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1717190

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with employers on the (a) public reporting of ethnicity pay gaps and (b) inclusive early talent pipelines.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	25712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of the government’s ambitious Inclusive Britain action plan, we published comprehensive guidance in April 2023 for employers on how they can measure, report on and address any unfair ethnicity pay gaps within their workforce. We have engaged with employers and representative bodies in both developing and promoting the new guidance.</p><p>We have also worked with employers to deliver other relevant actions in Inclusive Britain including:</p><ul><li>Updated guidance for employers on positive action in the workplace, published last April, on how to widen opportunities in a way that is consistent with equalities legislation.</li><li>The report by the independent Inclusion at Work Panel, published on 20 March, on how to achieve fairness and inclusion in the workplace.</li><li>Introducing a voluntary in-work progression offer for low paid Universal Credit claimants, a disproportionate number of whom are from an ethnic minority background.</li><li>Measures to increase the number of young ethnic minorities in apprenticeships.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 16:54:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1718172

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on tackling gender-based violence in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	902870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Foreign Secretary on many issues, including tackling violence against women and girls in other countries.</p><p>The UK is a global leader on action to address conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and has committed £60m since the launch of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative(PSVI) in 2012.</p><p>We have also put forward the first ever UK nomination to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Professor Shazia Choudhry, whose academic work<br>focuses on violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/05/2024 16:45:52 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1718173

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Working Hours: Gender
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 impact of a four-day working week on gender equality.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	902872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The government routinely considers the implications of evidence from a range of sources when assessing policies on working practices. The government has no plans to implement a four-day week but has recently introduced the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023.</p><p>The Act makes changes to the right to request flexible working to better support employers and employees to agree flexible working arrangements that work for everyone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:59:22 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1718174

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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: Employment
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 adequacy of Government support for women experiencing misogyny in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Misogyny is unacceptable in any workplace.</p><p>This Government has committed to protect workers from misogyny through a robust legal framework, we made that clear in our response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Misogyny in Music report, published in April.</p><p>We also supported the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This will strengthen protections for employees against workplace sexual harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:57:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1718175

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of female-led businesses.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	902874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>In March 2024, the government announced the launch of the Invest in Women Taskforce. Its mission is to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female founder. <br> <br>Since its launch, the Taskforce members have been working with the private sector to begin raising its fund for female founders. This seeks to increase the proportion of investment<br>going to all-female founder teams – which has been stuck at 2% for the past decade.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/05/2024 16:46:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1697344

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	LGBT+ People: Health
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 Cabinet colleagues on Government support for the health of gay, lesbian and bisexual young people.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	902131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving the health and well-being of young people. We recognise that gay, lesbian and bisexual young people often face specific challenges.</p><p>We have ended the ban on blood donations from sexually active gay men, and are eliminating barriers for same sex couples to access IVF.</p><p>Spend for children and young people’s mental health services has increased from £841 million in 2019/20 to just over £1 billion in 2022/23.</p><p>And in 2021, we published our HIV Action Plan which sets our commitment to ending all new HIV transmissions, AIDS and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/03/2024 17:48:15 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1697345

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to help close the gap in exam results between boys and girls.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	902132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Raising attainment for all pupils, no matter their gender or background is at the heart of this government’s agenda, and we are committed to providing a world-class education system for all.</p><p>The latest data show that, while girls continue to outperform boys across most headline measures, the gender gap between boys and girls is narrowing.</p><p>At KS2 in 2022/23, the gender gap between boys and girls at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths has decreased since 2021/22 and is the lowest it has been since 2016/17. KS4 results show the gender gap has narrowed across all headline measures when comparing 2022/23 with both 2018/19 and 2021/22.</p><p>The Schools White Paper (March 2022) was clear about the direction of travel needed to improve attainment. It set out our long-term vision for a school system that helps every child to fulfil their potential by ensuring that they receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time – founded on achieving world-class literacy and numeracy.</p><p>This is supported by significant investment in education. Next year, including the recently announced funding for pension contributions, overall school funding is increasing by £2.9 billion compared to 2023-24, taking the total to £60.7 billion in 2024-25 – the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. This will help schools in their vital work to close attainment gaps, and level up educational opportunities.</p><p>Alongside this, the department takes a range of steps to improve attainment and outcomes for all pupils, including improving the quality of teaching and curriculum resources, strengthening the school system, increasing attendance, and providing targeted support where needed.</p><p>We know that disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs are more likely to fall behind and need extra support to reach their full potential. This is why we provide additional funding as part of schools’ overall funding to support disadvantaged pupils through the pupil premium, which will rise to over £2.9 billion in 2024-25, an increase of £80 million from 2023-24.</p><p>Programmes such as Free School Meals that support over 2 million children, the Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF), and support for up to 2,700 breakfast clubs also support disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>We also continue to collaborate with other government departments to address out-of-school factors that we know have a significant impact on attainment outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/03/2024 14:01:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1697346

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Maternal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help reduce maternal mortality.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	902133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>At the Spring Budget, the Government announced £35m over the next three years to improve maternity safety across England.</p><p>This is in addition to our three-year maternity plan, backed by £186m per year from April. Through this, we have introduced 14 maternal medicine networks to provide specialist advice to pregnant women, and we expect all CSs to have a Maternal Mental Health Service by the end of the month.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/03/2024 15:22:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1697347

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Neurodiversity: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that people with neurodivergent conditions receive appropriate and accessible support when using public services.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	902136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The government are implementing a National Autism Strategy and the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.</p><p>Additionally, the Department of Health and Social Care are rolling out the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training where part one has been completed by over 1.4 million people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/03/2024 16:17:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1697348

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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 Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to exclude caste as a protected characteristic from the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	902137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The government’s position remains as stated by the then Minister for Women and Equalities, the member for Portsmouth North, in her statement to Parliament on 23 July 2018.</p><p>We do not intend to make an order determining caste to be an aspect of ‘race’ for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>We will repeal the statutory duty to make such an order once a suitable legislative vehicle becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/03/2024 14:04:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman