Claire Coutinho MP: written questions
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Written questions
Ministry of Defence: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: The Government has set out its expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Equality and Human Rights Commis...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: WomenTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116345More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: Cabinet Office have set out the expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined t...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The
Answer: The Equality and Human Rights Commission has submitted a draft Code of Practice on services, public functions and associations which the Minister for Women and Equalities is reviewing with the care it deserves. This will provide further guidance to duty b...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions is aware of the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (2025) and its implications for the interpretation of the protected characteristic of sex in the Equality Act 2010. We are cur...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: The Department for Transport is aware of the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (2025) and its implications for the interpretation of the protected characteristic of sex in the Equality Act 2010.The Department awai...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: WomenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Mi
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this recently...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: WomenDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish M
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this recently...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: WomenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Minister
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this recently...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: WomenDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and their arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this re...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: WomenMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this recently...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: WomenCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116313More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this recently...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: WomenHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: We have set out our expectation that all duty bearers, including Departments and arm’s-length bodies, follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Prime Minister has underlined this recently...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by his Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [202
Answer: The Department regularly reviews its policies and guidance to ensure they remain legally compliant and consistent with evolving case law. This includes reviewing its Gender Identity and Intersex policy package following the Supreme Court ruling in For Wom...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: WomenDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) her Department and (b) the arms length bodies sponsored by her Department are compliant with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025].
Answer: All duty bearers, including departments and arm’s-length bodies, are expected to follow the law as clarified by the Supreme Court ruling. My right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, has underlined this recently.The Equality and Human Rights Commission has s...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the inaccessibility of land owned by travellers when local authorities carry out statutory counting
Answer: My Department recognises that access to traveller sites may not always be possible. This fact is reflected in the guidance provided to local planning authorities when carrying out the Traveller Caravan Count, which advises that such sites should still be ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDisability and Ethnic Groups: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113926More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish the Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill.
Answer: As set out in our manifesto and in the King’s Speech in July 2024, the government is committed to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for large employers and making the right to equal pay effective for ethnic minority and disa...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRace Equality Engagement GroupWomen and EqualitiesTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113925More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish a list of the organisations the Race Equality Engagement Group has (a) met with and (b) engaged with since it was appointed.
Answer: On 25 September 2025 the Race Equality Engagement Group (REEG) held its first thematic roundtable covering tackling the barriers to accessing finance and investment for ethnic minority entrepreneurs, and the Police Race Action Plan. On 9 December 2025 the...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New auction delivers unprecedented clean, homegrown power, published on 10 February 2026, if he will publish the internal analysis sh
Answer: The press notice 'Notes to editors' section provides a published summary of the analysis. We are not planning any further publications on AR7.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan ParksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department holds data on the number of incidences of traveller caravans on unauthorised developments on land owned by travellers being used to provide accommodation f
Answer: My Department does not hold this data. The Traveller Caravan Count includes data on the number of caravans and traveller sites in England. It does not include the number of occupants residing in these caravans or caravan sites, nor their characteristics.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan ParksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish data on the number of traveller caravans on unauthorised developments on land (a) owned by travellers and (b) not owned by travellers by local authority in eac
Answer: Data on the number of traveller caravans on unauthorised sites on land (a) owned by travellers, i.e. unauthorised developments, and (b) on land not owned by travellers, i.e. unauthorised encampments, by each local planning authority is available from Live...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish data on the number of local authorities that do not operate out-of-hours planning enforcement teams.
Answer: My Department does not collect data on the operating hours of planning enforcement teams.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of NHS Trusts with policies on staff toilets and changing facilities that are incompatible with the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotl
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEquality: Gender and IntersexCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113919More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) withdraw and (b) instruct any government departments or arms length bodies to alter any policies based on the Cabinet Office's Gender Identity and Intersex Model Policy Package.
Answer: The Cabinet Office continues to engage fully with departments on the review of the model Gender Identity and Intersex Policy Package. Once the review is completed, we will share the revised policy and guidance with departments.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the source is for the Government's claim that aligning the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will save British businesses £800 million.
Answer: Linking the UK ETS and EU ETS is expected to bring significant economic benefits to the UK. These include providing businesses with access to a larger, stable carbon market; the removal of regulatory barriers in sectors like CO2 storage; supporting UK ren...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: UK Relations with EUDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department conducted a cost-benefit analysis to support the decision to link the UK Emissions Trading Scheme with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Answer: Government analysis indicates linking could stimulate economic growth, adding billions annually to our economy each year in the long run. Linking the UK and EU ETSs is expected to bring significant economic benefits to the UK. These include for example pr...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
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