Kim Johnson MP: written questions
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Pupil Referral UnitsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if her Department will undertake a manual audit of all children registered at Pupil Referral Units since 1 November 2023 to se
Answer: All decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort.There are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education from the sixth day of a suspensi...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPupil Referral UnitsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of recording the number of children registered at Pupil Referral Units
Answer: All decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort.There are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education from the sixth day of a suspensi...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFood PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of surveys undertaken by the Food Foundation Food entitled Food insecurity tracking, published in July 2024, on a potent
Answer: We are committed to tackling poverty in all its forms and this includes tackling food insecurity by reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Good work can significantly reduce the chances of people failing into poverty so will be the foundation...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation Scheme: Public AppointmentsHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to appoint a Windrush Commissioner.
Answer: In her written ministerial statement on 24th October, the Home Secretary announced plans to establish a Windrush Commissioner; an independent advocate for all those affected, who will oversee the compensation scheme's delivery, the implementation of the W...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to lower the burden of proof for Windrush compensation scheme claims.
Answer: We recognise that justice has taken far too long for the Windrush community, and this Government will not allow the Windrush Compensation Scheme to fail the victims that deserve our compassion and rightly expect their trauma and experiences to be both hea...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to (a) improve the efficiency of the application process for the Windrush compensation scheme and (b) limit further delays.
Answer: We recognise that justice has taken far too long for the Windrush community, and this Government will not allow the Windrush Compensation Scheme to fail the victims that deserve our compassion and rightly expect their trauma and experiences to be both hea...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation Scheme: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for the review of accounting for the loss of private and occupational pensions under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Answer: We recognise that justice has taken far too long for the Windrush community, and this Government will not allow the Windrush Compensation Scheme to fail the victims that deserve our compassion and rightly expect their trauma and experiences to be both hea...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: Primary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing kitchen facilities available to primary schools, in the context of the roll-out of new breakfast clubs.
Answer: The government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school with primary aged pupils whilst ensuring effective implementation.Departmental officials are working closely with schools an...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing auto-enrolment for Healthy Start.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme is being kept under review. The scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards t...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance on the sugar and salt content of baby foods.
Answer: A 2019 evidence review showed that babies and young children are exceeding their energy intake requirement and are eating too much sugar and salt. Some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, had added sugar or salt, or contained ingredients tha...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health: NutritionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential link between poor (a) mental health and (b) access to nutritious food.
Answer: Whilst there has been no direct assessment of a potential link, the relationship between food security, nutritional intake and physical and mental health in the United Kingdom is currently unclear. However, international data suggests that in the long-ter...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 15 October 2024 to Questions 7571, 7572, 7573, 7574, 7575, and 7576 on Radicalism and Counter-terrorism, what the terms of reference are for the rapid review of extremism; a
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. This review will map and monitor extremist trends, understand the evidence about what works to disrupt and divert people away from extremist v...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence in prison were originally given a tariff of (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months, (d) two years, (e) three yea
Answer: The number of prisoners serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) who have never been released, as of 30 June 2024, and were sentenced to tariffs of six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years, three years and five years or under, fiv...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupil Referral UnitsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2024 to Question 7569 on Special Educational Needs and Question 7570 on Pupil Referral Units, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school wer
Answer: The department does not currently hold statistics showing how many children who had been excluded from school were then registered at Pupil Referral Units. However, there are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time educ...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum and ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult civil society before publishing the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
Answer: The King’s Speech on 17 July confirmed the Government will introduce the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to deliver enhanced powers to tackle organised immigration crime whilst providing for strong and effective border security. Work is under...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department confidentially destroys third party data received as part of Equifax checks conducted in fee waiver applications.
Answer: The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to minimise unnecessary data (a) collection and (b) sharing through Equifax during the fee waiver application process.
Answer: The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department began using Equifax checks as part of the fee waiver assessment process for leave to remain applications.
Answer: The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: TravellersDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education Policy Institute's Annual Report 2024, published on 16 July 2024, what steps she plans to take to tackle disadvantage gaps identified in that report for (a) Gypsy and Roma pupils
Answer: Every child, regardless of background, deserves the opportunity to progress and succeed in school and beyond. This government is committed to breaking the link between young people’s backgrounds and their future success.The department recognises the issue...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAlternative Education: TravellersDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Institute for Public Policy Research's report entitled Who is losing learning, the case for reducing exclusions across mainstream schools, published on 5 September 2024, what steps her Departm
Answer: The government has committed to taking a community-wide approach to improving inclusion of all children in mainstream schools, whatever their background. The department will see alternative providers working with mainstream schools to provide high quality...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty taskforce plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of furniture poverty on families in social rented homes.
Answer: The Child Poverty Taskforce has started urgent work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will explore all available levers to drive forward short and long-term actions across government to reduce child poverty. The taskforce is exploring a ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the end of the Household Support Fund on the number of people in poverty.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the impact of the Household Support Fund on poverty. The Government announced funding to extend the Household Support Fund for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025. An additional £421 million has been ...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of households living in social housing without essential pieces of furniture.
Answer: The department does not collect data on the number of households living in social housing without essential pieces of furniture. Social housing residents in need may be able to get help with essential items from their local council through the ‘Household ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRacial DiscriminationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination entitled Concluding observations on the combined twenty-fourth to twenty-
Answer: The UK condemns all forms of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia and related forms of intolerance and we remain steadfast in our commitment to combatting it, at home and abroad. This includes bringing forward new legislation to tackle persistent ...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an equality impact assessment of the potential impact on groups with protected characteristics of the counter-extremism strategy review.
Answer: The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. We are reviewing a range of work, as well as engaging and learning from a range of voices across government, academia, communities and interna...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
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