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1488605

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to prevent hate crimes against LGBT+ people.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	901084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes all hate crimes seriously, and we have robust laws to respond to them. Whilst police recorded hate crimes targeting LGBT communities have increased, the biggest driver for this is improvements in police recording and the increased willingness of victims to come forward.</p><p>However, we are not complacent about these abhorrent crimes. We will continue to work with the police and stakeholders to understand what more can be done, and we will shortly respond to the Law Commission’s recent review of hate crime laws.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/07/2022 13:48:41 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1488606

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Higher Education: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Education to help ensure that the proportion of white state-school educated students obtaining a place in higher education is raised to the same proportion as mixed heritage, Black, Asian and Chinese students.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	901085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>There are still under-represented groups who are struggling to access Higher Education (HE), including white, working-class males.</p><p>Prior attainment is a key determinant of successful participation in HE.  When we account for this, we see reductions in the gaps between the most and least advantaged groups.</p><p>That is why we are refocusing the entire access and participation regime to drive up standards throughout the system – and we are asking universities to take a more direct role in doing this.</p><p>We are asking universities to raise standards in schools and colleges, offer flexible and skills-related courses, tackle drop-out rates, and support students throughout university and graduation into meaningful employment.</p><p>To increase aspiration and attainment a far greater focus needs to be placed on activities which benefit students, including summer schools, programmes of intervention in schools and targeted bursaries to assist with living costs.</p><p>An investment of up to £75 million has been announced to create a National Scholarship Scheme which will support high achieving disadvantaged students to reach their full potential.</p> answering member constituency Bassetlaw answering member printed Brendan Clarke-Smith question first answered 13/07/2022 13:31:04 answering member 4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1488607

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Miscarriage: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to support women who have a miscarriage.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	901086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>Every pregnancy loss is a tragedy, and ensuring grieving families have access to the support they need is one of my highest priorities. Mental health services around England are being expanded to include new mental health “hubs” for new, expectant or bereaved mothers. These will offer physical health checks and psychological therapy in one building. We have funded SANDs, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity to work with other baby loss charities and Royal Colleges to produce and support the roll-out of a National Bereavement Care Pathway to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/07/2022 16:29:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1488608

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Mothers: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to improve support for self-employed mothers who have children through surrogacy arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	901087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Law Commissions of England &amp; Wales and Scotland plan to publish the report of their long-standing review of UK surrogacy legislation in November 2022. Upon receipt, the Government will consider the timetable for introducing this to Parliament for pre-legislative scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/07/2022 16:00:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1488609

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Spiking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to tackle spiking.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	901088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>In recent months, we have been specifically focused on preparedness at summer events to prevent and respond to spiking incidents. The government has been working closely with the police, and the festivals and outdoor events sector to ensure that action is taken to protect potential victims and deter would be offenders.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/07/2022 13:51:29 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1488610

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
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	Equality: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that new technologies are deployed in accordance with equalities legislation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	901089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>In its recently published Strategic Plan 2022 to 2025, the Equality and Human Rights Commission singled out digital services and artificial intelligence as one of its strategic priorities. The Commission intends to intervene where necessary to ensure that people are protected from discrimination online, just as they must be in more traditional settings.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/07/2022 13:53:05 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1488236

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on advertising:</p><p><strong>(a) 2020 - </strong>£72,110</p><p><strong>(b) 2021 - </strong>£26,353</p><p><strong>(c) January-May 2022 - </strong>£19,572</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 14/07/2022 09:13:50 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487430

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Composite Materials: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of hempcrete buildings on levels of indoor air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	32460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>I am not aware of government research carried out to specifically measure the effects of hempcrete on indoor air pollution levels.</p><p>To comply with the Building Regulations, new buildings must meet minimum ventilation requirements. Statutory guidance for the Building Regulations ventilation requirements is given in Approved Document F. Approved Document F gives guidance on the maximum levels of indoor air pollutants in buildings. The regulations are technology neutral, and alternative approaches to meeting the requirement for adequate ventilation can be used so long as it can be demonstrated to the Building Control Body that the building meets all relevant parts of the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/07/2022 15:06:31 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 12345 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1487813

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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	Sodium Hypochlorite: Shortages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency plans her Department has in place to support the Health and Safety Executive in the event that the shortage of sodium hypochlorite continues.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	33714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer my Honourable Friend to the answer I gave on 12<sup>th</sup> July to her previous question, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-07/32479" target="_blank">UIN 32479</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/07/2022 13:12:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1487816

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email correspondence of 31 March and 25 April 2022 from the office of the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth regarding an asylum application.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	33801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 12 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/07/2022 08:53:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury