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1519622

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the gender pay gap was by ethnicity in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	60033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>ONS last published data on the average (median) hourly pay differences between men and women in different ethnic groups in 2019 from the Annual Population Survey.</p><p>Pay differences between men and women vary by ethnic groups. While in most ethnic groups men earn more than women on average per hour, that is not the case in the Arab, Bangladeshi or black Caribbean ethnic groups.</p><p>Where men earn more than women, the largest pay difference is for people from the Indian ethnic group, where men earn £4.10 more per hour on average. This is higher than the difference for the white British ethnic group, where men earn £2.57 more per hour.</p><p><strong>Median hourly pay, 17 ethnic groups by sex, England and Wales, 2019</strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Difference between Male and Female pay (male minus female)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arab</p></td><td><p>£12.49</p></td><td><p>£12.10</p></td><td><p>-£0.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladeshi</p></td><td><p>£10.60</p></td><td><p>£10.41</p></td><td><p>-£0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Caribbean</p></td><td><p>£12.09</p></td><td><p>£12.03</p></td><td><p>-£0.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other black / African / Caribbean background</p></td><td><p>£11.53</p></td><td><p>£12.28</p></td><td><p>£0.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Irish</p></td><td><p>£16.93</p></td><td><p>£17.80</p></td><td><p>£0.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other ethnic group</p></td><td><p>£11.11</p></td><td><p>£12.03</p></td><td><p>£0.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Asian background</p></td><td><p>£11.06</p></td><td><p>£12.16</p></td><td><p>£1.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other white (including Gypsy Traveller)</p></td><td><p>£10.95</p></td><td><p>£12.07</p></td><td><p>£1.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other mixed / multiple ethnic background</p></td><td><p>£12.07</p></td><td><p>£13.28</p></td><td><p>£1.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black African</p></td><td><p>£10.92</p></td><td><p>£12.13</p></td><td><p>£1.21</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>£10.10</p></td><td><p>£11.43</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and Asian</p></td><td><p>£12.50</p></td><td><p>£14.43</p></td><td><p>£1.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p>£11.21</p></td><td><p>£13.78</p></td><td><p>£2.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and black African</p></td><td><p>£10.13</p></td><td><p>£12.82</p></td><td><p>£2.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and black Caribbean</p></td><td><p>£9.71</p></td><td><p>£12.76</p></td><td><p>£3.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>£14.16</p></td><td><p>£18.05</p></td><td><p>£3.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>£12.39</p></td><td><p>£16.49</p></td><td><p>£4.10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Office for National Statistics, Annual Population Survey 2019</p><p>The original data referred to in this answer and further information is available on the ONS website at the following location: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/articles/ethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain/2019#pay-gaps-by-sex" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/articles/ethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain/2019#pay-gaps-by-sex</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 13/10/2022 08:58:31 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1507588

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
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: Cabinet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Departments policies of the Minister for Women not attending Cabinet; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	54638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Equalities’ role represents all aspects of the women and equalities portfolio in Cabinet. Gender equality remains part of this portfolio – this was confirmed by the Prime Minister’s spokesperson shortly after the appointment of the Minister for Equalities.</p><p>The Cabinet role will be supported by the Minister for Women and the equalities Lords Minister.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/10/2022 08:51:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1490255

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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	Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9997 on Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board, when his Department plans to respond to emails from the hon. Member for Oxford East requesting copies of minutes from the Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	38814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department responds to requests for information using the Freedom of Information or Environmental Information Regulations. The Department is preparing the information, requested by the hon. Member for Oxford East in response to their request, for safe release. This will be issued shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 22/07/2022 10:36:18 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt previous answer version 15089 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1488748

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Ukrainian national on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme without a Ukrainian passport who holds a Form for Affixing a Visa which has now expired is able to travel to the UK on their expired visa.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	36096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>UKVI would not normally issue a visa on a Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV) to someone who has a passport or travel document valid for travel to the UK.</p><p>Yet to avoid delaying Ukraine Scheme applicants’ travel to the UK, it has been agreed UKVI not reissue the visa in the new passport and will allow them to travel with the visa still attached to a Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV), to be carried alongside their valid passport.</p><p>A Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV) with an expired visa is no longer valid for travel.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 36097 question first answered 25/07/2022 09:38:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1488749

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Ukrainian national on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme who has been issued a visa on the form for affixing a visa FAV can be issued with a permission to travel letter if they subsequently obtain a Ukrainian passport.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	36097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>UKVI would not normally issue a visa on a Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV) to someone who has a passport or travel document valid for travel to the UK.</p><p>Yet to avoid delaying Ukraine Scheme applicants’ travel to the UK, it has been agreed UKVI not reissue the visa in the new passport and will allow them to travel with the visa still attached to a Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV), to be carried alongside their valid passport.</p><p>A Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV) with an expired visa is no longer valid for travel.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 36096 question first answered 25/07/2022 09:38:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1488390

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Select Committee's Fourth Special Report of Session 2021–22, Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report, HC154, what changes were made to the provision of wellbeing and healthcare support for servicewomen following the ‘six-month sprint’ to accelerate new Women’s Health Policies mentioned in that Response.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	35043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 June 2022 to Question 14581 to the hon. Member for Barnsley East (Stephanie Peacock).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/07/2022 13:33:50 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty attachment 1 file name UIN 14581.docx title Armed Forces: Females
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1488399

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's response to the Defence Committee’s Second Report, Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life, published on 2 December 2021, when the Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Defence (Lords) have met representatives of servicewomen’s networks; and what the focus of those meetings was.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	35046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State personally tested the Ministry of Defence's response with the Defence Service Women's Networks to ensure the important issues highlighted by the Report were comprehensively addressed and that no opportunity was missed to bring about meaningful and enduring change.</p><p>The Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Defence (Lords) are both committed to regularly meeting with representatives of our Servicewomen's Networks to understand the impact of changes being made and to enable our servicewomen to hold us to account and to identify opportunities for further continuous improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/07/2022 13:28:56 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1488451

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s response to the Defence Sub-Committee’s report, Women in the Armed Forces: From Recruitment to Civilian Life, published on 2 December 2021, whether the review of policy to strengthen levers available to dismiss or discharge those who are found to have committed sexual offences or unacceptable sexual behaviour has completed.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	35047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's 'Zero Tolerance to Sexual Offending and Sexual Relationships Between in Instructors and Trainees' policy came into force on 31 March 2022. Under this policy, all Service persons who are convicted of a sexual offence, or who are placed on the Sex Offenders Register, will be dismissed from the Armed Forces. Further policies to address other unacceptable sexual behaviours will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/07/2022 13:23:53 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1484901

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average number of hours of literacy teaching received per pupil in each year of Key Stage One.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	27729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department does not collect primary school curriculum data in the annual school workforce census and so there is no data available on the average number of hours of literacy teaching received per key stage 1 pupil. The school workforce census collects information on teaching in a sample of secondary schools and this information is published in our national statistics, the latest of which refers to the November 2021 census, and is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 17:52:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1467260

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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: Safe to Be Me Conference
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish an estimate of the number of hours worked by officials in her Department in preparation for Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	11845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>We announced our decision to cancel Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference on 6 April 2022. At the time of cancellation, there were 9.25 FTE staff within the International LGBT team in the Cabinet Office who were working on the Conference full time with oversight from a Deputy Director. The Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office worked closely together to deliver the Conference.</p><p>The request to publish details of each meeting held in preparation for the Conference and the number of staff present at those meetings can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Conference was being prepared over the course of several years and until the time of cancellation, the Conference team held numerous meetings with key stakeholders within and outside of government, and through international networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 11846 question first answered 08/06/2022 08:11:39 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds