Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: HMT ministers' meetings, hospitality, gifts and overseas travel: 1 October to 31 December 2023Found: Dinner Yes Jeremy Hunt 09/12/2023 Capital FM Tickets Yes John Glen 11/10/2023 UKI Google Cloud Next Food
Asked by: Esther McVey (Conservative - Tatton)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the use of food banks by former service personnel who were medically-discharged in the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not collect or hold information on the use of food banks by either current military or civilian personnel, or by Armed Forces veterans. Any decision to use a food bank is a private and personal matter for the individual concerned.
To support those leaving Service, including those medically discharged, the MOD provides points of contact for veterans who are facing challenges when transitioning back into civilian life. The Defence Holistic Transition Policy was introduced to support a whole range of life-changing issues, which affect both the Service Person and their immediate family upon leaving the Services. This could include help with life's basic needs such as registering with a doctor or a dentist, or it could be much more intensive for those with complex needs (including housing, budgeting, debt, wellbeing, and children's education).
Defence Transition Services (DTS), which is part of the MOD's Veterans UK, was established at the same time as the transition policy to provide information and support for those service leavers and their families who are most likely to face challenges as they leave the Armed Forces and adjust to civilian life: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/help-and-support-for-service-leavers-and-their-families. DTS will be there as a safety net for up to two years after leaving Service, and self-referrals can be made through the gov.uk website or by contacting Veterans UK direct.
In addition, the Veterans Welfare Service, part of Veterans UK, provides telephone and face to face assistance from four UK welfare centres to veterans in need of support: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/veterans-welfare-service
Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Access to High Street Banking in WalesFound: interest in the spatial availability and access to various neighbourhood services and facilities, e.g. food
Asked by: Liz Twist (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of food price inflation on levels of demand for emergency parcels from food banks.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Tackling inflation is this Government’s number one priority. We continue to support households through our £94 billion package, worth £3,300 on average per household this year and last. We are also providing £100 million of support for charities and community organisations in England targeted at supporting critical frontline services.
Correspondence Feb. 20 2024
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)Found: Correspondence from Mars Food and Nutrition UK on the delivery of Better Food Today, A Better World Tomorrow
Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) The right reverend Prelate is entirely right to raise the issue of food security, which is high on the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (XB - Life peer) rainfall illustrates that where flooding is occurring it is the result of streams and rivers breaching banks - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I come back to the right reverend Prelate’s question about food security. - Speech Link
Dec. 22 2023
Source Page: NRS sites donate food and essentials to help foodbanks across the countryFound: NRS sites donate food and essentials to help foodbanks across the country
Written Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: FDO0039 - Food, Diet and Obesity Alexandra Rose Charity Written Evidence
Written Evidence May. 29 2024
Inquiry: National Disability StrategyFound: Authority should work with the retail banking sector and organisations such as the RNIB to ensure all banks
Government Response May. 29 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Authority should work with the retail banking sector and organisations such as the RNIB to ensure all banks