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date	15/04/2024
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	Period Poverty Task Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 28 April 2022 (HL7975), what plans they have to resume the activities of the Period Poverty Taskforce.
tabling member printed	Baroness Verma
uin	HL3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>This Government takes the issue of period poverty very seriously and we are taking steps to ensure that period products are available and affordable for those most in need through the organisations closest to them.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 97% of secondary schools, 92% of post 16 organisations and 68% primary schools have made at least one order since the scheme began in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019 NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them (including long-term in-patients).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our wider strategy to make period products affordable and available for all women, we have also made it clear that a zero rate of VAT applies to period products now that the UK has left the EU. These products are essential so it is right that there is now no VAT charge.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 14:24:52 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma

1700740

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation which would ban the practice of conversion therapy.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Manchester
uin	HL3776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is taking account of the recently published final report from the independent Cass Review.</p><p> </p><p>As the Cass Review has shown, challenges of legislating in this area are considerable, and there is significant risk of oversimplifying complex and nuanced issues. We cannot risk unintended consequences for parents, teachers, religious leaders or for clinicians providing crucial and legitimate support to young people experiencing gender distress.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 14:25:24 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4878 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Manchester

1701001

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Equality Advisory and Support Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many enquiries the Equality Advisory and Support Service has responded to in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	21729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect this information. The member may wish to ask EASS for it directly. However, it may be of interest for the Member to note that the EASS receives around 3,000 calls per month and has a stringent Key Performance Indicator that requires operators to answer 85% of all calls within 30 seconds. That target is routinely met. In a recent customer satisfaction survey nearly 90% of respondents were ‘Satisfied’ or higher with the service that they received.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/04/2024 16:03:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1701055

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff left the Equality and Human Rights Commission in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	21699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 23/04/2024 16:03:51 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 2024-04-16 HC PQ 21699 Julian Knight EHRC Letter to Julian Knight MP (2).pdf title EHRC Letter
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight