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date	22/04/2020
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: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the COVID-19 death statistics disclosed at the daily briefings.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>All data released by the Department is robust and includes only cases officially confirmed by NHS England or the devolved administrations, following discussion with next of kin.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes daily figures on confirmed COVID-19 deaths in hospital, as that gives us the most up to date figures on a consistent basis. The vast majority of serious cases and fatalities of the virus will occur in hospital settings.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) are also publishing statistics from deaths registered in a given week, which include deaths outside hospital such as care homes. From 28 April 2020, the ONS will publish counts of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes, based on reporting from care home operators to the Care Quality Commission. These figures will put deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes in proper context, alongside the ONS’s more comprehensive figures.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/05/2020 10:47:36 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1189447

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to increase the UK’s COVID-19 testing capability; and whether the UK is on target to meet 100,000 tests a day.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced it had achieved its target to deliver 100,000 tests per day on 1 May 2020, with over 122,000 tests delivered on 30 April 2020.</p><p>The Government is rapidly scaling up the national effort to boost testing capacity for COVID-19 to protect the vulnerable, support the National Health Service, and ultimately save lives. Further details of this work can be found in the Government’s Testing Strategy titled ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19): scaling up testing programmes’, published on 4 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/05/2020 11:38:55 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1189448

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of potential mutations of COVID-19 on the delivery of an effective vaccine.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The rate of mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and its impact on vaccine effectiveness, is the subject of a large, worldwide research effort to which many United Kingdom institutions are making a significant contribution. The Commission on Human Medicines has convened a COVID-19 Expert Working Group that meets on a regular basis to review the latest developments and advise the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on their regulatory implications.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 06/05/2020 15:34:15 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1189449

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date	22/04/2020
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision to not broadcast the Virtual Proceedings in the House of Lords live online on democratic engagement with the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Since the 21 April the House of Lords has conducted virtual sittings of the House, and the broadcasting unit have been developing the necessary infrastructure to enable high quality live broadcast of these proceedings. In the interim period, all virtual sittings were made available online as video　or audio files as soon as possible after the proceedings concluded. The Hansard record of proceedings for each virtual sitting has also been made available online from approximately three hours after each sitting. On Tuesday 28 April and Thursday 30 April the virtual sittings of the House were broadcast live on parliamentlive.tv.</p><p>As of this week, the House of Lords has begun to use the same system as the House of Commons to enable high-quality live broadcast output via parliamentlive.tv. As well as virtual sittings of the House, House of Lords committees have been continuing to meet remotely, and last week the first virtual evidence sessions with witnesses were broadcast live on parliamentlive.tv. Throughout this period the House Administration has used social media channels to promote democratic engagement and publicise the channels through which members of the public can continue to follow virtual House of Lords proceedings.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 06/05/2020 10:57:03 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick