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1666149

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Equality Act 2010: Sex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate of 12 June 2023 on Legislative Definition of Sex, what progress her Department has made on its policy on clarifying the definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	203548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Women and Equalities sought advice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on the benefits or otherwise of an amendment to the Equality Act 2010 on the current definition of 'sex'.</p><p>Having received that advice, the Minister for Women and Equalities has asked officials to undertake detailed policy and legal analysis, as per the EHRC’s request, to understand the impact of its advice on various protected groups and related issues arising.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/10/2023 16:37:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1666954

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Employment: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to increase protections against harassment in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	906697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government has been supporting the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill first introduced in the Commons by the Hon Member for Bath.</p><p>I am delighted that Parliament has agreed the final version of the Bill on Friday 20 October and it will now receive Royal Assent.</p><p>This Bill will strengthen protections for employees against workplace sexual harassment.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/10/2023 15:35:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1666955

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Pensioners: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on tackling pensioner poverty among women.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	906700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>In 2021/22 there were 200 thousand fewer female pensioners in absolute poverty than in 2009/10, after housing costs.</p><p>In 2023/24, we will spend over £151.6 billion on benefits for pensioners in Great Britain, which is 5.9% of GDP.</p><p>This includes spending on the State Pension which is forecast to be £124.3 billion in 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 15:44:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1666956

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Cost of Living
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 impact of increases in the cost of living on (a) women, (b) Black, Asian and ethnic minority people and (c) people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	906702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government understands the pressures people across all communities are facing with the cost of living and is taking action to help. Overall, we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022/23 and 2023/24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of bills.</p><p>For people who require additional support, in England, the Household Support Fund will continue until March 2024. This year long extension allows Local Authorities in England to continue to provide discretionary support to those most in need with the significantly rising cost of living. Local Authorities are expected to support households in the most need, and in particular those who may not be eligible for the other support Government recently made available but are nevertheless in need of support.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 15:46:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1666958

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	906698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/10/2023 15:36:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1666959

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the effectiveness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme for affected groups.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	906699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2019, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has paid over £67 million in compensation.</p><p>The Scheme has reduced the time to allocate a claim for a substantive casework consideration, following completion of eligibility checks and a Preliminary Assessment, from 18 months to under 5 months.</p><p>The Home Office continues to listen to feedback from stakeholders and the communities and make improvements the scheme and the way it operates to ensure people receive the maximum compensation at the earliest point possible.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 25/10/2023 15:40:52 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1666960

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Ethnic Groups: Equality
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 tackle racial inequality.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	906703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>We published our ground-breaking race equality strategy last year.</p><p>Inclusive Britain set out 74 actions to tackle entrenched ethnic disparities across health, education, employment, policing and criminal justice.</p><p>18 months on and we have completed over half of the actions, including:</p><p>o publishing new ethnicity pay guidance for employers;</p><p>o issuing improved guidance on behaviour in schools and on suspensions and permanent exclusions; and</p><p>o improving the stop and search process through new de-escalation skills training for police officers.</p><p>A further update will be provided to parliament in Spring 2024</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/10/2023 15:50:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1665746

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
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	Gender Based Violence
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 with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	203415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Equality Ministers work closely with colleagues across Government to tackle violence against women and girls.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Minister for Women sits on the Ministerial Steering Group overseeing the delivery of the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy and the Domestic Abuse Action Plan. This group met most recently on 18 October 2023 to assess progress, which includes;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Adding the issue of violence against women and girls to the revised Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR), meaning it is now set out as a national threat for forces to respond to alongside other threats such as terrorism, serious and organised crime, and child sexual abuse;</p></li><li><p>Investing £168 million through the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night funds to make our streets safer;</p></li><li><p>Launching a fund for VAWG ‘by and for’ services over two years to a total of up to £6 million, from 2023/24 – 2024/25. The fund is for services across England and Wales, supporting LGBT people, people with a disability, or ethnic minorities affected by VAWG;</p></li><li><p>Launching the ‘Enough’ behaviour change campaign in March 2022, which has reached millions of individuals across England and Wales.</p><p></li></ul><p>As part of that cross government work the Equality Hub is supporting the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill. Parliament agreed the final version of the Bill on Friday 20 October and it will now receive Royal Assent, strengthing protections for employees against workplace sexual harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/10/2023 14:53:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

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

1663292

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	Equality Hub: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Equality Hub spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	201146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 2 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) spending in the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p> </p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 201148 question first answered 23/10/2023 16:13:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight