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1315097

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the list of medical conditions that exempt an individual from the requirement to stay in a managed quarantine hotel on their return from a covid-19 red list country.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	2304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>There are some extremely limited circumstances where due to pre-existing severe medical conditions or vulnerabilities, an individual may be incapable of entering a managed quarantine facility because they cannot be supported there. There is not a pre-defined list of medical conditions that exempt an individual from the requirement to stay in a managed quarantine hotel on arrival from a ‘red list’ country as each case is assessed on an individual basis taking into account the needs of the traveller and the impact that quarantine within a hotel facility would have upon their health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2021 11:53:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 1438 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1315099

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support his Department is providing to travellers on low incomes with limited savings that are required to pay for a managed quarantine hotel on returning to the UK from countries on the covid-19 red list travel ban.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	2305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>For those facing significant financial hardship as a result of the managed quarantine charge, there is an opportunity to apply for a deferred repayment plan when booking. We have updated the guidance on GOV.UK as it previously referred only to those on income-related benefits.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/05/2021 16:49:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1315100

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
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 his Department is taking with the corporate travel management sector to tackle the issue of travellers returning to the UK from covid-19 red list countries being unable to book accommodation in a managed quarantine hotel.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	2306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>An additional seven hotels have been brought into the Managed Quarantine Service to increase hotel availability. In addition, discussions are underway with other regional airports to become a designated ‘red list’ arrival ports which will also add additional capacity in areas outside of the South East. We closely monitor future demand against available hotel capacity and adjust the number of hotels accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2021 14:15:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 1443 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1315101

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
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 to ensure that there is adequate capacity in managed covid-19 quarantine hotels to accommodate travellers who are returning from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	2307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>An additional seven hotels have been brought into the Managed Quarantine Service to increase hotel availability. In addition, discussions are underway with other regional airports to become designated ‘red list’ arrival ports which will also add additional capacity in areas outside of the South East. We closely monitor future demand against available hotel capacity and adjust the number of hotels contracted to support managed quarantine accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2021 14:10:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 1444 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1308998

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 Workers: Pay
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 his Department is taking to ensure that social care providers are not reducing the amount paid to staff working sleep-in shifts following the Supreme Court ruling of 19 March 2021 on sleep-in shifts.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	181000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal judgment that workers on ‘sleep-in’ shifts are only entitled to the minimum wage for the time they are awake for the purpose of working.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central Government. Local authorities work with care providers to determine a fair rate of pay based on local market conditions. The Government is working closely with local authorities and providers in order to consider the implications of the judgement for the sector and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 181001 181005 question first answered 21/04/2021 09:51:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1308999

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 Workers: Pay
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 his Department is taking to encourage social care providers to increase payments to staff working sleep-in shifts.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	181001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal judgment that workers on ‘sleep-in’ shifts are only entitled to the minimum wage for the time they are awake for the purpose of working.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central Government. Local authorities work with care providers to determine a fair rate of pay based on local market conditions. The Government is working closely with local authorities and providers in order to consider the implications of the judgement for the sector and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 181000 181005 question first answered 21/04/2021 09:51:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1309000

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 Workers: Working Hours
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 his Department has made of the workload of social care staff working sleep-in shifts.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	181002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 181003 question first answered 27/04/2021 11:26:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1309001

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 Workers: Working Hours
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 average number of hours that social care staff on sleep-in shifts spend (a) working and (b)sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	181003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 181002 question first answered 27/04/2021 11:26:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1309002

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislation proposals for sleep-in shifts in the social care sector to be considered working time for the purposes of calculating compliance with the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	181004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal judgment where workers on ‘sleep-in’ shifts are entitled to the minimum wage for the time they are awake for the purpose of working. The Government is working closely with local authorities and providers in order to consider whether this judgement might have implications with respect to the provision of social care more generally.</p><p>The Government is considering the implications of the judgement with care commissioners and providers to consider what action, if any, is needed. We have no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend National Minimum Wage regulations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/04/2021 11:08:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1309003

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 Workers: Pay
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 his Department is taking to end the use by social care providers of lump-sum payments for staff working sleep-in shifts and to encourage providers to pay staff for all hours spent on sleep-in shifts.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	181005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal judgment that workers on ‘sleep-in’ shifts are only entitled to the minimum wage for the time they are awake for the purpose of working.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central Government. Local authorities work with care providers to determine a fair rate of pay based on local market conditions. The Government is working closely with local authorities and providers in order to consider the implications of the judgement for the sector and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 181000 181001 question first answered 21/04/2021 09:51:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain