Supporting Women into Work 2024-11-13
2024-11-13
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The question arises from the difficulty parents, often mothers in South Devon, face due to a lack of nursery and pre-school places.
Parents of pre-school children in South Devon are finding it all but impossible to find nursery or pre-school places. This financial pressure makes it difficult for women who would like to return to work after having children. How will the Department for Education and the Office for Equality and Opportunity work together to ensure support?
We are expanding Government-funded childcare with an initial £1.8 billion, rolling out 3,000 new or expanded primary-based nurseries. Applications are open, and schools are encouraged to participate.
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Details on how the Department for Education and the Office for Equality and Opportunity will specifically collaborate
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The all-party parliamentary group on domestic violence and abuse was reconstituted, focusing on gender pay gap issues.
Survivors of domestic violence face a persistent gender pay gap. Does the Minister agree more could be done to support survivors with domestic abuse policies in workplaces, paid leave, and flexible working?
I agree that more can be asked of employers. The Government is committed to achieving this, especially through gender pay gap action plans and halving violence against women.
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Concrete actions or policies for paid leave and flexible working in workplaces
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned that single-parent families will be £1,000 worse off by 2029 due to the increase in employers' national insurance contributions.
Single-parent families, mostly headed by women, will lose an average of £1,000 a year under Labour's budget. Has the Minister assessed the impact on single-parent households from scrapping child benefit changes?
We are committed to transforming lives, including those of single parents. We will drive down child poverty levels contrary to Labour's actions.
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Assessment of the negative impact on single-parent households from removing child benefit changes for them
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