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1203405

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Local Government: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to support the clinically extremely vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	903184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>At the start of this pandemic we advised Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people to shield - to not leave their homes and avoid face-to-face contact – and we set up the National Shielding Service; a huge logistical exercise unprecedented since the Second World War.</p><p>This has included delivering over 3 million free food boxes to date, securing priority supermarket slots, getting people’s medicines delivered to their doorstep, and social contact.</p><p>On 1 June, following clinical advice, we announced that clinically extremely vulnerable people in England can spend time outdoors with members of their household, or with one other person from another household if they live alone, while continuing to follow social distancing guidelines.</p><p>The next review will take place this week. As part of this, the Government will consider the next steps for shielding beyond 30 June. The Government will write to all individuals on the shielded patient list with information about next steps on shielding advice and the support that will be available to them after this review point.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/06/2020 08:30:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1203406

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Multiple Occupation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support tenants in (a) multiple occupancy dwellings and (b) buildings with multiple residences during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	903191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>All tenants benefit from our unprecedented support package and protection from eviction. This is supported by guidance, including to tenants who are shielded or in accommodation with shared facilities. Tenants are spending more time at home so we’re clear that inspections and repairs to remedy direct risks should take place in all rented properties, in line with social distancing requirements.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/06/2020 08:30:51 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1203407

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Covid-19 Hardship Fund: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What proportion of the £500 million hardship fund for local authorities is available to support residents that have leave to remain in the UK with no recourse to public funds conditions.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	903194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The £500 million Hardship Fund will help over 2 million people in England who are in receipt of local council tax support. Over a quarter of councils intend to use any surplus funding to offer additional discretionary support, and may choose to make this accessible to people with no recourse to public funds.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/06/2020 08:31:06 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1203408

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Homelessness: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of covid-19 testing facilities for homelessness accommodation providers.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	903195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with the DHSC and are committed to the safety of homelessness accommodation. Anyone showing symptoms of COVID-19 can access testing and symptomatic frontline homelessness staff can be tested as a priority, so they can continue their important work.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/06/2020 08:31:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1203409

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will increase the level of the top-up to the local business grant funds scheme made available to local authorities to support small businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	903213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>So far, over £10.2 billion has been paid to over 832,000 businesses through the Small Business Grant and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants. Over £40 million has supported 2,447 business premises in Richmond Upon Thames and an additional £2.1 million is available to them as part of the Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund. My officials continue to monitor the roll-out of the scheme and levels of demand.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/06/2020 08:31:36 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1203410

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to mitigate the risk to private tenants of being evicted as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	903217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We have provided an unprecedented package of support for renters during this pandemic. On 5 June, we announced that the government’s suspension on evictions would be extended for another 2 months until 23 August, taking the moratorium on evictions to 5 months. We are committed to ensuring that no one is evicted from their home this summer due to coronavirus.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/06/2020 08:33:53 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1202798

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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	Rural Development Programme: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Rural Development Programme for England Network on potential changes to deadlines for funding applications during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	58775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Defra officials have had a number of discussions with rural stakeholders about the impact of COVID-19 on existing and future Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) projects. Application deadlines for some RDPE schemes, including Historic Buildings Grants, have already been extended. We are examining the timetable for the current round of the Growth Programme and will inform applicants of any changes if they are made.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/06/2020 08:37:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1202817

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to ensure that students have full access to online learning while college and university campuses are closed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	58700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>When lockdown began, higher education providers reacted rapidly to move provision online (in many cases within 24 hours), to ensure that students were able to access teaching and assessment. The vast majority of providers are currently planning to move to blended or dual provision for the next academic year. They have redesigned courses and timetables to be suitable for these new styles of delivery, front-loaded the next academic year with more online friendly provision and moved areas which require practical, face-to-face teaching or assessment to the back of the academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Students (OfS) has published information and guidance for providers and students, including frequently asked questions on a broad range of issues. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has also published a series of guides to support higher education providers to secure academic standards and to support student achievement during the outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The government is aware of the disproportionate impact that the COVID-19 outbreak will have on some students. Officials are working with the sector to identify what further steps may be necessary. The government has already worked closely with the OfS to help clarify that providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and to support disadvantaged students impacted by COVID-19. Providers are able to use the funding, worth around £23 million per month for June and July, towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of IT equipment and mental health support as well as to support providers’ access and participation plans.</p><p> </p><p>Using this facility, providers have been supporting those with practical access issues through the provision of IT equipment including laptops and Wi-Fi dongles to ensure that they are able to continue their studies online.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 16/06/2020 10:13:29 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1202881

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many grants under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme have been issued to applicants that hold a Turkish Businessperson visa.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	58750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opened on 13 May. By 11 June 2020, HMRC had received:</p><ul><li>2.1m claims representing a total of £6.1bn in England;</li><li>146k claims representing a total of £425m in Scotland;</li><li>102k claims representing a total of £273m in Wales; and</li><li>69k claims representing a total of £198m in Northern Ireland.</li></ul><p> </p><p>HMRC have published tables showing the number of individuals claiming the SEISS by 31 May 2020 which can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-june-2020</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold data on whether SEISS applicants hold a Turkish Businessperson visa and so cannot provide this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:51:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1202895

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Civil Society: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people who work for the charity, voluntary and community sector organisations who have been furloughed may return to their places of work in a volunteering capacity whilst still receiving the support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	58644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government made clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation. This also serves to protect employees. If the Government allowed workers to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to effectively work full time whilst only paying them 80% of the wages. These wages would also be paid at the Government’s expense, and therefore an abuse of the system. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport are working with other Government departments and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector to identify areas where volunteers can contribute to the Covid-19 response.</p><p>On 8 April, the Chancellor announced a £750m support package for charities providing key services and supporting vulnerable people during the Covid-19 crisis. £360m will be allocated by central Government to charities in England based on evidence of service need. £370m will support smaller, local charities working with vulnerable people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/06/2020 10:53:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick