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1694867

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government on which dates since 24 July 2018 the Minister for Women and Equalities contacted officers or board members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and discussed the Commission’s operational matters; in each case, what operational matters were discussed, and what were the outcomes of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular details of Ministerial meetings or discussions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/03/2024 17:39:17 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1694868

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Minister for Women and Equalities, or her officials or advisers, have had with Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) about the EHRC's investigation of Baroness Falkner of Margravine; and what assessment they have made of the conduct of that investigation, including the EHRC's decisions to suspend and later to terminate it.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL3167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p><em></em>As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular details of Ministerial meetings or discussions.</p><p>As an executive non departmental public body, the EHRC is operationally independent of Government. Any decisions related to the investigation are a matter for the EHRC to handle under its rules and procedures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/03/2024 17:39:36 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692889

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the terms of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s standard non disclosure agreement prior to 1 December 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 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 printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2872 HL2873 HL2874 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:45 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692890

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the terms of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s standard non-disclosure agreement that have been used since 1 December 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 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 printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2871 HL2873 HL2874 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692891

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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: Disclosure of Information
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 Barran on 6 February (HL1836), how many former Chief Executives of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have signed a specific non-disclosure agreement with regard to their work at the EHRC which is separate from, or additional to, any standard confidentiality clauses as part of their contracts of employment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 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 printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2871 HL2872 HL2874 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1692892

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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: Managers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have left the leadership team of the Equality and Human Rights Commission since 1 December 2020; what roles those individuals had upon leaving; on what dates they left; for how long they had occupied the role; how long they had been employed by the Commission; and how many had signed a non-disclosure agreement as part of their departure.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 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 printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2871 HL2872 HL2873 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:04:46 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 2024-03-11 - EHRC Letter - Baroness Barker PQs (1).pdf title Letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1684609

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any former Chief Executive Officers of the Equality and Human Rights Commission are restricted by non-disclosure agreements from providing evidence about their tenure or on other equalities issues to statutory inquiries or investigations by international bodies, for example the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions; and if so, for how long any such restrictions would be binding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 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><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1837 HL1838 question first answered 06/02/2024 12:24:51 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 020224Barker.pdf title EHRC letter
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1684655

registered interest
date	23/01/2024
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: Termination of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have left the leadership team of the Equality and Human Rights Commission since 1 December 2016, what roles these individuals had upon leaving, on what dates they left, for how long they had occupied the role, how long they had been employed by the Commission, and whether they (1) retired, or (2) resigned.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 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><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1836 HL1837 question first answered 06/02/2024 12:24:51 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 020224Barker.pdf title EHRC letter
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1683929

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many HIV testing kits were supplied between 1 and 7 February 2021, and of those, how many positive HIV tests were recorded.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>During the period between 1 and 7 February 2021, 19,342 HIV testing kits were dispatched, and 84 were reactive. The following table shows, using the data currently available, the number of HIV testing kits that were ordered and dispatched for National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) campaigns between 2019/20 and 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>Ordered kits</p></td><td><p>Dispatched kits</p></td><td><p>HIV reactive</p></td><td><p>HIV reactivity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>19,863</p></td><td><p>19,496</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30,612</p></td><td><p>30,876</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>24,409</p></td><td><p>23,520</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>22,408</p></td><td><p>21,626</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The campaign period is approximately one month long with NHTW being the period when key activity occurs. The table also shows the number of HIV reactive tests for the same period.</li><li>A reactive result means that the test has reacted with something in the blood that could be, but is not necessarily, the HIV virus or antibodies to the HIV virus. A reactive result is not the same as a positive result. Further confirmatory tests will need to be taken at a clinic.</li><li>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019/20, NHTW was moved from November to February.</li><li>The number of kits dispatched may be higher than kits ordered due to a mixture of repeat kits being dispatched (this could be where a kit is damaged or lost in the post or a person needs additional tests) and a proportion of duplicate orders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHTW focuses on communities disproportionately affected by HIV though tests are available to be ordered by anyone in England. We have some data available on the demographic profile of people requesting an HIV testing kit during NHTW, with 44% of HIV testing kit requests in 2023 coming from gay and bisexual men who have sex with men.</p><p>Black African people’s uptake of testing kits has tripled since 2021, accounting for 10% of orders made. During NHTW in 2023, self-testing kits were made available for the first time and were particularly popular amongst black African groups. The percentage of heterosexual men who requested a testing kit has doubled since 2021, from 11% to 22% in 2023 and the percentage of heterosexual women has also steadily increased year on year.</p><p>We continue working closely together with our key partners in the HIV Prevention Programme monitoring and evaluating the results of the campaign to ensure we continue progressing towards our 2030 ambitions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1781 HL1782 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:50:52 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1683930

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the demographic profile of requesting an HIV testing kit during National HIV Testing Week in each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>During the period between 1 and 7 February 2021, 19,342 HIV testing kits were dispatched, and 84 were reactive. The following table shows, using the data currently available, the number of HIV testing kits that were ordered and dispatched for National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) campaigns between 2019/20 and 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>Ordered kits</p></td><td><p>Dispatched kits</p></td><td><p>HIV reactive</p></td><td><p>HIV reactivity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>19,863</p></td><td><p>19,496</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30,612</p></td><td><p>30,876</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>24,409</p></td><td><p>23,520</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>22,408</p></td><td><p>21,626</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The campaign period is approximately one month long with NHTW being the period when key activity occurs. The table also shows the number of HIV reactive tests for the same period.</li><li>A reactive result means that the test has reacted with something in the blood that could be, but is not necessarily, the HIV virus or antibodies to the HIV virus. A reactive result is not the same as a positive result. Further confirmatory tests will need to be taken at a clinic.</li><li>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019/20, NHTW was moved from November to February.</li><li>The number of kits dispatched may be higher than kits ordered due to a mixture of repeat kits being dispatched (this could be where a kit is damaged or lost in the post or a person needs additional tests) and a proportion of duplicate orders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHTW focuses on communities disproportionately affected by HIV though tests are available to be ordered by anyone in England. We have some data available on the demographic profile of people requesting an HIV testing kit during NHTW, with 44% of HIV testing kit requests in 2023 coming from gay and bisexual men who have sex with men.</p><p>Black African people’s uptake of testing kits has tripled since 2021, accounting for 10% of orders made. During NHTW in 2023, self-testing kits were made available for the first time and were particularly popular amongst black African groups. The percentage of heterosexual men who requested a testing kit has doubled since 2021, from 11% to 22% in 2023 and the percentage of heterosexual women has also steadily increased year on year.</p><p>We continue working closely together with our key partners in the HIV Prevention Programme monitoring and evaluating the results of the campaign to ensure we continue progressing towards our 2030 ambitions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1780 HL1782 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:50:52 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker