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1656208

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>In March 2020 the Government announced a covid-19 support package of £16m, including grant-funding for food redistribution, to provide food for vulnerable individuals. I refer to the answer given on 12 January 2021 to the Parliamentary Question UIN 136545, tabled on 12 January 2021, regarding the outcomes from that package. A further grant of £16m was given to FareShare in winter 2020, where as a result Defra funded food reached over 3,000 frontline organisations and accounted for approximately 18.9 million meals provided.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 196200 question first answered 11/09/2023 15:18:43 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1383934

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of increased covid-19 restrictions abroad on people's access to food in UK supermarkets in the coming weeks.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	85390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, as demonstrated throughout the Covid-19 response, and it is well equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. Our high degree of food security is built on supply from diverse sources; strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. Access to a range of diverse supply chains helps to ensure that any disruption from risks such as adverse weather, disease, or the imposition of Covid-19 restrictions by exporting countries does not affect the UK's overall security of supply.</p><p> </p><p>Defra have well established ways of working with the food retailers and across Government including the Devolved Administrations to monitor risks that may arise, including from increased Covid-19 restrictions in other countries. This includes extensive, regular and ongoing engagement in preparedness for, and response to, issues with the potential to cause disruption to food supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 06/12/2021 15:16:57 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1349699

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the logistical security of the UK's food industry during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	38350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The food industry is very resilient and well equipped to respond to disruption. The industry sectors have highly resilient supply chains, as we have seen throughout the Covid-19 response. The Government has well established ways of working with the food industry to support their preparedness for potential disruptions to the supply chain. We have continued to work closely with stakeholders and industry during this time.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked across Government to introduce measures to make sure businesses can continue to keep essential supplies flowing. These include extending delivery hours to supermarkets and flexing rules on drivers’ hours to allow a higher frequency of deliveries to stores.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the impact that absence rates as a result of Covid-19 have had on some businesses carrying out critical work across the food industry this summer. To enable those who would otherwise not have been able to work to safely do so, the Government introduced Workplace Daily Contact Testing.</p><p> </p><p>As of 16 August 2021, those who are fully vaccinated, participants of approved vaccine trials or those unable to have the vaccine for medical reasons are exempt from self-isolation if they are a close contact of a positive case, though they continue to be advised to take a PCR test. Following these changes, the Workplace Daily Contact Testing scheme continues to provide benefits for contacts who have not yet been fully vaccinated, and those sites wishing to maintain a site continue to be supported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 10/09/2021 13:20:07 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1282660

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of service credits applied to the contracts awarded to (a) Brake Brothers and (b) BFS Group to provide food boxes for shielding vulnerable adults.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	147088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>The Defra Contracts with Brakes and Bidfood delivered 4.7 million food boxes to the doorsteps of the clinically extremely vulnerable in England between 27 March and 1 August 2020. The contract contained Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to cover on-time, in-full and zero defect delivery. KPIs were monitored on a daily and weekly basis. Brakes and Bidfood delivered the service in accordance with these KPIs and therefore service credits were not required.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 04/02/2021 15:39:35 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1278628

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
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	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the implications for her policies of the increase in demand on food banks and charities providing emergency food during the third lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	140888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. Throughout this pandemic, this Government has delivered an unprecedented package of support to protect jobs and businesses and, for those in most need, injected billions into the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>The new Covid Winter Grant Scheme builds on that support with an additional £170m for local authorities in England, to support families with children and other vulnerable people with the cost of food and essential utilities this winter. The funding is ring-fenced, with at least 80% earmarked to help with food and bills, and will cover the period to the end of March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>DEFRA has made an additional grant of £16 million to FareShare to support local charities across England with the purchasing and distribution of food over a 12-week period that began at the start of December. This follows the £16m of funding announced last May for the provision of meals through charities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/01/2021 17:13:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1275897

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the food outlet/restaurant setting category of the covid-19 incident report differentiates between incidents in indoor eating and take-out outlets.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	136520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England’s weekly flu and COVID-19 surveillance report does not differentiate between incidents in indoor eating and take-out outlets.</p><p>The food outlet/restaurant categories include café, restaurant, fast food, supermarket, pub, catered event, bar, food manufacturer/distributor, members’ club and market.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 19/01/2021 11:42:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1275992

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in food preparation factories.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL12068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has been working in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to provide guidance to food businesses. The guidance was published in an online only format on 6 January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has also published a resource pack which has been prepared in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Food Standards Agency, the Health and Safety Executive and the Local Government Association for the food industry which has been made available to PHE’s Health Protection Teams (HPTs), the food industry and local authorities. It is available directly from HPTs, through the Local Government Association Knowledge Hub, on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Huddle site, and via FoodFarmHelp in an online only format.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 02/02/2021 14:05:46 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1247118

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been disbursed by each local authority out of the £63 million that the Government allocated in June 2020 to be distributed by local authorities to help those struggling to afford food and other essentials as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	109580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Local Authorities (LAs) are best placed to understand the needs of the people they serve and respond in the most appropriate way. My officials worked closely with colleagues in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Local Authorities to design the grant scheme in a way that ensured support was delivered quickly to those in need while maintaining appropriate controls and oversight. They did this through issuing guidance on what the money should be used for in general terms (for example, vouchers for food and essential supplies). Reporting requirements were designed to be light touch to make sure the money was spent on supporting people not administration. LAs are reporting expenditure to MHCLG as part of their normal processes and Defra will be collecting further evidence on how the money was spent.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/11/2020 16:06:27 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1247119

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequentials have arisen as a result of the £63 million that the Government allocated in June 2020 to be distributed by local authorities in England to help people struggling to afford food and other essentials as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	109581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>To give the devolved administrations the upfront certainty to plan and deliver their coronavirus response, the UK Government have guaranteed they will receive at least £14bn in additional funding this year on top of their Spring Budget funding.</p><p>The Barnett consequentials associated with the funding the UK Government allocated to English local authorities in June 2020 will contribute towards this guarantee.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/11/2020 17:44:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1240106

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of covid-19 (a) cases and (b) deaths in food factories in England (i) reported in the community and (ii) submitted to the Health and Safety Executive's Riddor reporting system by the owners of those food factories.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	98988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of cases of COVID-19 in relation to food factories in England is not available in the format requested to make a comparative assessment. Data on deaths from COVID-19 in relation to food factories is not collected.</p><p>Public Health England has made no assessment of the level of COVID-19 cases reported in the community or submitted to the Health and Safety Executive’s Riddor reporting system by the owners of food factories.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/11/2020 10:50:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner