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710649

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information she holds on who made the decision at the Equality and Human Rights Commission to dismiss 10 employees at short notice in February 2017; what representations she has received on those dismissals; and whether she has discussed the reasons for the selection of those so dismissed with that Commission.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	67623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an independent body and makes its own decisions about staff deployment and redundancies.</p><p> </p><p>I have received representations from several honourable members about the redundancies mentioned in the question, but have not discussed these or the EHRC’s reasons for the selection of particular staff with the Commission.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/03/2017 13:57:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

709758

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Civil Partnerships
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 implications for her policies of the Appeal Court ruling in the case of Steinfeld and Keidan on opposite sex civil partnerships; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	67372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government carried out a consultation on the future of civil partnerships in 2014. Views were invited on three options: abolishing civil partnerships; phasing them out; or extending them to opposite sex couples.</p><p>The review found that there was no clear consensus on the future of civil partnerships. A majority of respondents to the consultation were against extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples and several significant stakeholders thought it was too soon to consider making changes to civil partnerships until the impact of extending marriage to same sex couples is known. Given the lack of any consensus, the government did not change the Civil Partnership Act 2004.</p><p>The decision not to change the law was judicially reviewed last year and the Government won in the High Court. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the High Court judgment this week and confirmed that the Government’s approach is lawful.</p><p>We welcome the Court’s ruling. Before we take any action on this issue, it is right that we evaluate the impact that same sex marriage has on the take-up of civil partnerships. We will also carefully consider this judgment and its implications before deciding on our next steps.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2017 16:30:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

708622

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government Equalities Office's main policy priority is for 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Eliminating the gender pay gap remains a key priority for the Government Equalities Office and increasing transparency among employers is a significant step towards this. A more diverse and inclusive culture in the workplace benefits everyone.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2017, large employers must publish information showing the differences in average pay and bonuses paid to women and men. We are also taking action to address the main drivers of the gender pay gap because neither families nor the economy can afford to miss out on female talent.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2017 15:49:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708624

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the gender pay gap for (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber Region was in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	66586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures outlined below, based on place of residence, annually:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><br> <strong>(a) </strong><strong><em>York (Unitary Authority)</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Female median hourly pay (£)</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Male median hourly pay (£)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Gender pay gap</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.71</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>11.49</em></p></td><td><p><em>15.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.45</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>12.01</em></p></td><td><p><em>21.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>10.2</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>12.37</em></p></td><td><p><em>17.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>10.00</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>12.93</em></p></td><td><p><em>22.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>10.22</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>12.79</em></p></td><td><p><em>20.1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>10.31</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>12.23</em></p></td><td><p><em>15.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2016</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>10.61</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>12.94</em></p></td><td><p><em>18.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(b) </strong><strong><em>Yorkshire and The Humber</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Female median hourly pay (£)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Male median hourly pay (£)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Gender pay gap</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.11</em></p></td><td><p><em>11.39</em></p></td><td><p><em>20.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.05</em></p></td><td><p><em>11.33</em></p></td><td><p><em>20.1%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.24</em></p></td><td><p><em>11.48</em></p></td><td><p><em>19.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.44</em></p></td><td><p><em>11.78</em></p></td><td><p><em>19.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.49</em></p></td><td><p><em>11.69</em></p></td><td><p><em>18.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.63</em></p></td><td><p><em>11.94</em></p></td><td><p><em>19.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2016</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>9.98</em></p></td><td><p><em>12.29</em></p></td><td><p><em>18.8%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers from this April to accelerate the rate of progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/03/2017 08:33:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

706828

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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	Plain English
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 encourage the provision of easy read versions of content published by (a) government departments and agencies, (b) utility companies, (c) banks and (d) other private sector service providers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	66217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>Public authorities must have due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty, which ensures that equality issues are proactively considered with the intention of meeting the needs and encouraging greater participation in public life by those with protected characteristics (such as a disability).</p><p> </p><p>Private sector organisations, including utility companies and banks, have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments so as to ensure that a person with disabilities is not put at a substantial disadvantage when accessing or using public services. This may include actions such as accommodating requests for communication to be conducted in a particular format.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance is already available to service providers, including public sector bodies, on how to meet these duties and is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Disability Issues are currently reviewing and updating the guidance to all Government communicators on accessible formats, to help ensure that all Departments have the latest information to support their internal and external communications.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/03/2017 15:47:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

706279

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Equality and Human Rights Commission has spent settling discrimination and equal pay claims (a) internally, (b) before an employment tribunal determination and (c) after an employment tribunal determination in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	65952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body and makes its own decisions about handling discrimination and equal pay claims. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Commission to write to the honourable member with the information requested. I will place a copy of the letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 09:50:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

705715

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the procurement spend of the Government Equalities Office was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>Procurement spend for the Government Equalities Office for financial year ending 2016 was £3,086,146.66.</p><p>Information on the procurement spend for the four financial years preceding 2015/2016 is not available due to machinery of government changes to the Government Equalities Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/03/2017 17:09:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

705716

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations within the Government Equalities Office's remit the Government plans to withdraw from when the UK leaves the EU, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	65642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the recent White Paper (The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union), the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States our future status and arrangements with regard to EU agencies. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 09:51:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

694279

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many officials of the Government Equalities Office oversee contracts awarded to external providers after those contracts have been awarded.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office does not have a separate contract management function. Some members of staff oversee a specific contract or contracts as part of a wider role in the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 09:53:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

694280

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
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	Business: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government provides financial support for an awards scheme specifically for outstanding female entrepreneurs and businesswomen.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	65484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2017 answer text <p>Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, is continuing its mission to challenge the disproportionately low numbers of women entrepreneurs in the UK through its inaugural ‘infocus – Women in Innovation’ competition.</p><p> </p><p>Launched in May 2016, the nationwide competition aimed to increase the number of women led applications for Innovate UK funding opportunities. Each winner was awarded £50,000, a tailored business support package and was paired with a business mentor. The winners of the first competition were announced in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2017 09:55:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson