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1649415

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2023
	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	Food Poverty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Trussell Trust Hunger in the UK, published in June; whether they intend to publish a response; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL8957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has no plans to publish a response to the report by the Trussell Trust on Hunger in the UK. However, we continue to monitor new research and evidence produced by external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Government takes the issue of food security seriously, which is why we added internationally used food security questions to the Family Resources Survey in 2019/20. These questions remain in the survey and will allow us to track food security over time</p><p> </p><p>Building on the food insecurity data which this Government first published in 2019/20, we have published official estimates of foodbank use for the first time. These will, alongside the broad suite of poverty data, help the Government to understand more about the characteristics of people most in need and help shape future policy considerations.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work across Government to support the most vulnerable.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/07/2023 15:54:37 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1648367

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	date	27/06/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their current practice not to show incoming Ministers the recent letters to their predecessors, in particular when these have not been sent replies; and whether they will review this matter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL8833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence. It is current practice to show incoming Ministers letters when a response has not yet been issued.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are responsible for maintaining their own performance records when new Ministers are appointed to the department.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/07/2023 13:36:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton