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1247015

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	Intensive Care: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS plans to resume the (a) collection and (b) publication of data on critical care bed capacity across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	109164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement will publish weekly critical care bed availability and occupancy this winter, although the date for when this will start has not yet been confirmed.</p><p>Data for previous winters can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/11/2020 14:13:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1247024

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	Influenza: 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 meeting the target of administering 30 million flu vaccinations during the 2020-21 flu season.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	109698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England collect provisional weekly data on flu vaccine uptake levels in key cohorts, including those aged 65 years and over, at risk groups, pregnant women and children aged 2 and 3. The weekly reports are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports</a></p><p>Monthly data on the number of people who have been vaccinated from these cohorts, together with monthly data on uptake in healthcare workers and school age children, Reception to Year 7, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake#seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake:-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake#seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake:-figures</a></p><p>The first monthly data was published on 26 November on the number of people who have been vaccinated up to 31 October 2020.</p><p>It is still very early in the flu season to provide an assessment on overall uptake.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/12/2020 14:18:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 58885 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1247032

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: Poplar and Limehouse
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 residents of Poplar and Limehouse constituency have been tested for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	109703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>Weekly data for pillar 2 COVID-19 testing for every lower tier local authority in England is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/12/2020 12:31:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1247094

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	Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on extending the zero VAT rate for personal protective equipment beyond 31 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	109599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of temporary VAT relief was an extraordinary measure designed to relieve the burden of VAT on the price of purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) used for protection from COVID-19 by frontline workers and has particularly aided sectors that cannot recover VAT on such goods due to their VAT exempt status, such as care homes. This was needed during the initial period of the COVID-19 crisis when the global supply of PPE did not meet demand, resulting in inflated prices.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Department has stabilised the United Kingdom PPE supply chain to meet current demand and this month, we will have a four-month stockpile of all COVID-19-critical PPE in place, with a tremendous contribution from UK manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to Care Quality Commission-registered care homes and domiciliary care providers via the PPE portal until the end of March 2021. Now that supply has increased and prices have stabilised, the temporary zero-rate of VAT on PPE is therefore no longer required and ended on 31 October 2020 as planned.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 109600 109601 question first answered 11/11/2020 13:22:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 58878 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1247095

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	Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating
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 effect of the 31 October 2020 expiry date for the zero VAT rate for the supply of personal protective equipment on public health in England.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	109600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of temporary VAT relief was an extraordinary measure designed to relieve the burden of VAT on the price of purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) used for protection from COVID-19 by frontline workers and has particularly aided sectors that cannot recover VAT on such goods due to their VAT exempt status, such as care homes. This was needed during the initial period of the COVID-19 crisis when the global supply of PPE did not meet demand, resulting in inflated prices.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Department has stabilised the United Kingdom PPE supply chain to meet current demand and this month, we will have a four-month stockpile of all COVID-19-critical PPE in place, with a tremendous contribution from UK manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to Care Quality Commission-registered care homes and domiciliary care providers via the PPE portal until the end of March 2021. Now that supply has increased and prices have stabilised, the temporary zero-rate of VAT on PPE is therefore no longer required and ended on 31 October 2020 as planned.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 109599 109601 question first answered 11/11/2020 13:22:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 58879 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1247109

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: Home Care 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 assessment his Department has made of the transmission rates of covid-19 in personal care settings; and if will publish the data supporting that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	109312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of understanding COVID-19 transmission rates within personal care settings. We are working with academics to understand infection rates in care homes. This work is ongoing and is not yet published.</p><p> </p><p>We have developed an adult social care dashboard that helps local, regional and national authorities understand where infection is taking place. Additionally, we have made over £1.1 billion available to local authorities through our Infection Control Fund to support adult social care providers take measures to halt the spread of the virus.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/01/2021 12:17:59 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1247112

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	Home Care 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, when asymptomatic testing for covid-19 will be rolled out for domiciliary care workers in England.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	109726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Home carers working for Care Quality Commission registered organisations are able to access weekly polymerase chain reaction tests to administer at home to help identify more asymptomatic cases and protect care recipients who are more vulnerable to COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/03/2021 16:29:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1247121

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: Vaccination
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 publish salient trial data for covid-19 vaccine candidates and any risk-based or other analyses of them that might be used toward any marketing authorisation, with sufficient time for review prior to any authorisation being given for a candidate’s marketing in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
uin	109471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Data or clinical study reports from clinical trials of new medicines are not published before authorisation or prior to trial completion due to commercial confidentiality and concern that publication may influence or bias the on-going trial. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) performs a thorough and robust assessment of clinical trial data together with non-clinical data and manufacturing and control data submitted as part of a Marketing Authorisation Application.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/01/2021 15:50:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

1247131

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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using frequent rapid antigen tests to help slow the transmission of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
uin	109472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>We believe there are many potential merits of using frequent rapid antigen tests to help slow the transmission of COVID-19. The use of multiple new testing technologies could significantly improve our detection of positive cases, so that people can isolate themselves and prevent the spread of the disease. As part of the first deployment of whole city testing, residents and workers in Liverpool will for example be tested using a combination of existing swab tests, as well as new lateral flow tests which can rapidly turn around results within an hour without the need to be processed in a lab, as well as LAMP technology due to be deployed in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for National Health Service staff.</p><p>We have also started a number of pilots across schools, universities and workplaces to assess the use of rapid lateral flow antigen tests. This is in addition to ongoing pilots in Liverpool, Southampton and Salford using the LAMP no-swab saliva test and LAMP asymptomatic testing for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/11/2020 11:37:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

1247140

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	Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who had an operation cancelled in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	109403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>This data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/12/2020 10:37:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher