{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Mary+Glindon&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-09-09T15%3A17%3A11.817Z", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Mary+Glindon&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-09-09T15%3A17%3A11.817Z", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Mary+Glindon&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-09-09T15%3A17%3A11.817Z&_metadata=all", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Mary+Glindon&_page=0&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-09-09T15%3A17%3A11.817Z", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Mary+Glindon&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-09-09T15%3A17%3A11.817Z", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Mary+Glindon&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-09-09T15%3A17%3A11.817Z", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1737042", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1737042/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Since October 2021, over £2.9 billion has been allocated to Local Authorities (LAs) in England to support those most in need through the Household Support Fund (HSF).<\/p>
<\/p>
LAs have the discretion to design their own local schemes within the parameters of the guidance and grant determination that the Department for Work and Pensions have set out for the fund. This is because they have the ties and the knowledge to best determine how support should be provided in their local communities.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> We understand that improving how local government is funded is crucial to enabling councils to deliver support to their residents and ensuring we can deliver our missions. We will provide councils with more stability and certainty through multi-year funding settlements and by ending wasteful competitive bidding. This will ensure councils can plan their finances for the future properly, delivering better value for money for taxpayers.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4083", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alison McGovern"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alison McGovern"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-31T12:00:17.327Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Household Support Fund"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to improve the capacity of local authorities to administer the Household Support Fund.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4126", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Glindon"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Glindon"}
], "uin" : "10997"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1736550", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1736550/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Chief Medical Officers Annual report on Air Pollution (2022) demonstrated the increased health risks associated with exposure to air pollution among those living in areas of higher socio-economic deprivation. The Government are committed to reducing health inequalities and DHSC are supporting Defra to deliver their comprehensive and ambitious Clean Air Strategy which will include a series of interventions to reduce emissions so that everyone\u2019s exposure to air pollution is reduced.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gorton and Denton"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-30T16:56:37.25Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Air Pollution: Low Incomes"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9455 on Air Pollution: Poverty, if he will take steps to help tackle the impact of air pollution on people with a low income.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4126", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Glindon"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Glindon"}
], "uin" : "10722"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1736558", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1736558/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government is determined to improve air quality and protect children from the harms of pollution, and is committed to meeting the legal targets for air quality, including the targets recently set under the Environment Act 2021. The Department of Health and Social Care is working across Government to achieve this, including with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs on their Clean Air Strategy to reduce emissions and reduce harms associated with air pollution.<\/p> Local air quality is the responsibility of local authorities, who should prepare air quality action plans to ensure the level of pollutants is reduced, if it is not compliant with relevant limits. Local authorities are responsible for monitoring air quality in their areas and will decide where to undertake their monitoring, which may be around schools. The Government will continue to work with local authorities to support their work on improving air quality. Active Travel England and the Department for Transport are working on guidance for local authorities to help them implement School Streets vehicle access restrictions effectively.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gorton and Denton"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-10-30T16:52:12.983Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Air Pollution: Schools"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9455 on Air Pollution: Poverty, if he will take steps to reduce the number of schools in England that are in areas exceeding World Health Organisation guidelines for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4126", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Glindon"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Glindon"}
], "uin" : "10723"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1736115", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1736115/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " No such assessment has been made.<\/p> <\/p> Statistics on the number of people living in low income households in the UK at a regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics publication, available here: Households below average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a>. These are on a before and after housing costs basis and include measures of material deprivation.<\/p> <\/p>