Results 1-20 of 659 for speaker:Michael Jabez Foster
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Aviation (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Hotels (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Motor Vehicles (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: Since the Government Equalities Office was established on 12 October 2007, the following amounts have been spent of vehicle hire. Financial year Expenditure (£) 2007-08 n/a 2008-09 53 2009-10 3,709
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Postal Services (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Discrimination: Older Workers (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: GEO Ministers work closely with their DWP counterparts on issues affecting older people. We fully support the work being undertaken by DWP under the Government's 'Building a society for all ages' strategy, which tackles many issues affecting older people in the UK. GEO Ministers also work closely with Ministers at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, which leads on legislation...
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Equal Opportunities (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: Government made a commitment in PSA15 to narrow the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged groups—for example, between men and women, and between non-disabled people and disabled people—in relation to perceptions of fair treatment, and to measure performance through responses to new questions in the Citizenship Survey. However, when GEO analysed data responses to the new...
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Females (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: The omission of Baroness Thatcher's name on the milestone fact sheet was not intentional. This was an oversight. When it was brought to our attention it was corrected. This particular fact sheet was produced for a specific purpose—to coincide with the 80th and 90th anniversaries of the 'democratic' franchise of 1918(1) and the Equal Franchise Act of 1928(2). It is not a comprehensive...
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Immigrants: Housing (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: I have placed a copy of the report on Social Housing Allocation and Immigrant Communities in the House of Commons Library. The report is already published on the Equality and Human Rights Commission's website.
- Written Answers — Women and Equality: Political Parties: Equal Opportunities (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: None. However, the Speaker's Conference is looking at gender discrimination as part of its remit to investigate and make recommendations to address the lack of women, disabled people and ethnic minorities in the House of Commons. The findings are expected to be published at the end of the year.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Written Questions: Government Responses (12 Nov 2009)
Michael Jabez Foster: I have answered question 295425 today.