Ministry of Justice: Voting Rights

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Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of the first women getting the right to vote in 1918.


Answered by
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Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 2nd February 2018

The Government has set aside £5m to celebrate this milestone in British democracy.

In the Autumn budget, the Chancellor announced that £1.2million of the centenary fund would go directly to seven centenary cities and towns in England with a strong suffrage history, to strengthen the reach and legacy of regional activity to inspire a new generation with this story.

A further £1.5million will be available to organisations and communities through a grants scheme. Online applications opened in January, and further information can be found at: www.womensvotecentenaryfund.co.uk

The Ministry of Justice is dedicated to achieving gender equality both in the workplace and in our justice system. The department’s Gender Equality Forum is organising a series of events to celebrate and commemorate the centenary of women’s suffrage as well as International Women’s Day on the 8th March.

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