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1138997

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Women of 11 July 2019, Official Report column 439, what forms of documentation have been provided to each of the more than 6,400 applicants to the Windrush scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	277132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary provides the Home Affairs Select Committee with monthly updates on the work of the department in connection with Windrush. This includes information on decisions made by the Taskforce under the Windrush Scheme. The correspondence can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p><p>The published Windrush guidance confirms what documentation is provided to the applicant dependent on the individual’s circumstance. The guidance can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807384/windrush-scheme-v3.0-ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807384/windrush-scheme-v3.0-ext.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 277134 question first answered 18/07/2019 16:10:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1138998

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding Windrush scheme applications there are.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	277133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary provides monthly updates on the work of the Windrush Taskforce to the Home Affairs Select Committee. The correspondence can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p><p>It is intended that updates on the number of outstanding application will be provided in the future.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/07/2019 16:09:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1138999

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the type of documentation received by the 4,200 successful applications through the Windrush Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	277134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary provides the Home Affairs Select Committee with monthly updates on the work of the department in connection with Windrush. This includes information on decisions made by the Taskforce under the Windrush Scheme. The correspondence can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p><p>The published Windrush guidance confirms what documentation is provided to the applicant dependent on the individual’s circumstance. The guidance can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807384/windrush-scheme-v3.0-ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807384/windrush-scheme-v3.0-ext.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 277132 question first answered 18/07/2019 16:10:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1135557

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of his Department's internal investigation into the causes of the Windrush scandal; and when he plans to publish the final report of that investigation.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	270727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>This is an independent review being led by Wendy Williams, and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness. We are committed to providing Wendy with the time and resources needed to conduct her review to make sure that we learn from, and right the wrongs of the past.</p><p>The Department has not yet received Wendy Williams’ Lessons Learned Review. On receipt it will be published as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/07/2019 15:37:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132278

registered interest
date	14/06/2019
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	Females: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking, in addition the £5 million centenary fund, to ensure women and underrepresented groups are better represented in public life.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	264738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Political parties are responsible for greater diversity amongst their candidates.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with them to better support their disabled candidates. Whilst this is ongoing we launched the £250,000 interim EnAble Fund. The fund supported around 40 disabled candidates in the local elections in May. We have commissioned an independent evaluation, which will include assessments of average grants made and will be published after the Fund has closed next year.</p><p>The Centenary Fund supported nearly 320 projects including events encouraging nearly 800 women to stand for election, creating a pipeline of talent ready to enter public life.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/10/2019 12:39:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132279

registered interest
date	14/06/2019
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's Business Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of the work of the Women's Business Council; and what its forthcoming work programme will be.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	264739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Women’s Business Council published its inaugural report five years ago. Since then we have seen a significant shift in women’s participation in, and experiences of, the workplace.</p><p>The Council has successfully influenced government policy on shared parental leave, flexible working and the provision of childcare. Members have raised the profile of issues with business leaders and developed specific programmes and toolkits for the business community.</p><p>I would like to pay tribute to the current Chair, Dame Cilla Snowball as she steps down from office next month, for overseeing the success of the Council’s programme.</p><p>We will be announcing the new Chair of the Women’s Business Council and its future business programme shortly.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:58:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132280

registered interest
date	14/06/2019
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	Career Breaks: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many women have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	264740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Three rounds of funding for Returners Grants have been announced since March 2018, with £1.5 million now awarded to sixteen organisations supporting returners. Successful organisations funded under the first round began their programmes early this year.</p><p>These programmes provide extensive support to returners, supporting them to develop skills, build confidence, and complete accredited qualifications and training before they return to the labour market. Employment opportunities for returners taking part in the first round of projects will be sourced later this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:58:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1131303

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Nurses: Career Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable and support career options for older nurses in order to retain them in the workforce.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	263098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement and NHS Employers have been working in partnership to deliver a national programme of action to support National Health Service trusts to improve retention of the nursing and clinical workforce. This provides targeted support to trusts on key issues affecting retention, such as flexible working, supporting older workers, and development and career planning.</p><p>As part of the programme, NHS Improvement and NHS Employers have held specific workshops with trusts around flexible working and supporting older workers, and they continue to publish a range of case studies and tools on the online Retention Improvement Hub to support trusts to do this.</p><p>Health Education England launched a national nurse return-to-practice (RtP) programme in September 2014, which provides experienced nurses who have taken a break or retired with training and a route back into the NHS.</p><p>The RtP programme prepares nurses to return to the Nursing and Midwifery Council register, to enable them to take up posts in the NHS, care homes, primary care or other areas.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2019 14:52:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1131371

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Government Equalities Office: Females
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 Government Equalities Office review of its engagement with women and women's organisations; and when she plans to publish the findings of that review.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	263099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The former Minister for Women and Equalities, my Rt Hon. Friend for Portsmouth North, told the Women and Equalities Select Committee in December 2018 she had commissioned a programme to enable the Equalities Office to better engage with women’s organisations.This was a programme of work and not a formal review of engagement. The programme is reaching organisations across the country and includes a City Listening project in Bristol, Leicester and Leeds where forums are being held for women to make their voices better heard by policy makers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 16:03:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1131372

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to implement the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’s (CEDAW) conclusions from its recent examination of the UK's 8th CEDAW periodic report.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	263100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK was examined by the UN CEDAW Committee on 26 February 2019. The UK delegation was able to set out the progress we have made on the implementation of CEDAW and positively engaged with the Committee. On 11 March the Committee published its Concluding Observations and Recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has an ambitious programme of action to tackle gender inequalities – for example in relation to domestic abuse and economic empowerment – and delivering this will support our implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to publish a roadmap to gender equality later this year which will set out Government plans to address the persistent gendered economic barriers women – and men – are facing across the country, at every stage of their lives. This will help women have financial independence and resilience, as well as real choice and influence over the economic decisions in their lives.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/06/2019 13:37:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler