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1287002

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date	24/02/2021
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	Meller Group: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the attendees at negotiations for the contracts awarded to Meller Designs to help deliver the Government’s covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	154923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Six contracts with a total value of £163.6 million have been awarded to Meller Designs for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). The Contract Award Notices and contracts have been published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ab193f8-1126-462d-b527-9f0847a26ed3?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ab193f8-1126-462d-b527-9f0847a26ed3?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d75c9b0a-da7e-48a4-8144-08b1f7bc6230?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d75c9b0a-da7e-48a4-8144-08b1f7bc6230?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9aa5f29-f5b9-47ce-9253-f2fe215808e4" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9aa5f29-f5b9-47ce-9253-f2fe215808e4</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f7b52f6-cb0c-49fd-a7df-1efecca43365" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f7b52f6-cb0c-49fd-a7df-1efecca43365</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4c3aae51-8916-4a19-b1f1-8496af12b72a" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4c3aae51-8916-4a19-b1f1-8496af12b72a</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aec7a74a-2f63-4bb6-9731-3219d208dc1b" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aec7a74a-2f63-4bb6-9731-3219d208dc1b</a></p><p>All offers of PPE from suppliers received the same eight stage assurance process which selected suppliers based on the product type, clinical acceptability, price, forecasted delivery dates, volume and financial standing. This was all managed by a team of around 450 officials from a number of Government departments, who conducted the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 154590 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:16:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1289432

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether international visitors to the UK who are (a) unable to return home, (b) clinically vulnerable and (c) elderly are able to receive a covid-19 vaccine in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>If they are not registered with a general practitioner, The General Practice COVID-19 vaccination programme 2020/21 Enhanced Service Specification, the contract that general practices will deliver COVID-19 Vaccination under, enables practices working within their Primary Care Network (PCN) groupings from shared vaccination sites to vaccinate unregistered patients provided they are eligible for a vaccination. The PCN grouping will receive payment for this.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2021 17:52:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 86131 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289433

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2021 to Question 145105, what steps he is taking to ensure that families, schools and staff are informed of the support available to pupils with autism and other special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, we have issued guidance for all schools and colleges including specialists settings, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-full-opening-special-schools-and-other-specialist-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-full-opening-special-schools-and-other-specialist-settings</a>. Our guidance sets out how schools can best support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The department has worked closely with stakeholders, including the Council for Disabled Children, Contact, Nasen and the National Network of Parent Carer Forums in developing this guidance.</p><p>The department regularly signposts guidance, announcements and publications that are relevant to children and young people with SEND, including through email alerts to key stakeholders such as commissioners, providers, and voluntary and community sector organisations. This has included issuing several ministerial open letters to families and stakeholders.</p><p>We have also announced over £42 million to continue funding projects in the 2021-22 financial year to support children and young people with SEND. This includes investment to continue strengthening participation of parents and young people in the SEND system, ensuring they have a voice in designing policies and services and have access to high quality information, advice, and support.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 03/03/2021 17:14:35 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289434

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Voucher Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2021 to Question 147965, what the timescale is for a decision to been made on whether to extend the validity of Rail Travel Vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department and rail industry continue to consider the validity of Rail Travel Vouchers in the context of local and national travel restrictions due to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>When this matter has been considered fully any decisions and changes will be made available on the GOV.UK website and I will write to the Hon. Gentleman to let him know.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/03/2021 15:42:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289435

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken with rail operators to inform key workers travelling by rail of forthcoming engineering works to avoid disruption.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>In line with the roadmap to recovery outlined by the Prime Minister on 22 February the advice over the Easter weekend will be to ‘minimise travel’. Nonetheless, Network Rail have already taken extensive steps to keep disruption to a minimum whilst carrying out essential maintenance and upgrade work. Passengers that do need to travel should check their journeys in advance. Details of how work will affect passengers’ journeys are already available on the National Rail and operators’ websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/03/2021 16:37:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289436

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 148875, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that no community loses its connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all communities continue to have suitable access to the rail network. Officials constantly monitor the situation and are looking at ways to ensure connectivity is maintained by working with existing franchises and Open Access Operators to provide appropriate levels of services. In recent months this approach has seen various Train Operating Companies augment their services to ensure continued access to the local community when some Open Access Operators were in periods of hibernation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/03/2021 15:37:42 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289437

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 147963, what (a) lines and (b) stations he plans to restore in the North that had been previously closed during the Beeching cuts.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>One element of the Restoring Your Railway Fund is the Ideas Fund, which is providing development funding for early-stage ideas to explore options to restore lost rail connections to communities.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently funding 10 schemes based in the North to develop business cases to restore lines and stations, as well as investing £34m to progress work on reopening the Northumberland line. These schemes have been published on GOV.UK and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restoring-your-railway-fund-successful-bids" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restoring-your-railway-fund-successful-bids</a>.</p><p>Bids are currently being accepted for the third round of the Ideas Fund and submissions will be accepted until 5 March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/03/2021 15:40:08 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289438

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 147963, what assessment he has made of the potential level of disruption during the Transpennine route upgrade.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>TRU is a major upgrade which will provide significant benefits to passengers in the North. Delivering the upgrade will mean that passenger and freight services on the route will be disrupted. Network Rail are reviewing the Strategic Access Plan principles for TRU and engaging with industry stakeholders to examine how different access agreements may be of benefit in limiting disruption where possible. A TRU Customer Manifesto has been developed to assist the train operating companies in developing and delivery of effective customer management plans, including a commitment to keeping passengers on a train as often as possible, moving on time and in comfort. We aim to provide as much notice as possible for any disruption along the route.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 02/03/2021 15:34:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289439

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 148874, what assessment he has made of the effect of longer-term changes in behaviour as a result of the covid-19 pandemic on rail services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department continues to actively work to understand the impact of coronavirus and other factors on rail demand. As part of this we are ensuring that we use a range of rail demand scenarios based on a series of factors that could drive rail demand over the short and long term to influence decisions. These include economic forecasts and behavioural factors. The Department continues to monitor evidence on behaviour changes as a result of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Given the considerable uncertainty that the pandemic has caused, these scenarios cannot be used as forecasts. However, they do reflect some of the possible impacts of the pandemic on future rail demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/03/2021 15:44:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1289440

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	AAT Deficiency: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2021 to Question 147966, whether people with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency will be (a) added to the Shielding Patient List and (b) prioritised for the covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	158169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is not a specific condition included in the definition of clinically extremely vulnerable groups. Individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency are only added to the Shielded Patient List (SPL) automatically if they also have pulmonary emphysema, which meets the criteria of ‘severe respiratory conditions’ used in the definition. However, individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency may be added to the SPL if they have other medical conditions that are included in the definition of clinically extremely vulnerable groups, or if their general practitioner or clinician, based on their clinical judgement, deems them to be at high risk of serious illness form COVID-19.</p><p>Anyone over the age of 16 years old who is considered clinically extremely vulnerable should have now been offered a COVID-19 vaccine as part of priority group four, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. Otherwise, individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine depending on their age and the severity of their condition.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/03/2021 11:12:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi