Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years
Organisations:
Department for Education, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Government Equalities Office
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- women’s equality (including addressing the gender pay gap and getting more women on company boards)
- lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender policy
- the Equality and Human Rights Commission (including the equality legal framework and international commitments)
- dealing with bullying in schools (including homophobic bullying)
- early years and childcare (including the government’s commitment of 30 hours free childcare per week)
Previous holders of this role
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Caroline Dinenage MP
2016 to 2017