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1536179

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Medical Examiners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has made an equalities impact assessment of its proposed introduction of the statutory medical examiner system from April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	901844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In its assessment of the impact on equality of these measures, DHSC has concluded that the policy for death certification reform and the introduction of medical examiners should not lead to any unlawful discrimination, harassment or victimisation of any particular group defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 26/10/2022 16:11:00 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1536180

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Gender Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment the Government has made of trends in the levels of violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	901845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Police data does not provide a fully reliable picture of trends of Violence Against Women and Girls. These crimes are often hidden and can go unreported to the police.</p><p>Pleasingly, levels of reporting have gone up. This may be in part be due to improvements in recording practices, but also because victims and survivors are more comfortable in coming forward.</p><p> </p><p>We want to see these increases, so the victims and survivors can be supported so more perpetrators are rightly brought to justice.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/10/2022 16:29:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1536182

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Females: Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential correlation between the cost and availability of childcare provision and women’s incomes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	901848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to improving the cost, choice, and availability of childcare. We continue to look at ways to make childcare more affordable and to encourage families to use government-funded support they are entitled to.</p><p>In assessing the impact of its free childcare entitlements, the department regularly reviews the impact on parents from a range of different research publications. This includes the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/familiesandthelabourmarketengland/2021" target="_blank">Families and the Labour Market</a> release (from the Office for National Statistics) and the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents" target="_blank">Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents</a>.</p><p>As part of the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents" target="_blank">Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents</a>, we also regularly ask parents about the effect that 30 hours free childcare has on families, including their ability to work. Almost 2 in 5 families using the 30 hours offer said that without the entitlement they would work fewer hours.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 26/10/2022 12:52:36 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1536183

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Cost of Living: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the cost of living crisis on survivors of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	901849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is a priority for this Government and ensuring all victims and survivors of this heinous crime get the support they need.</p><p>It’s concerning increases in the cost of living may exacerbate risk factors which Women’s Aid have highlighted, and the Home Office is looking to act on.</p><p>The Government’s Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan commits £230m to <ins class="ministerial">tackling domestic abuse</ins> <del class="ministerial">this issue</del>, including a focus of over £140m to work to <ins class="ministerial">support victims, and will establish trials of a ‘flexible fund’, which charities could use to provide extra money to victims and survivors.</ins> <del class="ministerial">establish a ‘flexible fund’ which can be directed to helping those most in need</del>.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 26/10/2022 16:30:59 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2022 11:08:22 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines previous answer version 27885 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1536184

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Women: New Businesses
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 support female entrepreneurs.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
uin	901850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the skills, innovation and talents of female entrepreneurs. That’s why this Government launched a Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce in May 2022, led by Anne Boden of Starling Bank and with a membership of some of this country’s most successful female entrepreneurs.</p><p>It will use its convening power to influence high-growth investors, raise the aspirations of the next generation and work to stimulate regional funding opportunities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 13:04:24 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1536185

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Government's plans for a Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Dame Maria Miller
uin	901851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to improving sexual and reproductive health in England and will set out our plans in due course. We have already taken great steps forward in the last year.</p><p>In December we published an HIV Action Plan, reflecting our commitment to zero new HIV transmissions, AIDS and HIV-related deaths by 2030. And this summer, we published a Women’s Health Strategy, which is being aligned with our broader work to improve sexual and reproductive health.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 26/10/2022 16:12:01 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1535617

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Conditions of Employment: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential revocation of EU workers’ rights regulations.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	901821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has one of the best workers’ rights records in the world. Our high standards were never dependent on our membership of the EU and this Government has raised domestic standards in recent years, while also retaining important flexibilities for employers which benefit the economy and wider labour market.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 16:19:51 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1535618

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support medical research charities.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	901822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>I recognise the important role medical research charities play in saving lives.</p><p> </p><p>We announced £20 million in 2021/22 to support the vital work of medical research charities and develop a pipeline of early career researchers in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/10/2022 11:45:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1535619

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Hydrogen: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of research at Swansea University on the production of green hydrogen from off-peak renewables and recycled plastic.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	901824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government welcomes research into waste-to-hydrogen technologies. We have stretching ambitions for low carbon hydrogen production in the UK and our innovation and deployment support is designed to bring forward multiple production technologies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/10/2022 11:46:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1535620

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage entrepreneurship and (b) support small business expansion.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	901825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting SMEs through exemption of new regulations where possible. This exemption was recently extended to businesses with up to 500 employees, potentially reducing red tape and bureaucracy for up to 40,000 more businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank is supporting over £12.2bn of finance to over 96,000 SMEs. Schemes include Start-Up Loans and the Recovery Loan Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also acted to reverse the National Insurance rise, which will save small businesses £4,200 on average.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 11:47:07 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood