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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-06-02more like thismore than 2020-06-02
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Coronavirus: Disease Control more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish the covid-19 reproduction (R) number (R) for each local authority area. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 53558 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-08more like thismore than 2020-06-08
answer text <p>The Government Office for Science currently publishes the latest estimate of the United Kingdom-wide range for R on a weekly basis. At the time of writing the current range is estimated to be 0.7-0.9 and is based on latest data available to determine infection and transmission rates. We do not calculate the R rate in different regions or local authority areas.</p><p>R is an average number and so can be highly uncertain if based on small quantities of data, for example, the R value for Northern Ireland will be more uncertain than England as the population is smaller and there have been fewer COVID-19 cases to date from which R can be calculated. R is not usually a useful measure on its own and needs to be considered alongside the number of new cases. Because of this uncertainty, The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies’ view is that it is unhelpful to use estimates of R rates to monitor the epidemic in different regions.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
grouped question UIN
53424 more like this
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label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
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label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse more like this