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1641966

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
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	Employment: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made in establishing an Inclusion at Work panel.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	187648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>Work is well underway to establish the Inclusion at Work panel. Pamela Dow, who founded and formerly led the Government Skills Campus, was appointed as Chair in March 2023. Invitations to officially join the panel have now been issued to experts from a range of backgrounds, including academia, business, and human resources. More information about Panel members will be made available in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We look forward to the Panel’s first meeting in due course and seeing their work in improving fairness in the workplace develop.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/06/2023 14:19:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1641317

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Guide Dogs: Business Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that guide dog users are protected from access refusals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	187338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Parliament intended the Act to guide the policies of service providers, including those exercising public functions, as well as providing legal protection. Failure by a service provider to comply with the Act by making a reasonable adjustment will mean that they have unlawfully discriminated on grounds of disability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People who feel that they have been discriminated against can use other provisions within the Act to seek redress against a non-compliant service provider, including going to Court if necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is the case for all the other protected characteristics in the Act and the Government has no plans to amend this process, which is based on the long-established civil law principle that it is for an aggrieved person to enforce the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 187339 question first answered 12/06/2023 14:15:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1641318

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Guide Dogs: Business Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to introduce enforceable penalties for businesses who refuse access to guide dog users.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	187339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Parliament intended the Act to guide the policies of service providers, including those exercising public functions, as well as providing legal protection. Failure by a service provider to comply with the Act by making a reasonable adjustment will mean that they have unlawfully discriminated on grounds of disability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People who feel that they have been discriminated against can use other provisions within the Act to seek redress against a non-compliant service provider, including going to Court if necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is the case for all the other protected characteristics in the Act and the Government has no plans to amend this process, which is based on the long-established civil law principle that it is for an aggrieved person to enforce the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 187338 question first answered 12/06/2023 14:15:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1640548

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her Department's policy to provide additional funding to support disabled candidates standing at the next General Election.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	186960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 stipulates that parties must make reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates and ensure, as far as possible, that they have the same access as non-disabled candidates. Ministers have made clear in letters to parties and Statements to the House that ultimately the responsibility sits with political parties.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2023 15:45:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1642440

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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: STEM Subjects
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 to help support women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics jobs.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	905238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>We’ve made great progress in increasing the number of girls studying STEM subjects but we need to do more to get women into STEM jobs.</p><p>To support this, we are delivering a new STEM returners programme to refresh and grow the skills of people who have taken career breaks to care for others.</p><p>Following a successful recruitment campaign, the first cohort of returners began training in May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/06/2023 15:46:42 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1642441

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that users of guide dogs are not refused entry to public establishments.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	905239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog. Ignorance of the law is not a defence.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs.</p><p>The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/06/2023 14:13:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1642442

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	British Sign Language Act 2022
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on implementing the British Sign Language Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	905242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The British Sign Language Act includes a duty on the DWP Secretary of State to publish a report on the use of British Sign Language in public communications by ministerial departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The first reporting period was completed on the 30th of April this year and the report is due to be published in Summer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, DWP has established a dual language board of BSL users to inform HMG on BSL matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/06/2023 14:02:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1642443

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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: Poverty
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 implications for her policies of trends in poverty levels for women under 25.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	905243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>This government believes work is the best way to help people, including young women, to improve their financial circumstances.</p><p>With over a million vacancies across the United Kingdom, our focus is firmly on supporting people to move into and to progress in work.</p><p>Specialist employment support for young people under 25 is available through our national network of JCPs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/06/2023 14:04:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1642444

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to support people with disabilities with increases in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	905244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Over 8 million households on eligible means-tested benefits will receive Cost of Living Payments, totalling up to £900. The first instalment of £301 was paid recently.</p><p>In addition, over six million people receiving an eligible disability benefit will receive a further £150 disability cost of living payment from the 20th of June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/06/2023 14:06:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1642445

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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: Hate Crime and Transphobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's policies on tackling hate crime and discrimination against transgender people.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	905246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of hate crime seriously. We expect the police to make sure the cowards who commit these abhorrent crimes feel the full force of the law.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to reducing all crime which is why we have successfully recruited over 20,000 extra police officers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are clear that transgender people deserve our respect, support and understanding.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are processes in place, with the right checks and balances, to allow for those who wish to legally change their gender to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 07/06/2023 13:58:10 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan