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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-12-15more like thismore than 2020-12-15
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury remove filter
hansard heading Protective Clothing: VAT more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support funeral director companies to access Government stocks of personal protective equipment after the end of the temporary VAT reduction on those items. more like this
tabling member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South more like this
tabling member printed
Bridget Phillipson more like this
uin 130029 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-01-11more like thismore than 2021-01-11
answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire more like this
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
grouped question UIN
130027 more like this
130028 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-01-11T13:53:26.41Zmore like thismore than 2021-01-11T13:53:26.41Z
answering member
3991
label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
4046
label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson more like this