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1252683

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on answering Questions (a) 88299, (b) 104723, (c) 105362, (d) 109318, (e) 109319, (f) 109321, (g) 109322, (h) 109324, (i) 109325, (j) 109326, (k) 109328, (l) 112038, (m) 112041, (n) 112043 and (o) 91875.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	116465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers to Questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-10/88299" target="_blank">88299</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-19/105362" target="_blank">105362</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-05/112038" target="_blank">112038</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-05/112043" target="_blank">112043</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-06/91875" target="_blank">91875</a>.</p><p>The hon. Member’s remaining questions will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/12/2020 12:17:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 63517 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1250020

registered interest
date	06/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the National Prioritisation Framework for a covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	91875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent experts who provide advice to Government on which vaccine(s) the United Kingdom should use, and which groups to prioritise. The JCVI and the sub-committee are currently reviewing evidence on risk factors associated with serious disease and mortality from COVID-19. Following a review of the evidence the Committee will develop advice on prioritisation of population and risk groups for any future COVID-19 vaccination programme.</p><p>For further information, JCVI’s interim advice on prioritisation is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-25-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-25-september-2020</a></p><p>The minutes of JCVI committee meetings and statements on COVID-19 vaccination are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/11/2020 00:26:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 60660 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1249189

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
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	Long Covid: Wycombe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to open a long covid clinic in Wycombe.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	112038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>On 7 October the National Health Service announced that £10 million funding will go towards designating specialist ‘long COVID-19’ assessment clinics that will be available to all patients in England.</p><p>Commissioning guidance to support the establishment of these clinics was published on 6 November and local health systems are currently developing plans to implement them as soon as possible. More information about the clinic locations and how to access them will be released in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/11/2020 21:43:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 60406 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1249277

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 for rolling out the Triumph and Ambush candidate vaccines; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	112043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has asked the National Health Service to be ready to deploy any safe, effective vaccines when available. We are working at pace for the delivery of any potential COVID-19 vaccination programme as quickly as possible. The scale of what is rolled out and when will depend on a safe, effective vaccine being available.</p><p> </p><p>Planning considerations include the size and make-up of the workforce needed to deliver a potentially extensive vaccination programme at pace, training requirements, guidance, consumables and other equipment, as well as the supporting infrastructure required, including warehousing, transport, logistics and end-destination ‘clinic’ storage.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has committed to procuring a COVID-19 vaccination on behalf of the United Kingdom. As health is a devolved matter, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for deployment of vaccination in their countries. The Government is working closely with the devolved administrations to ensure successful delivery across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/11/2020 12:35:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1247401

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	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 he has taken to validate epidemiological models of covid-19 (a) cases, (b) hospitalisations and (c) deaths against observed data throughout 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	109321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) provides scientific advice to support the Government response to COVID-19. In fulfilling this role SAGE considers a wide range of infectious disease modelling.</p><p>Part of this advice includes consensus medium-term projections of hospitalisations and deaths produced by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling. These represent a scenario in which the trajectory of the epidemic continues to follow current trends. They do not account for the impact of future policy or behaviour changes, nor seasonal effects that may affect transmission.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/12/2020 18:00:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 58853 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1247403

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	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 take steps to remove from his communications extreme covid-19 scenarios used for illustration purposes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	109322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to transparency in order to build public trust throughout the pandemic. Slides and data from press conferences are published on GOV.UK and Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies papers are routinely released once any related policies are no longer in development.</p><p>As part of this process, the Government is committed to making clear and meaningful presentation of data and estimates. This includes explaining relevant strengths and limitations of estimates, such as the extent of any uncertainty or potential biases, to support the public’s use and interpretation of the information.</p><p>Alongside other analyses, these may sometimes form part of the information and evidence informing the Government’s decision-making. As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, all slides from press conferences, and the data behind them are published on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 109328 question first answered 02/12/2020 14:45:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1247418

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Coronavirus: Hospitals
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 it his policy to release timely and transparent trust-by-trust covid-19 admissions numbers for every NHS trust (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of overall capacity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	109327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The total number of COVID-19 admissions at a trust level is published on weekly and monthly basis at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/</a></p><p>Figures are not published daily on estimates of overall capacity for admissions as this is dynamic in response to local demand.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/11/2020 14:10:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1247648

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	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 take steps to improve the characterisation of statistical uncertainty in his public communications on covid-19; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	109328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to transparency in order to build public trust throughout the pandemic. Slides and data from press conferences are published on GOV.UK and Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies papers are routinely released once any related policies are no longer in development.</p><p>As part of this process, the Government is committed to making clear and meaningful presentation of data and estimates. This includes explaining relevant strengths and limitations of estimates, such as the extent of any uncertainty or potential biases, to support the public’s use and interpretation of the information.</p><p>Alongside other analyses, these may sometimes form part of the information and evidence informing the Government’s decision-making. As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, all slides from press conferences, and the data behind them are published on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 109322 question first answered 02/12/2020 14:45:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 58856 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1244422

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Software
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 prioritise the further development and deployment of a personal covid-19 risk calculator through the NHS App which takes into account an individual’s (a) age, (b) co-morbidities, (c) occupation, (d) household size, (e) deprivation, (f) ethnicity, (g) Body Mass Index, (h) blood group and (i) any other factors; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	105362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The app is designed to the highest standards of data privacy and data security and does not collect any personal information.</p><p>We will continue to evaluate the app and improve it in response to feedback.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/11/2020 23:34:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 56515 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1241175

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Software
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 prioritise the (a) further development and (b) deployment of a coronavirus risk calculator through the NHS App.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	100376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The NHS COVID-19 App already includes several features that are designed to help identify and manage risk for individuals and communities.</p><p>For contact tracing, the app detects and logs other nearby app users using random unique identifiers. If any of those users later test positive for COVID-19, close contacts will receive an exposure alert with advice to self-isolate.</p><p>When a user first registers for the app they are asked for the first half of their postcode. They can check the app every day to see if where they live has become a high-risk area for COVID-19. If it has, they will also receive a notification. This will help them make daily decisions to protect themselves and those close to them.</p><p>The app was launched following positive trials and rigorous testing. It is accurate, responsive and has received positive feedback from users. We continue to work to optimise the app and will keep further improvements under review.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/10/2020 09:07:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53704 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker