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date	05/03/2018
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: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have in respect of (1) business, and (2) the public sector, to increase visibility and activity to promote gender equality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL6018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the Government introduced ground-breaking regulations requiring large employers, in both the public and private sector, to publish annually the differences between what they pay their male and female staff in average salaries and bonuses. They must do this by the deadlines of March 30th for public sector organisations, and April 4th for private and voluntary organisations</p><p>The transparency generated by these regulations will motivate employers to identify barriers to women’s progression in the workplace, and to take action to address them. It will also drive employers to increase awareness of the work they are already undertaking to achieve gender equality.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/03/2018 16:08:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

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date	13/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many further leave to remain cases there were in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016, in which a letter was sent by the Home Office advising an applicant for leave to enter or remain in the UK that their application raised complex human rights issues and would therefore fall outside the usual Home Office service standards.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Home Office Systems cannot be interrogated in a way that will provide any meaningful response to the question. A manual review of all applications submitted within the stipulated timeframe would be needed in order to provide an accurate response and this would incur a disproportionate cost to the public purse.</p><p>Therefore further leave to remain cases there were in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016, in which a letter was sent by the Home Office advising an applicant for leave to enter or remain in the UK that their application raised complex human rights issues and would therefore fall outside the usual Home Office service standards cannot be provided.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/03/2017 14:44:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno