To date, our progress in implementing policy in line with Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals has led to a higher percentage of women on FTSE boards than ever before, ground-breaking regulations to close the gender pay gap, tax-free childcare entitlements, the introduction of shared parental leave, and an increase in flexible working opportunities. We have also developed a proactive violence against women and girls strategy which protects and supports victims and provided support to enable women from Northern Ireland to access abortion services in England.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-09-12T16:47:48.41Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "31"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Women and Equalities"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-09-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Females: Equality"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2018 to Question 160802 on Females: Equality, what progress her Department has made on meeting Sustainable Development Goal 5 by 2030; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4603", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Edgbaston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Preet Kaur Gill"} ], "uin" : "169661"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964816", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964816/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Individual departments are responsible for indicating in their Single Departmental Plans how their policies and programmes will contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and tracking their progress. A number of departments have cited policies and programmes which will contribute towards the delivery of Goal 5, in particular; the Departmental for International Development (and the Government Equalities Office), Cabinet Office and the Home Office.<\/p>
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