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1307912

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date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when students who have not yet resumed in-person teaching and learning at university will be able to do so during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	179659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Following the review into when the remaining higher education students can return to in-person teaching and learning, the government has announced that the remaining students should return to in-person teaching no earlier than 17 May 2021, alongside Step 3 of the roadmap. Students and institutions will be given at least a week’s notice of any further return in accordance with the timing of Step 3 of the roadmap.</p><p>The government roadmap is designed to maintain a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions to reduce public health risks and ensure that we can maintain progress towards full reopening. However, the government recognises the difficulties and disruption that this may cause for many students and their families and that is why the government is making a further £15 million of additional student hardship funding available for this academic year 2020/21. In total we have made an additional £85 million of funding available for student hardship.</p><p>We are supporting universities to provide regular twice weekly asymptomatic testing for all students and staff on-site and, from May, at home. This will help break chains of transmission of the virus.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 178750 178770 178915 178963 179000 179023 179029 179035 179053 179054 179055 179076 179112 179212 179213 179214 179286 179292 179310 179410 179474 179493 179536 179565 179622 179636 179660 179716 180462 question first answered 15/04/2021 16:14:57 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1307913

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which step of the Government’s covid-19 roadmap will allow all university students to return to their term-time addresses.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	179660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Following the review into when the remaining higher education students can return to in-person teaching and learning, the government has announced that the remaining students should return to in-person teaching no earlier than 17 May 2021, alongside Step 3 of the roadmap. Students and institutions will be given at least a week’s notice of any further return in accordance with the timing of Step 3 of the roadmap.</p><p>The government roadmap is designed to maintain a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions to reduce public health risks and ensure that we can maintain progress towards full reopening. However, the government recognises the difficulties and disruption that this may cause for many students and their families and that is why the government is making a further £15 million of additional student hardship funding available for this academic year 2020/21. In total we have made an additional £85 million of funding available for student hardship.</p><p>We are supporting universities to provide regular twice weekly asymptomatic testing for all students and staff on-site and, from May, at home. This will help break chains of transmission of the virus.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 178750 178770 178915 178963 179000 179023 179029 179035 179053 179054 179055 179076 179112 179212 179213 179214 179286 179292 179310 179410 179474 179493 179536 179565 179622 179636 179659 179716 180462 question first answered 15/04/2021 16:14:57 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1307924

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to prioritise students for covid-19 vaccinations during summer 2021 before their departure to universities in the UK and across Europe as part of the Turin scheme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	179661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to prioritise students as a group. Students aged 18 years old or over will be prioritised on grounds of age in phase two of the COVID-19 vaccine programme if they have not been vaccinated as part of phase one.</p><p>Vaccination is not currently routinely recommended for those aged 16-17 years old and is not recommended for those under 16 years old except in specific limited circumstances. We are on track to offer a first dose of COVID-19 vaccination to all those aged 18 years old or over by 31 July.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/04/2021 14:30:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1300359

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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: 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 data his Department holds on the number of health and social care staff that have refused the covid-19 vaccination; if he will publish that data; and what plan his Department has to mitigate the risk that those staff pose to other people.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	164675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Data on the number of health and social care staff who have not been vaccinated is not held centrally.</p><p>On 13 February we published the UK COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Plan, with the to increase the rate of vaccination amongst health and social care staff. Published data shows 79% of care home staff have received their first dose of the vaccine and the latest weekly data published on 15 April 2021 shows over half of National Health Service trust health care workers in the NHS Electronic Staff Record have received the second dose of their vaccine. The data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/</a></p><p>Employers should consider how best to ensure those staff members and patients are safe. This could include measures such as the appropriate personal protective equipment is in place, infection control standards, appropriate training and that employees have an up to date risk assessment in place to identify their individual risks, taking into account latest Government and professional advice.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/04/2021 10:37:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1300360

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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	Mental Illness: Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on trends in the level of prescriptions for anti-psychotic medication in care homes since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	164676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. NHS Digital receives information on the prescribing of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia and without a diagnosis of psychosis. However, it does not include the location of those receiving the prescription and, therefore, cannot identify those in care homes.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/03/2021 13:59:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1288152

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Average Working Days Lost were for (a) female and (b) male civil servants in the calendar years (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The latest sickness absence data for the Civil Service was published on 4 February 2021 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence</a> and includes average working days lost by sex and age for years ending 31 March 2019 and 2020. Sickness absence data by ethnicity and disability is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 156618 156619 156620 question first answered 02/03/2021 17:34:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1288155

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average working days lost was for civil servants from (a) Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background and (b) recording themselves as White in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The latest sickness absence data for the Civil Service was published on 4 February 2021 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence</a> and includes average working days lost by sex and age for years ending 31 March 2019 and 2020. Sickness absence data by ethnicity and disability is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 156617 156619 156620 question first answered 02/03/2021 17:34:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1288156

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average working days lost was for civil servants aged (a) 30 and younger, (b) 30 to 50 (c) 50 to 60 and (d) over 60 in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The latest sickness absence data for the Civil Service was published on 4 February 2021 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence</a> and includes average working days lost by sex and age for years ending 31 March 2019 and 2020. Sickness absence data by ethnicity and disability is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 156617 156618 156620 question first answered 02/03/2021 17:34:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1288157

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average working days lost was for (a) civil servants who have and (b) have not declared themselves as having a disability in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The latest sickness absence data for the Civil Service was published on 4 February 2021 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-sickness-absence</a> and includes average working days lost by sex and age for years ending 31 March 2019 and 2020. Sickness absence data by ethnicity and disability is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 156617 156618 156619 question first answered 02/03/2021 17:34:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1288158

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average working days lost was for (a) female and (b) male civil servants in his Department in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	156621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Average working days lost for 12 months to the end of December 2019 and 2020 by requested characteristics. Coverage: payroll staff within Ministry of Justice and executive agencies.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156621</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup>p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156622</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black, Asian and minority Ethnic background</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 30</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-49</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60+</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PQ 156624</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>01 Jan to 31 Dec 2020<sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared disabled</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared not disabled</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all of its employees, and to reducing sickness absence levels.</p><p> </p><p>(<sup>p</sup>) Figures relating to current financial year (April to December 2020) are provisional and may be subject to change in future.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156622 156623 156624 question first answered 02/03/2021 14:50:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker