Every parliamentary written question tabled by Kim Johnson this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if her Department will undertake a manual audit of all children registered at Pupil Referral Units since 1 November 2023 to se
All decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort.There are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education from the sixth day of a suspensi...
Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of recording the number of children registered at Pupil Referral Units
All decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort.There are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education from the sixth day of a suspensi...
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7596 on Special Educational Needs, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school were then registered at special schools by (a)
The department does not centrally hold statistics showing how many children who had been excluded from school were then registered at special schools. However, there are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time education...
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of surveys undertaken by the Food Foundation Food entitled Food insecurity tracking, published in July 2024, on a potent
We are committed to tackling poverty in all its forms and this includes tackling food insecurity by reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Good work can significantly reduce the chances of people failing into poverty so will be the foundation...
Whether her Department has made a human rights impact assessment of the transition from Biometric Resident Permits to eVisas.
An Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) was completed on the first phase of the roll out of eVisas to EEA nationals on 9 November 2020, which built on the Policy Equality Statement (PES) for the EUSS which was produced in 2017 and published on the gov.uk webs...
What her planned timeline is for the review of accounting for the loss of private and occupational pensions under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
We recognise that justice has taken far too long for the Windrush community, and this Government will not allow the Windrush Compensation Scheme to fail the victims that deserve our compassion and rightly expect their trauma and experiences to be both hea...
Whether she plans to take steps to lower the burden of proof for Windrush compensation scheme claims.
We recognise that justice has taken far too long for the Windrush community, and this Government will not allow the Windrush Compensation Scheme to fail the victims that deserve our compassion and rightly expect their trauma and experiences to be both hea...
What steps she plans to take to (a) improve the efficiency of the application process for the Windrush compensation scheme and (b) limit further delays.
We recognise that justice has taken far too long for the Windrush community, and this Government will not allow the Windrush Compensation Scheme to fail the victims that deserve our compassion and rightly expect their trauma and experiences to be both hea...
When she plans to appoint a Windrush Commissioner.
In her written ministerial statement on 24th October, the Home Secretary announced plans to establish a Windrush Commissioner; an independent advocate for all those affected, who will oversee the compensation scheme's delivery, the implementation of the W...
What assessment he has made of the potential link between poor (a) mental health and (b) access to nutritious food.
Whilst there has been no direct assessment of a potential link, the relationship between food security, nutritional intake and physical and mental health in the United Kingdom is currently unclear. However, international data suggests that in the long-ter...
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing kitchen facilities available to primary schools, in the context of the roll-out of new breakfast clubs.
The government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school with primary aged pupils whilst ensuring effective implementation.Departmental officials are working closely with schools an...
Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing auto-enrolment for Healthy Start.
The Healthy Start scheme is being kept under review. The scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards t...
If he will publish guidance on the sugar and salt content of baby foods.
A 2019 evidence review showed that babies and young children are exceeding their energy intake requirement and are eating too much sugar and salt. Some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, had added sugar or salt, or contained ingredients tha...
Pursuant to the Answers of 15 October 2024 to Questions 7571, 7572, 7573, 7574, 7575, and 7576 on Radicalism and Counter-terrorism, what the terms of reference are for the rapid review of extremism; a
The Home Secretary has commissioned a rapid review of extremism and our current approach to tackling this issue. This review will map and monitor extremist trends, understand the evidence about what works to disrupt and divert people away from extremist v...
How many and what proportion of people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence in prison were originally given a tariff of (a) six months, (b) 12 months, (c) 18 months, (d) two years, (e) three yea
The number of prisoners serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) who have never been released, as of 30 June 2024, and were sentenced to tariffs of six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years, three years and five years or under, fiv...
Pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2024 to Question 7569 on Special Educational Needs and Question 7570 on Pupil Referral Units, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school wer
The department does not currently hold statistics showing how many children who had been excluded from school were then registered at Pupil Referral Units. However, there are legal duties on schools and local authorities to provide suitable full-time educ...
Whether she plans to consult civil society before publishing the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.
The King’s Speech on 17 July confirmed the Government will introduce the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to deliver enhanced powers to tackle organised immigration crime whilst providing for strong and effective border security. Work is under...
Whether her Department confidentially destroys third party data received as part of Equifax checks conducted in fee waiver applications.
The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
What steps she is taking to minimise unnecessary data (a) collection and (b) sharing through Equifax during the fee waiver application process.
The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...
When her Department began using Equifax checks as part of the fee waiver assessment process for leave to remain applications.
The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...