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1732336

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date	08/10/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Arden Strategies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ministers in her Department have met representatives of Arden Strategies since 5 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	7716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>Neither the Secretary of State nor other DCMS ministers have held meetings with representatives of Arden Strategies in their ministerial capacity to date. Ministers attend non-governmental events which Arden Strategies representatives may also attend.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Barnsley South answering member printed Stephanie Peacock question first answered 16/10/2024 15:46:42 answering member 4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1679205

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on free school meals of the briefing by the Child Poverty Action Group entitled Free school meals: third of kids in poverty miss out, published in July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	7716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>This government has extended Free School Meal (FSM) eligibility several times and to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century. Around 2 million pupils are currently eligible for benefits-related FSM. Close to 1.3 million additional infants receive free and nutritious meals under the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) policy. Taken together, over one third of pupils are receiving free meals.</p><p>The department invests over £1 billion in support of these policies. Schools are currently funded at £480 per eligible pupil per year as a factor value within the National Funding Formula. This is increasing to £490 in 2024/25. For UIFSM, schools receive £2.53 per meal per child. This was uplifted from £2.41 for the current academic year. Further Education institutions have received the same uplift.</p><p>In setting an income threshold for FSM, the government’s judgement is that the current level enables the most disadvantaged children to benefit while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools and the taxpayer. It is right that provision is aimed at supporting the most disadvantaged, those out of work, or those on the lowest incomes. The department does not have any plans to further extend provision at this time. The department will keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who need them most. The department facilitates this by working with other government departments to monitor the cost of living and impact on disadvantaged families and considering a wide range of evidence, including findings produced by the Child Poverty Action Group. In addition to this, the department regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders including school leaders, pupils and catering organisations.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7711 7712 7713 7714 7715 question first answered 10/01/2024 12:24:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1167429

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that Arriva Rail North Limited has used all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Real Living Wage is paid by suppliers of goods and services as part of that company's delivery of the rail franchise.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Arriva Rail North Limited operates under a franchise agreement which stipulates that the franchisee must use all reasonable endeavours to ensure its suppliers have the Living Wage Accreditation offered by the Living Wage Foundation. Northern has supplied us with the necessary evidence in December 2018 that Northern has maintained its accreditation.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/11/2019 13:44:27 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

756681

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Parliamentary Proceedings: Radio
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 discussions the Government has had with the BBC on broadcasting parliamentary proceedings on the radio.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	7716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The BBC broadcasts weekly and daily summaries of Westminster parliamentary activity on Radio 4. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and coverage of parliamentary proceedings is a matter for the BBC. The government therefore has had no recent discussions with the BBC on broadcasting parliamentary proceedings on the radio.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/09/2017 15:41:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

390839

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will take steps to allow door-keeping staff a summer uniform made from lighter materials to reduce discomfort in hot weather.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	7716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Doorkeeping staff who perform a variety of outside and inside duties have a range of uniforms to wear as appropriate. Senior Doorkeepers who exclusively perform inside duties, and predominantly around the Chamber (which has cooling), have one uniform. These uniforms are 'bespoke' and to provide a second uniform would have considerable resource implications. The Serjeant at Arms has not received any requests from the Doorkeeping staff to either create a summer version of the uniform or to 'dress down' during hotter weather.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 21/07/2015 09:20:06 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell