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1281288

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2021
	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	Local Government: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total amount of financial support provided to each local authority in England during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Nicola Richards
	uin	144890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>MHCLG works with other government departments to ensure local authorities are fully supported to deliver their vital role in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, we have allocated over £8 billion so far to support local authorities during the pandemic. This includes £7.5 billion allocated directly to councils to address expenditure pressures, and over £500 million of payments from the first round of our sales, fees and charges compensation scheme. This does not include the £3 billion of additional financial support committed to councils for the COVID-19 response in 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of the funding we have captured in this assessment is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Fund Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID-19 2020/21 emergency unringfenced funding for LAs (Tranches 1-4)</p></td><td><p>4,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contain Outbreak Management Fund</p></td><td><p>978</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infection Control Fund</p></td><td><p>1,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult Social Care Rapid Testing Fund</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workforce Capacity Fund for Adult Social Care</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority compliance and enforcement grant</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding to support the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reopening High Streets Safely Fund</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Next Steps Accommodation Programme</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emergency Support for Rough Sleepers</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional Funding for Home to School Travel</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID Winter Grant Scheme</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFC Compensation Scheme (first round)</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,040</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Attached is a breakdown of this £8 billion of funding by region and by local authority. This reflects the department’s current best understanding and further payments will be made to local authorities this financial year in due course including: additional funding from further rounds of the sales, fees and charges scheme; and additional funding that will be provided through the Contain Outbreak Management Fund to tackle the spread of the virus – worth over £225 million a month during the national lockdown.</p><p>Also attached is a breakdown in relation to England’s ceremonial counties. For this, the following caveats apply:</p><ul><li>Ceremonial counties do not necessarily cover the same area as county councils. The area covered by a ceremonial county will include all local authorities within that historical definition of the county. It will include the county council and shire districts, as well as any additional single-tier councils within the area.</li></ul><ul><li>A small number of standalone fire and rescue authorities cross ceremonial county borders. In these cases, funding is apportioned between the ceremonial counties covered by the fire authority according to population.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong> <br /></strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall attachment 1 file name PQ 144890 Ceremonial counties list.docx title PQ 144890 Ceremonial counties list 2 file name PQ 144890 Breakdown by region and local authority (004) (002).docx title PQ 144890 Breakdown by local authority and region question first answered 05/02/2021 13:12:36 question first ministerially corrected 09/02/2021 11:52:16 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 80479 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall attachment 1 file name PQ 144890 Breakdown by region and local authority.docx title Breakdown by region and local authority 2 file name PQ 144890 Ceremonial counties list.docx title PQ 144890 Ceremonial counties list answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4868 label Biography information for Nicola Richards

1258720

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich of 12 October 2020 on the approach of property insurers to mature trees in close proximity to homes that require underpinning to prevent or correct subsidence.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	126087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>This correspondence has been transferred, <ins class="ministerial">as Her Majesty’s Treasury is best placed to respond.</ins><del class="ministerial">as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is best placed to respond.</del></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/12/2020 17:36:29 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2021 14:50:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 69492 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1347353

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2021
	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	Housing Revenue Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2021 to Question 29857 on Housing Revenue Accounts, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) fire safety remediation works and (b) carbon reduction retrofitting on the levels of debt of housing revenue accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	33987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made a series of funds available to local authorities in support of necessary fire safety remediation works. This includes the £400 million Social Sector Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) Cladding Remediation Fund, to fully fund the remediation of unsafe ACM cladding on social sector residential buildings over 18 million in height, including council-owned blocks. <del class="ministerial">All eligible publicly owned buildings have started remediation and 69% have completed</del><strong><del class="ministerial">.</del></strong><ins class="ministerial">Remediation has either completed or started on 157 social sector residential buildings (98% of social sector buildings, equating to 100% of buildings identified at 31 December 2019).</ins></p><p>The Government has also provided support for local authorities carrying out important and necessary carbon reduction retrofitting, including the £3.8 billion Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), to support local authorities and housing associations to improve the energy performance of social rented homes. In addition, there will be around £160 million total funding for the first wave of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund programme in 2021/22, to make further progress towards delivering the government's commitment to invest in the energy performance of homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:34:06 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2021 12:07:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15565 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

861066

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of his Department's estate is (a) rented, (b) owned and (c) occupied through any other type of agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	132215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Leasehold</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Freehold</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MOTO*</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>TOTAL</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MHCLG (All incl Housing England Regeneration)</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>18</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>0.9</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1949</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>98.3</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>28</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1.4</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1982</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>MHCLG (All excl Housing England Regeneration)</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>17</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>34.0</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>5</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>10.0</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>28</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>56.0</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>50</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Property holdings</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Leasehold</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Freehold</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MOTO*</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>%</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MHCLG (incl Homes England regeneration)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">91</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,132</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98.0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0.5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,254</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>MHCLG (excl Homes England regeneration)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">32.1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">58.5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Memorandum of Terms of Occupation</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/03/2018 17:58:08 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2018 14:03:07 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 48971 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1123707

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Smallholdings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have sold off (a) all and (b) more than 50 per cent of council smallholdings since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	248573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not held centrally.</del><ins class="ministerial">Records held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that in 1997 a total area of 119,977 hectares was held for smallholdings purposes by local authorities in England. Data on land held for smallholdings purposes by individual local authorities in 1997 is unavailable. A recent report published by Defra records that, at 31 March 2018, the total area of land held by 43 reporting smallholdings authorities in England was 89,020 hectares (for the whole estate), of which 83,600 hectares were let as smallholdings (for 40 reporting authorities).</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse previous answer version 116395 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse 116427 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/05/2019 10:26:49 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2019 10:47:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

891374

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Planning Obligations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the value was of planning obligations agreed to in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of that value was attributed to (a) direct payments, (b) affordable housing and (c) other types of contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	138115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy we have been working urgently to identify any other buildings over 18 metres with potentially unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. With the support of local authorities, fire and rescue services and the expert panel, MHCLG is supporting building owners to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of residents. Homes England is also reviewing the implications where homes may have been purchased with the support of Help to Buy Equity Loan.</del></p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">The Government does not hold data for every year since 2010-11. In March this year we published a study on “The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England in 2016-17”. This found that last year Section 106 obligations with estimated value of £5.1 billion had been levied. This included affordable housing contributions worth an estimated £4 billion. £75 million of this was delivered through commuted sums, and the remainder was delivered in-kind.</ins></strong></p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">Excluding affordable housing and land, s106 obligations to the value of £613.1 million were levied in direct contributions, and obligations to the value of £72.1 million were levied in in kind contributions.</ins></strong></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab previous answer version 55042 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab 55219 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab question first answered 01/05/2018 12:27:45 question first ministerially corrected 03/05/2018 14:58:03 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1275302

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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	Holocaust Memorial Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
	tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
	uin	135895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Due to the Covid19 pandemic, this year's national Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration will take place on-line on the 27 January at 7pm. The event will include a national candle-lighting moment at 8pm. Several national buildings will be lit in remembrance of the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered during the Holocaust, all victims of Nazi persecution and victims of subsequent genocides.</p><p>MHCLG and a number of other Government departments will be hosting Holocaust Memorial Day events in the run up to Holocaust memorial Day. Local authorities, churches, schools and a number of civic society organisations across the country will also be marking the day with online ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/01/2021 17:16:47 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid

1275683

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2021
	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	Homelessness: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the 23,000 people supported into longer-term accommodation through the Everyone In scheme were in each (a) local authority and (b) type of tenancy or accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	136541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government published a breakdown by local authority of the people supported, including those who have been supported into longer-term accommodation as part of our data release in September. This is available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-emergency-accommodation-survey-data-september-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C076d215893d946aefd2508d8bb977070%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637465606378770884%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=FLLFfrcQDjjdIwMWxxlYROmY55p8hLOnz3ltO68DRZM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-emergency-accommodation-survey-data-september-2020</a>.</p><p>We are funding both interim and long-term accommodation this year to make sure that as many people as possible who have been supported during the pandemic do not return to the streets. On the 29 October, we announced funding of more than £150 million to deliver more than 3,300 units of long-term, supported, move-on accommodation for rough sleepers across the country. We are now working with our delivery partners at Homes England and the Greater London Authority to ensure these schemes are delivered at pace.</p><p>We also announced the type of tenancy and accommodation will depend on the individual’s needs. We will help ensure that people can access the services and support that are appropriate to their needs.</p><p>This individual approach is why local authorities are best placed to allocate individuals to appropriate accommodation. Interventions should be aimed at rapidly delivering outcomes which meet individuals’ housing and support needs.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 20/01/2021 13:24:01 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1275787

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2021
	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	Homelessness: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 130094, how many and what proportion of the 29,000 people housed through the Everyone In scheme were subject to No Recourse to Public Funds restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	136542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>Through Everyone In, by November we had supported around 33,000 people with nearly 10,000 in emergency accommodation and over 23,000 already moved on into longer-term accommodation.  <br> <br>We are aware that some of these individuals housed during Everyone In will have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) restrictions. The data and breakdown requested is currently not available.</p><p>The rules as to eligibility relating to immigration status, including for those with NRPF, have not changed.</p><p>Local authorities must use their judgement in assessing what support they may lawfully give to each person on an individual basis, considering that person’s specific circumstances and support needs.</p><p>Local authorities already regularly make such judgements on accommodating individuals who might otherwise be ineligible, during extreme weather for example, where there is a risk to life.</p><p>Local authorities may also provide basic safety net support if it is established that there is a genuine care need that does not arise solely from destitution, for example, where there are community care needs, migrants with serious health problems or family cases where the wellbeing of a child is in question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 20/01/2021 13:25:35 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1275896

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2021
	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	Night Shelters: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to homeless shelters to protect (a) staff and (b) residents from covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	136580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Given the new variant of COVID-19, and the new national lockdown, we are redoubling our efforts to ensure that people who sleep rough are kept as safe as possible and that we do everything we can to protect the NHS. This is backed by £10 million announced this month to protect rough sleepers and ensure their wider health needs are addressed.  This additional support builds on the package of winter support announced last year – in total, we are spending over £700 million on tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in 2020/21.</p><p>Decisions to open shelters as part of this provision must be balanced on a detailed COVID-19 risk assessment. These settings should only be used where absolutely necessary to protect against any potential risk to the health of vulnerable individuals when other alternative options are unavailable, for example in very cold weather.</p><p>We have worked extensively with Public Health England to develop Operating Principles that will enable shelters to open as safely as possible, where absolutely necessary, while protecting staff and residents.</p><p>In redoubling our efforts to help ensure that even more rough sleepers are safely accommodated now, we are asking areas to actively use this opportunity to make sure that rough sleepers are registered with a GP where they are not already and are factored into local area vaccination plans, in line with Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JVCI) prioritisation for COVID-19 vaccinations. This will help ensure that the wider health needs of people who sleep rough are addressed, supporting them now and for the future. We are also asking local authorities to consider whether those working in homelessness settings meet the criteria for frontline social workers who are directly working with people clinically vulnerable to COVID-19, a group which is on the JCVI priority list for vaccination.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 18/01/2021 16:18:00 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West