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date	02/07/2014
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	Gender: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government has spent on the Think, Act, Report initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><em>Think, Act, Report</em> was launched in September 2011. On average it has had 2 full-time equivalent staff working on it since then, comprising one team leader (Grade 7) and one Senior Executive Officer. Around £5,000 has been spent on events and publications to support the initiative. Significant support in kind has been received from supporting businesses and other organisations, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, CIPD, CMI, Opportunity Now, and others. More than 200 companies are now supporting <em>Think, Act, Report</em>, collectively employing over 2million people.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 07/07/2014 14:58:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65589

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Government Equalities Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what proportion of Named Day Written Questions were answered within the prescribed period in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Since joining DCMS in September 2012, as part of a machinery of Government move, the Government Equalities Office has answered the following proportion of its Named Day parliamentary questions within the prescribed period:</p><p> </p><p>2012 (September 2012 to Dec 2012) 0% (of those late 55% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p>2013 (January 2013 to December 2013) 46% (of those late 22% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p>2014 (January 2014 to Date) 83% (of those late 50% were answered within one day of the prescribed period)</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold figures for previous years.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 16:51:44 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65590

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Mental Health Services: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government Equalities Office has had with LGBT mental health service providers in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Government Equalities Office regularly meet a broad range of LGB&amp;T stakeholders, including mental health providers and other organisations with an interest in this area, to discuss key issues and priorities for the sector. Topics raised include the mental health needs of LGB&amp;T individuals, areas of discrimination and issues with service provision.</p><p>In the last year, officials have met with organisations with an interest in this area including: the Albert Kennedy Trust, Bi Community News, Bisexual Index, BiUK, Broken Rainbow, GALOP, GIRES, METRO Centre, PACE, Press for Change, Stonewall, Stonewall Housing, The Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), The LGBT Consortium, and The National LGB&amp;T Partnership. The LGBT Consortium, the National LGB&amp;T Partnership and BiUK are umbrella organisations who raise issues on behalf of their wider membership. Officials also sit on the Parliamentary Forum on Gender Identity where mental health issues are regularly raised. Officials have also had meetings with NHS England and Public Health England at which they have discussed mental health issues.</p><p>In the last year, the Minister for Sport, Tourism &amp; Equalities met representatives from the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, LGB&amp;T Consortium, PACE Health, Stonewall, Broken Rainbow, the METRO Centre, and BiUK on 10 October 2013; and representatives from GIRES, Gendered Intelligence and the Gender Identity Clinic in Hammersmith on 15 October 2013.</p><p>On 12 June 2014 the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport visited Birmingham LGBT Centre which hosts mental health services. The Secretary of State also met leading LGB&amp;T representatives on 30 June 2014 including Stonewall, Lesbian and Gay Foundation, LGB&amp;T Consortium, GIRES, and Gendered Intelligence. Health issues were discussed at all events.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 16:52:10 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65591

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many apprentices the Department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many were (a) women and (b) men in each year since the scheme started.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not currently have any apprentices from the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme. We have however taken part in the Summer Diversity Internship Programme and offer placements to individuals on the various Fast Stream schemes. These schemes are managed centrally by Cabinet Office and Civil Service Resourcing.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/07/2014 14:02:56 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero