Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy to encourage employers to implement evidence based workplace support for the menopause including introducing workplace menopause policies.

The previous Minister for Employment commissioned the roundtable on older workers to look at the menopause and employment. A subsequent independent menopause and the workplace report was published, to which the Government’s response was outlined in July: Menopause and the Workplace: How to enable fulfilling working lives: government response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), both documents covering actions and responsibilities of employers.

Alongside this, and separately, the Women’s Health Strategy sets out a range of commitments including encouraging employers to implement evidence-based workplace support and introduce workplace menopause policies.