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1455121

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of Action for Children’s report entitled Brighter Future Ahead? Comparing three generations of childhood.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	148228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The department welcomes Action for Children’s report.</p><p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>With almost 1.32 million vacancies across the UK, the department's focus is on supporting parents into, and to progress in, work wherever possible. The department's approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of parental employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. The expanded Plan for Jobs continues to help people across the UK to find work and to boost their wages and prospects.</p><p>In the 2021 Budget, the government announced a £500 million package for families. This includes a £200 million uplift to the Supporting Families programme taking total planned investment across the next 3 years to £695 million. This funding will help up to 300,000 more families facing multiple, interconnected issues to access effective support and improve their life outcomes.</p><p>£300 million of funding will be used to transform ‘Start for Life’ services and create a network of family hubs in half of council areas in England. This includes funding for a network of Family Hubs (£82 million) and parenting programs (£50 million). The government is committed to family hubs and will robustly evaluate the impact of the investment to gather best practice and inform future funding decisions.</p><p>The report also recommends a legal duty for early help. The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care is due to set out its final recommendations this spring, and the government will consider those relevant to early help to inform any next steps.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2022 16:25:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1455122

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Hubs: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what digital support her Department will provide as part of her family hubs offer.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	148229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Through the ‘Family Hubs – Growing Up Well’ digital project, we are partnering with five local authorities in England to develop digital and data solutions that solve problems faced by local authorities in delivering accessible, inter-connected education, health, and social care services for families.</p><p> </p><p>The solutions will focus on improving how information is shared between professionals across a range of services in a Family Hub Network, and how families access and navigate services. These are key to strengthening the practical implementation of Family Hub Networks and levelling up outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged families.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to standard agile digital delivery methodology, the solutions will enter beta testing in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate that they will be available for participating local authorities in England in 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2022 15:04:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1455124

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to reinstate the cross-departmental Child Poverty Unit.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	148230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>A key function of the previous Child Poverty Unit was to support the delivery of the child poverty targets that we abolished in 2016, which we have no plans to reintroduce. We believe that an approach to tackling child poverty focused primarily on meeting income-based targets can drive action that focuses primarily on moving the incomes for those ‘just in poverty’ just above a ‘poverty line’ whilst doing nothing to help those on the very lowest incomes or to improve children’s future prospects.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials engage extensively across Government to ensure a coordinated approach to tackling poverty and we will we continue to do so in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that in 2020/21 there were 200,000 fewer children in absolute poverty before housing costs than in 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/04/2022 14:29:57 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1441306

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Pets: Import Controls
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 merits of introducing a visual check at the border to ensure that the pet animal is the (a) same as the animal listed on the pet passport and (b) age stated.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	140464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>We operate one of the most rigorous and robust pet travel checking regimes in Europe. All non-commercial dogs, cats and ferrets entering Great Britain on approved routes (every route other than Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies) under the Pet Travel rules undergo 100% documentary and identity checks by authorised pet checkers.</p><p> </p><p>To enter Great Britain pets must have been implanted with a microchip or have a legible tattoo imprinted prior to 3 July 2011. A pet’s identity is checked by ensuring that the microchip or tattoo details correspond to the details in the pet’s documentation, which includes the date of birth of the pet animal. Carriers can refer suspected non-compliances to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), including cases where any dog appears underage. APHA staff are highly trained to deal with intercepted shipments.</p><p> </p><p>APHA works collaboratively with Border Force and other operational partners at ports, airports and inland, sharing intelligence to enforce the Pet Travel rules, disrupt illegal imports, safeguard the welfare of animals and seize non-compliant animals.</p><p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on 8 June 2021 and completed committee on 18 November 2021. The Bill allows us to further protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to introduce new restrictions on pet travel and the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 23/03/2022 16:58:42 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1440805

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Dogs: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the economic costs of the illegal puppy smuggling industry in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the potential economic merits of the proposals made in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill in relation to tackling the puppy smuggling industry.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	139376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>In August 2021, the Government launched an eight-week consultation on our proposed restrictions to the commercial and non-commercial movement of pets into Great Britain.</p><p>We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will publish a summary in due course. This will allow us to take on board the views of the public and interested groups in order to shape our future policy.</p><p>We will develop an economic impact assessment for these proposals once finalised.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/03/2022 11:56:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1440947

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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: Packaging
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 help make food and drink packaging more accessible to people with sight loss.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	139377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. It is already a requirement that food information must be easily visible and clearly legible. Information shall not in any way be obscured and depending on the package size, there is a minimum font size.</p><p>That said, we welcome work by industry, especially companies developing new digital technologies with the potential to provide the means for people with visual impairment to access food information. As part of the upcoming Food Strategy White Paper, we will look at optimising food information, including labelling, so all consumers, are better able to make informed choices.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139378 question first answered 22/03/2022 12:41:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1440949

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support companies pioneering new technologies to make food and drink packaging more accessible to people with sight loss.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	139378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. It is already a requirement that food information must be easily visible and clearly legible. Information shall not in any way be obscured and depending on the package size, there is a minimum font size.</p><p>That said, we welcome work by industry, especially companies developing new digital technologies with the potential to provide the means for people with visual impairment to access food information. As part of the upcoming Food Strategy White Paper, we will look at optimising food information, including labelling, so all consumers, are better able to make informed choices.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 139377 question first answered 22/03/2022 12:41:31 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1441082

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Packaging: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage companies to take up innovative technologies to make packaging more accessible to people with sight impairments.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	139379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the specific challenges faced by people with sight loss or visual impairment, and that consideration of equality impacts must be integral in all key policy decisions.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>UK Research and Innovation have work undertaken to accelerate innovation in assistive technologies, which is set out in the National Institute of Health Research’s report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal National Institute for Blind People can support businesses to develop more accessible products and services, and can recommend solutions, technologies and tools to help resolve accessibility issues.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/03/2022 14:27:39 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1439214

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Explosives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's position is on the upcoming UN-backed political declaration on restricting the use of wide area effect explosive weapons in populated areas.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	137343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>Restricting the use of explosive weapons in urban areas beyond the clear and robust framework that International Humanitarian Law already sets would reduce the UK's ability to operate legitimately and responsibly, potentially putting our operations or personnel at risk. We will continue to be actively involved in the political declaration process and assess the merits of the text once its final form is known.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 137344 question first answered 16/03/2022 12:02:39 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1439215

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the context of the recent report of the International Committee of the Red Cross outlining the risks to civilians of urban airstrikes, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to restrict the use of wide area effect explosive weapons in urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	137344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>Restricting the use of explosive weapons in urban areas beyond the clear and robust framework that International Humanitarian Law already sets would reduce the UK's ability to operate legitimately and responsibly, potentially putting our operations or personnel at risk. We will continue to be actively involved in the political declaration process and assess the merits of the text once its final form is known.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 137343 question first answered 16/03/2022 12:02:39 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier