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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to combat the incidence of stroke in women. - (Holding answer 9 May 2001).
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to combat the incidence of stroke in women. - (Holding answer 9 May 2001).
Asked by
Helen Clark
(Labour)
Answered by
Yvette Cooper
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 May 2001
For answer on
11 May 2001
Answered on
11 May 2001
Mrs. Brinton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he is taking to combat the incidence of stroke in women.
[160541]
Yvette Cooper: [holding answer 9 May 2001]: Key risk factors for stroke include poor diet, smoking, obesity, alcohol misuse and
physical inactivity. The Department is taking action to address the incidence of stroke through the National Service Frameworks
(NSFs) for Coronary Heart Disease and Older People. Action is being taken forward to: improve access to healthy food through the
five-a-day programme and work with industry to reduce salt in food. provide National Health Service smoking cessation services
including dedicated services for pregnant smokers who want to give up. address alcohol misuse through the National Strategy to
Tackle Alcohol Misuse increase opportunities to exercise through the provision of services locally such as Exercise Referral
schemes.
The National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease has set a milestone that by April 2001, all NHS bodies, working closely
with local authorities, will have agreed and be contributing to delivery of local programmes on smoking, healthy eating, physical
activity and overweight and obesity.
Subjects
Women; Health services; Strokes
Date
11 May 2001
Reference
368 c399-400W; 160541
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many married women who previously chose to pay reduced national insurance contributions have opted to pay the full contributions in each year since 1997; and how much last year's information campaign aimed at these women cost. - Includes table. (Holding answer 3...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many married women who previously chose to pay reduced national insurance contributions have opted to pay the full contributions in each year since 1997; and how much last year's information campaign aimed at these women cost. - Includes table. (Holding answer 3...
Asked by
Lord Willetts
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 April 2001
For answer on
11 May 2001
Answered on
11 May 2001
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many married women who previously chose to pay reduced national insurance
contributions have opted to pay the full contributions in each year since 1997; and how much last year's information campaign aimed
at these women cost. [160232]
Dawn Primarolo: [holding answer 3 May 2001]: An estimate of the number of women opting to pay full-rate contributions in the years
identified, based on a 3 per cent. sample of our records is:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Number
6 April 1997 to 5 April 1998 17,200
6 April 1998 to 5 April 1999 14,700
6 April 1999 to 5 April 2000 4,800
6 April 2000 to 5 April 2001 3,300
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The Mailshot and publicity prompted a number of women to request state retirement pension forecasts. We dealt with 35,314 requests
between 2 October 2000 and 5 March 2001. As of 5 March 2001, we have issued 20,959 actual forecasts.
The cost of the campaign was approximately £32,000.
Subjects
Women; Workplace pensions; National insurance contributions; Publicity; Married people
Date
11 May 2001
Reference
368 c430-1W; 160232
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many women aged over 60 years have not claimed their state retirement pension. - Fact that information is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many women aged over 60 years have not claimed their state retirement pension. - Fact that information is not available.
Asked by
Lord Lyell of Markyate
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Rooker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 May 2001
For answer on
10 May 2001
Answered on
10 May 2001
Sir Nicholas Lyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many women aged over 60 years have not claimed their state
retirement pension. [160980]
Mr. Rooker: The information is not available in the format requested.
Subjects
Women; Pensions; State retirement pensions; Take-up
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
368 c321W; 160980
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the recommendations of the Prison Service "Searches on the Person" Review indicating the progress made in the implementation of each proposal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the recommendations of the Prison Service "Searches on the Person" Review indicating the progress made in the implementation of each proposal.
Asked by
Kevin McNamara
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 April 2001
For answer on
8 May 2001
Answered on
8 May 2001
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the recommendations of the Prison Service
"Searches on the Person" Review indicating the progress made in the implementation of each proposal. [159551]
Mr. Boateng: Six recommendations have been implemented in full, and the security manual has been updated accordingly. On another
seven recommendations, work has commenced towards full implementation. There are still three recommendations on which work has yet
to start.
The review recommendations will be considered when the security manual chapters on searching are reviewed by the security manual
project team. Given the importance of searching, it has been decided to review the searching chapter first.
Progress on the recommendations is as follows. The six recommendations implemented are:
1. For strip searches of menstruating women, issue further guidance that women should be allowed to remove and dispose of external
sanitary towels themselves and that a fresh towel should be provided.
2. Issue guidance to staff to allow pregnant, disabled, or elderly prisoners to sit down for as much of the search as possible
providing that this does not reduce the thoroughness and effectiveness of the search.
3. Post operative and bedridden prisoners and those who are in severe pain or have recently given birth should be strip searched
only in exceptional circumstances. When it is necessary to carry out such a strip search, the procedure should be modified on an ad
hoc basis to allow the least discomfort or intrusion. Searches should not be carried out if the healthcare professionals advise that
it is clinically unacceptable.
4. Issue guidance making it clear that gender is not a Genuine Occupational Qualification for cell searching, and explaining how to
involve opposite sex searchers.
5. Ensure managers set and communicate realistic targets for rub down searches, as part of the local searching strategy,
particularly during periods of high movement.
6. Guidance should be issued on when a prisoner may be in the "sight" of a person of the opposite sex, for the purposes of Prison
Rule 41(3) by way of amendment to the Security Manual.
Implementation has begun on the following recommendations:
1. Commission research to identify whether, and if so what, changes can be made in procedures for strip searching to improve its
effectiveness. The research should consider: the views of staff; their approach and demeanour while conducting strip searches;
prisoners' perceptions; and the gender, age and culture background of those searched.
A draft Business Case has been prepared which is awaiting approval.
2. Introduce procedures to ensure that new receptions understand they will be strip searched, and what is involved in the search.
The Prison Service Order on reception arrangements is being revised. When it is published, it will include further guidance on
searching arrangements.
3. Set aside resources within the research programme to evaluate existing and emerging technology to replace routine strip searching
when reliable and affordable equipment is available.
The Police Scientific Development Branch (PSDB) undertake this type of research for Security Group. This work forms part of the
research programme.
4. Ensure that statistical recording and monitoring of strip searches will be provided for in the future information and
communication technologies introduced throughout the Service.
This will be considered when the Prison Service prisoner database is upgraded.
5. When Prison Officer Initial Training (POINT) course is revised, include in the module for those working with under 18s material
that will ensure they are aware of ways in which searching, and the way they conduct searches, may affect young people.
POINT is being revised, and will be trialled. The additional considerations for searching under 18s will be included in the revised
training.
6. Young offender institutions (YOIs) that will continue to hold juveniles must revisit their searching strategies and make specific
provision for their under 18 units. Governors of prisons that are being re-roled to take only under 18s need to consider their whole
searching strategy de novo to ensure that it is suitable for the establishment's new role.
Searching strategies are agreed between governors and their Area Manager, and will be amended to comply with this requirement. The
appropriate section of the Security Manual and the security standard now need to be amended, so that governors will be audited
against this requirement.
7. Issue central guidance for prisons on how to react when a dog indicates the possible presence of drugs on a visitor.
A research project conducted by Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) reported recently. One of its recommendations was that
further guidance was needed in the light of its findings, and this work will be taken forward.
The three recommendations on which progress has yet to commence are:
1. Consider introducing the sideways stance for rub down searching of violent prisoners.
2. Cease the practice of randomly rub down searching official and professional visitors to category C and D prisons and to most
women's prisons and YOIs.
3. For legal representatives, draw a distinction between, on the one hand, barristers and those counted as solicitors for the
purposes of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), and on the other hand, those practising as legal advisers but not
counted as solicitors for the purposes of PACE. The latter should continue to be rub down searched as though they were domestic
visitors.
These recommendations will be picked up shortly as the Security Manual chapters on searching are reviewed.
Subjects
Codes of practice; Body searches; Women; Prisoners; Prisons; Young offenders; Research; Right of search; Prison visitors; Visits
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
368 c91-3W; 159551
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on women beneficiaries of the national minimum wage.
1st supplementary on women beneficiaries of the national minimum wage.
Asked by
Malcolm Savidge
(Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 May 2001
Subjects
Women; Minimum wage; Recipients; Scotland
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
368 c5-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
(Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Women; Minimum wage; Recipients; Scotland
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
368 c5-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, How many people in Scotland have benefited from the national minimum wage since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, How many people in Scotland have benefited from the national minimum wage since its introduction.
Asked by
Malcolm Savidge
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
(Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 April 2001
For answer on
8 May 2001
Answered on
8 May 2001
Subjects
Women; Minimum wage; Recipients; Scotland
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
368 c5-6; 159290
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what obstacles remain to his signing the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what obstacles remain to his signing the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Asked by
Kevin McNamara
(Labour)
Answered by
John Battle
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 May 2001
For answer on
8 May 2001
Answered on
8 May 2001
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what obstacles remain to his signing the Optional
Protocol to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. [160322]
Mr. Battle: The UK ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1986 and is fully
committed to its implementation. The Optional Protocol to the Convention was opened for signature on 10 December 1999. In 1999,
following a review of our obligations under international human rights treaties, the Government concluded that priority should be
given to the Human Rights Act 1998. The Government would prefer to give the Act, which has been fully in force only since 2 October
2000, longer to bed down before returning to the question of whether our citizens need an avenue of complaint to the UN human rights
committees. The Home Secretary has said in a recent letter to the Law Society that we can return to the issue later in the year, but
cannot give a precise timetable just yet.
Subjects
Women; Equality; EU countries; Treaties; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
160322; 368 c3W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will update his estimate based on the Family Resources Survey 1998-99 of (a) median pensioner incomes, excluding means-tested benefits, by age, sex and marital status, consistent with his Answer of 8th February 2000, Official Report, 344 c128W, on pensions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will update his estimate based on the Family Resources Survey 1998-99 of (a) median pensioner incomes, excluding means-tested benefits, by age, sex and marital status, consistent with his Answer of 8th February 2000, Official Report, 344 c128W, on pensions...
Asked by
Steve Webb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Rooker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 May 2001
For answer on
8 May 2001
Answered on
8 May 2001
Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update his estimate based on the Family Resources Survey
1998-99 of (a) median pensioner incomes, excluding means-tested benefits, by age, sex and marital status, consistent with his answer
of 8 February 2000, Official Report, column 128W, on pensions and (b) the size of each group. [160282]
Mr. Rooker: I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave to this question on 16 November 2000, Official Report, column 790W.
Subjects
Age; Women; Income; Pensioners; Pensions; Men; Married people; Single people
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
160282; 368 c8W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
(Labour)
Asked by
Malcolm Savidge
(Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, How many people in Scotland have benefited from the national minimum wage since its introduction.
Subjects
Women; Minimum wage; Recipients; Scotland
Date
8 May 2001
Reference
368 c5-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teachers commenced the National Qualifications for Headteachers course in (a) April 2000 and (b) January 2001, broken down by (i) Government Office region, (ii) gender and (iii) ethnic background in each recruitment cycle, from (A) primary, (B) secondary,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many teachers commenced the National Qualifications for Headteachers course in (a) April 2000 and (b) January 2001, broken down by (i) Government Office region, (ii) gender and (iii) ethnic background in each recruitment cycle, from (A) primary, (B) secondary,...
Asked by
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Morris of Yardley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 April 2001
For answer on
3 May 2001
Answered on
3 May 2001
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many teachers commenced the National Qualifications
for Headteachers course in (a) April 2000 and (b) January 2001, broken down by (i) Government Office region, (ii) gender and (iii)
ethnic background in each recruitment cycle, from (A) primary, (B) secondary, including middle schools where appropriate, and (C)
special schools; and how many in each of (a) and (b) (1) have completed the course, (2) are continuing with the qualification and
(3) have withdrawn; [159916]
(2) if he will make a statement on the collection and collation of data on the ethnic background of those teachers who start the
National Qualification for Headteachers course. [159917]
Ms Estelle Morris: The table sets out the number of candidates on the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) who
were recruited during the last two application rounds and began their training in the spring term of 2000 (cohort 7, old model NPQH)
and the spring term of 2001 (cohort 1, new model NPQH). The figures are broken down into the categories requested by NPQH region.
The NPQH regions are similar to but do not precisely mirror Government Office boundaries.
The Government collect data on the ethnic background of NPQH applicants through the NPQH application form. Applicants are not bound
to provide these data and, as a result, current analysis is not statistically meaningful.
The Government are concerned to ensure that all groups have an equal opportunity to prepare for headship and have improved the way
that data are collected. They have asked the National College for School Leadership to develop strategies to ensure that currently
under- represented groups increasingly apply for and progress through the NPQH.
National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) Candidate statistics
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
School phase/type
Primary Secondary Special Other Total
Cohort 7 Old Model NPQH (Spring 2000)
NPQH Candidates by region{ 1}
East Midlands 59 38 3 6 106
East 37 28 2 4 71
London 62 39 5 17 123
North 38 29 1 2 70
North West 50 45 14 7 116
South Central 71 34 7 0 112
South East 56 41 2 5 104
South West 49 22 0 1 72
West Midlands 48 35 0 1 84
Yorks and Humberside 44 32 8 3 87
Region unspecified 28 15 2 6 51
Total 542 358 44 52 996
Gender
Male 136 201 15 21 373
Female 406 157 29 31 623
Total 542 358 44 52 996
Candidate status
Completed NPQH 70 85 7 11 173
Currently studying 407 224 33 31 715
Withdrawn 65 29 4 10 108
Total 542 358 44 52 996
Cohort 1 New Model NPQH (Spring 2001)
NPQH Candidates by region{ 1}
East Midlands 175 88 13 -- 276
East 189 106 9 -- 304
London 214 124 25 -- 363
North 141 59 13 -- 213
North West 200 111 20 -- 331
South Central 206 116 14 -- 337
South East 205 82 16 -- 303
South West 150 70 8 -- 228
West Midlands 150 94 15 2 261
Yorks & Humberside 161 79 12 -- 252
Total 1,792 929 145 2 2,868
Gender
Male 427 503 57 1 988
Female 1,365 426 88 1 1,880
Total 1,792 929 145 2 2,868
Candidate status{ 2}
Currently studying 1,724 906 141 3 2,774
Withdrawn 67 24 3 0 94
Total 1,792 929 145 2 2,868
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} The 10 NPQH Regions do not tally precisely with Government Office regions. {2} No candidates have yet completed NPQH from cohort
1 as the minimum course length is six months.
Subjects
Women; Headteachers; Ethnic groups; Qualifications; Staff; Primary education; Men; Special educational needs; Training; Secondary education; National professional qualification for headship
Date
3 May 2001
Reference
367 c726-8W;367 c726-7W; 159916;159917
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, What response he has received to the representations made by the Government to the Pakistani authorities on 22nd March concerning the kidnap and rape of Naira Nadia. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, What response he has received to the representations made by the Government to the Pakistani authorities on 22nd March concerning the kidnap and rape of Naira Nadia. (Failed OPQ)
Asked by
Andy King
(Labour)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 April 2001
For answer on
1 May 2001
Answered on
1 May 2001
Mr. Andy King: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response he has received to the
representations made by the Government to the Pakistani authorities on 22 March concerning the kidnap and rape of Naira Nadia.
[158632]
Mr. Wilson: We understand that charges have now been brought against three men and a woman in the Lahore High court in relation to
the Naira Nadia case. The first hearing was on 19 April. The hearing has been adjourned until 22 May to give the police more time to
complete their investigations.
We will continue to monitor the court proceedings closely.
Subjects
Crimes of violence; Women; Rape; Pakistan; Christianity; Nadia, Naira
Date
1 May 2001
Reference
367 c579W; 158632
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by region, the percentage of senior managerial and clinical posts held by women. - Including table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by region, the percentage of senior managerial and clinical posts held by women. - Including table.
Asked by
Helen Jones
(Labour)
Answered by
John Denham
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 April 2001
For answer on
30 April 2001
Answered on
30 April 2001
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, by region, the percentage of senior managerial and clinical
posts held by women. [158885]
Mr. Denham: The percentage of senior managerial staff and medical and dental consultants in National Health Service hospital and
community health services (HCHS) held by women in each regional office area in England as at September 2000 is shown in the table.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Female (percentage)
England
Consultants 23
Senior managers 48
Eastern
Consultants 22
Senior managers 48
London
Consultants 29
Senior managers 54
North West
Consultants 20
Senior managers 49
Northern and Yorkshire
Consultants 20
Senior managers 42
South East
Consultants 23
Senior managers 53
South Western
Consultants 20
Senior managers 47
Trent
Consultants 19
Senior managers 48
West Midlands
Consultants 19
Senior managers 45
Other
Consultants 43
Senior managers 28
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Notes: 1. Percentages were calculated from numbers of staff expressed as headcount. 2. "Other" includes staff employed by special
health authorities, other statutory authorities and other centrally based services. Source: Department of Health workforce census.
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.
Subjects
Women; Employment; Health services; NHS; Managers; Staff
Date
30 April 2001
Reference
367 c508W;367 c508-9W; 158885
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives of (a) NHS trusts and (b) health authorities are women; and what proportion of such posts these figures represent. - Including fact that this information is not yet available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives of (a) NHS trusts and (b) health authorities are women; and what proportion of such posts these figures represent. - Including fact that this information is not yet available.
Asked by
Helen Jones
(Labour)
Answered by
John Denham
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 April 2001
For answer on
30 April 2001
Answered on
30 April 2001
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many chief executives of (a) NHS trusts and (b) health authorities are
women; and what proportion of such posts these figures represent. [158886]
Mr. Denham: This information is not yet available. The Department has undertaken a survey of executive directors in the National
Health Service and the results of the survey will be available shortly. The NHS is committed to employing a diverse workforce and
this diversity should be reflected at all levels. The NHS has a target for representation of women at executive director level of 40
per cent. by 2004.
Subjects
Women; Equality; Health services; Health authorities; Managers; NHS trusts; Staff
Date
30 April 2001
Reference
367 c509W; 158886
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women sent to prison in England and Wales during the last 12 months had children under the age of five years at the time they were sentenced. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women sent to prison in England and Wales during the last 12 months had children under the age of five years at the time they were sentenced. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Tom Cox
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 April 2001
For answer on
27 April 2001
Answered on
27 April 2001
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women sent to prison in England and Wales during the last 12
months had children under the age of five years at the time they were sentenced. [158386]
Mr. Boateng: Details of the number and ages of children are not recorded on the Prison Service's Inmate Information System. However
a survey to determine the level of demand for places in mother and baby units was undertaken in October 2000. Provisional results
from the survey show that there were approximately 380 female prisoners with children aged under the age of five. The total female
prison population at the end of October 2000 was 3,433.
Subjects
Children; Women; Prisoners; Prison accommodation
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
158386; 367 c439-40W
House
House of Commons
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the publicity campaign run by his Department in 2000 aimed at women who held a valid election to pay national insurance contributions at the reduced rate. - Including figures and ref to Inland Revenue Press Release...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the publicity campaign run by his Department in 2000 aimed at women who held a valid election to pay national insurance contributions at the reduced rate. - Including figures and ref to Inland Revenue Press Release...
Asked by
Steve Webb
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Primarolo
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 April 2001
For answer on
27 April 2001
Answered on
27 April 2001
Mr. Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the publicity campaign run by his Department in 2000
aimed at women who held a valid election to pay National Insurance contributions at the reduced rate. [159224]
Dawn Primarolo: An Inland Revenue Press Release published on 29 September 2000 provided details of the letter which was issued
throughout October 2000 to around 250,000 women who had previously elected to pay reduced rate National Insurance contributions. The
letter informed them of changes to the structure of employee National Insurance contributions introduced from April 2000 and advised
them to consider their elections in light of these changes but taking into account their own particular circumstances. A dedicated
helpline was set up to provide further information and assistance and some 63,000 telephone inquiries were received.
Subjects
Women; Inland Revenue; National insurance contributions; Publicity
Date
27 April 2001
Reference
367 c433W; 159224
House
House of Commons
What were the tests carried out for the possible employment of women in armoured regiments and infantry battalions; how many women started these tests; how many completed these tests; on what the tests were based; and how they were analysed. [HL 1795]. - Inc figure and fact that will write.
What were the tests carried out for the possible employment of women in armoured regiments and infantry battalions; how many women started these tests; how many completed these tests; on what the tests were based; and how they were analysed. [HL 1795]. - Inc figure and fact that will write.
Asked by
Lord Vivian
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
26 April 2001
Answered on
26 April 2001
Subjects
Armed forces; Army; Women; Employment; Recruitment
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
HL 1795; 624 c236WA
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, What steps he is taking to promote the policy of equal pay for equal work. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, What steps he is taking to promote the policy of equal pay for equal work. (Failed OPQ)
Asked by
Jim Fitzpatrick
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Jowell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 April 2001
For answer on
26 April 2001
Answered on
26 April 2001
Mr. Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps he is taking to promote the policy of equal
pay for equal work. [157921]
Ms Jowell: The pay gap between men and women's full-time hourly earnings has halved since the introduction of the Equal Pay Act. But
women still earn only 82p for £1 a man earns. This is because of discrimination and the fact that most women are still concentrated
in low paid, important but unskilled jobs.
We are acting on a number of fronts to make equality law work better for women, and to tackle the culture of low expectation, low
pay and no pay. Denise Kingsmill is leading the women's employment and pay review. We have appointed fair pay champions from
business, public sector and trade unions. We have introduced the Castle Awards for exemplary employers. We are funding the EOC to
develop pay reviews.
The Government will set a lead and will be the first to audit equal pay of men and women.
Subjects
Women; Employment; Equality; Gender; Equal pay; Pay; Reform
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
367 c351W; 157921
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, What the remit is of the Women's Employment and Pay Review. (Failed OPQ)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, What the remit is of the Women's Employment and Pay Review. (Failed OPQ)
Asked by
Gareth Thomas
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Baroness Jowell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 April 2001
For answer on
26 April 2001
Answered on
26 April 2001
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the remit is of the Women's Employment and Pay
Review. [157934]
Ms Jowell: The Women's Employment and Pay Review, led by Denise Kingsmill, Deputy Chair of the Competition Commission, will examine
ways to increase diversity and flexibility of the labour market, for example through high value part-time and flexible working
arrangements such as job shares, term-time contracts and contracts for `job-pools'. It will look to produce a strategy for the
promotion and implementation of voluntary pay reviews by all employers to ensure pay equality within their organisations. The review
will advocate the benefits to business of voluntary pay audits and will work in collaboration with the EOC and employer and trade
union representatives to help build support for a voluntary approach. It will identify further areas where understanding and
awareness of existing equality law can be increased among employers and female employees. The review will draw on experiences of
good practice both in the UK and internationally. Ministers across Government will be available to assist the review, but the work
will be autonomous.
We aim for the review to be completed by the end of October. The final report will include non-legislative and cost-effective
proposals to improve women's employment prospects and participation in the labour market, taking account of the Government's
Work-Life Balance Campaign. Denise Kingsmill will present her report to the conference on Women's Employment, Pay and Prospects in
December.
Subjects
Women; Employment; Pay; Reviews; Labour market
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
367 c355-6W; 157934
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staffing level is of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) support staff in the medical facility at HMP Holloway; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staffing level is of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) support staff in the medical facility at HMP Holloway; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Jeremy Corbyn
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 April 2001
For answer on
26 April 2001
Answered on
26 April 2001
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the staffing level is of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c)
support staff in the medical facility at HMP Holloway; and what the equivalent figures were for each of the last five years.
[158982]
Mr. Boateng: As of 24 April 2001, there were (a) three doctors, (b) 43 nurses and (c) 26 support staff employed in Holloway's health
care centre. On the same date last year, the equivalent figures were (a) four doctors, (b) 50 nurses and (c) 41 support staff.
Information for previous years is not available. While there are staffing difficulties at Holloway, due to a number of factors, it
should be noted that in November last year, the detoxification and post-detoxification treatment facilities were removed from the
health care centre to separate units, reducing the number of health care centre beds from 92 to 27.
Subjects
Women; Health services; Prisons; Staff; HMP/YOI Holloway
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
158982; 367 c381-2W
House
House of Commons