Results 1-20 of 143 for in the 'Written Answers' 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.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Dignity at Work (11 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: I have placed a copy of the Government Equalities Office's Dignity and Respect at Work Policy in the Libraries of the House.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Equality Bill (11 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The Audit Commission and other public service inspectorates will have an important role to play in monitoring performance under the new duty, for the public authorities they inspect. We are working with them to develop suitable mechanisms for this, using information that in most cases they already collect through existing processes.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Equality Bill (11 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The duty will apply to local authorities, and therefore to fire and rescue authorities (FRAs) where these form part of a local authority. We are discussing with the Fire and Rescue Service and other appropriate stakeholders whether the duty should be extended to all FRAs.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Freedom of Information (9 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: It is not possible to calculate exact costs as management of freedom of information requests forms only part of the roles of: one admin officer one senior executive officer one corporate services manager policy and other staff dealing with specific requests a small part of the time of one legal adviser.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Home Working (9 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The Government Equalities Office (GEO) operates a flexible working policy which is available to all staff. Staff are allowed to work from home, subject to line management agreement based on business need, however central records on the amount of time worked from home are not held.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Travel (9 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The Government Equalities Office was created on 12 October 2007. Since then, the following totals have been incurred on travel related expenditure: £ Ministers GEO staff 2007-08 (12 October 2007-31 March 2008) Car hire 6,343 — Train travel — 1,768 Eurostar — 167 Air travel — 5,785 Hotels/meals(1) — 4,817 Total...

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Departmental Procurement (4 Nov 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The Government Equalities Office has a two-fold interest in the recommendations of the Glover Report; both internally with regard to its own procurement processes and externally, with regard to reflecting its recommendations within the legislative and non-legislative equality in procurement work we lead on. On the former, we will act on Office of Government Commerce central guidance with...

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Training: Sight Impaired (26 Oct 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: My Department, the Government Equalities Office, was established in October 2007. It has not spent any money on Braille literacy courses since then.

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Equality Bill (22 Oct 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The consultation on the specific duties closed on 30 September. We are currently working through the responses and will publish an analysis in due course. The single Equality Duty we are bringing in through our Equality Bill will place a new legal requirement on public bodies to consider how they can design and deliver services in ways that will tackle discrimination and advance equality for...

Written Answers — Women and Equality: Government Equalities Office: Manpower (16 Oct 2009)

Michael Jabez Foster: The Government Equalities Office employs less than five staff over the age of 55 and none over 65 years. The Government Equalities Office does not confirm numbers less than five in order that individuals may not be identified.