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1249201

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date	05/11/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the risk of infection from covid-19 in outdoor (a) school sport and (b) children's club sports.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	112033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>Sports and physical activity are incredibly important for our physical and mental health, and are a vital weapon against coronavirus. That’s why we made sure that people could exercise at least once a day even during the height of lockdown - and why we opened up grassroots sport and leisure facilities as soon as it was safe to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Nobody wanted to be in the position of having to introduce further National Restrictions. However as the Prime Minister said, with the virus spreading faster than expected we cannot allow our health system to be overwhelmed. Therefore, from Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December indoor and outdoor leisure will need to close. The National Restrictions are designed to get the R rate under control through limiting social contact and reducing transmissions.</p><p>People are still allowed to leave their homes for exercise and recreation outdoors, with your household or on your own, or with one person from another household or support bubble. We will continue to prioritise the wellbeing and long-term futures of our young people, which is why schools will remain open. Children can continue to take part in sport at school, which includes swimming lessons where schools are providing them.</p><p>The Government is happy to provide the scientific data on which the decision for a national lockdown has been made. The difficulty is that, when you unpick one thing, the effectiveness of the whole package is compromised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/11/2020 19:26:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1249282

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he was advised that the NHS would be overwhelmed if a national covid-19 lockdown was not implemented in November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	112034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies noted on 29 October that in order to manage the overall epidemic, interventions should seek to prevent areas of low prevalence from becoming areas of high prevalence, as well as reducing prevalence where it is high. In the face of continued growth, the ‘R’ rate should be brought below 1. Failure to do so would have risked very significant pressures on the healthcare system.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/03/2021 10:00:34 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 60404 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1249283

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an economic assessment of the effect of the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	112035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>As the Chancellor said in his letter to the Treasury Committee on 4 November, HM Treasury does not prepare formal forecasts for the UK economy, which are the responsibility of the independent OBR. They will publish their next forecast on 25 November.</p><p>In addition, within their statutory mandates, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) produce analysis which reflect their independent judgements regarding the impact of Covid-19 on the likely path of the economy. They updated their projections in their Monetary Policy Report published on 5 November. This reflected UK restrictions announced up to 31 October, including “heightened England-wide measures for the period 5 November to 2 December”. In this scenario, GDP was revised downwards and is now expected to contract by 2% in Q4 reflecting the impact of stricter measures to control Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/11/2020 13:17:11 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1249294

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to account for population age in the Covid-19 Relative Needs Formula.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	112036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>When developing the Covid-19 Relative Needs Formula, the Government used data provided by councils themselves through monitoring returns. We used this data to test potential drivers of this reported covid-related expenditure. Total population and deprivation, as well as a consideration of how costs of delivery vary across the country, were found to have a good statistical fit with this data.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/11/2020 17:14:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1249324

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
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, with reference to the OptiGene Direct RT-LAMP test, if he will publish the (a) clinical validity data and (b) results of the Southampton University trial of May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	112037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2021 answer text <p>The Test and Trace Scientific Team are currently preparing a report covering the clinical validation of Optigene’s DIRECT RT-LAMP Test which will incorporate the findings of the pilot carried out in Southampton as well as those from other pilot sites. This report will be published on GOV.UK alongside the report on lateral flow test validation data published on 11 November.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/01/2021 17:19:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 60405 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson