Women: STEM Subjects
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help support women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics jobs.
Answer
We’ve made great progress in increasing the number of girls studying STEM subjects but we need to do more to get women into STEM jobs.
To support this, we are delivering a new STEM returners programme to refresh and grow the skills of people who have taken career breaks to care for others.
Following a successful recruitment campaign, the first cohort of returners began training in May.
Maria Caulfield MP, Minister for Equalities
7th June 2023
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Question
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring public health communications on covid-19 reach communities throughout the UK?
Answer
The Government has made a substantial effort to ensure that public health communications on COVID-19 reach everyone in the UK. This includes messaging in well over 600 publications and using trusted community voices to share vital communications through community channels.
Important health guidance is also available in alternative formats, including Easy Read, British Sign Language and Audio. This can be accessed via the Public Health England Campaign Resource Centre for health bodies, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations to access, tailor, share and use.
In July, I also wrote to Ministerial colleagues urging them to make every effort to communicate public health messages to all local residents, through a diverse range of media and other channels.
Kemi Badenoch MP, Minister for Equalities
21st October 2020
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Health Services: Coronavirus
Question
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring public health communications on covid-19 reach communities throughout the UK?
Answer
The Government has made a substantial effort to ensure that public health communications on COVID-19 reach everyone in the UK. This includes messaging in well over 600 publications and using trusted community voices to share vital communications through community channels.
Important health guidance is also available in alternative formats, including Easy Read, British Sign Language and Audio. This can be accessed via the Public Health England Campaign Resource Centre for health bodies, local authorities and voluntary sector organisations to access, tailor, share and use.
In July, I also wrote to Ministerial colleagues urging them to make every effort to communicate public health messages to all local residents, through a diverse range of media and other channels.
Kemi Badenoch MP, Minister for Equalities
21st October 2020
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Older People: Coronavirus
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of whether elderly people with limited internet access receive up-to-date information about covid-19; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that information is widely accessible?
Answer
Awaiting response
Submitted on 21st October 2020
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