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1227169

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure economic opportunity for women as the economy reopens and covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	905161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>We came into this pandemic with a record employment rate for women at 72.9% to the end March 2020, and our measures so far have protected millions of jobs.</p><p>The Government has launched a plan for jobs to Get Britain Back into Work, targeting support to get those who can, back into work as quickly as possible. We will work to provide more intensive support for those who are further away from the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:38:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1227170

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support female entrepreneurs after the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Ribble
tabling member printed	Katherine Fletcher
uin	905166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>For those already self-employed, the Department for Work and Pensions has temporarily removed the minimum income floor, and HM Treasury has introduced the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.</p><p>For those wanting to start a new business, the DWP New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) programme offers dedicated, specialised support to those entering into, or wanting to grow their business.</p><p>Since 2011, the NEA has supported over 54,000 women to set-up a new business.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:45:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher

1227171

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the effect of trends in the level of take-up of STEM subjects by girls in secondary schools on occupational gender segregation.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	905165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Since 2010, there has been a 31% increase in girls’ entries to STEM A levels in England, and there are now one million women working in core STEM occupations. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of women accepted onto full-time STEM undergraduate courses also increased by 34% in the UK.</p><p>However, while women remain underrepresented, this Government will continue to tackle occupational segregation by ensuring that more women are equipped to enter STEM careers.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/07/2020 13:36:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1227172

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment the Government has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	905164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>We continue to monitor and understand the impact of the pandemic on people who are disabled or have a health condition by using both existing and new data sources.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2020 16:36:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1226623

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, which company or organisation the Government has commissioned to undertake research on the scope of practices and experiences of those subjected to conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	76784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.</p><p>Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.</p><p>When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.</p><p>Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.<strong> </strong></p><p>Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 76785 76786 76787 question first answered 27/07/2020 15:39:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1226624

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, if she will publish the terms of reference for the research that the Government has commissioned.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	76785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.</p><p>Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.</p><p>When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.</p><p>Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.<strong> </strong></p><p>Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 76784 76786 76787 question first answered 27/07/2020 15:39:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1226625

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what timescales the Government has agreed for the completion of the research that it has commissioned.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	76786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.</p><p>Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.</p><p>When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.</p><p>Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.<strong> </strong></p><p>Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 76784 76785 76787 question first answered 27/07/2020 15:39:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1226626

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what dangerous conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful the Government has identified; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	76787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.</p><p>Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.</p><p>When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.</p><p>Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.<strong> </strong></p><p>Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 76784 76785 76786 question first answered 27/07/2020 15:39:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1225680

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Pornography: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government Equalities Office research on online pornography will be published.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	75248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has commissioned research to better understand the possible relationships between pornography use and negative attitudes and behaviours towards women and girls. The research will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 75252 question first answered 23/07/2020 09:55:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1225687

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Transgender People: Human Rights
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 (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) cross-party groups, and (c) representatives from LGBTQ organisations on (i) transgender rights and (ii) gender recognition.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	75422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>Both myself and my Ministerial team on equality issues engage with a wide range of relevant interested parties. On the matters of gender recognition and transgender rights, I have held a number of meetings with external stakeholders and relevant colleagues across government to gather a wide range of views, and will continue to do so going forward.</p><p>Officials in the Government Equalities Office also engage broadly with interested parties, feeding the insights gathered into policy advice. They regularly meet with relevant stakeholders, including most recently the LGBT Advisory Panel, devolved administrations and the National LGBT Health Advisor, Dr Michael Brady. Officials also met with around 140 organisations before and during the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 28/07/2020 16:06:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine