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1718172

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on tackling gender-based violence in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	902870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Foreign Secretary on many issues, including tackling violence against women and girls in other countries.</p><p>The UK is a global leader on action to address conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and has committed £60m since the launch of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative(PSVI) in 2012.</p><p>We have also put forward the first ever UK nomination to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Professor Shazia Choudhry, whose academic work<br>focuses on violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/05/2024 16:45:52 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1718173

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Working Hours: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of a four-day working week on gender equality.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	902872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The government routinely considers the implications of evidence from a range of sources when assessing policies on working practices. The government has no plans to implement a four-day week but has recently introduced the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023.</p><p>The Act makes changes to the right to request flexible working to better support employers and employees to agree flexible working arrangements that work for everyone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:59:22 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1718174

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Women: Employment
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 adequacy of Government support for women experiencing misogyny in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Misogyny is unacceptable in any workplace.</p><p>This Government has committed to protect workers from misogyny through a robust legal framework, we made that clear in our response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Misogyny in Music report, published in April.</p><p>We also supported the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. This will strengthen protections for employees against workplace sexual harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/05/2024 14:57:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1718175

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Women: Business
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 increase the number of female-led businesses.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	902874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>In March 2024, the government announced the launch of the Invest in Women Taskforce. Its mission is to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female founder. <br> <br>Since its launch, the Taskforce members have been working with the private sector to begin raising its fund for female founders. This seeks to increase the proportion of investment<br>going to all-female founder teams – which has been stuck at 2% for the past decade.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 15/05/2024 16:46:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1714146

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
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	LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the total cost to her Department was of (a) events, (b) activities, (c) merchandise and (d) all other associated costs relating to Pride Month 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>No costs were incurred by the Equality Hub connected to any events, activities, merchandise or other associated costs in relation to Pride Month 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/05/2024 15:51:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1713852

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	Women and Equalities: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much her Department has spent on external consultancies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Equality Hub is part of the Cabinet Office and external consultancy spend is reported within the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>For 2019-20, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 59 and 104 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f16e6aa3a6f40727f97b746/Cabinet-Office-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2019-20.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f16e6aa3a6f40727f97b746/Cabinet-Office-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2019-20.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>For 2020-21, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 104 and 206 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60f03ea28fa8f50c716bccda/15640_CO_Annual_Report_2020_2021_digital_temp.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60f03ea28fa8f50c716bccda/15640_CO_Annual_Report_2020_2021_digital_temp.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>For 2021-22, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 119 and 197 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123904/CO_ARA21-22_WEB_Final_121222.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123904/CO_ARA21-22_WEB_Final_121222.pdf</a></p><p>For 2022-23 Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 107 and 191 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6509a3394cd3c3000d68ccd4/CO_ARA22-23_WEB_190923.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6509a3394cd3c3000d68ccd4/CO_ARA22-23_WEB_190923.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Consultancy spend for 2023-24 will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, later this year.</p><p> </p><p><br> Cabinet Office has a mature assurance framework for Consultancy &amp; Professional Services. A dedicated team exists to assure such spending and make recommendations to officials accordingly for decision. The assurance framework is built on the principles outlined in the Consultancy Playbook and aims to ensure that where such requirements are justified, they deliver value for money for the taxpayer. This use of these consultants is a legitimate part of policymaking that helps to deliver efficient public services to the taxpayer and has been a feature under successive Governments.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/05/2024 13:39:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1713853

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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: Consultants
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 on external consultancies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/05/2024 13:37:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name Letter to Sir John Hayes MP - 27 April 2024 (2) (1) (1).pdf title EHRC Letter
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1702246

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including ethnic breakdowns in all national statistics.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	22603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Government departments are responsible for the production of different national statistics. I have asked my officials to liaise with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to ascertain the feasibility of including ethnic breakdowns in all national statistics.</p><p>A large amount of ethnicity data is already published on the Equality Hub’s Ethnicity Facts and Figures website. It was the first of its kind in terms of scale, scope and transparency and has been welcomed as best practice internationally. It contains statistics covering topics such as health, education, employment and the criminal justice system.</p><p>Publishing more ethnicity data for some topic areas may not always be possible. Ethnicity data may not be collected in some surveys or data collections. Where it is collected, data for some ethnic groups with smaller populations may not be published for reasons of disclosure or statistical reliability.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/04/2024 13:30:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1700710

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Period Poverty Task Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 28 April 2022 (HL7975), what plans they have to resume the activities of the Period Poverty Taskforce.
tabling member printed	Baroness Verma
uin	HL3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>This Government takes the issue of period poverty very seriously and we are taking steps to ensure that period products are available and affordable for those most in need through the organisations closest to them.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 97% of secondary schools, 92% of post 16 organisations and 68% primary schools have made at least one order since the scheme began in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019 NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them (including long-term in-patients).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our wider strategy to make period products affordable and available for all women, we have also made it clear that a zero rate of VAT applies to period products now that the UK has left the EU. These products are essential so it is right that there is now no VAT charge.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 14:24:52 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma

1700740

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation which would ban the practice of conversion therapy.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Manchester
uin	HL3776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is taking account of the recently published final report from the independent Cass Review.</p><p> </p><p>As the Cass Review has shown, challenges of legislating in this area are considerable, and there is significant risk of oversimplifying complex and nuanced issues. We cannot risk unintended consequences for parents, teachers, religious leaders or for clinicians providing crucial and legitimate support to young people experiencing gender distress.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 14:25:24 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4878 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Manchester