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Unequal impact? Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Jun 2020 Closed: 4 Nov 2021 25 recommendations 12 conclusions 1 report

Unequal impact? Coronavirus and the gendered economic impact The Women and Equalities Committee is launching three sub-inquiries, drawing on evidence to our Unequal impact: Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics inquiry. Read more about our decision to launch the sub-inquires . In this sub-inquiry, we want to look in more detail … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth report: Unequal impact? Coronavirus and the gendered … HC 385 9 Feb 2021 37 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
17 Conclusion Fifth report: Unequal impact? Coronavir… Acknowledged

Prior to the pandemic, young people faced a number of challenges including relatively high unemployment,...

Prior to the pandemic, young people faced a number of challenges including relatively high unemployment, an overrepresentation in forms of insecure work, and long-term issues of low pay and slow career progression. The Government’s flagship apprenticeship programme, intended to boost both employment and progression, suffered from a number of gender … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government acknowledges the issue of occupational segregation by gender in apprenticeships and states its commitment to improving parity. It highlights existing consideration of equality in apprenticeship design and notes an increase in female representation in STEM apprenticeships, while also describing new Skills Bootcamps, some …
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Government Equalities Office
28 Recommendation Fifth report: Unequal impact? Coronavir… Acknowledged

We believe the GEO must take a more proactive role in mainstreaming gender equality in...

We believe the GEO must take a more proactive role in mainstreaming gender equality in policy development across all Government departments. We urge the GEO and the Minister for Women and Equalities to be much more ambitious in co- ordinating equalities strategies and holding departments to account on equalities. The … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government acknowledged the importance of mainstreaming equality, outlining the Equality Hub's role in using data programs and ensuring departments set measurable equality objectives within their new Outcome Delivery Plans, but without committing to new, specific, and more ambitious actions or KPIs.
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Government Equalities Office

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
4 Nov 2020 Helen Walker · Department of Work and Pensions, Jo Warner · Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kemi Badenoch MP · Government Equalities Office, Mims Davies MP · Department for Work and Pensions, Paul Scully MP · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Paul Trenell · Government Equalities Office, Tom Hemingway · HM Treasury View ↗
14 Oct 2020 Dr Duncan Brown · Institute of Employment Studies, Dr Monica Costas Dias · Institute for Fiscal Studies, Professor Jill Rubery · University of Manchester View ↗
16 Sep 2020 Liz Bayram · Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY), Mary Robertson · Trades Union Congress, Victoria Brownlie · The British Beauty Council View ↗
8 Jul 2020 Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson · UK Women's Budget Group, Professor Abi Adams-Prassl · University of Oxford, Rosalind Bragg · Maternity Action, Victoria Benson · Gingerbread View ↗

Who gave evidence

17 witnesses
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Dr Duncan Brown · Principal Associate Institute of Employment Studies 1
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson · Director UK Women's Budget Group 1
Dr Monica Costas Dias · Deputy Research Director Institute for Fiscal Studies 1
Helen Walker · Deputy Director Department of Work and Pensions 1
Jo Warner · Deputy Director Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1
Kemi Badenoch MP Government Equalities Office 1
Liz Bayram · Chief Executive Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) 1
Mary Robertson · Senior Policy Officer Trades Union Congress 1
Mims Davies MP · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister … Department for Work and Pensions 1
Paul Scully MP · Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour… Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1
Paul Trenell · Head of Analysis and Gender Equality Government Equalities Office 1
Professor Abi Adams-Prassl · Senior Research Fellow University of Oxford 1
Professor Jill Rubery · Professor of Comparative Employment Systems University of Manchester 1
Rosalind Bragg · Director Maternity Action 1
Tom Hemingway · Deputy Director HM Treasury 1
Victoria Benson · CEO Gingerbread 1
Victoria Brownlie · Chief Policy and Sustainability Officer The British Beauty Council 1

Correspondence

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27 Apr 2021 — EHRC response to the Committees report ‘Unequal Impact? Coronavirus and the gen…