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1664854

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Equal Pay: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set a target date by which there will be no gender pay gap for all employees.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Under this government the gender pay gap has fallen significantly, with the gap having fallen from 19.6% to 14.9% over the last decade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2017, we introduced world-leading regulations requiring large employers to publish the differences in average salaries and bonuses for men and women every year. This has ensured that employers are aware of their gaps and are taking steps to close them.</p><p> </p><p>We know that reporting is just the first step, but do not believe that setting arbitrary targets will help to drive the changes that we all want to see. The causes of the gender pay gap are complex, and the wider societal shifts required to close it will take time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 08:56:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1663394

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Hate Crime: Muslims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has held meetings in 2023 on (a) Islamophobia and (b) hate crime against Muslims.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	201248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to doing everything we can to tackle anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of prejudice in our society. Ministers across Government regularly hold meetings covering these important issues. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/10/2023 16:07:53 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1661844

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 195825 on UN Commission on the Status of Women, what process was used to appoint the UK Youth Delegate to UN Commission on the Status of Women; how many applications were received for that position; and what the gender was of the successful applicant.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	200230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The UK Youth Delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women was not appointed through a selection process. The delegate was male. This was a trial appointment and we are currently evaluating the success of this initiative.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/10/2023 13:44:42 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1662064

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her policy to retain (a) Article 157 of the Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and (b) case law decisions drawing on this Article in her Department's review of retained EU law.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	200298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>Under UK law men and women must receive equal pay for doing equal work. We will be retaining the effects of Article 157 of the European Union Treaty, in line with case law decisions, to ensure that existing equal pay protections stay in place beyond 31 December. These include the single source test.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/10/2023 15:51:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1659619

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Public Lavatories: Incontinence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on providing incontinence bins in male public toilets.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	198759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my previous answer UIN 196323 provided on 11th September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 198760 question first answered 19/09/2023 13:38:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1659620

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	Public Lavatories: Incontinence
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 require incontinence bins to be made available in all male public toilets.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	198760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my previous answer UIN 196323 provided on 11th September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 198759 question first answered 19/09/2023 13:38:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1656047

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	UN Commission on the Status of Women: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which Department is responsible for appointing the UK Youth Delegate to UN Commission on the Status of Women; what the process is for the appointment; and which Minister is responsible for this process.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	195822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities has overall responsibility for the Government’s participation in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), supported by ministers across government particularly those from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, in 2023, the Government appointed a young person as a UN Women Youth Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women. This was a trial appointment and we are currently evaluating the success of this initiative.</p><p> </p><p>The priority theme for CSW68 is Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. The Government will continue to promote gender equality internationally at CSW and elsewhere in line with the priorities set out in the International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030 published in March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 195823 195824 195825 question first answered 11/09/2023 09:37:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1656048

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	UN Commission on the Status of Women: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Youth Delegate for the 68th UN Commission on the Status of Women will be announced.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	195823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities has overall responsibility for the Government’s participation in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), supported by ministers across government particularly those from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, in 2023, the Government appointed a young person as a UN Women Youth Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women. This was a trial appointment and we are currently evaluating the success of this initiative.</p><p> </p><p>The priority theme for CSW68 is Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. The Government will continue to promote gender equality internationally at CSW and elsewhere in line with the priorities set out in the International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030 published in March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 195822 195824 195825 question first answered 11/09/2023 09:37:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1656049

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	UN Commission on the Status of Women: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many applications were received for the position of Youth Delegate for the UN Commission on the Status of Women in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	195824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities has overall responsibility for the Government’s participation in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), supported by ministers across government particularly those from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, in 2023, the Government appointed a young person as a UN Women Youth Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women. This was a trial appointment and we are currently evaluating the success of this initiative.</p><p> </p><p>The priority theme for CSW68 is Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. The Government will continue to promote gender equality internationally at CSW and elsewhere in line with the priorities set out in the International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030 published in March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 195822 195823 195825 question first answered 11/09/2023 09:37:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1656050

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which Commons Minister is responsible for the UK's participation in the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	195825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities has overall responsibility for the Government’s participation in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), supported by ministers across government particularly those from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, in 2023, the Government appointed a young person as a UN Women Youth Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women. This was a trial appointment and we are currently evaluating the success of this initiative.</p><p> </p><p>The priority theme for CSW68 is Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. The Government will continue to promote gender equality internationally at CSW and elsewhere in line with the priorities set out in the International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030 published in March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 195822 195823 195824 question first answered 11/09/2023 09:37:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller