First elected: 2nd May 2013
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e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
These initiatives were driven by Emma Lewell-Buck, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Emma Lewell-Buck has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Emma Lewell-Buck has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
The proposals laid down in this bill were subsequently incorporated into the Family Resources Survey. See here for more information.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require the Government to monitor and report on food insecurity; to make provision for official statistics on food insecurity; and for connected purposes
A Bill to amend the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensing hours Orders can be made by negative resolution statutory instrument.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to ensure that families eligible for the Healthy Start scheme are registered to receive it; to confer certain powers on government departments and agencies and public bodies for that purpose; to provide for an opt-out where the family wishes; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require schools to provide breakfast club facilities; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to undertake a review of funeral affordability and costs; to require the providers of funeral services to offer a Simple Funeral Service; to require the Secretary of State to make certain arrangements relating to Funeral Payments; and for connected purposes.
Roadworks (Regulation) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Mark Francois (Con)
Roadworks (Regulation) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Mark Francois (Con)
Kinship Care Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Munira Wilson (LD)
Free School Meals (Primary Schools) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Zarah Sultana (Ind)
Consumer Telephone Service Standards Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Robert Halfon (Con)
Bullying and respect at work Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Rachael Maskell (LAB)
Non-Disclosure Agreements (No. 2) Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Maria Miller (Con)
Community Wealth Fund Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Paul Howell (Con)
School Holidays (Meals and Activities) 2017-19
Sponsor - Lord Field of Birkenhead (XB)
The department does not collect data on the average time pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) spend in isolation across England.
In July 2022, the department published the updated ‘Behaviour in Schools’ guidance, which is the primary source of advice for schools on developing and implementing a behaviour policy. This updated guidance provides clarity and support to schools on removing pupils from the classroom, which includes advice that schools should collect, monitor and analyse data about this intervention. This information should help schools to make data-based decisions about any additional support individual pupils may require, and to identify whether the school’s removal policy is having a disproportionate impact on pupils sharing particular characteristics.
Schools have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to take such steps as is reasonable to avoid any substantial disadvantage to SEND pupils caused by the school’s policies or practices. Within these legal parameters, it is then for individual schools to develop their own policies.
Any school behaviour policy must be lawful, proportionate and reasonable and comply with the school’s duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Education and Inspections Act 2006. Account must be taken of a pupil’s age, any SEND they may have, and any religious requirements affecting them.
We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We will set out the details of this in due course.
Eligibility criteria, including earnings thresholds for passported benefits including Free School Meals and Healthy Start payments are owned by Department of Education and the Department of Health and Social care respectively.
Average actual clearance times are shown in the table below from 3 June 2024. Please note, the information is not available monthly.
The table below shows the average (in working days) for each week.
Source | RS PBi App / PC Claims AACT |
03/06/24 | 45 |
10/06/24 | 44 |
17/06/24 | 43 |
24/06/24 | 44 |
01/07/24 | 44 |
08/07/24 | 45 |
15/07/24 | 48 |
22/07/24 | 44 |
29/07/24 | 45 |
05/08/24 | 40 |
12/08/24 | 39 |
19/08/24 | 36 |
26/08/24 | 31 |
02/09/24 | 29 |
09/09/24 | 30 |
16/09/24 | 28 |
23/09/24 | 26 |
30/09/24 | 34 |
07/10/24 | 39 |
Please note, the data shown is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
The information requested is not collected at regional level and to calculate it would incur disproportionate cost.
The information requested on the proportion of Pension Credit claims which are initially turned down but are subsequently overturned at Tribunal is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Information on appeals in the First-tier Tribunal, including Pension Credit appeals, is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics
Specifically, information on the number of appeal receipts, disposals and outcomes of Pension Credit appeals can be found in the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) tables: SSCS_1, SSCS_2 and SSCS_3 of the Main Tables.
We confirm that we do not hold the information you have requested as our systems do not breakdown Pension Credit applications by region.
The referral statistics for the centrally contacted employment support programmes are available on GOV.UK.
Restart Scheme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Work and Health Programme statistics to May 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Statistics on Intensive Personalised Employment Support are planned for future publication and will be formally released, adhering to the Official Statistics guidance.
The information requested for employment support programmes not centrally contracted is not collated and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The National Radiological Protection Board report that was published in 1988 has been updated a further three times. The publications are available at the following link:
A summary of the fourth analysis published in 2022 is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study/plan-for-the-fourth-analysis-of-the-nuclear-weapons-test-participants-study
The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies and young children under four from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, milk and infant formula. Healthy Start beneficiaries have access to free Healthy Start Vitamins for pregnant women and children aged under four.
Healthy Start now supports over 353,000 beneficiaries. This figure is higher than the previous paper voucher scheme.
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. All applicants to the Healthy Start scheme, where they meet the eligibility criteria, must accept the terms and conditions of the prepaid card at the point of application. As the prepaid card is a financial product and cannot be issued without the applicant accepting these terms, NHS BSA is not able to automatically provide eligible families with a prepaid card. However, the Healthy Start scheme is kept under review we are exploring all viable routes to improve uptake.
The average weekly payment to beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme in June 2024 was £5.68.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 17507 on 12 December 2024 to the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes).
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 13419 on 19 November 2024 to the hon.Member for the Wrekin (Mark Pritchard).
An extension was provided to allow Sir Stephen Lovegrove to gather all the necessary information, and we are now awaiting his final report. An unclassified version of his report will be published in due course.
Yes, I can confirm that there is an incumbent in post as of June 2024. The individual has made some good early progress working collaboratively with Digital Skills for Defence (DS4D), the Defence Academy Shrivenham, and other relevant stakeholders.