Catherine McKinnell

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households in receipt of Universal Credit and subject to deductions in each Parliamentary constituency in the most recent month for which data is available; how much was

1 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 45820 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b)

2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1509, and the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 18900, on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy

22 Jun 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Veterans: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of support for veterans in Northern Ireland.

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1509 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each l

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government will publish its new strategy for tackling hate crime, including hate crime committed online.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to respond to the Law Commission’s review of hate crime laws, published 6 December 2021.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to increase the resources available to the police to investigate online communications offences.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Internet: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to assess whether the current powers available to law enforcement are sufficient to tackle illegal anonymous abuse online; and if she will make a statement.

25 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to (a) issue fines, or (b) otherwise sanction social media platforms that fail to prevent users previously banned from a platform for abusive behaviour fro

25 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections provided by Schedule 7 of the Online Safety Bill against online hate speech specifically targeted at (a) women and (b) dis

25 May 2022 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release of 2 April 2022, Infants, children and families to benefit from boost in support, when the 75 local authorities announced as eligible for Family Hubs funding wil

13 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2022 to Question 146628 on Free School Meals: North East, when he plans to publish the national food strategy white paper.

13 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) in April 2022.

13 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 234 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the take-up rate of Healthy Start voucher

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on raising the eligibility threshold for free school meals in the fort

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the estimate by the Child Poverty Action Group, North East Child Poverty Commission and Children North East that one in four children li

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the proportion of children living in families with (a) very low food security and (b) low food security, according the definitions of the Department for Food, Env

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of experiencing (a) very low food security and (b) low food security, as defined by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on educational a

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department does not use data held by the Department for Work and Pensions to automatically register all pupils eligible for means-tested free school meals; and if he will make a statement.

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Child Poverty Action Group’s estimate that 900,000 children living below the poverty line in England do not qualify for free school meals under the current eligibility criteria, what recen

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children from families with no recourse to public funds are currently receiving means-tested free school meals as a result of the temporary extension to those children in (a) England and (b) the North

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2021 to Question 88857 on Free School Meals: Migrants, when he expects his Department’s evaluation of access to free school meals for families with no recourse to public fu

17 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 129166 on Universal Credit: Deductions, how many children were living in households in receipt of universal credit and subject to deductions in the mos

22 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100944 on Free School Meals, whether his Department has made a more recent assessment of the proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals who are reg

15 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of planned maintenance for HM Prisons in England and Wales in each year from 2012 to 2018.

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2016 to Question 56826 on Free School Meals, what progress his Department has made in making free school meal registration processes more efficient; and if he will ma

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish (a) the social media companies, (b) other online platforms and (c) experts on online harms that his Department consulted with in the process of formulating the guidanc

30 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum has made any recommendations to his Department.

29 Jun 2021 · Women and Equalities

Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Race Disparity Unit has taken to support the Department of Health and Social Care in reducing maternal mortality rates among black women.