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1563359

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date	20/12/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has sought legal advice on whether (a) public bodies and (b) decision makers fail in their equality duty if they are unable to establish the number of people who they employ or to whom they provide a service that have a Sikh ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	114758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The specific duties of the public sector equality duty apply to most public bodies in England, such as local authorities and schools; most public authorities operating across Great Britain, such as Government departments (except on devolved functions); and a small number of public bodies operating across one of the borders inside Great Britain. These duties also apply to decision-makers who are not public authorities but exercise public functions. Public bodies subject to the specific duties must publish information to show their compliance with the public sector equality duty. The information must include:</p><ul><li>information relating to people who are affected by the public body’s policies and practices, such as service users, and who share protected characteristics;</li><li>and for public bodies with 150 or more employees, information relating to those of the public body’s employees who share protected characteristics.</li></ul><p>The specific duties are intended to enable better performance of the public sector equality duty, but there is no requirement to hold or publish information to any particular level of detail. Similarly, there is no prescribed format. It is up to each public body to decide for itself what information it publishes. This will vary greatly depending on the size of the body, the range of functions it performs, and the extent to which those functions could affect equality.</p><p>However, public bodies and decision-makers who think that their decisions may affect discrimination, harassment, or victimisation of Sikhs, affect equality of opportunity between Sikhs and people of different ethnicity, or affect Sikhs’ relations with people of different ethnicity, should ensure that their compliance with the duty includes considerations of Sikh ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/01/2023 17:48:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563360

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's website entitled Ethnicity Facts and Figures, how many and what proportion of the datasets which appear on that site contain data which can be disaggregated in such a way as to provide specific information on the number of Sikhs in each category, in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	114759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics’ latest Equalities Data Audit (Nov 2022), 22 of the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures collect religion data as well as ethnicity. This is 29% of all the data sources used on Ethnicity facts and figures. There are 73 datasets (pages) in Ethnicity facts and figures that use data from these sources; this is 39% of all datasets. Sample sizes for each source vary so it may not always be possible to provide reliable estimates when disaggregating data by both ethnic group and religion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/01/2023 17:03:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1562944

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of the number of children in poverty in Birmingham who are not eligible for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Education, including free school meals (FSM), is a devolved matter and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The latest published statistics from the Department are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>. The figures show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming FSM. This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, over one third of school children are now provided with FSM, at a cost of over £1 billion a year. The Department currently has protections in place, ensuring that eligible pupils keep their FSM entitlement even if their household circumstances improve.</p><p>The Department believes that the current eligibility threshold level, which enables children in low income households to benefit from FSM while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one. The Department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them, as well as continuing to monitor current issues that impact disadvantaged families, such as the rising cost of living, and its impact on FSM.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 113472 113473 113474 question first answered 09/01/2023 17:37:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563030

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	East Africa: International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) humanitarian funding and (b) development funding the Government has provided to (i) Somalia, (ii) South Sudan, (iii) Ethiopia, and (iv) Kenya in (A) financial year 2022-23 and (B) 1 January 2022 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government will meet its £156 million humanitarian commitment in East Africa in FY22/23. We will publish details of the overall development funding to each of these countries for FY22/23 in due course. In the period January 1 to March 31, 2022, the FCDO spent the following in Official Development Assistance: £6 million in Somalia, £14.8 million in South Sudan, £11.7 million in Ethiopia, and £0.4 million in Kenya.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/01/2023 16:35:38 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563038

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	School Meals Coalition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of joining the School Meals Coalition.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Following a review in early December, the UK reconfirmed its decision not to join the School Meals Coalition as it does not align with our domestic and international priorities for nutrition or education.</p><p>FCDO continues to prioritise nutrition interventions for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five to address and avert malnutrition.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 12/01/2023 16:35:25 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563042

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	National Guardian's Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual budget was of the National Guardian's Office in each year since 2015; and how many full time equivalent staff were employed by that office in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The first year of operation for the National Guardian’s Office (NGO) was 2016. The following table shows the annual budgets and staff numbers for the NGO from 2016/17 to 2020/21, the most recent data available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Annual budget</p></td><td><p>Staff numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£993,044</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£992,409</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,670,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£1,666,657</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£1,666,666</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:09:35 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563073

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cooperatives: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support the co-operative sector across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having a thriving co-operatives sector and creating a modern and supportive business environment in the UK. The Government acknowledges the vital contribution co-operatives make to the economy, serving local communities up and down the UK. For instance, the Co-op Economy Report 2021 conducted by the trade body Co-operatives UK found that co-operatives contributed £39.7 billion to the UK economy in 2021, up £1.1 billion from 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2021, the Government announced the £150m Community Ownership Fund. This allows community groups to bid for up to £250,000 matched-funding to help them buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost and run them as community-owned businesses, supporting co-operative entrepreneurship. To date, 71 projects across the UK have benefitted from the fund.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Most recently, the Government is supporting a Private Members' Bill on Co-operatives, Mutual Insurers, and Friendly Societies, which will grant HM Treasury the power to bring forward regulations to give those mutuals further flexibility in determining for themselves the best strategies for their business regarding their surplus capital.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government also aims to continue to develop a modern and supportive business environment to set co-operatives and mutuals up for success. As part of this, the Government is currently exploring options for reviewing key pieces of legislation underpinning the co-operatives and mutuals sectors.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 113345 113346 question first answered 09/01/2023 14:06:08 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563074

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cooperatives: Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the co-operative sector to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having a thriving co-operatives sector and creating a modern and supportive business environment in the UK. The Government acknowledges the vital contribution co-operatives make to the economy, serving local communities up and down the UK. For instance, the Co-op Economy Report 2021 conducted by the trade body Co-operatives UK found that co-operatives contributed £39.7 billion to the UK economy in 2021, up £1.1 billion from 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2021, the Government announced the £150m Community Ownership Fund. This allows community groups to bid for up to £250,000 matched-funding to help them buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost and run them as community-owned businesses, supporting co-operative entrepreneurship. To date, 71 projects across the UK have benefitted from the fund.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Most recently, the Government is supporting a Private Members' Bill on Co-operatives, Mutual Insurers, and Friendly Societies, which will grant HM Treasury the power to bring forward regulations to give those mutuals further flexibility in determining for themselves the best strategies for their business regarding their surplus capital.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government also aims to continue to develop a modern and supportive business environment to set co-operatives and mutuals up for success. As part of this, the Government is currently exploring options for reviewing key pieces of legislation underpinning the co-operatives and mutuals sectors.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 113344 113346 question first answered 09/01/2023 14:06:08 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563075

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cooperatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase co-operative and employee ownership of business.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having a thriving co-operatives sector and creating a modern and supportive business environment in the UK. The Government acknowledges the vital contribution co-operatives make to the economy, serving local communities up and down the UK. For instance, the Co-op Economy Report 2021 conducted by the trade body Co-operatives UK found that co-operatives contributed £39.7 billion to the UK economy in 2021, up £1.1 billion from 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2021, the Government announced the £150m Community Ownership Fund. This allows community groups to bid for up to £250,000 matched-funding to help them buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost and run them as community-owned businesses, supporting co-operative entrepreneurship. To date, 71 projects across the UK have benefitted from the fund.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Most recently, the Government is supporting a Private Members' Bill on Co-operatives, Mutual Insurers, and Friendly Societies, which will grant HM Treasury the power to bring forward regulations to give those mutuals further flexibility in determining for themselves the best strategies for their business regarding their surplus capital.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government also aims to continue to develop a modern and supportive business environment to set co-operatives and mutuals up for success. As part of this, the Government is currently exploring options for reviewing key pieces of legislation underpinning the co-operatives and mutuals sectors.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 113344 113345 question first answered 09/01/2023 14:06:09 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1563085

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is providing support to local authorities to help them install electric vehicle charging points in council-owned garages.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	113349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Public sector organisations, as well as social housing providers and private landlords, can apply for the EV chargepoint grant. Grants of up to £350 are available for landlords towards the cost of purchasing and installing a chargepoint, with up to 200 grants a year available per applicant. Additional support is available to help install multiple chargepoints, for example in residential car parks, with grants of up to £30,000 available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2023 11:14:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill