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155987

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date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been screened for the Ebola virus in the UK following the recent implementation of screening procedures.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	214464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>As at 23:59 on 17 November, a total of 931 passengers had been assessed at ports with enhanced screening operations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/11/2014 17:33:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

155988

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where screening for the Ebola virus is taking place in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	214465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Enhanced screening operations are in place at London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester airports, and London St Pancras train station. Entry screening at these ports is estimated to cover 97% of through ticketed arrivals from affected countries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other ports of entry are covered remotely when Border Force notify of passengers travelling to the United Kingdom on indirect flights. Similarly, ships are met at ports when we have been informed of their arrival in advance, and they have docked in a country of interest within the last 21 days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/11/2014 17:32:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

105971

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK health workers have gone to West Africa to help tackle the Ebola virus.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer wrote to National Health Service medical and nursing directors on 19 September seeking volunteers to help efforts on the ground in West Africa. Currently over 1000 NHS staff and 185 staff from Public Health England have put their names forward through UK MED which runs the <em>UK International Emergency Medical Register </em>(UKIEMR).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme comprises a robust selection process, pre-deployment vaccinations and occupational health and psychological screening, training in the UK with further training and mentoring in Sierra Leone, and advice and support on monitoring health on return. We do not expect everyone on the register to be deployed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not know how many UK health care workers are currently deployed with non-governmental organisations on the ground in West Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/11/2014 17:29:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown