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1755394

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	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, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of auto-enrolment schemes for free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Mr Luke Charters
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>There are currently around 2.1 million pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals (FSM). The department recognises the vital role played by FSM and encourages all eligible families to take up their entitlement. To make this as easy as possible the department provides the Eligibility Checking System, which allows local authorities to quickly verify eligibility for FSM.</p><p>Further to this, the department is aware of a range of measures aimed at maximising take up of FSM, including through approaches being trialled by local authorities. We welcome local authorities taking action to ensure government support reaches families, subject to them meeting legal and data protections requirements.</p><p>The department is working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions to develop a child poverty strategy to reduce child poverty by tackling its root causes and giving every child the best start in life.</p><p>As with all government programmes, the department will keep its approach to FSM under continued review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 24/01/2025 14:01:42 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5199

1755460

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Fertility: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of seeking fertility treatment on women in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich North
	tabling member printed	Alice Macdonald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>Data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) states that around 52,500 patients had in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and 3,000 had donor insemination (DI) treatment, at HFEA licensed fertility centres in the UK in 2022. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) does not hold any additional data on how many of those individuals were working, either nationally or by region.</p><p> </p><p>DBT has not specifically assessed the potential impacts on women in the workplace of seeking fertility treatment, however, the Government recognises how important that treatment is to individuals and couples undertaking it. We have set out our immediate priorities for reforming employment law in the Plan to Make Work Pay, and while the Plan does not include any specific measures on fertility treatment, our plan aims to deliver change so that people are more able to balance working life with their personal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 24/01/2025 10:50:30 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	5133

1755728

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for (A) training and (B) settling a new child into their home and (iii) other support.
	tabling member constituency	Whitehaven and Workington
	tabling member printed	Josh MacAlister
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>There is no central cross-government wide policy for foster care leave.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) does offer employees who are foster carers flexible working, but not paid time off for training or settling a new child into their home. My Department provides a strong offer to all staff with respect to annual leave and hybrid working, as well as flexibility around taking unpaid time off, along with employee wellbeing support through the 24/7 service of our Employee Assistance Programme.</p><p> </p><p>DSIT public bodies similarly exercise a range of flexible working policies that can support staff with caring and other responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 24/01/2025 13:45:11 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
	tabling member	5033

1755740

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have used AI in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country</p><p><br>Ministers have not used AI in the Department in their roles as Law Officers.</p><p><br>A small number of officials within the Department have been piloting the use of a Microsoft 365 application ‘CoPilot’ which can be used to summarise content and meetings, assisting with drafting content and interrogating information. ChatGPT has also previously been used in this manner.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Lucy Rigby question first answered 24/01/2025 14:51:39 answering member 5333
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1755748

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	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	Tourism: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of a transient visitor levy on UK tourism.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>Tax policy is a matter for HM Treasury and there are no plans to introduce a visitor levy in England. Levies either have been or are being introduced in Scotland, Wales and some English cities and DCMS continues to monitor their impact on the visitor economy.</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant grouped question UIN 24302 question first answered 24/01/2025 11:32:17 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
	tabling member	5100

1755749

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	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	Tourism: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a transient visitor levy on the UK visitor economy.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>Tax policy is a matter for HM Treasury and there are no plans to introduce a visitor levy in England. Levies either have been or are being introduced in Scotland, Wales and some English cities and DCMS continues to monitor their impact on the visitor economy.</p> answering member constituency Rhondda and Ogmore answering member printed Chris Bryant grouped question UIN 24301 question first answered 24/01/2025 11:32:17 answering member 1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant
	tabling member	5100

1755759

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	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	Health Services: Pensioners
	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 make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of NHS treatment for pensioners in winter (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/01/2025 10:27:20 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5100

1755830

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 15 January 2025 on Winter Update, if he will publish a list of the locations of the 24 critical incidents declared in the week of 6 January 2025.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>On 7 January 2025, there were a total of 24 active critical incidents reported, as referenced by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in his oral statement of 15 January 2025. The following table shows a list of the 24 National Health Service organisations where the critical incidents were declared:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England East of England Region</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay &amp; South Devon NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Devon Integrated Care Board</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As of 21st January, 23 of the critical incidents declared above have been stood down. University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust remains active.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/01/2025 10:24:33 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 30581 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1755923

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	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	NHS: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he is measuring the delivery of 40,000 more NHS appointments a week.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull West and Shirley
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission, and we will deliver an additional two million operations, scans, and appointments during our first year in Government, which is equivalent to 40,000 per week, as a first step in our commitment to ensuring that patients can expect to be treated within 18 weeks.</p><p>The Department regularly monitors the number of appointments the National Health Service is delivering using internal management information. Official measurement of the additional appointments will be published at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 24/01/2025 09:40:32 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	5197

1755931

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2025
	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 (a) renew the and (b) extend eligibility for kinship families to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
	tabling member printed	Matt Bishop
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2025 answer text <p>We will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate the department’s budget for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the adoption and special guardianship support fund are being made as part of these discussions.</p><p>An announcement will be made as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 24/01/2025 11:13:29 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5323