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1253264

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the benefits of excluding (a) savings in lifetime and (b) help-to-buy ISAs from the eligibility calculation for housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	117242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The fundamental purpose of Housing Benefit is to help people on low incomes pay their rent. As it is an income related benefit, regard must be had to all income and capital when assessing entitlement. Whilst it is important to encourage saving, it has never been thought right for substantial amounts of capital to be ignored altogether when deciding entitlement to a benefit based on need.</p><p> </p><p>However, as ISAs are treated as capital, entitlement to Housing Benefit is only affected if the amount held in an ISA exceeds £6,000 for working age people or £10,000 for people over pension age. Housing Benefit claimants who are also receiving a passporting benefit such as Income Support or Pension Credit have all their capital disregarded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/11/2020 13:50:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1253431

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of representations from civil society organisations on the efficacy of extending the £20 universal credit uplift to a permanent level of universal credit payment, in order to tackle financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	117243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>The £20 per week temporary Universal Credit increase remains in place until April 2021. As the Government has done throughout this crisis, it will continue to assess how best to support low-income families, which is why we will look at the economic and health context in the new year before making any decisions.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/11/2020 14:48:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1252810

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
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, on what date his Department will be making assessments of what covid-19 local alert level tier each local authority will revert to from 2 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	116466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>On 26 November, the Government announced the alert level tier for each area which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-local-restrictions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-local-restrictions</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 11/12/2020 13:04:55 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1252302

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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	Motor Vehicles: Sales
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 guidance his Department received to inform its decision to include car showrooms on the list of businesses that have to close apart from facilitating collections while national covid-19 restrictions are in place from 5 November to 2 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	115625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Health and Social Care created the guidance for the new national restrictions.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/11/2020 16:16:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1251392

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 instruct NHS England to amend the guidelines they issue to clinical commissioning groups to extend the criteria for the prescription of the freestyle libre glucose monitoring device to people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	114850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The criteria for being prescribed the freestyle libre glucose monitoring device were extended on 11 November 2020 to include both people with Type 1 diabetes and people who have insulin treated Type 2 diabetes who are living with a learning disability and who are recorded on their general practitioner’s learning disability register.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/11/2020 16:04:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1250306

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
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	Tickets: Repayments
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that customers are refunded the whole ticket price, including the booking fee, for live events that have been cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued guidance to explain to consumers and business the circumstances when refunds are due as a consequence of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. The Government has always been clear that these refunds must be paid when asked for by the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-to-investigate-concerns-about-cancellation-policies-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-to-investigate-concerns-about-cancellation-policies-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The CMA has also created a Covid-19 taskforce and set up an online form to enable consumers to report any business they believe is behaving unfairly during the pandemic. The CMA has taken enforcement action in a number of cases as a result.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/11/2020 17:50:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1249497

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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: City of York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department is making for the City of York to be placed in tier 1 local covid alert level when the November 2020 lockdown restrictions expire on 2 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Nationwide restrictions came into effect from 5 November due to exponential rates of infection across England. On 2 December, they will expire and we intend to return to a tiered system on a local and regional basis according to the latest data and trends and Parliament will have a vote to agree the way forward.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/12/2020 17:11:36 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1249498

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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: City of York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish the criteria which the City of York will have to fulfil to be downgraded from tier 2 to tier 1 local covid alert level when the national November 2020 lockdown restrictions expire on 2 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Nationwide restrictions came into effect from 5 November due to exponential rates of infection across England. The restrictions imposed by local COVID alert level regulations will be removed by the regulations imposing this new national intervention, so these reviews are no longer required. On 2 December, they will expire and we intend to return to a tiered system on a local and regional basis according to the latest data and trends and Parliament will have a vote to agree the way forward.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/12/2020 17:09:42 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1249499

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on public health of the November 2020 lockdown restrictions in England.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Nationwide restrictions came into force in England on 5 November. A typical new infection takes in the region of five days to produce symptoms and time is then required for them to request and take a test, and for the results to be processed. There is a further delay before changes in infection numbers become apparent in hospitalisation and death statistics. It is therefore too early to measure the impact of the new restrictions on COVID-19 levels in England, as current data will be reflective of infections occurring before those restrictions came into force.</p><p>The Joint Biosecurity Centre is developing methodology to measure the effectiveness of these restrictions once sufficient time has elapsed for any impact to be apparent in data sources.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 113078 question first answered 25/11/2020 19:23:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1249500

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on public health of any extension of the November 2020 lockdown restrictions in England beyond 2 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Nationwide restrictions came into force in England on 5 November. A typical new infection takes in the region of five days to produce symptoms and time is then required for them to request and take a test, and for the results to be processed. There is a further delay before changes in infection numbers become apparent in hospitalisation and death statistics. It is therefore too early to measure the impact of the new restrictions on COVID-19 levels in England, as current data will be reflective of infections occurring before those restrictions came into force.</p><p>The Joint Biosecurity Centre is developing methodology to measure the effectiveness of these restrictions once sufficient time has elapsed for any impact to be apparent in data sources.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 113077 question first answered 25/11/2020 19:23:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy