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1081719

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to update the Government’s guidance on positive action; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	228058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Both the Government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have issued guidance - including in EHRC Statutory Codes - on how employers, service providers and other organisations can use positive action measures in a proportionate way, to address under-representation, disadvantage or low participation in activities by people with specific protected characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance can be found at the following links: <a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/advice-and-guidance/equality-act-codes-practice" target="_blank">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/advice-and-guidance/equality-act-codes-practice</a> for the EHRC Statutory Codes and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85014/positive-action-recruitment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85014/positive-action-recruitment.pdf</a> &amp; <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85015/positive-action-practical-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85015/positive-action-practical-guide.pdf</a> for Government Quick Start Guides.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the Equality Act 2010 and its related guidance under review; however, we have no current plans to revise the guidance on positive action.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 10:46:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1081720

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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 recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	228059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government published the five-year review of the Equality Act 2010 in July 2015, through a Memorandum to the Women and Equalities Select Committee. We continue to keep the Equality Act 2010 under review, and, look forward to the contribution which the committee’s forthcoming report on Enforcing the Equality Act and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, will make to this process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 10:47:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1058855

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans he Department has to consult on lowering the threshold for gender pay gap reporting in future reporting years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	219473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office continues to encourage organisations with fewer than 250 employees to publish gender pay gap data voluntarily, and supports them to do so. Several employers under the threshold reported in the first reporting year, and some have already done so ahead of the deadlines for the second year.</p><p>We recognise the challenges that smaller organisations face in compiling the data, and would consult with stakeholders on feasibility and possible implications before extending the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/02/2019 16:11:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1029319

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Politics and Government
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 potential merits of the recommendations in the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s strategic plan 2016-19 on tackling the barriers facing women in politics and public life.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	204520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>In common with other such Plans which it has published, the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 sets priority areas and intended actions for the Commission’s own work over the three years in question, but does not make recommendations either for Government or for other EHRC stakeholders. The relevant Priority Area (“Citizenship and Democracy”) of the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 accordingly commits it to <em>“focus on delivering improvements in relation to political representation and civic participation; anti-extremism and anti-terrorism legislation and surveillance powers; and freedom of expression and freedom to associate in a trade union.”</em></p><p>The Government notes these commitments, but has not made an assessment of their merits in tackling the barriers facing women in politics and public life, or of whether they support aspects of the Equality Act 2010 such as Section 106. It is for the EHRC, as an independent public authority, to progress the commitments as it sees fit.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204521 question first answered 10/01/2019 18:02:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1029320

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Political Parties: Equality
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 whether the recommendations of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s strategic plan 2016-19 support key parts of the Equalities Act 2010 such as the implementation of section 106 on the Information about diversity in range of candidates.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	204521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>In common with other such Plans which it has published, the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 sets priority areas and intended actions for the Commission’s own work over the three years in question, but does not make recommendations either for Government or for other EHRC stakeholders. The relevant Priority Area (“Citizenship and Democracy”) of the EHRC’s Strategic Plan 2016-19 accordingly commits it to <em>“focus on delivering improvements in relation to political representation and civic participation; anti-extremism and anti-terrorism legislation and surveillance powers; and freedom of expression and freedom to associate in a trade union.”</em></p><p>The Government notes these commitments, but has not made an assessment of their merits in tackling the barriers facing women in politics and public life, or of whether they support aspects of the Equality Act 2010 such as Section 106. It is for the EHRC, as an independent public authority, to progress the commitments as it sees fit.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204520 question first answered 10/01/2019 18:02:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips