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1185829

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date	17/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) support and (b) essential food supplies reach people who are housebound with disabilities during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	30861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter. We have set out below the actions that we have taken in England.</p><p>We know that a large number of disabled people continue to rely on friends, family and wider community support as they face difficulties accessing food.</p><p>Where that is not possible, there are a number of options available for people to access support. Individuals can request support from a volunteer via NHS Volunteer Responders, who can shop on their behalf.</p><p>We are working with local authorities, supermarkets and charities to ensure that vulnerable groups get the support they need to access food and other essential supplies. These organisations are able to sign-post people to commercial food delivery options, help them access priority supermarket delivery slots or refer them to the NHS Volunteer Responder programme.</p><p>People who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) can also register for support online or via an automated helpline. As part of the registration process, we have asked individuals to indicate whether they have unmet basic care needs, such as social care and social contact needs. Local authorities are best placed to respond to these needs, and we are sharing data with them to ensure vulnerable individuals get the support they need while shielding.</p><p>The NHS has also made arrangements to have medicines delivered to CEV people's homes by local community pharmacies or their dispensing doctor, where no other person is able to collect the item from the pharmacy and deliver it to the patient.</p><p>Where people who are CEV have asked for help accessing food, they have been offered centrally provided food boxes and supermarkets have offered priority delivery slots. Boxes will continue until the end of July and seven supermarkets have confirmed that access to priority supermarket delivery slots will continue beyond the end of July for those already signed up for support.</p><p>We have also made available an additional £63 million to be distributed to local authorities in England to help those who are struggling to afford food and other essentials due to COVID-19. Local authorities are already working hard to support those who are vulnerable and this additional funding will contribute to that work.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 58030 question first answered 08/07/2020 16:36:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1197291

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	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

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

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

1197427

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	Coronavirus: Thromboembolism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England plans to publish the expert clinical guidance that it commissioned on thrombosis and critical care for patients with covid-19 which was submitted for dissemination on 28 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	49626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>As COVID-19 is a new disease, there is no high quality evidence to guide clinical management in protecting patients with the disease from the increased risk of thromboembolism. NHS England and NHS Improvement are urging clinicians to support research which may evaluate methods to prevent or reduce harm from thromboembolism in the context of COVID-19.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are not planning to publish clinical guidance it commissioned in relation to venous thromboembolism in patients with COVID-19. NHS England and NHS Improvement are engaging with other organisations and professional bodies and looking to them to publish the guidance as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 49625 question first answered 24/06/2020 14:23:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25079 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1197434

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	Coronavirus: Nike
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Public Health England were informed of a covid-19 outbreak at a Nike conference in Scotland; what advice was provided as result; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) was alerted to a case associated with the Nike Conference in Edinburgh on 2 March 2020. Around 50 individuals who attended this conference lived in England and were identified. PHE followed up these individuals. They were sent text messages informing them of the exposure and asking them to self-isolate for 14 days and contact 111 if they develop symptoms.</p><p>PHE did not have direct contact with conference organisers in Edinburgh or Nike in Edinburgh. Health Protection Scotland had direct contact with the conference organisers as the lead organisation in the incident response.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 49654 question first answered 05/06/2020 12:02:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25140 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1197440

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	Coronavirus: Nike
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether Public Health England was informed by Nike that it was (a) closing and (b) disinfecting its stores in Edinburgh as a result of a suspected outbreak of covid-19 at the Nike international conference on 26 and 27 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) was alerted to a case associated with the Nike Conference in Edinburgh on 2 March 2020. Around 50 individuals who attended this conference lived in England and were identified. PHE followed up these individuals. They were sent text messages informing them of the exposure and asking them to self-isolate for 14 days and contact 111 if they develop symptoms.</p><p>PHE did not have direct contact with conference organisers in Edinburgh or Nike in Edinburgh. Health Protection Scotland had direct contact with the conference organisers as the lead organisation in the incident response.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 49653 question first answered 05/06/2020 12:02:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25141 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray