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1245335

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
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 steps the Government is taking to help protect disabled people from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	907864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access to disability benefits and other financial support; the food, medicines and essential goods that they need; as well as accessible communications and updated guidance.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions are helping disabled people stay in work and enter work through a range of programmes, including Access to Work and Disability Confident, the Work and Health Programme, and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2020 16:19:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1245336

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
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	Ethnic Groups: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to help tackle race inequality in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	907863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>In July, the Government launched the independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which is looking at outcomes across the country, with a focus on employment, enterprise, education, health and the criminal justice system.</p><p>Led by the evidence, the Commission will consider the causes of persistent disparities and barriers different groups face, and make recommendations for further action.</p><p>Their work will be crucial in informing and improving the national conversation on race. The Commission will aim to provide its report to the Prime Minister at the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2020 16:18:35 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1245337

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
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	Health Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring public health communications on covid-19 reach communities throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	907859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made a substantial effort to ensure that public health communications on COVID-19 reach everyone in the UK. This includes messaging in well over 600 publications and using trusted community voices to share vital communications through community channels.</p><p>Important health guidance is also available in alternative formats, including Easy Read, British Sign Language and Audio. This can be accessed via the Public Health England Campaign Resource Centre for health bodies, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations to access, tailor, share and use.</p><p>In July, I also wrote to Ministerial colleagues urging them to make every effort to communicate public health messages to all local residents, through a diverse range of media and other channels.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 21/10/2020 16:17:54 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1244885

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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: Railways
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 the Secretary of State for Transport on accessibility on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	106463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Officials in my Department have recently been in discussions with the Department for Transport on its Transport Regulatory Review, in which the Government Equalities Office and the wider Equalities Hub has an interest, particularly in relation to disability.</p><p>This builds on publication in 2018 of our Inclusive Transport Strategy which sets out what we are doing to improve access across all transport modes and we will continue to seek further improvements.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 05/11/2020 17:50:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1245035

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Older People: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government’s covid-19 (a) health restrictions and (b) economic measures on people over the age of 75 years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	106307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>We are undertaking a wide range of analysis to support decision making across government. We are keeping Parliament and the wider public updated on the analysis of covid including through several survey publications on business and social impacts available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-statistics-and-analysis#social-impacts." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-statistics-and-analysis#social-impacts.</a></p><p>More broadly, equality impacts have been identified as part of an ongoing process to support policy development and have been a key part of the decision-making process. The responsibility for equalities impact assessments lies with departments, who take this responsibility very seriously. Impact assessments are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/11/2020 17:44:34 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1243953

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010 in preventing discrimination (a) on the ground of religion or belief or (b) because of a lack a religion or belief.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	104141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The provisions within the Equality Act 2010 protect everyone equally, if they hold a recognised religion or belief or if they have a lack of any such religion or belief. The Act does not list or codify recognised religions or beliefs as this is a matter for the courts. Exceptions in the Act recognise the legitimate requirements of organised religions, such as allowing religions to require that its ministers hold that particular faith. We believe this is an effective legislative approach.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/11/2020 17:39:18 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1243999

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
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	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the Women's Budget Groups analysis that working-class women were most affected by the covid-19 lockdown; and what steps she (a) plans to mitigate those effects on those women and (b) is taking to ensure that disparity does not exist in the tiered covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	104142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring a fair recovery for all. During the crisis we have rolled out unprecedented levels of support to protect jobs for both women and men.</p><p>As of 20 September, our COVID business support schemes provided £57.31bn of finance to businesses in need. In the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, all strong employers of women, eligible businesses will continue to pay no business rates in England for 12 months from 1st April 2020, saving them almost £10 billion.</p><p>For the 1.7 million self-employed women in the UK, the Self Employment Income Scheme has supported many through the crisis, seeing 2.7m claims since launch and there is an opportunity now for women to grow innovative businesses.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/11/2020 17:42:24 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1242791

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Government Equalities Office: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of women’s organisations the Government Equalities Office regularly engages with; and by what methods that Office engages with those women’s organisations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL9125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office has engaged with more than 25 women’s organisations by phone, email, online and in person in 2020. GEO regularly meets with relevant umbrella organisations including, most recently, Equally Ours, the UK Civil Society Women’s Alliance, National Alliance of Women's Organisations and Business in the Community to discuss the gendered impacts of COVID-19 to feed into policy advice. GEO is working to ensure the government can hear and be influenced by a wide range of women’s voices.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 03/11/2020 17:57:06 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

1242244

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address racism.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL9062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Race Disparity Audit (RDA) and its website, Ethnicity Facts and Figures, was launched in October 2017. The website is a world first and has been welcomed internationally for its open and data-driven approach to highlighting inequalities of outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>In response to its findings, Government has taken action to address disparities in criminal justice, increasing diversity in employment, mental health, school exclusions, and barriers to progress for young people.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Race Disparity Unit has worked across Whitehall and with local authorities to co-produce interventions to address disparities. These include:</p><p>○ In the last 12 months, we have undertaken work to improve trust between police forces and the local communities that they serve, including increasing diversity in the police workforce and developing additional training</p><p>○ We continue to provide targeted employment support in twenty areas around the country with high rates of ethnic minority unemployment to boost earning potential</p><p>○ Last year, we announced measures to drive change in tackling inequalities between ethnic groups in higher education, and the last 10 years have seen a significant increase in the rates of 18 year olds from ethnic minority groups going to university;</p><p>○ And we are acting on the findings of the Public Health England Review into disparities in the risks and outcomes of COVID-19 to ensure we take the right steps to protect and minimise the risks to vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this year the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was established and is examining all aspects of continuing racial and ethnic disparities in Britain. The Commission aims to set out a new, positive agenda for change - balancing the needs of individuals, communities and society, maximising opportunities and ensuring fairness for all.</p><p>It is building on the work of the Race Disparity Unit. The Commission is carrying out a deeper examination of what the causes of these disparities are, and is seeking to establish what works to address them effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 03/11/2020 17:49:26 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1242334

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 September 2020 entitled Government Equalities Office Update, HCWS462 what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) her Department, (b) the Equality and Human Rights Commission and (c) other public bodies produce statutory guidance on the provision of single-sex exemptions consistent with the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	102157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2020 answer text <p>The government believes that the protection of single-sex spaces, as provided for in the Equality Act, is important. The Act makes clear that providers have the right to restrict the use of spaces on the basis of sex, and exclude transgender people, with or without a Gender Recognition Certificate, if this is justified.</p><p>At this stage, we are not proposing further legislative guidance but we will keep this under review. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is independent of the government and makes its own decisions in relation to drafting the guidance that it creates and publishes.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 29/10/2020 17:45:29 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova