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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2019-09-03
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Food Banks: Schools more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that there has been an increase in the number of food banks set up in UK schools. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Taylor of Warwick more like this
uin HL17690 more like this
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is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There is no official data or record of the number of foodbanks in the UK. However, the Government wants to develop a better understanding of household food needs to help ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. This is why the Government has worked with food insecurity experts, the Office for National Statistics and the Scottish Government to introduce a new set of food security questions in the Family Resources Survey starting from April 2019. This means that we will in future be able to able to monitor the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity across the UK and for specific groups, to better understand the drivers of food insecurity and identify which groups are most at risk.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To help families on low incomes we are supporting 1.3 million children with free school meals, investing up to £26 million in school breakfast clubs, providing approximately 2.3 million children aged 4-6 with a portion of fresh fruit or vegetables each day at school, and, through the Healthy Start Programme, hundreds of thousands of low income families benefit from vouchers which can be redeemed against fruit, vegetables, milk and infant formula.</ins></p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-09-09T15:53:12.56Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T15:53:12.56Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2019-09-30T14:57:52.123Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-30T14:57:52.123Z
answering member
4174
label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
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answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
answering member
4174
label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
tabling member
1796
label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick more like this