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date	04/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking increase vaccination uptake rates among carers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Unpaid carers who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or who are the main carer of an older or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill, are eligible for a free flu vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>They can get their vaccine from their general practitioner (GP) or pharmacy. Every year the Chief Medical Officer writes to third sector organisations representing carers to ask them to encourage their members to get vaccinated.</p><p> </p><p>Flu vaccination is also recommended for frontline social care workers to help protect staff and those that they care for. In addition to occupational health schemes in place locally, frontline social care workers who work directly with vulnerable clients are eligible to receive flu vaccine from their GP or pharmacy in a scheme funded by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors the vaccine uptake for the flu programme for carers.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 16:21:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081716

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date	04/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with car companies on preventing the theft of keyless cars.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Justice and policing is devolved to Northern Ireland. On 15 January I chaired the first meeting of the Vehicle Theft Taskforce, which brings together the automotive industry, insurers, the police, Government departments and others to help ensure that the collective response to vehicle theft in England and Wales is as robust as it can be. This includes looking at preventing the compromise of electronic vehicle security.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/03/2019 16:20:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon