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1185718

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date	17/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent elderly and vulnerable people being targeted with scams related to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	30799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting consumers from those who seek to profit from scams, and particularly those associated with Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Protection Partnership of consumer advice and enforcement agencies collects regular intelligence on scams as they emerge. Citizens Advice and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute issued advice and warnings on Covid-19 related scams earlier this month.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers can access advice on how to spot a scam and how to report one through the Citizens Advice website. Citizens Advice refer cases onto enforcement agencies including local Trading Standards where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 27/03/2020 12:10:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1185722

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date	17/03/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the World Health Organisation recommendation of increased testing for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	30800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>Testing is a crucial part of the United Kingdom’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government is working on multiple fronts to deliver additional testing capacity into the system.</p><p>We have committed to boosting National Health Service lab-based testing to at least 25,000 a day by the end of April for patients most in need and are working to increase our total testing capacity.</p><p>By increasing our testing capacity, we can provide better care for the most vulnerable patients across the NHS; help key workers get back to work as soon as possible; and provide certainty and reassurance to the wider UK population.</p><p>Key worker testing has now started, with hundreds of staff to be tested. This will increase from the end of March and tests will be turned around as quickly as possible.</p><p>We are also purchasing new types of tests including antigen tests to identify those who currently have the virus, and antibody tests to identify those who have had the virus and are now immune. We are working hard to bring additional tests to those that need them as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/04/2020 13:37:09 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1185725

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date	17/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Licensed Premises: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial relief for pubs that are required to close as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	30801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor has announced an unprecedented package of support for businesses across the economy, including the pubs sector. Alongside £330bn worth of government-backed and guaranteed loans, firms eligible for small business rate relief or rural rate relief will be eligible for cash grants of up to £10,000, and firms in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors with eligible properties with a rateable value below £51,000 will be eligible for cash grants of up to £25,000. In addition, a business rates holiday has been put in place for all eligible businesses in the retail and hospitality sectors.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/03/2020 15:54:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1185832

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date	17/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paula Vennells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date Paula Vennells CBE ceased to be a Non-Executive Board Member in the Cabinet Office; and what the circumstances were surrounding her departure from Government.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	30863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Details of Cabinet Office Non Executive Board Members are listed on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> and updated as appropriate. Paula Vennells stood down from the Cabinet Office Board on 5 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 25/03/2020 17:23:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss