Claire Coutinho MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Race Equality Engagement Group: Conflict of InterestsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57730More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether members of the Race Equality Engagement Group will subject to an assessment of any (a) potential and (b) actual conflicts of interest.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Race Equality Engagement Group: PayWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57729More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the members of the Race Equality Engagement Group will be remunerated.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Race Equality Engagement Group: StaffWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57728More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full time equivalent civil service staff will be allocated to support the work of the Race Equality Engagement Group.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Race Equality Engagement GroupWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57727More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to publish terms of reference for the Race Equality Engagement Group.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Race Equality Engagement Group: Public AppointmentsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57726More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to announce the members of the Race Equality Engagement Group.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Race Equality Engagement Group: Public AppointmentsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57725More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what process will be used to appoint members of the Race Equality Engagement Group.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Race Equality Engagement Group: Public AppointmentsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57724More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what process was used to appoint Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon as Chair of the Race Equality Engagement Group.
Answer: The appointment process for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon and the other members of the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) was informal ministerial appointment, by invitation, following appropriate due diligence checks.This government will publish the ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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Gender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23178More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will direct her Department to share all submissions received for the call for input on single-sex spaces with the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Answer: The Government has written to the EHRC to confirm that we will share all the submissions which met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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Gender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22988More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21052 on Gender: Public Consultation, if she will publish the submissions to the call for input on single-sex spaces which were determined not to meet the c
Answer: The Government has written to the EHRC to confirm that we will share all the submissions with them which met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance in due course.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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Gender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22987More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21052 on Gender: Public Consultation, if she will publish the submissions to the call for input on single-sex spaces which were determined to have met the s
Answer: The Government has written to the EHRC to confirm that we will share all the submissions with them which met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance in due course.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
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GenderWomen and EqualitiesTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22701More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish all submissions to the call for input on single-sex spaces that were determined to have misinterpreted the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The submissions to the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance which seem to have misinterpreted the Equality Act 2010 have been sent to the EHRC, as the relevant independent regulator, for further review.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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Gender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21052More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Response to call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, published on 17 December 2024, if she will publish (a) a list of reasons for submissions being rejected for not meeting the submi
Answer: The call for input on single-sex spaces guidance asked specifically for examples of policy or guidance ‘which states that people have a legal right to access single-sex spaces and services according to their self-identified gender’.A total of 3,272 respon...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
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Gender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21051More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the her Department's publication eneitled Response to call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, published 17 December 2024, how many submissions were received in total.
Answer: The call for input on single-sex spaces guidance asked specifically for examples of policy or guidance ‘which states that people have a legal right to access single-sex spaces and services according to their self-identified gender’.A total of 3,272 respon...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
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Gender Recognition: GermanyWomen and EqualitiesTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20748More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will remove Germany from the Gender Recognition Certificate: list of approved countries and territories.
Answer: The Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023 was approved by Parliament in April 2024, the first update to the list of approved countries in 13 years.We are committed to more regularly updating the list of ap...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
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Gender: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14502More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what guidance the Office for Equality and Opportunities has produced on whether positive discrimination on the basis of gender identity is permitted under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: Positive discrimination is treatment which favours someone solely because he or she has a particular protected characteristic such as their sex or race. Positive discrimination is generally unlawful under the Equality Act 2010 and therefore guidance has n...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
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Gender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14501More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her planned timetable is for the publication of the response to the call for evidence on single-sex spaces; and how many responses to the call for evidence have been received.
Answer: We will publish a response to the call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, including the number of valid responses, in due course.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
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