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1279283

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Breast Cancer: 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 potential merits of a public health awareness campaign on checking for breast cancer symptoms for (a) women below the official screening age and (b) all women.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	141612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>A national cancer symptom awareness campaign ran from 9 October to 6 December 2020 aiming to raise awareness amongst adults aged over 50 of common cancer symptoms and encourage people to make an appointment with their general practitioner. The symptoms included an unexplained lump in the breast/armpit area, which can be a sign of breast cancer. While previous campaigns have focused on older audiences, the campaigns use a range of channels including broadcast media, which reached women of all ages.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/01/2021 17:05:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278604

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
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	Care Homes: Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes have been sent a four month supply of Vitamin D supplements for their residents by his Department.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>From this month, the Government is providing a free four-month supply of daily vitamin D supplements to adults on the clinically extremely vulnerable list that have opted in to receive the supplements and residents in residential and nursing care homes in England. Through this commitment, 2.7 million vulnerable people in England will be offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter by the Government. All residential and nursing care homes will automatically receive vitamin D supplements from this month for their residents.</p><p> </p><p>2,259,765 letters were sent to people on the clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) list. Those who opt-in and are eligible will receive their supplements from this month. As of 1 January, 320,000 applications had been received and approved for free vitamin D supplements for individuals on the CEV list. Deliveries commenced from the week beginning 18 January.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 140939 question first answered 27/01/2021 14:39:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 76968 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278605

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
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	Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in receipt of a clinically extremely vulnerable letter have (a) applied for and (b) received a four month supply of Vitamin D supplements from his Department.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>From this month, the Government is providing a free four-month supply of daily vitamin D supplements to adults on the clinically extremely vulnerable list that have opted in to receive the supplements and residents in residential and nursing care homes in England. Through this commitment, 2.7 million vulnerable people in England will be offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter by the Government. All residential and nursing care homes will automatically receive vitamin D supplements from this month for their residents.</p><p> </p><p>2,259,765 letters were sent to people on the clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) list. Those who opt-in and are eligible will receive their supplements from this month. As of 1 January, 320,000 applications had been received and approved for free vitamin D supplements for individuals on the CEV list. Deliveries commenced from the week beginning 18 January.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 140938 question first answered 27/01/2021 14:39:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 76978 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278698

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish the standard template documents for the (a) Short Form Funding Agreement for Pre-Tender Support and (b) Grant Funding Agreement that are required to be signed by (i) building owners and (ii) property management companies in order to access the Building Safety Fund.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>Individual funding agreements reached with applicants are bespoke to the circumstances of each building through negotiations between the applicant and delivery partner, and are commercially sensitive and so cannot be published. However, the Government will publish a template funding agreement shortly.</p><p>The Building Safety Fund does not impose restrictions on leaseholders or residents in their private capacity as individual flat owners commenting on remediation projects or on Government policy. The Department has written to building owners who have signed agreements to make this clear. We intend to clarify in future contracts that leaseholders are free to speak freely to the media in a personal capacity.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/01/2021 17:44:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278060

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to recent reports of supply teachers in England being ineligible to access financial support through the Government schemes set up in response to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will review the employment practices applying to supply teachers to help resolve those eligibility issues.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>Schools will continue to receive their budgets for the coming year as usual, regardless of any periods of partial or complete closure. Schools have autonomy over these budgets and their employment arrangements and decisions on staffing are made at the local level.</p><p>If supply staff employed via employment agencies are unable to work due to COVID-19, their employment agency can place them on furlough and use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to claim for 80% of their wages, including during school holiday periods, provided that the eligibility criteria are met. Further information on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>. The eligibility criteria is available to view her: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-employees-you-can-put-on-furlough-to-use-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p><p>Employers can now flexibly furlough their employees for the hours the employee would usually have worked in that period, whilst also being able to work outside of the hours they are furloughed. Employees can work for any amount of time, and any work pattern but they cannot do any work for their employer during hours that employers record them as being on furlough. Information on this is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme#flexible-furlough-agreements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme#flexible-furlough-agreements</a>.</p><p>The decision to furlough an employee, fully or flexibly, is entirely at the employer's discretion as it is dependent on a range of factors that the employer is best placed to determine, for example, the amount of work available for employees.</p><p>Further guidance on workforce planning can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950510/School_national_restrictions_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950510/School_national_restrictions_guidance.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/01/2021 17:52:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278230

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for St Albans of (a) 28 September 2020, (b) 4 November 2020 and (c) 30 November on calls for (i) grant funding for hospitality businesses that is commensurate with their fixed costs, (ii) an extension to the reduced 5 per cent rate of VAT for drinks sales in hospitality businesses, (iii) the extension of the business rates holiday beyond April 2021 and (iv) a cut to excise duty on draught beers to protect the hospitality industry.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>The Hon. Member’s letter of 28 September was transferred to HM Treasury and I understand a reply was sent from there on 3 November. I replied to the Hon. Member’s letters of 4 and 30 November on 21 January, outlining the package of support measures that are available to hospitality businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/01/2021 16:01:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278231

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
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	Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the letter dated 17 December 2020 from the hon Member for St Albans on (a) grant funding for hospitality businesses that is commensurate with their fixed costs, (b) an extension to the reduced 5 per cent rate of VAT for drinks sales in hospitality businesses, (c) the extension of the business rates holiday beyond April 2021 and (d) a cut to excise duty on draught beers to support the hospitality industry.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>I replied to the Hon. Member on 21 January outlining the package of support measures that are available to hospitality businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/01/2021 16:10:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper