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1568941

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date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold: Ground Rent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of management companies increasing ground rent by the retail price index on leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	128648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-09-20%2F51935&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C987dfe595fb64b9b57d208db02b2797a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638106737780877309%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Dos%2B1nl%2B4YwHA70yXr82RLX7cX87Ra7qxRkxhJTMvyc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">51935</a> on 23 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 128649 question first answered 30/01/2023 17:55:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1568942

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Ground Rent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the amount by which management companies can increase ground rents.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	128649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-09-20%2F51935&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C987dfe595fb64b9b57d208db02b2797a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638106737780877309%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Dos%2B1nl%2B4YwHA70yXr82RLX7cX87Ra7qxRkxhJTMvyc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">51935</a> on 23 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 128648 question first answered 30/01/2023 17:55:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1568961

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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	Elective Recovery Taskforce
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 publish the (a) agendas and (b) minutes of the meetings of the Elective Recovery Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	128703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to publish the agendas and minutes of the meetings of the Elective Recovery Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2023 17:56:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 50231 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1568962

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on delivering the recommendations in the Independent Review of NHS hospital food published in October 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Matt Hancock
uin	128627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>We know the importance of quality, nutritious hospital food to aid a patient’s recovery. The Independent Review of Hospital Food, published in October 2020, included an assessment of hospital food. This is why a three-year plan named ‘Great Food, Good Health’, led by NHS England, is underway to implement the recommendations from the Review with the aim to improve hospital food, as well as picking up on the existing food agenda in the NHS Long Term Plan and the Greener NHS Plan. NHS England has established an Expert Advisory Group, made up of clinicians, dietitians, and caterers to take forward the implementation of recommendations from the Independent Review of Hospital Food. In addition, NHS England now have a National Dietitian and a National Development Chef to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, NHS England published updated NHS Food Standards on the 3 November 2022 and they are considering the best way to measure the effectiveness of improvements as a result of those standards.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 128628 128629 129820 129821 129822 129823 129824 129825 129827 129828 question first answered 02/02/2023 16:26:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock

1568963

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of food in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Matt Hancock
uin	128628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>We know the importance of quality, nutritious hospital food to aid a patient’s recovery. The Independent Review of Hospital Food, published in October 2020, included an assessment of hospital food. This is why a three-year plan named ‘Great Food, Good Health’, led by NHS England, is underway to implement the recommendations from the Review with the aim to improve hospital food, as well as picking up on the existing food agenda in the NHS Long Term Plan and the Greener NHS Plan. NHS England has established an Expert Advisory Group, made up of clinicians, dietitians, and caterers to take forward the implementation of recommendations from the Independent Review of Hospital Food. In addition, NHS England now have a National Dietitian and a National Development Chef to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, NHS England published updated NHS Food Standards on the 3 November 2022 and they are considering the best way to measure the effectiveness of improvements as a result of those standards.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 128627 128629 129820 129821 129822 129823 129824 129825 129827 129828 question first answered 02/02/2023 16:26:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock

1568964

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of food in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Matt Hancock
uin	128629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>We know the importance of quality, nutritious hospital food to aid a patient’s recovery. The Independent Review of Hospital Food, published in October 2020, included an assessment of hospital food. This is why a three-year plan named ‘Great Food, Good Health’, led by NHS England, is underway to implement the recommendations from the Review with the aim to improve hospital food, as well as picking up on the existing food agenda in the NHS Long Term Plan and the Greener NHS Plan. NHS England has established an Expert Advisory Group, made up of clinicians, dietitians, and caterers to take forward the implementation of recommendations from the Independent Review of Hospital Food. In addition, NHS England now have a National Dietitian and a National Development Chef to support this work.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, NHS England published updated NHS Food Standards on the 3 November 2022 and they are considering the best way to measure the effectiveness of improvements as a result of those standards.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 128627 128628 129820 129821 129822 129823 129824 129825 129827 129828 question first answered 02/02/2023 16:26:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock

1568979

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the quality of service personnel and family accommodation for personnel based at Robertson Barracks in Norfolk.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	128716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I will write to the hon. Member with a full response as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 30/01/2023 17:48:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1568993

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide English students with additional maintenance support in response to the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	128697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The government reviews living costs support on an annual basis and has continued to increase maximum loans and grants for living and other costs each year. On 11 January 2023, the department announced a one-off reallocation of funding to add £15 million to this year's student premium, to support additional hardship requests. There is now £276 million of student premium funding available this academic year to support students who need additional help. This extra funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship, and hardship support schemes.</p><p>The department works with the Office for Students to make it clear that universities can draw on this funding to boost their own hardship funds and support students in need. We welcome the fact that many Universities have allocated additional money to hardship, scholarship and bursary funds to support students. Universities will have detail available about these funds on their websites.</p><p>In the 2022/23 academic year, there has been an increase of 2.3%, and there will be a further increase of 2.8% for the 2023/24 academic year. Decisions on student finance have had to be taken alongside other spending priorities to ensure the system remains financially sustainable and the costs of higher education are shared fairly between students and taxpayers, not all of whom have benefited from going to university. Students who have been awarded a loan for living costs for the 2022/23 academic year that is lower than the maximum, and whose household income for the tax year 2022-23 has dropped by at least 15% compared to the income provided for their original assessment, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards students’ living costs while attending university. The highest levels of support are targeted at students who need it the most, such as students from low-income families.</p><p>To help with the cost of living all households will save on their energy bills through the Energy Price Guarantee and the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. Students who buy their energy from a domestic supplier are eligible for the energy bills discount. The Energy Prices Act 2022, passed on 25 October 2022, includes the provision to require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support, as appropriate, onto end users. Further details of the requirements under this act are set out in the legislation.</p><p>A Treasury-led review is being undertaken to consider how to support households with energy bills after April 2023.</p><p>Any student who has concerns should speak to their university about securing additional support.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 128699 question first answered 31/01/2023 11:23:30 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1568994

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government regarding the impact of the rising cost of living on students from England studying in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	128698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The department reviews living costs support on an annual basis and has continued to increase maximum loans and grants for living and other costs each year, with a 2.3% increase for the current academic year, 2022/23, and a further 2.8% increase for 2023/24. This would apply to all English domiciled students, including those which are studying at a university in Wales. Decisions on student finance have had to be taken alongside other spending priorities to ensure the system remains financially sustainable and the costs of higher education are shared fairly between students and taxpayers, not all of whom have benefited from going to university.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards students’ living costs while attending university, with the highest levels of support targeted at students who need it the most, such as students from low-income families.</p><p>The government believes that income-contingent student loans are a fair and sensible way of financing higher education. It is only right that those who benefit from the system should make a fair contribution to its costs.</p><p>The department recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen this year which have impacted students. However, education is a devolved matter, so additional financial support with cost-of-living pressures for students in Wales will be the responsibility of the devolved government.</p><p>All households, including those in Wales, will save on their energy bills through the Energy Price Guarantee and the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. Students who buy their energy from a domestic supplier are eligible for the energy bills discount. The Energy Prices Act 2022, passed on 25 October 2022, includes the provision to require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support, as appropriate, onto end users. Further details of the requirements under this Act are set out in the legislation.</p><p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a price reduction to ensure that all businesses and other non-domestic customers, including universities and private purpose-built student accommodation providers, are protected from high energy bills this winter.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 31/01/2023 11:39:07 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1568995

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make further assessments of the adequacy in the rise in maintenance loans in the context of rising levels of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	128699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The government reviews living costs support on an annual basis and has continued to increase maximum loans and grants for living and other costs each year. On 11 January 2023, the department announced a one-off reallocation of funding to add £15 million to this year's student premium, to support additional hardship requests. There is now £276 million of student premium funding available this academic year to support students who need additional help. This extra funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship, and hardship support schemes.</p><p>The department works with the Office for Students to make it clear that universities can draw on this funding to boost their own hardship funds and support students in need. We welcome the fact that many Universities have allocated additional money to hardship, scholarship and bursary funds to support students. Universities will have detail available about these funds on their websites.</p><p>In the 2022/23 academic year, there has been an increase of 2.3%, and there will be a further increase of 2.8% for the 2023/24 academic year. Decisions on student finance have had to be taken alongside other spending priorities to ensure the system remains financially sustainable and the costs of higher education are shared fairly between students and taxpayers, not all of whom have benefited from going to university. Students who have been awarded a loan for living costs for the 2022/23 academic year that is lower than the maximum, and whose household income for the tax year 2022-23 has dropped by at least 15% compared to the income provided for their original assessment, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards students’ living costs while attending university. The highest levels of support are targeted at students who need it the most, such as students from low-income families.</p><p>To help with the cost of living all households will save on their energy bills through the Energy Price Guarantee and the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. Students who buy their energy from a domestic supplier are eligible for the energy bills discount. The Energy Prices Act 2022, passed on 25 October 2022, includes the provision to require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support, as appropriate, onto end users. Further details of the requirements under this act are set out in the legislation.</p><p>A Treasury-led review is being undertaken to consider how to support households with energy bills after April 2023.</p><p>Any student who has concerns should speak to their university about securing additional support.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 128697 question first answered 31/01/2023 11:23:30 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake