ahead as well as the length of time required to implement the various stages it contains. Representations from organisations in particular have included both those in favour of and those opposed to the introduction of legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 13:12:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

100761

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Females: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent representations she has received on the role of women in public life; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	211750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I receive regular representations on many issues including the role of women in public life.</p><p>We are removing barriers that prevent women from progressing in public life. For example, the Government has established the Centre for Public Appointments (CPA) in the Cabinet Office to ensure best practice is followed. As a result, the proportion of new female appointees to public boards has increased to 39%. We have also supported political parties to increase women’s representation thorough a combination of legislative and voluntary measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/10/2014 09:03:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

93868

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many disabled candidates have been supported by the Access to Elected Office fund since that fund was introduced; what the cost is of an average support package provided by that fund for a candidate; what amount the Government Equalities Office plans to spend in total on disabled candidates; what assessment has been made of that fund's effectiveness; and what plans the Government has for that fund after 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The pilot Access to Elected Office fund has approved 57 grants for 50 disabled applicants; the average value of claims from the fund has been £4,289. £88,260 was claimed in grants over 2012-14 and £156,215 has been approved for drawdown since the fund was extended from 1 July 2014. Total expenditure will depend on the number of successful applications to the fund.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the fund’s effectiveness is planned for 2015 to inform a decision by the next Government on whether the fund should continue.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 22/10/2014 10:56:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

92318

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark under the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System (i) had a disability, (ii) worked full-time and (iii) worked part-time in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table sets out the number of Government Equalities Office employees, within each performance category, who have declared a disability. </strong><strong>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. All staff have been asked to provide personal diversity data to be held anonymously, and we continue to encourage increased declaration by staff. As such these figures will not be fully representative of workforce diversity</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>i) </strong><strong>Disability</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GEO</p></td><td><p>EYR Rating</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability</p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yes</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>ii)&amp;iii) Full –time/part –time </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The table sets out the number of Government Equalities Office employees, within each performance category, who work full time or part time.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GEO</p></td><td><p>EYR Rating</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Part time full time</p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Time</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part Time</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act</p><p> </p><p>The figure given in the tables are for staff completing a 2013/14 performance report as part of the DCMS Employment Policy Performance Management System. The GEO headcount for staff covered by this system at 31 March 2014 was 50: this included staff who had recently transferred to DCMS (GEO) from other Government Departments, or had recently returned to DCMS (GEO) after e.g. maternity leave, and are therefore excluded from the total shown.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 14/10/2014 16:13:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

92319

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; how many and what proportion of those officials received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark; and how many and what proportion (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus under that process.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table sets out the number of Government Equalities Office employees who completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; and the proportion of those officials who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark and how many and what proportion who (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GEO</p></td><td><p>EYR Rating</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>36**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Bonus</p></td><td><p><strong>Eligible</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Not eligible</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>** The figure given is for staff completing a 2013/14 performance report as part of the DCMS Employment Policy Performance Management System. The GEO headcount for staff covered by this system at 31 March 2014 was 50: this included staff who had recently transferred to DCMS (GEO) from other Government Departments, or had recently returned to DCMS (GEO) after e.g. maternity leave, and are therefore excluded from the total shown.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 14/10/2014 16:12:59 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

92320

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many officials in the Government Equalities Office of what (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance mark in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table sets out the number of Government Equalities Office employees within each performance category for the 2013-14 reporting year for assessments received to date by gender, ethnicity and age. </strong><strong>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. All staff have been asked to provide personal diversity data to be held anonymously, and we continue to encourage increased declaration by staff. As such these figures will not be fully representative of workforce diversity. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Gender</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GEO</p></td><td><p>EYR Rating</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GEO</p></td><td><p>EYR Rating</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any Other Ethnic Background</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian - Indian</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black - African</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black - Caribbean</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed - Other</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>Age </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GEO</p></td><td><p>EYR Rating</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>30-34</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>35-39</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>40-44</p></td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-49</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-54</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-59</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>60-64</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The disclosure of numbers where they amount to fewer than five could enable identification of individuals to whom this information relates. This would amount to a release of their personal data in breach of the Data Protection Act</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 14/10/2014 16:13:27 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

91573

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test applied to all domestic policy, which policies of the Government Equalities Office have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014 the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:50:38 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91574

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Castes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when she expects the Government's programme of research into caste discrimination to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	209041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has recently commissioned a consortium of TNS, BRMB and NIESR to conduct a feasibility study into how it might be possible to estimate the extent of any caste-based discrimination in Britain. The consortium is due to present its final report to Government in November.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn