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	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Venezuela: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to countries neighbouring Venezuela that are hosting refugees from that country.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	188711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>DFID has deployed two humanitarian experts and funded additional roles for UN agencies in the region. The UK is also supporting the international response through core funding to the UN, humanitarian agencies, the European Commission and Red Cross movements.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to urge the Venezuelan Government to accept humanitarian aid and DFID is supporting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s efforts to urge Venezuela to meet their population’s needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 188712 question first answered 12/11/2018 15:41:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

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	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Care Homes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans his Department has for the event of a major care home provider ceasing operations.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	21346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities retain responsibility for managing provider failure in the social care market. The Government has worked with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and partners to publish guidance to support local authorities to develop contingency plans for managing the failure of a social care provider in their local area. The guidance can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.lgiu.org.uk/report/care-and-continuity-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.lgiu.org.uk/report/care-and-continuity-guide/</a></p><br /><p>Research by the Local Government Association (LGA) suggests that as of September 2015, at least 95% of councils have contingency plans in place should a major local provider go out of business. This research is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6869714/2015-08-11+Stocktake+4+Full+Tables+%28Final%29.pdf/f9826461-aaf1-4c86-b5aa-994d2046e80c" target="_blank">http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6869714/2015-08-11+Stocktake+4+Full+Tables+%28Final%29.pdf/f9826461-aaf1-4c86-b5aa-994d2046e80c</a></p><br /><p>The Government will continue to work with local authorities to ensure they have effective and up to date plans in place.</p><br /><p>The Care Act also gave the Care Quality Commission (CQC) a new function to oversee the finances of care providers which are either large or whose provision is geographically concentrated as their financial failure would make it difficult for local authorities to discharge their statutory responsibilities.</p><br /><p>The oversight function will provide early warning to relevant local authorities in the event that one of these providers is likely to fail and their services cease. This will allow local authorities time to implement contingency plans.</p><br /><p>The Government is working with the CQC and the sector to monitor risks to the system and will develop bespoke contingency plans to support local government to manage provider failure, where appropriate.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2016 13:07:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar