Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of a Sickness absence recording tool (SART) code for menopause.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government believes it is vital that employers support their workers affected by symptoms of the menopause and we are raising awareness of this alongside the Government’s Menopause Employment Champion.
It is important for individual businesses to decide how to record staff absences and support their own workers. The Government has shared guidance and best practice on the Menopause Resources Hub on the Help to Grow portal.
Mar. 11 2024
Source Page: International Women's Day celebrated at Downing Street - 8 March 2024Found: We have also saved women going through the menopause £15 million a year via new Hormone Replacement Therapy
Mar. 08 2024
Source Page: Shattering the silence about menopause: 12-month progress reportFound: Shattering the silence about menopause: 12-month progress report
Mar. 08 2024
Source Page: Shattering the silence about menopause: 12-month progress reportFound: Shattering the silence about menopause: 12-month progress report
Report Mar. 08 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: Several of those who responded to our inquiry highlighted the impact the menopause and perimenopause
Mentions:
1: Baroness Amos (Lab - Life peer) Not enough focus is placed on women-specific issues like miscarriage or menopause”— although I welcome - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) We will require large employers to publish menopause action plans. - Speech Link
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: Adult Education Budget: effective practice guideFound: the curriculum to improve knowledge and understanding through a programme for living life with the menopause
Mar. 06 2024
Source Page: Scotland's Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan: Equality Impact AssessmentFound: hormonal changes can also impact women’s mental health, including during pregnancy, menstruation, menopause
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support women experiencing menopause in the workplace.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Department of Health and Social Care continue to identify menopause as a priority area in the second year of the Women’s Health Strategy, and Government more widely sees women’s health, and particularly menopause, as an essential factor when supporting the recruitment and retention of older women in the workforce.
Helen Tomlinson - Head of Talent (UK & Ireland) at The Adecco Group - was appointed to the voluntary role of Government’s Menopause Employment Champion on 6 March 2023 by the Department for Work and Pensions and is working closely with the Minister for Disabled People, Health & Work. The Menopause Champion is driving awareness of issues surrounding menopause in the workplace; encouraging employers to develop policies that create a more supportive environment to help women stay in work and progress.
On World Menopause Day (18 October 2023), Government launched the Menopause Resources Hub on the Help to Grow portal - new guidance providing businesses, large and small, with the resources they need to help educate their organisation and workers about the menopause.
The report “No Time to Step Back” summarises the work of Helen Tomlinson in the first six months after her appointment and highlights progress made by businesses during this time. The Menopause Employment Champion’s 12-month progress report “shattering the silence about the Menopause” is due to be published on International Women’s Day.
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: PharmacyFound: contraception options and womens health services including emergency contraception, HRT and menopause