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	registered interest
	date	29/01/2021
	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	Carers: 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 plans he has in place to identify people who are defined as adult carers and therefore qualify for priority covid-19 vaccination; and whether individuals who think they qualify should notify their GP.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	145736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the vital role that unpaid carers play and the Government is developing bespoke guidance for this group, set out in a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) which has been developed in close cooperation with carers organisations and local authorities. This guidance will be published in due course. The SOP will provide guidance on the process to support the identification and vaccination of adult unpaid carers as part of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. It is intended to support local authorities, the vaccination programme, carers organisations and unpaid carers themselves to understand the actions they should take to ensure equitable access to and uptake of vaccination by eligible unpaid carers as per the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 148918 question first answered 01/03/2021 17:27:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 79922 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1195691

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his announcement on 28 April 2020 that residents and staff of care homes would be tested for covid-19, how many tests on those (a) residents and (b) staff have been undertaken; and what proportion of those (a) residents and (b) staff have been tested since that date.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	46544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>We are rapidly increasing our capability to deliver and successfully process test results all around the country. As at 7 June 2020, we have successfully delivered over one million individual test kits to our care homes. We will continue to upscale and meet the needs of all those in care settings.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2020 09:58:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 22372 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1195689

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations are responsible for the carrying out of covid-19 tests in care homes of residents and staff; and what changes have been made to the testing processes of those organisations in the last month.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	46543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the Department are working closely together to respond to outbreaks of COVID-19 in care homes.</p><p>PHE's health protection teams (HPTs) play a vital role locally in responding to any outbreak in care homes, providing tailored infection control advice to allow staff to protect themselves and their residents. From the outset, HPTs have been arranging testing for residents when an outbreak is reported at a particular care home.</p><p>The Department is offering a test to every staff member and resident in every care home in England, whether symptomatic or not. By 6 June, every care home for the over 65s will have been offered testing for residents and staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/06/2020 17:06:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 22371 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1190753

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which local authorities have introduced Care Act easements; on what date those local authorities did so; and what level of easements have been applied by those local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	40504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>As of 30 April 2020, the Department has received notification from Sunderland City Council on 31 March, Derbyshire County Council on 9 April, Birmingham City Council on 14 April, Warwickshire County Council on 16 April, Staffordshire County Council on 17 April, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council on 18 April and Coventry City Council on 28 April. Middlesbrough Council introduced easements on 14 April but has since notified the Department that they ceased to operate under easements on 22 April.</p><p>Local authorities must notify the Department when they decide to operate under easements, but are not required to notify the Department of what level of easements have been applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/05/2020 12:35:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 18668 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1190815

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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	Dementia: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of memory clinics in (a) England and (b) Wales which have remained open since 23 March 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	40508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of memory clinics that have remained open in England since 23 March 2020 is not held centrally.</p><p>Health and social care for people with dementia in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and the responsibility respectively of each of the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/05/2020 13:04:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 18671 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1197135

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	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	Carers: Personal Income
	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 has taken to protect the incomes of workers involved in Shared Lives provision.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	48949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is grateful for everything Shared Lives carers do to provide care and support to thousands of people. Many have continued to do this during the COVID-19 crisis, but we are aware that others have seen a reduction in the caring hours they provide, which has an impact on their income.</p><p>The Department is currently working with Shared Lives Plus and local government on this issue, to ensure that Shared Lives carers receive appropriate support at a local level.</p><p>In addition, Shared Lives carers may be able to receive support through the welfare system, including benefitting from Government's relaxation of the earnings rules (known as the Minimum Income Floor) in Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/06/2020 14:55:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 25119 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1225135

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to residential care homes on visitor access to residents; and whether he plans to remove restrictions on care home visitors when shielding is lifted at the beginning of August 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	74435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government published guidance on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus" target="_blank">visiting care homes</a> during the COVID-19 pandemic on 22 July 2020. This guidance is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/08/2020 15:04:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 38829 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1237164

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	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: Contact Tracing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce fines for those who test positive for covid-19 and refuse to give details of their contacts.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	94334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 28 September people who test positive for COVID-19 or are contacted by NHS Test and Trace and told to self-isolate must do so by law. The legal duty also requires people to provide accurate details of their household contacts and not to obstruct the work of contact tracers. The legal duty will be enforced with fines for those that do not comply.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/11/2020 14:53:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 50373 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1250412

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	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	Nurses: Students
	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 implications for his Department's policies of the Royal College of Nursing’s campaign for Government to provide a life assurance scheme to English student nurses working on the front line during the second wave of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	113493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government holds all healthcare students in the highest regard and greatly appreciates their contribution to the National Health Service.</p><p>The NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme provides additional financial protection for frontline staff who are employed to deliver care for people and work in environments that carry an increased risk of contracting coronavirus.</p><p>Whilst the scheme is designed to cover employed staff, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care recognises the importance of the role students on placement play in supporting frontline health and social care services and so can exercise his discretion and consider cases from individuals who meet the appropriate eligibility criteria.</p><p>The Secretary of State will review each case to decide whether to exercise this discretion and if the other eligibility criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/12/2020 12:20:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 61581 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1255541

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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 Social Services: 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 comparative assessment he has made of the effect on the pay of (a) NHS and (b) social care staff of the pay proposals in his Spending Review 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	120775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Given the impact of COVID-19 on our health services, the Government will continue to provide for pay rises for over one million National Health Service workers in 2021/22. For the NHS, the Government will ask the independent pay review bodies (PRB) to make recommendations, including ensuring that staff earning less than £24,000 receive a minimum of £250 increase. The Government will take PRBs recommendations into account when we receive them.</p><p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central Government. While social care for some people is funded by local authorities, many people pay for their own care. We are providing councils with access to an additional £1 billion for social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/12/2020 14:49:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 65355 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts