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1433693

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date	21/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) the two new Violence Against Women and Girls Transport Champions who were announced in July 2021 have produced independent recommendations for his Department, as the Government committed would happen by January 2022 and (b) those recommendations will be published.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	126789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The DFT’s Violence Against Women and Girls Champions are still working on their independent recommendations. These recommendations will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 01/03/2022 17:35:53 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1433694

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to have robust policies on sexual misconduct in (a) its own policies on rail franchising agreements and (b) its advice to local authorities when letting their own public transport contracts.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	126790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The rail industry has an established work programme and sexual misconduct is a priority for British Transport Police. Our National Bus Strategy made clear that the highest safety standards will be upheld by the commissioners. Bus Service Improvement Plans should also demonstrate how Local Transport Authorities and bus operators will work together to ensure safety. In addition, taxi licensing authorities are completing reviews of their existing policies and the Department is supporting the Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill through Parliament. The Department is working closely with the Home Office on the cross-departmental strategy to address Violence Against Women and Girls.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/02/2022 11:18:51 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1433695

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to block pornography through public WiFi on public transport and prohibit this activity through individual internet connection when letting rail franchising agreements.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	126791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>In July 2018, Andrew Jones MP (former Minister for Rail) wrote to the Rail Delivery Group and urged train operators to sign up to the Friendly WiFi scheme to show they support blocking inappropriate material, including pornography, from being accessed while travelling on the rail network.</p><p>There are three companies who provide WiFi connectivity for trains, and in July 2019 we received confirmation that all three suppliers are signed up to the Friendly WiFi scheme.</p><p>There is no requirement for train operators to sign up to the scheme under franchise agreements.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/02/2022 11:17:07 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419263

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government last reviewed the recommendations of (a) the Equal Opportunities Commission’s 2006 report, Greater Expectations, on its investigation into discrimination against new and expectant mothers in the workplace and (b) subsequent reports by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Pregnancy and Maternity Related Discrimination and Disadvantage in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Equal Opportunities Commission’s Greater Expectations report and subsequently EHRC’s work, which was based on research jointly commissioned with the then Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, made a number of recommendations to respond to the risk and impact of pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has an active programme of work in this area. We have consulted and committed to introduce legislation to improve redundancy protections for pregnant women and new mothers. We will introduce this when Parliamentary time allows. We have also established a Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board comprising business representatives, family groups and the TUC. The Board is considering the information and guidance on pregnancy and maternity discrimination to ensure it continues to be relevant and is effective in supporting employers and employees.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/02/2022 14:53:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419264

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal cases related to alleged discrimination against new and expectant mothers were lodged in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The number of employment tribunal claims alleging discrimination against new and expectant mothers can be found in the Main Tables under Total number of receipts by jurisdiction on the Statistic Quarterly pages here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/02/2022 17:03:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419265

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to work with unions and industry groups to prepare example individual risk assessments for pregnant women and new mothers in different roles indicating the circumstances in which women should be suspended on full pay under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>Employers know their workplace and associated risks the best, and should discuss the individual circumstances with new and expectant mothers who work for them.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides guidance to employers on managing risk and how to complete a risk assessment for their business (<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/employer/risk-assessment.htm" target="_blank">Protecting new and expectant mothers at work - Risk assessment (hse.gov.uk)</a>). This guidance includes examples of common risks faced by new and expectant mothers. It also explains what to do if significant risks cannot be controlled, and where suspending workers on full pay may be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>HSE is working with unions and industry groups to ensure this guidance is up to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/02/2022 15:52:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419267

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the Health and Safety Executive public advice line has received in relation to new and expectant mothers in the workplace since it was reinstated during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has operated a concerns and advice telephone service since before the covid-19 pandemic. Concerns can also be submitted online.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last five financial years and current year to date, the total number of concerns reported to HSE related to the terms ‘pregnant’, ‘pregnancy’ and ‘new mother’ are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Pregnancy/New mother Related</p></td><td><p>Total Concerns Received</p></td><td><p>% of total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>22,497</p></td><td><p>0.74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>26,507</p></td><td><p>0.59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>29,476</p></td><td><p>0.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>32,490</p></td><td><p>0.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>46,103</p></td><td><p>0.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/YTD</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>19,904</p></td><td><p>0.52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/02/2022 15:47:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419268

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what formal enforcement action has been taken by the Health and Safety Executive against employers for breaching health and safety regulations in relation to new and expectant mothers since 24 September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) uses a range of enforcement tools to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation from advice through to enforcement notices and prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>HSE adopts the appropriate intervention techniques to regulating workplace health and safety legislation.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no improvement or prohibition notices issued or prosecutions taken since 24 September 2020 in relation to new and expectant mothers.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/02/2022 15:59:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419270

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Maternity Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trust maternity services offer pregnant women vaccinations in their antenatal clinics; and whether the NHS has plans to roll this out to all maternity services.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Pregnant women are offered vaccinations for flu, pertussis (whooping cough) and COVID-19. Data on the number of maternity services offering these vaccinations within antenatal clinics is not held centrally.</p><p>During the 2021/22 flu season, almost all trusts in England with maternity services can offer flu vaccinations to pregnant women. We aim to achieve 100% of trusts offering the vaccination in 2022/23. All general practitioner (GP) services and over 9,500 community pharmacists can offer flu vaccinations to pregnant women in the 2021/22 flu season.</p><p>All GP services offer pregnant women vaccination against pertussis as part of a national programme. It can also be offered by trusts with maternity services on a regionally commissioned basis, where uptake rates are otherwise lower.</p><p>To maximise uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in pregnancy, the National Health Service has worked with a range of stakeholders to support access to vaccination within the antenatal pathway. On 25 January 2022, maternity services and system vaccination leads were asked to ensure that every woman attending a maternity service has access to COVID-19 vaccinations within the maternity service or a walk-in vaccination service elsewhere on the same site.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/03/2022 17:04:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419272

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	Pregnancy: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to publish guidance for (a) employers and (b) pregnant workers on new and expectant mothers in the workplace during covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Advice for employers on managing the workplace during COVID-19 was published on 14 July 2021 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19</a></p><p>The Health and Safety Executive also provided guidance on working safely during the pandemic, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/index.htm</a></p><p>‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for pregnant employees’ was recently updated on 31 January 2022 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-pregnant-employees" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-pregnant-employees</a></p><p>This guidance also provides advice to employers on undertaking risk assessments for pregnant employees and regularly reviewing workplace conditions. The Health and Safety Executive also provided additional guidance for employers on protecting pregnant workers during the pandemic, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm#pregnant_workers" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/protect-people.htm#pregnant_workers</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/03/2022 17:08:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds