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1600432

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy is of HM Passport Office on allowing people without a gender recognition certificate to change the sex registered on their passport.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	156262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications awaiting a decision by nationality can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 31 December 2022. Data as at 31 March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This data is not available broken down by outcomes received by family members.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Passport Office’s gender recognition policy includes guidance for customers regarding the evidence required when someone is changing their passport sex marker without a gender recognition certificate. The policy can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fgender-recognition-policy&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Carroll1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2511555d6af341bb503908db1af323b3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638133403791559794%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aLG6jl1ym26DQQYpWdLhAkq4l%2FBXA3HoVhXEjPAL%2BOY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Gender recognition policy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/03/2023 17:40:25 question first ministerially corrected 14/03/2023 14:15:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 61009 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1600503

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving the (a) support element of Employment Support Allowance and (b) limited capability for work-related activity element of Universal Credit, but were not receiving the (i) Personal Independent Payment and (ii) Disability Living Allowance in the latest 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	156196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>On 31<sup>st</sup> August 2022, <del class="ministerial">373,000</del> <ins class="ministerial">259,000</ins> people in Great Britain were receiving the Support Group award of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) without receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA). <ins class="ministerial">373,000</ins> <del class="ministerial">259,000</del> people were receiving the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity Element (LCWRA) of Universal Credit (UC) without receiving PIP or DLA. The below table shows the figures for the end of the four most recent quarters.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Month end</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>People receiving ESA/UC without PIP/DLA</p></td><td><p>ESA Support Group</p></td><td><p>292,000</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td><td><p>270,000</p></td><td><p>259,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UC LCWRA</p></td><td><p>307,000</p></td><td><p>327,000</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td><td><p>373,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Sources: </strong>Benefit Combinations, Universal Credit Full Service, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and may be subject to future revision;</li><li>Data covers Great Britain only;</li><li>The volumes above may include claimants that are subsequently given a PIP award that covers the reference date;</li><li>The volumes may also include Scottish claimants that are claiming Scottish disability benefits (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment) instead of PIP or DLA; and</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/03/2023 11:22:10 question first ministerially corrected 04/04/2023 11:15:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 60740 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1599365

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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 and Care Professions Council: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to advise the Privy Council to reject the Health and Care Professions Council decision to increase their registrants’ fees by 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	153854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is independent of Government and is funded by its registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis. The HCPC has concluded its consultation on the proposed fee rise and its Council has agreed to seek parliamentary approval for increasing annual registration fees by £19.62 from 1 July 2023. The proposal is subject to the <del class="ministerial">affirmative</del> <ins class="ministerial">negative </ins>parliamentary process in both the Westminster and the Scottish Parliaments.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2023 15:11:36 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 59007 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1599524

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication of workforce management information for the months of March and April 2022, for what reasons those months show the same figures in the seven categories for payroll staff costs, the three categories for non-payroll staff costs and the total for all staff costs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	153873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures will be updated by 2 March 2023.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures were updated on 9 March 2023.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 12:00:49 question first ministerially corrected 10/03/2023 10:45:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 58913 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1589092

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Key Workers: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to record data on the number of keyworkers who have (a) been affected, (b) taken early retirement, (c) lost their jobs and (d) become reliant on benefits due to long covid.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	152238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 24 February is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/03/2023 17:35:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:11 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238 previous answer version 59811 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1589108

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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 England: Thompson
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 the article in the Health Service Journal entitled Branding agency hired to help cultivate new personality for NHSE, published on 7 February 2023, what the value of NHS England's contract with Thompson for work referenced in that article is; and if he will publish the interim update for senior leaders.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	152180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are unable to provide the information requested on NHS England's contract with Thompson as it is commercially sensitive.<del class="ministerial"> </del></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of the implementation of the legal merger of NHS England with Health Education England and NHS Digital approved by Parliament through the Health and Care Act 2022, Thompson were contracted to provide independent support and advice to minimise the risk of disruption to communications with the wider health and care system, operational and strategic partners and stakeholders, and staff patients and the public from the new combined organisation. The value of the contract was £80,000.</ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 59228 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 59813 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 06/03/2023 17:28:35 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1587135

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 the independent report entitled JCVI statement on the COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023, updated on 27 January 2023, on what evidential basis the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has proposed including children over the age of (a) 12 who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression and (b) 16 who are carers in the targeted primary course covid-19 vaccination programme in 2023, in the context of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing transmission.
tabling member constituency	Devizes
tabling member printed	Danny Kruger
uin	148774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The advice within the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) interim statement of 25 January 2023 is that primary course COVID-19 vaccination should move, over the course of 2023, towards a more targeted offer to protect those persons at higher risk of severe COVID-19. As this advice is interim, further work will be done to finalise the eligible cohorts in due course.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Current COVID-19 vaccines may provide some short term protection against infection and onwards transmission and this may reduce the risk of transmission from household contacts to immunosuppressed individuals who are at high risk of complications, and who may not directly benefit from vaccination.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The vaccination of household contacts and carers may provide some short term protection against infection and may reduce the risk of onwards transmission to those at higher risk. It will also reduce the risk of serious disease in carers, which, if they were to fall ill, may compromise the welfare of those they care for. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) report does not contain any evidential basis for proposed cohorts, as it was interim advice. The considerations for any future decisions will be part of future JCVI reports and meeting minutes.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Current COVID-19 vaccines may provide some short-term protection against infection and onwards transmission, weekly surveillance reports can be found at the following link:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexandra.Goodwin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cf8c258e161da49d54a9708db34fe209b%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638162038286550978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UMm7q%2BBQ5yF7CqxrlOoxJFV6k6uFvpjUcfzQesawX20%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This may reduce the risk of transmission from household contacts to immunosuppressed individuals who are at high risk of complications, and who may not directly benefit from vaccination. It will also reduce the risk of serious disease in carers, which, if they were to fall ill, may compromise the welfare of those they care for.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The advice within the JCVI interim statement of 25 January 2023 is that primary course COVID-19 vaccination should move, over the course of 2023, towards a more targeted offer to protect those persons at higher risk of severe COVID-19. The vaccination programme can be found at the following link:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-vaccination-programme-for-2023-jcvi-interim-advice-8-november-2022%2520&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexandra.Goodwin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cf8c258e161da49d54a9708db34fe209b%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638162038286550978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D2Ue3qeAtDcN%2BbbCGjwLm%2FQYj6CbSG99KdR%2FNDXY0xA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-programme-for-2023-jcvi-interim-advice-8-november-2022 </a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Since the JCVI interim statement of 25 January 2023, the JCVI published a statement on 7 March 2023, which contained detail of the spring 2023 booster programme which can be found at the following link:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fspring-2023-covid-19-vaccination-programme-jcvi-advice-22-february-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexandra.Goodwin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cf8c258e161da49d54a9708db34fe209b%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638162038286550978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ok9GK%2FsGRq2wiZry5v4uP0YLec0hs5M39XQe38PvYAY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-2023-covid-19-vaccination-programme-jcvi-advice-22-february-2023</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The JCVI advice for the spring 2023 booster programme does not include primary or booster vaccinations for the groups referred to in this question.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/04/2023 09:05:16 question first ministerially corrected 11/04/2023 10:48:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 66976 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4858 label Biography information for Danny Kruger

1587227

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Counter Disinformation Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department provided to the Counter Disinformation Unit in each year since that Unit's formation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	148794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) monitors narratives, trends and attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment online. It does not monitor individuals, however the content reviewed may incidentally include personal data, such as names and social media handles embedded within content published on publicly available sites. The CDU has a legal basis for collecting or processing any personal data as set out in Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR, and the processing is necessary for us in our work as a public body and in the public interest.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy; people must be allowed to discuss and debate issues freely. The CDU’s role is not to spot every instance of disinformation but where harmful content is identified in the course of the CDU’s work which may breach a platform Terms of Service, this may be referred to the relevant platform who will consider whether or not to take any action. The CDU’s work is consistent with the Government’s principles and values on protecting freedom of expression and promoting a free, open, and secure internet and as such no action is taken on any content originating from journalists or politicians.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Addressing the challenges of disinformation is a whole of the government effort. The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is a team within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which works in close partnership with other government teams. Requirements are continually reviewed to ensure appropriate levels of resourcing, including surge capacity as needed. It would not be appropriate to comment on funding levels publicly as doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of our capabilities. </strong></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/02/2023 11:47:57 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2023 14:00:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 56980 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1587232

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	Counter Disinformation Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Counter Disinformation Unit has collected information on (a) sitting Members, (b) former Members, (c) political activists and (d) political organisations since the Unit's formation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	148796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Addressing the challenges of disinformation is a whole of the government effort. The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) is a team within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) which works in close partnership with other government teams. Requirements are continually reviewed to ensure appropriate levels of resourcing, including surge capacity as needed. It would not be appropriate to comment on funding levels publicly as doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of our capabilities.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) monitors narratives, trends and attempts to artificially manipulate the information environment online. It does not monitor individuals, however the content reviewed may incidentally include personal data, such as names and social media handles embedded within content published on publicly available sites. The CDU has a legal basis for collecting or processing any personal data as set out in Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR, and the processing is necessary for us in our work as a public body and in the public interest.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Freedom of expression and the media are essential qualities of any functioning democracy; people must be allowed to discuss and debate issues freely. The CDU’s role is not to spot every instance of disinformation but where harmful content is identified in the course of the CDU’s work which may breach a platform Terms of Service, this may be referred to the relevant platform who will consider whether or not to take any action. The CDU’s work is consistent with the Government’s principles and values on protecting freedom of expression and promoting a free, open, and secure internet and as such no action is taken on any content originating from journalists or politicians.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/02/2023 11:27:03 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2023 14:00:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 56977 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1586233

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the quantity of food provided to asylum seekers in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	146817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>Asylum seekers in contingency accommodation are provided breakfast, lunch and evening meals, with a choice of at least one hot and one cold selection, at least one vegetarian option<del class="ministerial">, a beverage service</del> with each main meal and a food service for babies and small children with the appropriate foodstuffs. Food is provided in a location easily accessible to all. <del class="ministerial">Additional foodstuffs or meals are also provided as required to meet the nutritional needs of Service Users for whom three daily meals may be insufficient.</del></p><p> </p><p>We continuously look at ways to improve our procedures to ensure we address concerns quickly and effectively, and one of the tools we use to achieve this is through our targeted <del class="ministerial">customer experience</del> surveys. These are 100% anonymous and available 24/7 in a variety of languages. The Initial Accommodation (IA) survey in particular is aimed at all those who reside in all forms of contingency accommodation and seeks insight <del class="ministerial">directly from service users</del> on the<del class="ministerial">ir experience of</del> fundamental aspects of the provision. This includes questions on the accommodation standards and suitability, food offering, information <ins class="ministerial">provided.</ins><del class="ministerial">provided and overall service. </del></p><p> </p><p>The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration also conducted a thorough review of contingency accommodation. Their findings were published in May 2022 and the Home Office has accepted all of the recommendations made. The food service at hotels meets appropriate nutritional standards for each<del class="ministerial"> varied</del> menu and satisfies cultural, religious, health or other specific requirements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/02/2023 17:57:21 question first ministerially corrected 23/02/2023 11:09:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 56896 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell