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1287973

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue lost to the public purse as a result of VAT evasion by overseas sellers on online platforms in each of the tax years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19, (e) 2019-20 and (f) 2020-21 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	156612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. HMRC estimate the tax gap, which includes VAT evasion, and publish this in the ‘Measuring tax gaps’ publication. However, HMRC do not specifically hold estimates for VAT evasion by overseas sellers on online marketplaces for the periods requested. HMRC estimate that the tax loss from VAT fraud and error on online marketplaces was between £1 billion and £1.5 billion in 2016/17. The department estimates that overseas sellers contributed to approximately 60% of that VAT loss.</p><p>From 1 January 2021, the Government introduced changes to the VAT treatment of overseas goods making online marketplaces directly liable for UK VAT on many of the sales they facilitate - ensuring that overseas online marketplace sellers cannot outcompete UK High Street stores and UK online retailers by evading their VAT liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/02/2021 16:23:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1287974

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of VAT evaded by overseas sellers on online platforms that has been recouped following individual data requests by the his Department in each of the tax years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19, (e) 2019-20 and (f) 2020-21 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	156613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of VAT evasion by overseas sellers on online platforms very seriously. In September 2016 the Government introduced new legal powers allowing HMRC to hold online marketplaces jointly liable for future VAT liabilities of non-compliant overseas sellers on their platforms.</p><p>One of HMRC’s methods for tackling this problem is to make both bulk and individual data requests of online marketplaces about the sellers on their platforms, to inform enquiries into any possible non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC began making such requests after the introduction of the new powers in September 2016. Over time, the quality of the bulk data being provided by online marketplace platforms has improved, significantly reducing the need for HMRC to make additional data requests on individual sellers.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of compliance enquiries HMRC have completed into overseas online sellers is not directly related to the number of individual data requests. In 2020-21, where there has been a significant reduction of individual data requests, the number of actual enquiries completed has increased from just under 7,000 in 2019-20 to more than 9,400 in 2020-21 so far.</p><p> </p><p>Where, following compliance enquiries using bulk or individual data and other information, HMRC have made an online marketplace liable for the future VAT of a non-compliant seller, the marketplace has the option instead to remove that seller and prevent them from selling on their platform. This significantly disrupts the trade of that non-compliant seller.</p><p>Number of data requests</p><p> </p><p>In order to inform enquiries about potential non-compliance by overseas sellers on online market places, HMRC send both bulk and individual data requests to online platforms. The number of bulk requests and individual requests on sellers using their service in each of the tax years specified are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bulk</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Individual</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (to date)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC did not make data requests prior to 2016, when new powers relating to online marketplaces were introduced. As explained above, with the quality of bulk data improving over time, HMRC have been able to improve their processes in 2020-21 and reduce their reliance on individual data requests while still completing more enquiries.</p><p>Revenue measured and sellers disrupted</p><p>Rather than ‘VAT recouped’, and in line with other compliance activity, revenue measured by HMRC when using their powers to tackle online marketplace sellers is tracked both in terms of the amount of revenue loss from the Exchequer that has been prevented (Revenue Loss Prevented, RLP) and the amount of VAT assessed and collected (Cash Collectable, CC). For this compliance activity, HMRC also track the number of non-compliant overseas sellers disrupted following removal from an online marketplace platform.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC began using the new powers introduced by the Government in September 2016 (and so no results are available for 2015-16). While HMRC started to disrupt non-compliant sellers in the first year the powers were introduced, results are primarily seen after compliance cases were concluded, starting in 2017-18. For the years requested, from 2016-17, the results are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CC (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RLP (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sellers disrupted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>3,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (to Jan)</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Officials working on the activity</p><p> </p><p>Rather than the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees deployed at a specific point in time on this compliance activity, HMRC track this using Staff Year Usage (SYU), which shows the resource used averaged out over a financial year.</p><p> </p><p>In total in 2019-20, HMRC used 176 staff years on this activity. Year to date in 2020-21 (end of January 2021), HMRC have used 150 staff years on this activity.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC expect to use the same level of staff years on this activity in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 156614 156615 question first answered 25/02/2021 16:33:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1287975

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual data requests his Department has sent to online platforms on sellers using their service in each of the tax years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19, (e) 2019-20 and (f) 2020-21 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	156614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of VAT evasion by overseas sellers on online platforms very seriously. In September 2016 the Government introduced new legal powers allowing HMRC to hold online marketplaces jointly liable for future VAT liabilities of non-compliant overseas sellers on their platforms.</p><p>One of HMRC’s methods for tackling this problem is to make both bulk and individual data requests of online marketplaces about the sellers on their platforms, to inform enquiries into any possible non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC began making such requests after the introduction of the new powers in September 2016. Over time, the quality of the bulk data being provided by online marketplace platforms has improved, significantly reducing the need for HMRC to make additional data requests on individual sellers.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of compliance enquiries HMRC have completed into overseas online sellers is not directly related to the number of individual data requests. In 2020-21, where there has been a significant reduction of individual data requests, the number of actual enquiries completed has increased from just under 7,000 in 2019-20 to more than 9,400 in 2020-21 so far.</p><p> </p><p>Where, following compliance enquiries using bulk or individual data and other information, HMRC have made an online marketplace liable for the future VAT of a non-compliant seller, the marketplace has the option instead to remove that seller and prevent them from selling on their platform. This significantly disrupts the trade of that non-compliant seller.</p><p>Number of data requests</p><p> </p><p>In order to inform enquiries about potential non-compliance by overseas sellers on online market places, HMRC send both bulk and individual data requests to online platforms. The number of bulk requests and individual requests on sellers using their service in each of the tax years specified are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bulk</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Individual</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (to date)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC did not make data requests prior to 2016, when new powers relating to online marketplaces were introduced. As explained above, with the quality of bulk data improving over time, HMRC have been able to improve their processes in 2020-21 and reduce their reliance on individual data requests while still completing more enquiries.</p><p>Revenue measured and sellers disrupted</p><p>Rather than ‘VAT recouped’, and in line with other compliance activity, revenue measured by HMRC when using their powers to tackle online marketplace sellers is tracked both in terms of the amount of revenue loss from the Exchequer that has been prevented (Revenue Loss Prevented, RLP) and the amount of VAT assessed and collected (Cash Collectable, CC). For this compliance activity, HMRC also track the number of non-compliant overseas sellers disrupted following removal from an online marketplace platform.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC began using the new powers introduced by the Government in September 2016 (and so no results are available for 2015-16). While HMRC started to disrupt non-compliant sellers in the first year the powers were introduced, results are primarily seen after compliance cases were concluded, starting in 2017-18. For the years requested, from 2016-17, the results are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CC (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RLP (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sellers disrupted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>3,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (to Jan)</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Officials working on the activity</p><p> </p><p>Rather than the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees deployed at a specific point in time on this compliance activity, HMRC track this using Staff Year Usage (SYU), which shows the resource used averaged out over a financial year.</p><p> </p><p>In total in 2019-20, HMRC used 176 staff years on this activity. Year to date in 2020-21 (end of January 2021), HMRC have used 150 staff years on this activity.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC expect to use the same level of staff years on this activity in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 156613 156615 question first answered 25/02/2021 16:33:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1287976

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many FTE officials were working predominantly or entirely on VAT evasion by overseas sellers on online platforms in (a) February 2020 and (b) February 2021; and how many are planned to be working in that policy area in (c) February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	156615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of VAT evasion by overseas sellers on online platforms very seriously. In September 2016 the Government introduced new legal powers allowing HMRC to hold online marketplaces jointly liable for future VAT liabilities of non-compliant overseas sellers on their platforms.</p><p>One of HMRC’s methods for tackling this problem is to make both bulk and individual data requests of online marketplaces about the sellers on their platforms, to inform enquiries into any possible non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC began making such requests after the introduction of the new powers in September 2016. Over time, the quality of the bulk data being provided by online marketplace platforms has improved, significantly reducing the need for HMRC to make additional data requests on individual sellers.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of compliance enquiries HMRC have completed into overseas online sellers is not directly related to the number of individual data requests. In 2020-21, where there has been a significant reduction of individual data requests, the number of actual enquiries completed has increased from just under 7,000 in 2019-20 to more than 9,400 in 2020-21 so far.</p><p> </p><p>Where, following compliance enquiries using bulk or individual data and other information, HMRC have made an online marketplace liable for the future VAT of a non-compliant seller, the marketplace has the option instead to remove that seller and prevent them from selling on their platform. This significantly disrupts the trade of that non-compliant seller.</p><p>Number of data requests</p><p> </p><p>In order to inform enquiries about potential non-compliance by overseas sellers on online market places, HMRC send both bulk and individual data requests to online platforms. The number of bulk requests and individual requests on sellers using their service in each of the tax years specified are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bulk</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Individual</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (to date)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC did not make data requests prior to 2016, when new powers relating to online marketplaces were introduced. As explained above, with the quality of bulk data improving over time, HMRC have been able to improve their processes in 2020-21 and reduce their reliance on individual data requests while still completing more enquiries.</p><p>Revenue measured and sellers disrupted</p><p>Rather than ‘VAT recouped’, and in line with other compliance activity, revenue measured by HMRC when using their powers to tackle online marketplace sellers is tracked both in terms of the amount of revenue loss from the Exchequer that has been prevented (Revenue Loss Prevented, RLP) and the amount of VAT assessed and collected (Cash Collectable, CC). For this compliance activity, HMRC also track the number of non-compliant overseas sellers disrupted following removal from an online marketplace platform.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC began using the new powers introduced by the Government in September 2016 (and so no results are available for 2015-16). While HMRC started to disrupt non-compliant sellers in the first year the powers were introduced, results are primarily seen after compliance cases were concluded, starting in 2017-18. For the years requested, from 2016-17, the results are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CC (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RLP (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sellers disrupted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>3,977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (to Jan)</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Officials working on the activity</p><p> </p><p>Rather than the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees deployed at a specific point in time on this compliance activity, HMRC track this using Staff Year Usage (SYU), which shows the resource used averaged out over a financial year.</p><p> </p><p>In total in 2019-20, HMRC used 176 staff years on this activity. Year to date in 2020-21 (end of January 2021), HMRC have used 150 staff years on this activity.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC expect to use the same level of staff years on this activity in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 156613 156614 question first answered 25/02/2021 16:33:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1287734

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	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, with reference to surge testing for the South African variant of covid-19 which commenced on 1 February 2021, how many tests have been distributed; and what proportion of those tests were (a) not returned, (b) returned unopened and (c) returned spoiled in (i) EN10, (ii) W7, (iii) N17, (iv) CR4, (v) PR9, (vi) ME15, (vii) GU21 and (viii) WS2 areas and in each (A) postcode and (B) postcode sector in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	155436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in the format requested. All polymerase chain reaction test results in surge testing regions are included in the weekly statistics published by Public Health England on the number of confirmed COVID-19 test results, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/testing" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/testing</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/02/2021 16:12:31 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1283041

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
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	Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department first became aware that a case of the South African variant of covid-19 had been identified in London W7, as confirmed by his Department on 1 February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	148044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England discovered a cluster linked to this variant in early December. The Department was notified on 11 December.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/02/2021 17:58:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 81181 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1282000

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments
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 make more people with cycstic fibrosis eligible for keftrio treatment; and what the timescale is for that work.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	145887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Kaftrio is available to National Health Service patients in line with its marketing authorisation through an interim access deal negotiated between NHS England and NHS Improvement and Vertex, the drug manufacturer. This deal will last for four years and means that eligible NHS patients are among the first in Europe to benefit from access to Kaftrio. The deal has been structured to allow patients access if the license is updated during the term of the agreement.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/03/2021 16:04:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 79859 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1281671

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the zero-rate of value-added tax for women's sanitary products is not applied to period pants.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	145167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>A zero rate of VAT has applied to women’s sanitary products since 1 January 2021. This applies to those products which were previously subject to the reduced rate of 5 per cent, for example, tampons and pads, and to reusable menstrual products, such as keepers.</p><p> </p><p>The relief specifically excludes articles of clothing, such as “period pants”. Such exclusions are designed to ensure that the relief is properly targeted, since difficulties in policing the scope of the relief create the potential for litigation, erosion of the tax base and a reduction in revenue. Under existing rules “period pants” may already qualify for the zero rate, if they have been specifically designed to be worn by a child, meet the sizing criteria, and are held out for sale specifically for use by girls under the age of 14 years old.</p><p> </p><p>Details are provided in VAT Notice 714: young children's clothing and footwear: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-714-zero-rating-young-childrens-clothing-and-footwear/vat-notice-714-zero-rating-young-childrens-clothing-and-footwear#items-suitable-only-for-young-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-714-zero-rating-young-childrens-clothing-and-footwear/vat-notice-714-zero-rating-young-childrens-clothing-and-footwear#items-suitable-only-for-young-children</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:41:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1281316

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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	NHS Test and Trace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what improvements were made to the NHS Test and Trace contact tracing process from (a) 29 December 2020 to (b) 27 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	144865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2021 answer text <p>Between 29 December 2020 and 27 January 2021, the contact tracing service implemented numerous service improvements including automatic presentation of cases to agents, recorded voicemail messages, changes to scripting, enhanced tracing performance levels and outcomes on positive lateral flow tests, multi-skill training of agents, roll-out of a new quality assurance framework, and improvements to the CTAS (Contact Tracing and Advice Service Software) system including capturing international phone numbers.</p><p>The contact tracing service also introduced RTTS (Real Time Technology Services) at the beginning of the year which allowed for a median reduction time of over 6 hours from the time a case was uploaded into CTAS.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/04/2021 13:01:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 79070 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1281317

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
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	NHS Test and Trace
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 and what proportion of NHS Test and Trace emails sent to people have included technical errors in each of the last 12 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	144866
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 Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/04/2021 12:38:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 79071 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray