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749504

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Marriage
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 amend same-sex marriage legislation to allow couples to convert civil partnerships to marriage.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	3446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We are proud that we legislated for the introduction of marriage for same sex couples.</p><p>It is already possible for same sex couples in a civil partnership to convert their civil partnership to a marriage in the parts of the United Kingdom where same sex marriage is legal.</p><p>There were 7,732 couples in England and Wales who chose to convert their existing civil partnership into a marriage between 10 December 2014 and 30 June 2015 (just over six months of data).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/07/2017 13:06:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

748638

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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, if she will make it her policy to allow different sex couples to enter into civil partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	3096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government carried out a consultation on the future of civil partnerships in 2014. The review found that there was no clear consensus and, therefore, the Government did not change the Civil Partnership Act 2004.</p><p>The decision not to change the law was judicially reviewed and the Government won in the High Court last year. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the High Court judgment in February and confirmed that the Government’s approach is lawful.</p><p>We welcomed the Court’s ruling at the time and confirmed that we would carefully consider the judgment and its implications before deciding on our next steps. The claimants in this case have subsequently sought permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision. We are currently awaiting the Supreme Court’s ruling on whether to allow the appeal to proceed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/07/2017 13:03:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

748307

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, whether the Government also intends to fund the costs of (a) private consultations in Northern Ireland, (b) travel and (c) accommodation for women who wish to access these services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2764 2765 2815 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748311

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, how she plans to advertise the availability of such services in England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2765 2815 2816 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748312

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her letter of 29 June 2017 on funding for abortions for Northern Irish women in England, whether for women with complex medical needs that funding can be used to access NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently discussing with key stakeholders about the details of the scheme. Further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 2763 2764 2815 2816 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:47:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

748313

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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
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 open up more work opportunities for women.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	900273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The right to Shared Parental Leave and the right to request flexible working help share caring responsibilities more fairly in families so that women can fulfil their potential at work. We are doubling the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds from 15 to 30 hours a week from September 2017. We have also allocated £5 million to help people return to work after a break in employment, the majority of whom will be women.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:53:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

749077

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Directors: Equality
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 promote diverse representation on boards.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	900280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities has advised me that we should celebrate the progress already made: in 2011 there were 152 all-male boards across the FTSE 350; there are now only six.</p><p> </p><p>We need to go further. We are supporting the work of the Hampton-Alexander Review to increase female leadership on boards and crucially in executive positions, and welcome Sir John Parker’s work on increasing ethnic diversity on FTSE boards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are also establishing a new Minister-led Diversity and Inclusion Group to help drive progress, and supporting schemes helping talented women get board experience.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:50:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

749080

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Managers: Females
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 promote the role of female leaders in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	900282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of women on FTSE boards has more than doubled. The Hampton-Alexander Review has set targets of women holding 33% of FTSE 100 senior leadership positions and 33% of FTSE 350 board positions.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Women’s Business Council to develop tools for the business community, to stimulate culture change. The Women’s Business Council has been enlarged to 20 members, to include more male agents of change and increase national representation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:51:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

746722

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Gender Recognition Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made on the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	2043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>We committed to a review of the Gender Recognition Act as part of our response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on transgender equality. Through this review we are examining options to streamline and demedicalise the gender recognition process.</p><p>The review is ongoing and we will provide an update on the Government’s progress as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/07/2017 15:36:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

746211

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	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, with reference to the Answers of 10 June 2015, 22 December 2015 and 2 September 2016 to Questions 700, 19860 and 44313, when she plans to (a) publish the evaluation report on the pilot Access to Elected Office Fund and (b) make a decision on whether that Fund should continue.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Access to Elected Office Fund was run by the Coalition Government between 2012 and the election of 2015. The Fund closed after that election and an evaluation was subsequently carried out. The evaluation and any decision made in the light of it will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 16:18:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas