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	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Social Workers: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend bursaries for student mental health social workers.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	99115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>Final year students in receipt of the bursary whose studies were disrupted by the pandemic will receive a pro-rated 2019/20 bursary for the period of their course extension to enable them to complete their studies.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority administer the social work bursaries and we would encourage any student who needs a course extension to speak directly to their university who can advise on requesting one through the NHS Business Services Authority process.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/10/2020 16:37:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1237617

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Social Services: Coronavirus
	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 review social care easements alongside the upcoming review of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	95215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Under the Coronavirus Act 2020, all provisions must be reviewed every two months and debated every six months. The first debate occurred on 28 September 2020. The Department has kept the Care Act 2014 easements under review and, on the basis of expert clinical and social care advice, has concluded that they have been used appropriately by local authorities and should remain in place at this time.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/10/2020 16:50:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 50746 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1237615

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Older People: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons he has learnt from the first wave of the covid-19 outbreak with respect to protecting older people from covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	95213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The adult social care COVID-19 taskforce worked with a broad range of stakeholders, including residential and domiciliary care providers and representatives of those who receive care to produce recommendations for the Government in supporting the adult social care sector through a potential second wave and the winter.</p><p>‘Adult social care: our COVID-19 winter plan 2020 to 2021’ drew on the recommendations of the taskforce, advice from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and Public Health England, to set out the actions the Government would take to support the sector, along with the steps local authorities, the National Health Service and care providers should take to prevent and control COVID-19 outbreaks. This plan draws extensively on lessons learned from first wave.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/12/2020 12:14:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1236772

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2020
	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 plans he has to ensure adequate covid-19 testing is available before students take examinations in academic year 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	93676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>We have quickly established walk-through sites and deployed mobile test sites so that almost all universities are within one and a half miles, allowing staff and students to get access to tests should they develop symptoms.</p><p><br> In cases of outbreaks we are working with universities to deliver large batches of home test kits which can then be distributed to students isolating in their households or halls of residence to test themselves. We also have a home testing programme that provides access to testing to anyone, anywhere, in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/11/2020 15:46:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1236770

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2020
	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: Battersea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when adequate covid-19 testing capacity will be available to allow Battersea residents with covid-19 symptoms to get tested within a reasonable distance of their home.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	93675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The nearest testing sites for Battersea residents are at Grosvenor Hall, Vincent Street, Westminster and Wheatsheaf Community Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane in Lambeth. Between 12 November and 18 November, the median distance to a testing site was 2.5 miles, nationally. <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/12/2020 13:05:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1236767

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2020
	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	Social Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide ring-fenced funding in the Comprehensive Spending Review for community social care services to help ensure disabled people receive the support they need.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	93672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>To support adult social respond to growing demand and pressures, we have provided councils with access to an additional £1.5 billion for adults and children’s social care in 2020/21.</p><p>We have now made £3.7 billion available to local authorities so they can address pressures on local services caused by the pandemic, including in adult social care. On 17 September 2020 we announced the extension of the Infection Control Fund, meaning we have provided over £1.1 billion of ring-fenced funding for infection control throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor pressures on adult social care. Decisions on future funding will be set out at the Comprehensive Spending Review in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/10/2020 14:16:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1234008

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	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	NHS: Staff
	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 NHS organisations completed and published risk assessments for high-risk staff within the four-week deadline of the NHS England and NHS Improvement letter dated 24 June 2020 requesting them to do so.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	89838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>All 217 National Health Service trusts submitted data on 31 July and 81% of known at risk staff and 92% of known black, Asian and minority ethnic staff had received risk assessments with mitigating steps agreed where necessary.</p><p>Also on 31 July, Sir Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive for NHS England and NHS Improvement, wrote to NHS organisations regarding the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 and supplementary material to support implementation was published on 7 August. This makes it clear to NHS systems that the continued deployment of risk assessments on an ongoing basis must remain a priority for the duration of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/09/2020 15:28:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1220252

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	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	NHS and Care Workers: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of BAME health and social care workers have had occupational risk assessments as at 30 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	68421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not currently mandate the collection of data on the completion of occupational risk assessments from social care or National Health Service providers and therefore we do not hold information about the number of health and social care workers who have had completed occupational risk assessments by 30 June 2020.</p><p>Employers have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their staff under the The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Completing risk assessments for at-risk members of staff is a vital component of this. NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all NHS organisations on 24 June requiring them to complete risk assessments for high risk staff within four weeks and to publish metrics to demonstrate compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/09/2020 17:23:20 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1220251

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	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	Health Services and Social Services: Coronavirus
	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 increase the use of occupational risk assessment tools for health and social workers in relation to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	68420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Employers have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their staff under the The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Risk assessments are an important tool in ensuring staff are kept safe.</p><p>The Department has developed a Risk Reduction Framework for the adult social care sector to support employers to sensitively discuss and manage specific risks to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all National Health Service organisations on 24 June requiring them to complete risk assessments for vulnerable staff within four weeks and to publish metrics to demonstrate compliance. Guidance on completing risk assessments and other supporting tools including a risk reduction framework, has been made available through NHS Employers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/09/2020 15:10:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1220250

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	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: Ethnic Groups
	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 babies born from 1 March 2020 that tested positive for covid-19 were from a BAME background.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	68419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/11/2020 22:16:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 35537 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova