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I offer one-off career chats to people, including many women, who are trying to work out whether they can make the leap to the senior civil service and whether that’s compatible with family life. Interestingly, I have very few conversations with men who wonder whether getting to Deputy Director is
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The budget for the Equalities Office reached ÂŁ76 million in 2010-11. Following the spending review this is set to decrease each year, to ÂŁ47.1 million in 2014-15. The budget has continued to decrease year-on-year, with ÂŁ16.7 million being allocated in 2019-20.
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within the UK government, together with a responsibility to provide advice on all other forms of equality (including age, race, sexual orientation and disability) to other UK government departments. The unit is based at the
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was converted into an independent department. Since that time it has had various ministerial sponsors and has been housed within several ministerial departments:
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In June 2011, it emerged that female staff at the Equalities Office received 7.7% more pay than males on average. The information came to light following a
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compatible with family life. There is still a point when women have children where they tend to take the brunt of the childcare and responsibilities.
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The GEO has had different forms over the years since its creation. It was created in October 2007 when the Women and Equality Unit, based within the
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with the pay gap almost doubling from that time and six out of seven new jobs going to women.
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that replaced previous anti-discrimination legislation. The ministers responsible for GEO are
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at the government equalities office are preaching about unequal representation and the
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In November 2018, the GEO announced that the unit would move to be part of the
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fulfils constitutional requirements to have a minister at full cabinet level.
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In an interview about her role, director Hilary Spencer said:
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The Government Equalities Office Ministers are as follows:
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office
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England
London
Bridget Phillipson
Minister for Women and Equalities
Anneliese Dodds
Minister of State for Women and Equalities
Department for Education
gov.uk/government/organisations/government-equalities-office
British government
social equality
gender equality
Cabinet Office
Home Office
DFID
DfE
Equality Act 2010
Anneliese Dodds
Bridget Phillipson
Secretary of State for Education
Bridget Phillipson
Minister for Women and Equalities
Anneliese Dodds
Minister of State for Women and Equalities
Department for Communities and Local Government
Harriet Harman
Theresa May
Home Office
Maria Miller
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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