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1354224

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2021
	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	Travel: Quarantine
	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 potential merits of including medical staff, who are doubly vaccinated, to the list of jobs that are exempt from managed quarantine following international travel.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	45935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>In limited circumstances, quarantine exemption is made for arrivals to the United Kingdom. These circumstances are largely job-related and focus on occupations and services deemed essential to enable the country to continue to function effectively through the pandemic. For example, nurses coming from or travelling through red-list countries commencing immediate National Health Service employment in England may quarantine in hospital accommodation. The list of job–related exemptions is reviewed and updated on a regular basis, which includes an assessment of the needs of jobs in all sectors, such as medical staff.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 22/09/2021 14:24:58 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 21447 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1311856

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2021
	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	Travel: 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 make an assessment of the potential merits of providing free PCR covid-19 testing for partners of British nationals who are travelling from abroad to attend (a) pregnancy scans and (b) births.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	186274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 11:20:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 100608 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1328107

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2021
	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	Travel: 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 ensure that students studying abroad in the 2021-22 academic year will have received their covid-19 vaccinations before travelling.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	7954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to prioritise students specifically as a group. This includes those studying abroad next academic year. Students aged 18 years old and over are prioritised on grounds of age in phase two of the COVID-19 vaccine programme if they have not been vaccinated as part of phase one. Phase two offers vaccination to all those aged 18 to 49 years old unless they fall into a higher cohort group due to age or pre-existing health condition which puts them in phase one.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with the devolved administrations, the higher education sector and health services across the United Kingdom to ensure that all students are able to access the vaccine efficiently and conveniently where they are eligible. The Government advises those who may be unable to receive a full course of vaccination in the UK to notify clinicians of this before they receive their vaccination. For any foreign travel, the Government advises checking GOV.UK for relevant information including information on healthcare provision.</p><p> </p><p>We are on track to offer a first dose of COVID-19 vaccination to all those aged 18 years old and over by 31 July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/06/2021 15:56:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1352220

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Travel Restrictions: Turkey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the evidence that supports the placement of Turkey on the covid-19 red list for international travel.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	42176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>Decisions to place countries on the ‘red list’ are taken by the Government, informed by evidence including the Joint Biosecurity Centre risk assessments alongside other factors. We are unable to provide the information requested as the advice, evidence and methodology that informs these decisions relates to on-going development of Government policy. However, further information on the data informing international travel risk assessments is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-informing-international-travel-risk-assessments." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-informing-international-travel-risk-assessments.</a></p><p>You will find further information on the methodology for international travel risk assessments here at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-risk-assessment-methodology-to-inform-international-travel-traffic-light-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-risk-assessment-methodology-to-inform-international-travel-traffic-light-system.</a></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 11/10/2021 14:29:35 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1221615

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	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	Tinnitus: Research
	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 his Department has to increase funding from the public purse for research on tinnitus cures.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	70506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including tinnitus. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p>The NIHR’s support for tinnitus research was over £1.8 million between 2015/16 and 2019/20. This included funding for research projects, and funding for NIHR-managed infrastructure to support tinnitus research. Current NIHR funding includes £15 million over five years from April 2017 to support deafness and hearing loss research in the NIHR’s Manchester, University College London, and Nottingham Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs). The Nottingham BRC has a core research theme on tinnitus and noise sensitivity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/07/2020 17:04:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300147

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Social Services: Home Ownership
	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 support homeowners wanting to access permanent social care.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to bringing forward a proposal for social care this year to ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect and to find long term solutions for one of the biggest challenges we face as a society.</p><p>At present, the equity in an individual’s home is only taken into consideration as part of means testing their contribution towards their social care costs if they were the only adult living in it and they are entering residential care. Currently, Deferred Payment Agreements are available to allow eligible individuals to access the equity in their home to pay for their residential care, without having to sell it.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 164647 question first answered 12/03/2021 14:26:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300148

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Government's announcement on 16 January 2021 of additional £120 million of funding for local authorities to boost staffing levels in the care sector during the covid-19 outbreak, whether he plans to take steps to (a) allocate the funding across local authorities, (b) ensure that funding is allocated according to level of need and (c) make that funding available on a permanent footing for local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The £120 million Workforce Capacity Fund for adult social care is available until 31 March and was created to address critical staffing shortages caused by COVID-19. The Government announced local authority allocations on 16 January. These were calculated using the Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formula and are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-capacity-fund-for-adult-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-capacity-fund-for-adult-social-care</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2021-22 we expect to provide local authorities with estimated funding of £3 billion to help manage the impact of COVID-19. Of this, £1.55 billion is being provided as grant funding directly for spending pressures on local authority services, including adult social care. We are actively reviewing the need for further funding for adult social care and decisions will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/03/2021 10:22:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1351061

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Social Services: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce free comprehensive adult social care.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	41320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>On 7 September, the Government announced major reforms to funding for social care. From October 2023, we will introduce a more generous means testing regime, as well as cap on costs. This means that no one in England will have to pay more than £86,000 in care costs over the course of their lifetime.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/10/2021 13:44:02 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1196977

	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	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 assessment he has made of the effect on (a) disabled people and (b) their carers of the changes to Care Act 2014 duties for local authorities to discretions in the Coronavirus Act 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	49129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with the Care Quality Commission and Think Local, Act Personal (TLAP) to understand the impact on individuals, including disabled people and their carers, of the changes to Care Act 2014 duties. TLAP hopes to speak to local authorities which are operating under easements to understand what this means for adults with care and support needs. A TLAP Insight Group will be meeting regularly to coordinate intelligence of TLAP partners on the impact and views of people accessing care and support and unpaid carers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/06/2020 16:59:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 25129 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1352223

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	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 steps his Department is taking to consult (a) disabled people and (b) representatives of disability rights organisations to obtain their views on reforming adult social care.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	42179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>‘Build Back Better: Our Plan for Health and Social Care’, was published on 7 September, committing to investing an additional £5.4 billion over three years.</p><p> </p><p>In developing the proposals set out in the Plan, we discussed priorities for reform with a wide range of stakeholders, including people with disabilities. We will continue to work with care users, providers and other partners, including disabled people and disability-led organisations, to co-develop more detail on our plans for reform of adult social care. Further detail will be published in a white paper later this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/09/2021 16:01:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana