Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from November and December 2021 and January, February, March and April 2022 [redacted] (58 docs). II. Letter dated 15/04/2024 from Jo Churchill MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. 3p.Found: Themes are: Health and Disability, Research, Finance and Welfare, Poverty and Children (monthly
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from November and December 2021 and January, February, March and April 2022 [redacted] (58 docs). II. Letter dated 15/04/2024 from Jo Churchill MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. 3p.Found: BTL01 6 of 6 • Health & Disability / Welfare, Children and Poverty / Research and Financial sub-
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from November and December 2021 and January, February, March and April 2022 [redacted] (58 docs). II. Letter dated 15/04/2024 from Jo Churchill MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. 3p.Found: External Themed Stakeholder events for: Health and Disability, Research and Finance and Welfare, Poverty
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from November and December 2021 and January, February, March and April 2022 [redacted] (58 docs). II. Letter dated 15/04/2024 from Jo Churchill MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. 3p.Found: Initial External Themed Stakeholder events for: Health and Disability, Research and Finance and Welfare, Poverty
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit Programme Board Papers from November and December 2021 and January, February, March and April 2022 [redacted] (58 docs). II. Letter dated 15/04/2024 from Jo Churchill MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. 3p.Found: continued in January focussed on three subject specific groups - Health & Disabilities, Welfare Poverty
Mentions:
1: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) In the United Kingdom, about 4 million children—a third of our children—are in poverty. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) Their children and their children’s children are still in poverty and stuck in social housing, having - Speech Link
3: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) Some 40% of children in Asian and British Asian families were in poverty as well as 51% of children in - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) The last Labour Government lifted 2 million children and pensioners out of poverty. - Speech Link
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notesFound: experiencing homelessness, and children in forced begging.
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notesFound: Children (from birth to age 17) made up 49% of the refugee/asylum seeker popula tion4. 1.1.4 Many
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies on health outcomes for children who live in poverty.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department delivers programmes to support the most vulnerable children and families, and reduce health inequalities. The Government published the Best Start for Life: A Vision for the 1,001 Critical Days, in March 2021. This sets out six action areas for improving support for families during the 1,001 critical days, to ensure every baby in England is given the best possible start in life, regardless of background.
The Government is investing an additional £300 million to improve support for families though the joint Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. It is implementing many elements of the Best Start for Life Vision, delivering a step change in outcomes for babies, children, and their parents and carers in 75 local authorities in England, including those with high levels of deprivation. The Government has commissioned two in-depth independent evaluations of the programme.
The Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children aged under four years old from very low-income households. The latest Healthy Start data was published on 28 March 2024, with an uptake of 66%. Healthy Start now supports approximately 366,000 beneficiaries.
In November 2022, NHS England published Core20PLUS5, an approach to reducing health inequalities for children and young people at both a national and system level. The approach defines a target population cohort, and identifies five clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement, which are asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, oral health, and mental health. Where possible, indicators in the Child and Maternal Health Profile provide a breakdown by the index of multiple deprivation, which is available at the following link:
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle health inequality due to childhood poverty.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department delivers programmes to support the most vulnerable children and families, and reduce health inequalities. The Government published the Best Start for Life: A Vision for the 1,001 Critical Days, in March 2021. This sets out six action areas for improving support for families during the 1,001 critical days, to ensure every baby in England is given the best possible start in life, regardless of background.
The Government is investing an additional £300 million to improve support for families though the joint Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. It is implementing many elements of the Best Start for Life Vision, delivering a step change in outcomes for babies, children, and their parents and carers in 75 local authorities in England, including those with high levels of deprivation. The Government has commissioned two in-depth independent evaluations of the programme.
The Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children aged under four years old from very low-income households. The latest Healthy Start data was published on 28 March 2024, with an uptake of 66%. Healthy Start now supports approximately 366,000 beneficiaries.
In November 2022, NHS England published Core20PLUS5, an approach to reducing health inequalities for children and young people at both a national and system level. The approach defines a target population cohort, and identifies five clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement, which are asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, oral health, and mental health. Where possible, indicators in the Child and Maternal Health Profile provide a breakdown by the index of multiple deprivation, which is available at the following link:
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles