Asked by: Kate Hollern (Labour - Blackburn)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, if she will appoint a Minister with responsibility for poverty and hunger.
Answered by Baroness May of Maidenhead
This Government is committed to helping people improve their lives, while providing the right support for those who need it. In particular my Rt Hon. Friends, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are responsible for a wide range of actions in support of this.
Asked by: Kate Hollern (Labour - Blackburn)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the validity of the inclusion of people on zero hour contracts in official employment statistics.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Kate Hollern (Labour - Blackburn)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons government departments do not substantively answer parliamentary questions on food bank usage.
Answered by David Lidington
It is for individual Departments to ensure that written Parliamentary Questions (PQs) are answered in line with the Ministerial Code.
The Ministerial Code sets out that Ministers must give accurate and truthful information to Parliament. The Cabinet Office produces guidance to officials on drafting answers to PQs. This is available on GOV.UK;
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance.
Asked by: Kate Hollern (Labour - Blackburn)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of employees in Blackburn with Darwen were on zero hours contracts in each year for which data is available.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I
have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Kate Hollern (Labour - Blackburn)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which psychiatric disorder had the highest mortality rate in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.