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date	24/03/2023
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	Means-tested Benefits: Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of families receiving income-related benefits that used food banks in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that estimate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	173022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>National statistics on food bank use for 2021/22 are available<del class="ministerial"> here.</del> <ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">here.</a></ins> We aim to publish statistics for 2022/23 in March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics show that in 2021/22 11% of households in receipt of any income-related benefits had used a food bank in the 12 months prior to the survey.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/03/2023 11:01:32 question first ministerially corrected 29/03/2023 13:12:11 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 65957 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1607125

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date	24/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) zoos and (b) aquariums will be eligible for higher-tier support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	173076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS) will continue to provide eligible UK businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills from <ins class="ministerial">1</ins> April <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins> until 31 March 2024. <del class="ministerial">The EBDS took account of sectors that may be most affected by rising energy prices based on energy and trade intensity.</del> A higher level of support will be provided for the most energy and trade intensive sectors who meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity through the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) Scheme element of the EBDS. <ins class="ministerial">Eligible sectors are represented by a list of SIC codes which has been published <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1128033%2F230104_ETII_List_for_gov.uk.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C64d3c23abc254b67258908db34dd229a%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638161896735219553%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YZfwoqI3QgEcDDlhFU4ZkC1yFKBxe%2B11vGqP2qIqvu4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</ins> <del class="ministerial">Zoos meet these thresholds but not aquariums.</del> <ins class="ministerial">In order to be eligible, zoos and aquariums will need to meet the eligibility test and be able to evidence that 50% of their revenue from a specified period is generated from activity within an eligible sector.</ins></p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 29/03/2023 15:07:22 question first ministerially corrected 17/04/2023 09:34:04 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 66099 answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel