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1756233

registered interest
date	16/01/2025
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	Farming Recovery Fund
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 Farming Recovery Fund, if he will publish (a) the number of individual payments made by and (b) total costs of those payment to each local authority area for each year since the fund was established.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	24518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>Farming Recovery Fund payments are made directly to farmers. The Farming Recovery Fund is activated by the Government of the day and has been activated in 2015, 2019, 2020 and again in 2024 depending on the scale and impacts of the flooding, these are detailed below:</p><p> </p><p>- In 2015 when Storm Desmond produced 341mm of rainfall at Honister Pass in Cumbria in 24 hours.</p><p>- In 2019/2020, a flash flood in North Yorkshire affecting a single parish and the collapse of a flood embankment in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, and widescale flooding across central and eastern England.</p><p>- In 2024 an expanded fund following Storms Babet, Henk and the exceptional wet weather during the six-month period October 2023 to March 2024</p><p> </p><p>Each iteration of the Farming Recovery Fund is different depending on when, where and what the weather conditions were which caused the flooding. Farmers were able to apply for these funds the details of which are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>FRF 2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>FRF 2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>FRF 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£9,120.00</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£3,948.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>£4,647,445.22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£78,834.38</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£28,006.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,530.00</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£34,027.49</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£5,515.78</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,361.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£2,924.20</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£21,387.50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>£241,976.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£33,124.52</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£52,665.32</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>£362,580.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inner London - West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£3,603.00</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,730.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>£978,167.39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£5,829.50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£19,846.00</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£165,887.13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>£1,507,147.20</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>£266,871.18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>£425,640.21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire and Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£20,000.00</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>£120,655.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£514.90</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£39,280.42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley and Durham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£106,270.76</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>£181,071.49</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total payments to English registered businesses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>995</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7,970,432.38</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£636,271.21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>141</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£760,259.65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paid for land in England but business registered in other UK country</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£31,867.98</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£7,368.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£8,002,300.36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£636,271.21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>144</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£767,628.01</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We will publish data for the 2024 Farming Recovery Fund once payments have been finalised. The 2024 Farming Recovery Fund has paid around 12,700 farming businesses £57.5 million, to date.</p><p> </p><p>Recovery payments were always intended as an exceptional intervention. Defra is working with the Flood Resilience Taskforce to develop a longer-term solution to the impacts of our changing climate on the agricultural sector. We are also investing in environmental land management schemes which include actions to improve flood resilience and water management on farms.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 20/03/2025 13:46:44 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1766455

registered interest
date	21/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Government spent on children looked after in 2023-24; and what proportion of this was on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	32081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>In 2023/24, local authority gross expenditure on children's and young people's services was £14.8 billion<strong>. </strong>Over half of that expenditure was on services for children looked after, which is a total of £8.1 billion (54.9%).</p><p>Expenditure under the last administration on asylum seeker services for children, within local authority children’s services, increased by 29.7% to £341.7 million in 2023/24. This accounted for 4.2% of the total spend on looked after children.</p><p>The asylum seeker services for children spending line is unlikely to capture all expenditure on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). This spending line will only capture expenditure related to UASC that has not been recorded in other spending lines. For example, if a UASC is fostered then the associated expenditure will be captured in the ‘fostering services’ spend line by local authorities. These other lines are not disaggregated in the data collection so the department is unable to determine what proportion of fostering spend is spent on UASC.</p><p>The relevant data can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a> and data guidance and a breakdown of spending categories is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-2023-to-2024/section-251-financial-data-collection-2023-to-2024-guidance-for-local-authorities-compiling-their-outturn-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-2023-to-2024/section-251-financial-data-collection-2023-to-2024-guidance-for-local-authorities-compiling-their-outturn-statement</a>.</p><p>In 2024/25, local authorities have planned expenditure on children looked after in gross terms to be £7.8 billion<strong>, </strong>of which £268.4 million is planned to be spent on asylum seeker services for children. The relevant data can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p><p>Local authorities typically underbudget, so budgets are generally a poor indicator of actual spend, but they are currently the only published data available for 2024/25. For example, local authorities spent £1.5 billion, 23%, more than budgeted for in 2023/24 on looked after children. Gross planned spend on looked after children for 2023/24 was £6.6 billion and the actual spend on looked after children in 2023/24 was £8.1 billion. The relevant data can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure/2023-24#dataBlock-b3207b9e-46a0-4a1e-8e8a-7bfa46e2241b-tables" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure/2023-24#dataBlock-b3207b9e-46a0-4a1e-8e8a-7bfa46e2241b-tables</a> and here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 32082 question first answered 20/03/2025 10:44:22 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1766456

registered interest
date	21/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the predicted cost of children looked after is in 2024-25; and what proportion of this is allocated to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	32082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>In 2023/24, local authority gross expenditure on children's and young people's services was £14.8 billion<strong>. </strong>Over half of that expenditure was on services for children looked after, which is a total of £8.1 billion (54.9%).</p><p>Expenditure under the last administration on asylum seeker services for children, within local authority children’s services, increased by 29.7% to £341.7 million in 2023/24. This accounted for 4.2% of the total spend on looked after children.</p><p>The asylum seeker services for children spending line is unlikely to capture all expenditure on unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). This spending line will only capture expenditure related to UASC that has not been recorded in other spending lines. For example, if a UASC is fostered then the associated expenditure will be captured in the ‘fostering services’ spend line by local authorities. These other lines are not disaggregated in the data collection so the department is unable to determine what proportion of fostering spend is spent on UASC.</p><p>The relevant data can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a> and data guidance and a breakdown of spending categories is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-2023-to-2024/section-251-financial-data-collection-2023-to-2024-guidance-for-local-authorities-compiling-their-outturn-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-2023-to-2024/section-251-financial-data-collection-2023-to-2024-guidance-for-local-authorities-compiling-their-outturn-statement</a>.</p><p>In 2024/25, local authorities have planned expenditure on children looked after in gross terms to be £7.8 billion<strong>, </strong>of which £268.4 million is planned to be spent on asylum seeker services for children. The relevant data can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p><p>Local authorities typically underbudget, so budgets are generally a poor indicator of actual spend, but they are currently the only published data available for 2024/25. For example, local authorities spent £1.5 billion, 23%, more than budgeted for in 2023/24 on looked after children. Gross planned spend on looked after children for 2023/24 was £6.6 billion and the actual spend on looked after children in 2023/24 was £8.1 billion. The relevant data can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure/2023-24#dataBlock-b3207b9e-46a0-4a1e-8e8a-7bfa46e2241b-tables" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure/2023-24#dataBlock-b3207b9e-46a0-4a1e-8e8a-7bfa46e2241b-tables</a> and here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 32081 question first answered 20/03/2025 10:44:22 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1777788

registered interest
date	24/02/2025
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of army recruits participating in the long course at the Army Foundation College left the army before completing the course in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Epsom and Ewell
tabling member printed	Helen Maguire
uin	33341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>Of the 707 Junior Entry trainees that were due to complete training in 2024 as a result of starting the long course at the Army Foundation College in 2023, 198 left and discharged from training prior to completing the course. This equated to 28% of the total discharging from the course prior to completion.</p><p> </p><p>The main reason for early discharge was individuals exercising their “Discharge As Of Right”, i.e. voluntary discharge. An average of 167 personnel discharged voluntarily between 2013 and 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 20/03/2025 13:42:49 answering member 5235
tabling member	5336

1778292

registered interest
date	25/02/2025
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: Waste
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 commissioned research into the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on (a) access to healthy foods, (b) sustainability targets, (c) expenditure by businesses and (d) access to healthier food distribution organisations.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	33530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The consultation stage Impact Assessment considered the potential impacts of mandatory food waste reporting on large food businesses. Furthermore, when businesses reduce their food waste, we expect to see progress towards sustainability targets and increases in surplus food redistribution, but these has not been quantified, and these benefits are indirect because they are not realised from measurement and reporting alone, they require action to be taken. No assessment has been made of the potential of reporting to increase access to healthy foods.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 20/03/2025 16:03:25 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1778467

registered interest
date	25/02/2025
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	Planning Permission
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 weighting the Land Use Framework will have in planning decision making.
tabling member constituency	Taunton and Wellington
tabling member printed	Gideon Amos
uin	33744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on land use in England, the outcome of which will inform the publication of a Land Use Framework, planned for later this year. The Government is committed to building 1.5 million homes and the new infrastructure needed to deliver resilient and sustainable growth and clean energy; the Land Use Framework will play in a key role in delivering these commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Land Use Framework will provide the principles, advanced data and tools required to support national and local government, landowners, businesses, farmers, and nature groups in making the right decisions to meet the demands on their land.</p><p> </p><p>By law, planning applications are determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. What constitutes a material consideration is broadly defined and is for the decision-maker to determine based on the circumstances of the case, as is the weight to give to each material consideration.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 20/03/2025 16:04:29 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
tabling member	5250

1779301

registered interest
date	27/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to replace support for (a) adopted and (b) special guardianship children receiving therapy for early trauma when the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund closes.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	34290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund are being made as part of these discussions. An announcement will be made as soon as possible.</p><p>The department will always consider the impact of decisions on vulnerable children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 34291 question first answered 20/03/2025 10:53:55 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1779302

registered interest
date	27/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of closing the Adoption and special guardianship support fund on children receiving support from that fund.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	34291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund are being made as part of these discussions. An announcement will be made as soon as possible.</p><p>The department will always consider the impact of decisions on vulnerable children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 34290 question first answered 20/03/2025 10:53:55 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1779787

registered interest
date	28/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund funding not being extended beyond March 2025 on children receiving therapy through that fund.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	Lisa Smart
uin	34664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate our budget for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being considered as part of these discussions. An announcement will be made as soon as possible. The department will, of course, always consider the impact of decisions on vulnerable children.</p><p>ASGSF applications are generally permitted to extend up to 12 months, allowing children and families to receive continuing therapy across financial years. Where applications are agreed, therapy which starts before March 2025 may therefore continue into the next financial year, under previously agreed transitional funding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 34665 34666 question first answered 20/03/2025 11:12:23 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	5070

1779788

registered interest
date	28/02/2025
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children currently undergoing therapy funded by the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund do not experience disruption to their care due to uncertainty around the fund’s future.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	Lisa Smart
uin	34665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2025 answer text <p>The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate our budget for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being considered as part of these discussions. An announcement will be made as soon as possible. The department will, of course, always consider the impact of decisions on vulnerable children.</p><p>ASGSF applications are generally permitted to extend up to 12 months, allowing children and families to receive continuing therapy across financial years. Where applications are agreed, therapy which starts before March 2025 may therefore continue into the next financial year, under previously agreed transitional funding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 34664 34666 question first answered 20/03/2025 11:12:23 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	5070