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1198467

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date	01/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a further extension of visas for people that are unable to travel home after 31 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	51863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Individuals who are in the UK legally and whose visa expires between 24 January 2020 and 31 July 2020 can have their visa extended to 31 July 2020, if they cannot leave the UK because of travel restrictions or self-isolation related to coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information can be found on GOV.UK at: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents.</p><p> </p><p>This is being kept under regular review in case further extensions are needed</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:33:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

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

1197449

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: 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, what his Department's criteria are for deciding when to inform the public of the outbreak of an infections disease in a specific (a) local and (b) regional location.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Local outbreaks are usually managed by a multi-agency Outbreak Control Team (OCT). Member organisations will be appropriate to each situation but an OCT will usually be chaired by either a Public Health Consultant from Public Health England (PHE) or the Local Authority Director of Public Health and will include experts from PHE, the local authority, the local National Health Service, the setting concerned and other wider partners. Each OCT considers the response required to each outbreak on its own merits. Informing the public about the outbreak is a key decision which is discussed and agreed by all the members of an OCT when an outbreak is considered to pose an ongoing risk to the wider public who need to be alerted to measures they need to take in order to protect their health.</p><p>Use of communication through the media may be a valuable part of the control strategy of an outbreak and the OCT will consider the risks and benefits of proactive versus reactive media engagement in any outbreak.</p><p>Further information is available in the PHE Communicable Disease Outbreak Operational Guidance at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicable-disease-outbreak-management-operational-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicable-disease-outbreak-management-operational-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/06/2020 12:17:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25142 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

1197455

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, whether he was made aware of the suspected outbreak of covid-19 at a the Nike international conference in Edinburgh on 26 and 27 February 2020 by (a) Public Health England, (b) Public Health Scotland and (c) the Scottish Government; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>The Nike international conference held in Edinburgh on 26 and 27 February took place in accordance with scientific advice available at the time.</p><p>It was agreed by the four 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><p>Public Health England (PHE) was alerted to a case associated with the Nike conference in Edinburgh on 2 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/08/2020 16:08:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25080 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

1197466

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 he was made aware of the Swindon Nike store and Sunderland Head Office being sanitised after the covid-19 outbreak at the Nike Conference in Edinburgh in February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) did not have any contact with the Nike Factory Store Swindon.</p><p>PHE North East were contacted by the Head Office in Sunderland on 2 and 3 March 2020 to report illness amongst employees attending the Nike conference. The Head Office was referred to Health Protection Scotland as the lead organisation in the incident response.</p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/06/2020 10:31:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 25081 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

1197574

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ministers: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many written instructions as described in section 5.5 of the Ministerial Code have been issued by Ministers in each year since 2010; for what reason each instruction was issued; and in which Department they were issued.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>Ministerial Directions are published on gov.uk. As set out in paragraph 3.4.5. of “Managing Public Money”,[1] it is the responsibility of the relevant accounting officer to arrange for the existence of the direction to be published, no later than in the next report and accounts, unless the matter must be kept confidential.</p><p>There have been 27 Ministerial Directions published since April 2011, set out in the table attached. Prior to this date, publication was not required.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Department </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Direction</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reason(s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Links</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>Hatfield Colliery Partnership Ltd</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439403/Request_for_ministerial_direction_BIS_Permanent_Secretary_writes_to_the_Secretary_of_State_for_Business__Innovation_and_Skills.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439405/Secretary_of_State_Direction_to_Permanent_Secretary_on_Hatfield.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>Northern and TransPennine Express franchises 2015: invitations to tender</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407753/dft-permanent-secretary-to-sos.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407780/dft-sos-to-permanent-secretary.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>Manston Airport: procuring consultants for independent review</p></td><td><p>Value for Money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/685011/manston-airport-permsec-sofs-letter.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/437845/manston-airport-response.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>Royal Mail Employee Shares (1)</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/435489/Martin_Donnelly_to_Sajid_Javid_-_Royal_Mail_Employee_Shares.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/435499/Sajid_Javid_to_Martin_Donnelly_-_Royal_Mail_Employee_Shares.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>Cabinet Office and Duchy of Lancaster</p></td><td><p>Kids Company</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445933/20150626_Request_for_Ministerial_Direction_-_RH_to_OL_and_MH.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445935/Kids_Company_OL_MH_Final_290615.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>Flood reinsurance scheme</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440646/flood-re-letter-to-sos-from-b-hill.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/440647/flood-re-letter-from-sos-to-b-hill.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>Royal Mail Employee Shares (2)</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467561/15_10_13_Letter_out_from_MD_to_SoS_Royal_Mail_Employee_Shares.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467563/SoS_to_MD_-_RM_share_allocation_-_October_2015.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>Redcar Steelworks</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472030/ssi-apprentices-request-for-ministerial-direction.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472032/ssi-apprentices-confirmation-of-ministerial-direction.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>London Garden Bridge</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558980/garden-bridge-letter-from-dft-permanent-secretary-to-the-secretary-of-state-for-transport.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558981/garden-bridge-letter-from-the-secretary-of-state-for-transport-to-the-dft-permanent-secretary.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>Special Advisers’ Pay</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537975/160712_Chief_Exec_to_PPS_PM_Request_for_Ministerial_Direction.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537976/2371_001.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>European Union exit costs</p></td><td><p>Propriety</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/674920/eu-exit-ministerial-direction-letter-CMtoSoS-180118.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/674921/eu-exit-ministerial-direction-letter-SoStoCM-180118.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>European Union exit preparations</p></td><td><p>Propriety</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711091/letter1-eu-exit-direction.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711092/letter2-eu-exit-direction.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</p></td><td><p>Local government overpayment</p></td><td><p>Propriety</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/692034/Local_Government_Overpayment_letter.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/692007/180320_SoS_Letter.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>European Union exit preparations – market surveillance</p></td><td><p>Propriety</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691961/Letter_1_-_Permanent_Secretary_to_SoS_-_Market_Surveillance.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691962/Letter_2_-_SoS_to_Permanent_Secretary_-_Market_Surveillance.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>Spend before Royal Assent on EU Exit costs</p></td><td><p>Propriety</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/696968/Letter_1_from_the_DIT_Permanent_Secretary_to_the_DIT_Secretary_of_State_regarding_spend_before_Royal_Assent.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/696969/Letter_2_from_the_DIT_Secretary_of_State_to_the_DIT_Permanent_Secretary_regarding_spend_before_Royal_Assent.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>T Levels delivery time-table</p></td><td><p>Feasibility</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710831/180517_Request_for_Ministerial_Direction_-_T-Levels.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710832/T_Level_timetable_direction_-_SoS_to_Permanent_Secretary_-_24_May_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>UK Export Finance</p></td><td><p>Support for export of Typhoon aircraft to Qatar</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741418/Letter_from_UKEF_accounting_officer_to_DIT_Secretary_of_State_requesting_ministerial_direction_on_export_of_Typhoon_aircraft_and_associated_equipment__and_services__to_Qatar.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741417/Letter_from_DIT_Secretary_of_State_to_UKEF_accounting_officer_confirming_ministerial_direction_on_export_of_Typhoon_aircraft_and_associated_equipment__and_services__to_Qatar.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>UK Export Finance</p></td><td><p>Increased cover for Iraq</p></td><td><p>Regularity and value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/795779/Letter_from_UKEF_AO_to_DIT_Secretary_of_State_Iraq.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/795780/Letter_from_DIT_Secretary_of_State_to_UKEF_AO_Iraq.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>Financial assistance for subcontractors affected by the collapse of Working Links</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800528/richard-heaton-letter-to-secretary-state-working-links.PDF" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800529/sos-letter-to-richard-heaton-working-links.PDF" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government</p></td><td><p>Remediation of private sector residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800820/MD_to_SoS_Letter_Private_Sector_Remediation.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800819/SofS_to_Melanie_Dawes.pdf" target="_blank">Min Direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2019</p></td><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>Windrush Compensation Scheme</p></td><td><p>Regularity and Propriety</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-permanent-secretary-to-the-home-secretary" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-home-secretary-to-the-permanent-secretary" target="_blank">Min Direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>Continuation of Official Receiver’s Indemnity</p></td><td><p>Value for money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881695/british-steel-ltd-20191111-perm-sec-memo-to-sos.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881693/british-steel-ltd-20191111-letter-from-sos-to-perm-sec.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction </a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>National Health Service</p></td><td><p>NHS Pension tax charges</p></td><td><p>Regularity and Priority</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/847924/pensions-letter-simon-stevens-to-matt-hancock.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/847925/matt-hancock-pensions-directions-letter-nov-2019.pdf" target="_blank">Min direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>(Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support Fund for Retail, hospitality and Leisure Business</p></td><td><p>Value for Money Feasibility</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881787/covid19-retail-hospitality-leisure-tourism-support-20200323-request-for-ministerial-direction.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881729/covid19-retail-hospitality-leisure-tourism-support-20200323-ministerial-direction.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Direction </a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p></td><td><p>Coronavirus COVID-19 the Small Grants Fund</p></td><td><p>Value for Money Feasibility</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881731/covid19-small-business-grants-fund-request-for-ministerial-direction-20200323.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881732/covid19-small-business-grants-fund-ministerial-direction-20200323.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Direction </a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>Department for Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>Coronavirus (Covid-19): Ministerial direction on spend.</p></td><td><p>Regularity</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/876881/20200328-ao-direction.pdf" target="_blank">AO request </a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/876882/29032020-sofs-to-perm-sec-ministerial-direction.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Direction</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Communities and Local Government</p></td><td><p>Grant for unsafe cladding</p></td><td><p>Value for Money</p></td><td><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/887328/Jeremy_Pocklington_-_SoS_non-ACM_Direction_Letter.pdf" target="_blank">AO request</a> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/887329/SofS_Perm_Sec_direction_-_non_ACM_fund.pdf" target="_blank">Ministerial Direction</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-public-money</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/06/2020 10:39:43 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1192301

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020
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 full eligibility criteria for the death in service benefit for NHS and social care staff who have died from covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	41975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is in the process of setting up a life assurance scheme for frontline health and social care staff in England who contract COVID-19 during the course of their work.</p><p>The scheme is non-contributory and pays a £60,000 lump sum where staff die as a result of COVID-19 and had been recently working in frontline roles and locations where personal care is provided to individuals who have recently contracted COVID-19.</p><p>The Department will publish the legal rules for the scheme, which will cover eligibility, as soon as possible. The NHS Business Services Authority will administer the scheme and will also publish guidance for staff and employers.</p><p>We understand the Scottish Government are working on a separate scheme for NHS Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/05/2020 11:25:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 19567 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1190507

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his news story, Chancellor sets out extra £750 million coronavirus funding for frontline charities, published on 8 April 2020, how many additional consequentials will be passed to each of the devolved administrations using the Barnett formula as a result of additional funding announced for hospices.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	40583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is applying the Barnett formula in the normal way to the additional funding for charities announced by the Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations are receiving £60 million as a result of funding provided to the National Lottery Communities Fund from the charities pot. This means £30m for the Scottish Government, £18m for the Welsh Government and £10m for the Northern Ireland Executive, as confirmed on the day of the announcement.</p><p> </p><p>Further Barnett allocations will be provided in relation to the £360m direct grant pot. The UK government has agreed to provide Hospices UK with up to £200m from this pot to support hospices in England. The devolved administrations will therefore receive up to £38m in Barnett consequentials on this element of the pot. This means up to £19m for the Scottish Government, £12m for the Welsh Government and £7m for the Northern Ireland Executive. Further consequentials are dependent on the final proposals funded from this pot so will be communicated shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has so far announced almost £7 billion in Covid-19 Barnett consequentials to the devolved administrations to support people, business and public services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 40625 40626 question first answered 04/05/2020 12:39:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1188220

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to (a) cancel or (b) suspend all pre-existing benefits sanctions during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	37590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>We are focused on the processing of claims and will not be checking conditionality compliance regarding preparing for, looking for and being available for work until the end of June. This means that claimants won’t receive any new sanctions if they are unable to meet these commitments during this period.</p><p> </p><p>We currently have no plans to cancel or suspend pre-existing sanctions. Claimants who were sanctioned before Covid 19 can continue to apply for hardship payments and are no worse off as a result of the pandemic. We continue to review our policies as the situation evolves.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/04/2020 14:11:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 17065 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray