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1645285

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what were the savings to the public purse of unspent free school meal allowances in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	189942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department allocates funding to schools to support free school meals (FSM) provision, through their core budgets. In 2023/24, the funding rate for each pupil who is eligible for FSM stands at £480. In total, the Department spends over £1 billion each year on free meals, which now support over one third of pupils in England.</p><p>FSM are intended as a benefit in kind, rather than a cash benefit, and the Department’s primary interest is that schools meet their legal duties to provide nutritious free lunches to eligible pupils.</p><p>Schools have considerable freedom in how they deliver FSM, and it is important that pupils are claiming their free lunch each day. Schools and colleges should ensure pupils are not building up significant cash reserves on their accounts or regularly spending their allowances at other times of day without receiving their healthy lunch.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 189943 question first answered 22/06/2023 15:55:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1645286

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing pupils who are eligible for free school meals to use an unspent daily allowance on a future day.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	189943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department allocates funding to schools to support free school meals (FSM) provision, through their core budgets. In 2023/24, the funding rate for each pupil who is eligible for FSM stands at £480. In total, the Department spends over £1 billion each year on free meals, which now support over one third of pupils in England.</p><p>FSM are intended as a benefit in kind, rather than a cash benefit, and the Department’s primary interest is that schools meet their legal duties to provide nutritious free lunches to eligible pupils.</p><p>Schools have considerable freedom in how they deliver FSM, and it is important that pupils are claiming their free lunch each day. Schools and colleges should ensure pupils are not building up significant cash reserves on their accounts or regularly spending their allowances at other times of day without receiving their healthy lunch.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 189942 question first answered 22/06/2023 15:55:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1645287

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications are awaiting approval; and what the average waiting time was for an asylum application in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding how many asylum claims are awaiting a decision, broken down in terms of how many have been waiting for more or less than 6 months, until the end of March 2023, is published in the Asy_D03 tab of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">Asylum applications, decisions, and resettlement detailed datasets’</a> online.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is unable to state the average time taken to process asylum claims because this information is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/06/2023 11:56:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1645288

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-08%2F188581&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5c1b8648489f4f2d5b6a08db723ca864%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638229377063370975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dcE8sFNcKAVvWo3dK9hBkmEgAMP51T%2BJ822OPzo3NH8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">188581</a> on 14 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 189813 189814 189815 189816 189817 189818 189819 189820 189821 189822 189946 189947 189948 189953 189954 189955 189956 189957 189970 189971 189972 189973 189974 189975 189976 189977 189978 189979 189980 189981 189982 189983 189984 question first answered 22/06/2023 09:51:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1645289

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Affordable Housing programme.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-08%2F188581&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5c1b8648489f4f2d5b6a08db723ca864%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638229377063370975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dcE8sFNcKAVvWo3dK9hBkmEgAMP51T%2BJ822OPzo3NH8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">188581</a> on 14 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 189813 189814 189815 189816 189817 189818 189819 189820 189821 189822 189945 189947 189948 189953 189954 189955 189956 189957 189970 189971 189972 189973 189974 189975 189976 189977 189978 189979 189980 189981 189982 189983 189984 question first answered 22/06/2023 09:51:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1645290

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Bacon Review grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-08%2F188581&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5c1b8648489f4f2d5b6a08db723ca864%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638229377063370975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dcE8sFNcKAVvWo3dK9hBkmEgAMP51T%2BJ822OPzo3NH8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">188581</a> on 14 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 189813 189814 189815 189816 189817 189818 189819 189820 189821 189822 189945 189946 189948 189953 189954 189955 189956 189957 189970 189971 189972 189973 189974 189975 189976 189977 189978 189979 189980 189981 189982 189983 189984 question first answered 22/06/2023 09:51:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1645291

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Building Capabilities for Local Regulators grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-08%2F188581&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5c1b8648489f4f2d5b6a08db723ca864%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638229377063370975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dcE8sFNcKAVvWo3dK9hBkmEgAMP51T%2BJ822OPzo3NH8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">188581</a> on 14 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 189813 189814 189815 189816 189817 189818 189819 189820 189821 189822 189945 189946 189947 189953 189954 189955 189956 189957 189970 189971 189972 189973 189974 189975 189976 189977 189978 189979 189980 189981 189982 189983 189984 question first answered 22/06/2023 09:51:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1645292

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	Chromosome Abnormalities
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 plans to add to the guidance accompanying the Down Syndrome Act 2022 to address 22q11.2 Syndromes and other chromosomal disorders.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	189989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that there are overlaps between the services that support people with Down syndrome and those that support people with other genetic conditions and/or a learning disability. The Down Syndrome Act guidance will focus on the unique support needs of people with Down syndrome. We will, however, highlight where best practice in service delivery would also be applicable to those with another genetic condition and/or a learning disability, including DiGeorge syndrome (22q11.2 deletion syndrome). There will be a full public consultation on the guidance once a draft has been produced.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/06/2023 09:02:13 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1645293

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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	22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
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 add 22q11.2 Syndromes to the standard blood screen test for new-borns.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	189990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to add 22q11.2 syndromes to the new-born blood spot screening programme. Proposals to expand screening for new-born blood spot screening must be submitted to the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) for assessment against its criteria to ensure screening is introduced where the benefit clearly outweighs the harm.</p><p>The UK NSC runs an annual call for topics in September where members of the pubic and stakeholders can submit new topics to be considered. The UK NSC carried out a review for 22q11.2 Syndrome in 2018 following an annual call submission and recommended that at the time the evidence was insufficient to recommend a screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/06/2023 16:56:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1645294

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 179976 on Demonstrations, what steps her Department is taking to ensure any public order guidance related to buffer zones is compatible with existing rights to freedom of (a) speech, (b) religion and (c) assembly.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	189991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Ahead of the commencement of section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, the College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service are updating relevant public order guidance and training to reflect the inclusion of the offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services.</p><p>In accordance with human rights obligations, these organisations are required to consider the rights provided under Article 9 (freedom of thought, religion and belief), Article 10 (freedom of expression) and Article 11 (freedom of association and assembly) of the European Convention on Human Rights, recognising that they are qualified and can sometimes be infringed upon to uphold other rights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/06/2023 11:11:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes