Asked by: Baroness Harman (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Department for International Trade is dedicated to achieving gender equality in the workplace. The department plans to participate in the nationwide Suffrage Flag Relay, organised by the Cross-Government Women's Network as part of the Civil Service celebrations for the suffrage centenary.
The Permanent Secretary, Antonia Romeo, participated in the Civil Service launch event of cross-government centenary celebrations on 7th February 2018 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
The Women's Network within the Department for International Trade is working with our central communications directorate to organise a series of events to celebrate and commemorate the centenary of women's suffrage as well as International Women's Day on 8th March 2018.
Asked by: Baroness Harman (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent officials in (a) his Department and (b) other government departments work in the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines; and what the grades are of those officials.
Answered by Greg Hands
(a) The current allocation for staff in the UK National Contact Point is half a Grade 7, one full-time Senior executive officer and one full-time Higher executive officer.
(b) None in other Departments.