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Scheduled Event - Tuesday 21st May
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Lords - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Reviewing policy of fining carers who inadvertently break the earnings limit rule when claiming Carers Allowance
MP: Baroness Pitkeathley
Parliamentary Research
Gypsies and travellers: educational outcomes - CBP-10016
May. 17 2024

Found: of around 607,000 pupils overall.6 These figures may be undercounts, as they rely on parents and carers


Commons Chamber
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) the country will need to publicise a detailed attendance policy and share it with parents, pupils and carers - Speech Link


Written Question
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
Friday 17th May 2024

Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to prevent the accumulation of debt among carers due to (a) delayed investigation and (b) non-investigation of overpayment alerts.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The DWP is progressing an enhanced notification strategy for Carers’ Allowance, to help claimants understand when they may have received an earnings-related overpayment, and to meet their obligation to inform the Department of changes in their income and other relevant circumstances. This will be designed to help prevent Carer’s Allowance claimants accumulating debt.

As part of that, DWP is considering the most effective and efficient way of contacting customers when alerted to a potential change in the customer’s income, building on existing communications. This could include targeted text messaging, email, phone calls or letters.


Written Question
Obesity: Children
Friday 17th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Goudie (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to undertake a review into levels of childhood obesity and the role that the promotion of meals, snacks and drinks in early years settings can play in combatting this trend.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework (EYFS) sets the standards that all early years providers must meet, for the learning, development, and care of children from birth to five years old. The EYFS requires that where children are provided with meals, snacks, and drinks, they must be healthy, balanced, and nutritious. The EYFS also refers to example menus and guidance, which support parents, carers, and anyone working with children, to provide healthy food options. The Department for Education has also very recently published a range of tools and advice to support childminders, nursery leaders, and pre-school practitioners to improve the food offered in early years settings on the Help for early years providers platform.


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Experience of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance
Document: Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry (PDF)

Found: According to Carers UK’s 2019 ‘State of Caring’ report, 39% are in financial hardship and 73% of carers


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Experience of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance
Document: Experience of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance (webpage)

Found: claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance This research explores how and why claimants claimed Carers


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Experience of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance
Document: (PDF)

Found: claimants 4 Executive summary This research was conducted to investigate the circumstances of carers


Select Committee
Correspondence with the Secretary of State relating to Carer's Allowance

Correspondence May. 16 2024

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: She also said the Government recognised the value and contribution that carers make ( Q41).


Deposited Papers
Department for Education

May. 16 2024

Source Page: I. Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education: Statutory guidance for governing bodies, proprietors, head teachers, principals, senior leadership teams, teachers. 44p. II. Review of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education statutory guidance. Government consultation. 27p. III. Letter dated 16/05/2024 from Gillian Keegan MP to the Deposited papers clerk regarding the above documents for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: Review_of_RSE_and_Health_Education_statutory_guidance.pdf (PDF)

Found: and community organisations • Any other interested organisations and individuals • Parents and carers