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1197291

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date	20/05/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Edinburgh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the outbreak of covid-19 at the international Nike conference in Edinburgh in February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	902840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>It was agreed by the 4 Chief Medical Officers ahead of the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 that each administration would announce their own cases and take their own decisions about what is appropriate to release, so this was a matter for the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:54:52 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1197292

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Trade: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the value of trade between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Guildford
tabling member printed	Angela Richardson
uin	902842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>Scottish exports to the rest of the UK increased in 2018 by £1.2 billion to £51.2 billion.</p><p>The official Scottish Government figures show that more than 60 per cent of all Scottish exports go to England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.</p><p>As a result, the rest of the UK continues to be Scotland’s largest market for exports and accounting for three times the value of exports to EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:56:00 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
tabling member	4840 label Biography information for Angela Richardson

1197293

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Defence: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the defence sector in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	902850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Scotland Office, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and I are all in frequent contact with stakeholders across the Scottish defence sector to ensure their valuable perspective is heard and understood.</p><p> </p><p>In my Moray constituency, Kinloss Barracks and RAF Lossiemouth have remained busy supporting the efforts to fight COVID-19 and to continue to protect our country. So I place on record our thanks to them for all their efforts.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:58:29 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1197294

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to strengthen the Union.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	902851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>This Government has always stressed the importance of the Union. The current crisis demonstrates how valuable it is to have a collective ability to respond.</p><p> </p><p>We have world leading expertise and the economic strength to protect jobs and businesses with generous support packages.</p><p> </p><p>It is the strength of our Union which will enable us to defeat the Covid-19 virus and rebuild our economy quickly and fairly.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:59:46 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1197417

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the diversity of the composition of the commissioners of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	49848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The current diversity of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Board of Commissioners is set out in the table below;</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Equality and Human Rights Commission: Board Diversity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Members on Board</p></td><td><p>10 (1 Chair; 1 Deputy Chair; 1 ‘Scotland’ Commissioner; 6 Commissioners; 1 CEO/ commissioner ex officio)</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/06/2020 17:28:39 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1197418

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Camps: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her French counterpart on the strength of force used by police forces on migrants in Calais.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	49849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>As noted in previous responses, the issue of policing and law enforcement on French territory remains a matter of domestic responsibility for the French government. During the Covid-19 pandemic, French law enforcement have offered all individuals residing in camps the option of transfer into reception centres to aid with social distancing measures. Within these centres, individuals are provided with medical and administrative support, and given the opportunity to lodge an asylum claim. To date, over 600 migrants have accepted this option.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/06/2020 16:40:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1197419

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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, what the timescale is for launching the NHSX Covid Tracking App throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	49675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service COVID-19 app is one element of a wider programme and will work alongside online and phone-based contact tracing services. The app is important in reaching contacts the individuals may not know or recall, and in getting notifications out faster than would otherwise be possible. Roll out of the app will take place in the coming weeks, as part of the launch and roll out of the wider programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/06/2020 10:27:58 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1197420

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Arlington Automotive: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for disabled employees of Arlington Automotive following the insolvency of that company and resulting job losses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	49710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Three companies in the Arlington Group entered administration on 7 May 2020. When any company becomes insolvent and redundancies are made, it is undoubtedly a distressing time for the company’s employees and workers and my officials at the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service are ensuring that relevant payments are made. Former employees of the Arlington Group can claim redundancy payments and other contractual amounts (subject to statutory limits) such as unpaid wages, notice pay and outstanding holiday pay from the National Insurance Fund.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS officials are working closely with the administrators to identify and offer support to ensure that employees who may require assistance because of a disability, are helped to submit claims so that they can be paid as soon as possible. I also understand that officials in the Solihull Jobcentre have been supporting affected employees by providing help and explaining the support that is available through Jobcentre plus.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 02/06/2020 14:19:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1197421

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
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	Dental 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 (a) support and (b) guidance is available to patients needing treatment for (i) toothache, (ii) abscesses and (iii) other urgent dental conditions.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	49875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>To meet the Government social distancing measures and to contain the spread of COVID-19 all routine dentistry has currently been suspended.</p><p>We expect all National Health Service dental practices to provide urgent telephone advice and triage. Dentists are giving urgent advice remotely and, if needed, prescriptions for painkillers or antibiotics. All urgent face to face treatment that is clinically necessary is available for patients who are triaged by their dentist or NHS 111 into one of the 550 urgent dental care centres set up by NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p><p>The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety.</p><p>A copy of the letter that was published can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/06/2020 09:42:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1197422

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Health and Safety Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workplace spot checks the Heath and Safety Executive has carried out in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	49843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The numbers of workplace spot checks the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out in each of the last six months is in the table below:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>No. of Proactive Inspections</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2019</em></p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>1041</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>587</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1<sup>st</sup> – 20<sup>th</sup> May</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The above data was extracted from HSE’s operational database on 21<sup>st </sup>May 2020 and is subject to change e.g. the administrative process of recording the information in the database can take up to 10 days.</p><p> </p><p>In March, HSE temporarily suspended proactive visits to sites to allow social distancing measures to be put in place to protect visiting staff. It has since developed plans for resuming proactive site inspections.</p><p> </p><p>The above data excludes investigations of workplace concerns including those relating to COVID-19, where checks have been made to ensure that measures have been put in place to comply with the law.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/06/2020 14:18:00 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith