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1240815

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date	06/10/2020
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	Test and Trace Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people eligible for the £500 Test and Trace Support Payment are able to claim the payment on more than one occasion in the event that they have to self-isolate more than once.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>A person can claim a Test and Trace Support Payment for each period of self-isolation required by National Health Service Test and Trace, provided they meet the eligibility criteria for each individual claim and their periods of self-isolation do not overlap.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 11:47:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53725 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240839

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police officers have relating to right of entry to private property in order to enforce covid-19 rules in the event that there are grounds to believe that those rules are being broken.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The police are satisfied that they have the necessary powers of enforcement in place.</p><p>Although there is no specific power of entry for the police under the coronavirus rules, there are circumstances where other powers of entry may apply. For example if a serious crime is taking place inside a property or the police need to enter to arrest someone.</p><p><em> </em>The police will continue to engage, explain and encourage compliance and will also issue fixed penalty notices for breaches of Covid regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/10/2020 15:07:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240893

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Fertility: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who no longer meet the (a) age or (b) other eligibility requirements for NHS-funded fertility treatment because of treatment delays during the covid-19 outbreak can still access that treatment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	99516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The level of provision of local health services available to patients, including fertility treatment, is, and has been since the 1990s, a matter for local healthcare commissioners. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare services including fertility services that meet the needs of their whole population. In respect of National Health Service fertility services, the Government has been consistently clear that we expect CCGs to commission fertility services in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, so that there is equal access across England.</p><p>The Government expects CCGs to give fair consideration to all patients who have had fertility treatment delayed so that no one misses out on treatment due to COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/12/2020 10:04:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 53726 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1240358

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vetting: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an immigration checking service for Student Finance to check student eligibility similar to that of the employer checking service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	98871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Where necessary, the Student Loans Company (SLC) seeks information from the Home Office to establish whether an individual meets the personal eligibility requirements for student support. The information that the SLC requires from the Home Office varies, but often includes the individual’s immigration status (including the date of the grant) and confirmation that they have been ordinarily (lawfully) resident in the UK and Islands during a specified period. In some circumstances, a more extensive immigration history is requested.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 16/10/2020 17:04:33 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1238426

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
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	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of the 2020 flu vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	95982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>We have sufficient vaccine for up to 30 million people to be vaccinated in England this winter.</p><p>General practitioners and pharmacists are directly responsible for ordering flu vaccine from suppliers which are used to deliver the national flu programme to adults. In addition, the Department has procured additional doses of seasonal flu vaccine to ensure more flu vaccines are available this winter.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 12:52:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 51424 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1238427

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
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	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is giving to GPs and community pharmacies to ensure they have adequate stocks of the 2020 flu vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	95983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists are directly responsible for ordering flu vaccine from suppliers which are used to deliver the national flu programme to adults. In addition, the Department has procured additional flu vaccine that will be available from November in addition to the supplies already ordered by providers.</p><p>Guidance on how GPs and community pharmacies can access the additional flu vaccine will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 13:01:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 51425 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1238430

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
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	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) GP surgeries and (b) community pharmacies to meet increased demand for the winter flu vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	95984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with local areas to ensure that local providers have the support to meet increased demand for the flu vaccination this winter. New models of delivery have been shared with regional commissioning teams to encourage innovative thinking such as mobile, and mass vaccination models to allow for increases in uptake safely whilst observing social distancing and personal protective equipment requirements.</p><p>Alongside this, additional trained workforce is being made available to local providers to help them vaccinate more eligible people.</p><p>Additional flu vaccine has been purchased by the Department to ensure more flu vaccines are available this winter.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 13:03:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 51426 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1238432

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
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	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) GP surgeries and (b) community pharmacies in Birmingham have reported a shortage of the 2020 flu vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	95985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement – Midlands has not received any direct report on flu vaccine shortages from general practitioner (GP) practices and community pharmacies in the Birmingham and Solihull Sustainability and Transformation Partnership.</p><p>GPs and pharmacists are directly responsible for ordering flu vaccine from suppliers which are used to deliver the national flu programme to adults. In addition, the Department has procured additional flu vaccine that will be available from November in addition to the supplies already ordered by providers.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 13:16:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 51427 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1234564

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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: Birmingham Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people attending the Regional Testing Site at Birmingham International Airport are required to present a QR code in order to be tested for covid-19; and how those QR codes are provided.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	90036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>At all regional testing sites, including Birmingham Airport, people who have booked a valid appointment at a testing site will receive a test. QR codes are provided at the end of the booking journey and by email. Sites can use other key information to confirm an appointment if a QR code cannot be provided by the attendee.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/11/2020 12:16:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 48745 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1201182

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a care home that has (a) over and (b) under 50 beds with no suspected covid-19 outbreak to receive covid-19 home testing kits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	55850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/11/2020 18:20:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe