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1503854

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	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason it is her Department's policy that pensioners are not eligible to claim carers allowance; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility of carers allowance to carers who are pensioners.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	45603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer my colleague, Chloe Smith, the Minister for Disabled People gave on 20 April 2022 to question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-04-14/154461" target="_blank">154461</a></p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that Carer’s Allowance is a devolved benefit in Scotland. However, while the Scottish Government builds its capacity to deliver a replacement, DWP Ministers have agreed that the Department should continue to administer Carer’s Allowance on behalf of the Scottish Ministers under an Agency Agreement, on the same basis as it is administered in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 17:18:17 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1503592

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	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the International Development Strategy, what assessment she has made of the role of eliminating malnutrition in unlocking the full potential of women; and if her Department will renew its commitment to reach 50 million women at risk of food poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	45312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>The International Development Strategy highlights our commitment toward ending preventable deaths and improving health outcomes for mothers, babies and children. Tackling malnutrition is critical for reducing preventable deaths and it remains a core focus of our work to deliver the objectives of the International Development Strategy including on women and girls.</p><p>Between April 2015 and March 2020, UK Aid reached 55.1 million young children, women and adolescent girls with nutrition support. The UK has pledged to spend £1.5 billion between 2022 and 2030 on: addressing the nutrition needs of mothers, babies and children, tackling malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies and making sure nutrition is central to the FCDO's wider work over the 8 years to 2030.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 16/09/2022 14:03:02 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally