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1454838

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Supply Teachers
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 proportion of agencies which provide supply teachers to schools in the UK are assessed as being regulated by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	148352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>All employment businesses based in Great Britain are regulated by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, part of BEIS, under the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003 (both as amended). Employment Business based in Northern Ireland are regulated by the Employment Agency Inspectorate, under The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (as amended).</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/04/2022 14:58:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1435554

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to people from (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) LGBT+ minorities and (c) religious minorities as a result of the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	129876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>We are concerned about credible reports of discrimination against people of African, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds amongst those seeking to leave Ukraine. The UK is committed to the principle of non-discrimination on any grounds, including on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or race. Combating violence and discrimination against minorities forms an important part of our wider international human rights work. We have pledged £220 million of aid, which includes £120 million of humanitarian assistance and deployed UK humanitarian experts to support Ukraine's neighbours, who are receiving and supporting refugees fleeing Ukraine, through providing logistics advice and analysis of needs on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 129877 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:53:01 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1435555

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is offering to people from (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) LGBT+ minorities and (c) religious minorities in the Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	129877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>We are concerned about credible reports of discrimination against people of African, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds amongst those seeking to leave Ukraine. The UK is committed to the principle of non-discrimination on any grounds, including on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or race. Combating violence and discrimination against minorities forms an important part of our wider international human rights work. We have pledged £220 million of aid, which includes £120 million of humanitarian assistance and deployed UK humanitarian experts to support Ukraine's neighbours, who are receiving and supporting refugees fleeing Ukraine, through providing logistics advice and analysis of needs on the ground.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 129876 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:53:01 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1434165

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local transport authorities meet their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 in relation to bus services.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	127536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) are responsible for complying with the obligations under the Equality Act and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in particular. The Department’s role includes influencing, enabling and encouraging LTAs to provide good bus services for everyone. The guidance to LTAs on developing their Local Transport Plans is being revised and will remind LTAs that they must actively pay regard to the PSED in relation to the provision of bus services.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 25/02/2022 14:42:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1434166

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish the statistics on the levels of musculoskeletal injuries experienced by (a) male and (b) female members of the British Army as at 22 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	127537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>In response to the request, between the dates 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021, <strong>472 per 1,000male</strong> (total male cases = 36,631) Regular Army personnel and <strong>569per 1,000 female</strong> (total female cases = 4,572) Regular Army personnel had a Read code for a musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) entered into their medical record.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 25/02/2022 14:30:50 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419084

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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	UN Committee On the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date the Government last submitted a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic State Report on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (ICERD) was submitted in 2016. The Government's interim response to recommendations was submitted in 2017.</p><p>The UK’s combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic report to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will be submitted shortly. The ICERD State Report is an invaluable opportunity for us to assess our work to combat racial disparities and discrimination since our last report in 2016</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 07/02/2022 17:51:29 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1419210

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	Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 81967 on Randox Laboratories, which of his Department's officials were present on the call of 9 April 2020 between the former Parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation and Randox Laboratory, broken down by civil service grade; whether any special adviser attended that call; and whether (a) an official or (b) a special adviser wrote the minute of that call, published by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	117048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Bethell) was supported by a private secretary at Higher Executive Officer grade who wrote the minute and by Dr Samantha Roberts, Director of Testing Supply at the National Testing Programme. Special advisers were not present.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/03/2022 12:36:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49456 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
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

1416792

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Delivery Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 65974 on Motor Vehicles: Delivery Services, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of food delivery companies on the use of motorcycle and moped-based delivery drivers, including inappropriate use of (a) cycle paths, (b) barriers and (c) cycle boxes at road junctions intended for use by cyclists only.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	112687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department has not had any discussions with food delivery companies on the use of motorcycle and moped-based delivery drivers.</p><p> </p><p>Employers have a duty to manage the risks of their work activities, and employees have a responsibility to drive safely and with consideration towards other road users. Motorcycle and moped riders, like other road users, are required to comply with road traffic law and may be fined, given penalty points on their licence or disqualified from driving if they disobey the legal requirements. If they do not adopt a responsible attitude or if their use of the highway creates an unsafe environment or causes nuisance, they may be committing a number of offences.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 31/01/2022 12:54:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds