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1465856

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release of 2 April 2022, Infants, children and families to benefit from boost in support, when the 75 local authorities announced as eligible for Family Hubs funding will be contacted and provided with further details on next steps.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	8998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Since the announcement on 2 April 2022, the Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care officials have been engaging with nominated officers from the 75 eligible local authorities. Departmental officials held a series of webinars and focus groups to provide an overview of the programme, and to respond to questions. The discussions were also used to seek information and views from the local authority officers on various elements of the detailed programme design, to ensure that the funding is used effectively.</p><p>Local authorities have been provided with a dedicated email address where they can contact departmental officials working on the programme. Local authorities will receive further detailed information once this process concludes.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/06/2022 16:12:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1465857

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections provided by Schedule 7 of the Online Safety Bill against online hate speech specifically targeted at (a) women and (b) disabled people; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	8999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill contains robust protections for women, girls and disabled people online, who face disproportionate volumes of abuse.</p><p>All services in scope will need to put in place proportionate systems and processes to minimise the risk of priority illegal content appearing on their service and to swiftly remove it when it does appear. This will protect all online users, including from content which could constitute hate speech under the Public Order Act 1986. This includes behaviours that are threatening and abusive and result in harassment, alarm or distress. The list of priority offences includes a number of offences which disproportionately afffect women and girls, such as revenge pornography and cyberstalking, which companies must tackle.</p><p>Beyond the priority offences, all services will need to ensure that they have quickly taken down other illegal content directed at women and girls and disabled people once it has been reported or they become aware of its presence. Women, girls and disabled users will also be able to report abuse, and should expect to receive an appropriate response from the platform. Ofcom will also have a duty to consider the vulnerability of users whose circumstances appear to put them in need of special protection when performing its duties.</p><p>If major platforms don’t fulfil their own standards to keep people safe, they could face an investigation and enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/06/2022 13:12:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1465858

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to (a) issue fines, or (b) otherwise sanction social media platforms that fail to prevent users previously banned from a platform for abusive behaviour from creating new accounts on the platform; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	9000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will require social media platforms to tackle illegal content, including illegal abuse. The largest, high risk platforms will also need to set clear terms of service for such content and ensure they are properly enforced. Ofcom will set out steps that companies can take to fulfil their duties in codes of practice, and these could include measures such as preventing banned users from creating new accounts.</p><p>OFCOM will be able to sanction companies where they fail to adequately fulfil their new duties under the Bill. OFCOM will have a range of enforcement powers available to it, including: powers to issue substantial fines, require operators to take steps to remedy breaches and/or come into compliance with their duties, and to apply to the court for business disruption measures (including blocking) where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/06/2022 13:17:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1465859

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to assess whether the current powers available to law enforcement are sufficient to tackle illegal anonymous abuse online; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	9001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>If an offence is committed law enforcement can request data relating to the use of anonymous social media accounts through the communications data powers available to them under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.</p><p>The Home Office will be reviewing and publishing a report on the operation of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 which provides the statutory basis for the use of investigatory powers.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/06/2022 14:20:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1465860

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to increase the resources available to the police to investigate online communications offences.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	9002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>We are recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by March 2023, the biggest recruitment drive in decades. As at 31 March 2022, 13,576 additional officers have been recruited as part of the Police Uplift Programme in England and Wales, 68% of the 20,000 officer target.</p><p>On the 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22. This includes funding for national priorities, such as tackling serious violence and county lines.</p><p>This significant investment shows the Government is committed to supporting the entire policing sector.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions including how to allocate resource based on their local knowledge and experience.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/06/2022 14:45:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1462827

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
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	Healthy Start Scheme: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 234 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the take-up rate of Healthy Start vouchers in each local authority area in the North East from 2016-17 to 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. The attached table shows data on the uptake of Healthy Start in each local authority area in the North East in each month in 2021/22. Data for April 2022 is not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 1509 question first answered 23/05/2022 15:54:44 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ-1508 1509 NE Data - Table (1).docx title Table
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1462828

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
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	Healthy Start Scheme: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. The attached table shows data on the uptake of Healthy Start in each local authority area in the North East in each month in 2021/22. Data for April 2022 is not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 1508 question first answered 23/05/2022 15:54:44 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ-1508 1509 NE Data - Table (1).docx title Table
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1462829

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
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
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 the Answer of 31 March 2022 to Question 146628 on Free School Meals: North East, when he plans to publish the national food strategy white paper.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The forthcoming Government Food Strategy will set out the Government’s ambition and priorities for the food system, considering the evidence set out in Henry Dimbleby’s independent review and building on additional topics.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively collaborating across Government to cover the entire food system and consider the unforeseen challenges that the agri-food sector has faced this last year since the independent review was published.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to publish the Government Food Strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/05/2022 14:09:41 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1454157

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the proportion of children living in families with (a) very low food security and (b) low food security, according the definitions of the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, who are not eligible to receive means-tested free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The department continues to work closely with other departments across government in considering eligibility for free school meals (FSM). This has included working closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to consider all the evidence and recommendations of the National Food Strategy. The Government Food Strategy White Paper will be published in due course.</p><p>As set out previously, eligibility for FSM has been extended several times and to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century, including the introduction of universal infant FSM, and further education free meals.</p><p>The department is also permanently extending FSM eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds. This will come into effect for the start of the summer term.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 146628 146629 question first answered 31/03/2022 09:24:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1454158

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the estimate by the Child Poverty Action Group, North East Child Poverty Commission and Children North East that one in four children living in poverty in the North East do not qualify for means-tested free school meals under the current eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The department continues to work closely with other departments across government in considering eligibility for free school meals (FSM). This has included working closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to consider all the evidence and recommendations of the National Food Strategy. The Government Food Strategy White Paper will be published in due course.</p><p>As set out previously, eligibility for FSM has been extended several times and to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century, including the introduction of universal infant FSM, and further education free meals.</p><p>The department is also permanently extending FSM eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds. This will come into effect for the start of the summer term.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 146627 146629 question first answered 31/03/2022 09:24:36 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell