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1314553

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data he held on the (a) aggregate number of cases, (b) incidence and (c) location of the coronavirus variant B.1.617.2 linked to schools up to 10 May 2021 when the Government made the announcement to remove requirements for face coverings in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>Data on variants of concern is held by the Department of Health and Social Care, where Public Health England (PHE) leads on surveillance and outbreak management. Data on variants, including the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), was considered by the Government as part of meeting the four tests, in making the decision to proceed with Step 3 of the roadmap announced on 10 May.</p><p>PHE has published a technical briefing on COVID-19 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/991343/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_14.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/991343/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_14.pdf</a>. This sets out (page 36-45) data on the number of clusters or outbreaks associated with a range of settings, including education settings, covering the latest available data and the period prior to the decision and announcement on Step 3.</p><p>PHE also publishes the total number of cases of each variant in the UK as part of information on variants of COVID-19, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/new-sars-cov-2-variant" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/new-sars-cov-2-variant</a>. This includes total confirmed Delta variant cases and prevalence split by region, as part of PHE weekly technical briefings, covering the latest available data and previously the period prior to the decision and announcement on Step 3.</p><p>The Government’s decision that face coverings no longer need to be worn in classrooms by staff, pupils or students, or in corridors or communal areas by pupils and students, was made in line with Step 3 of the roadmap. When the policy on face coverings in classrooms was introduced, this was an appropriate precautionary temporary measure while rates of infection were high in the community. As the four tests for easing restrictions in Step 3 of the roadmap were met, it was an appropriate time to remove the recommendation. In all schools we continue to recommend that face coverings should be worn by staff and visitors in situations outside of classrooms where social distancing is not possible.</p><p>While this moves children towards a greater sense of normality, measures within the PHE-supported system of controls remain very important to reduce transmission in schools, for example, social distancing and regular hand washing. Regular rapid testing will also continue to help find and isolate asymptomatic cases when they do occur, and we continue to encourage everyone to play their part and test themselves twice each week.</p><p>The reintroduction of face coverings for pupils, students or staff may be advised for a temporary period in response to localised outbreaks, including variants of concern. In all cases, any educational drawbacks should be balanced with the benefits of managing transmission. The Local Action Committee structure (bronze/silver/gold) should be used in such circumstances to re-introduce the use of face coverings. Immediate outbreak response (at the level of individual settings or a cluster of settings) remains for local directors of public health to advise on.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 977 question first answered 08/06/2021 15:41:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1314563

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he received from Public Health England on the (a) aggregate number of covid-19 cases and (b) incidence and location of Coronavirus variant B.1.617.2 linked to schools before 10 May 2021 prior to the decision to remove the requirement for face coverings to be worn in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>Data on variants of concern is held by the Department of Health and Social Care, where Public Health England (PHE) leads on surveillance and outbreak management. Data on variants, including the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), was considered by the Government as part of meeting the four tests, in making the decision to proceed with Step 3 of the roadmap announced on 10 May.</p><p>PHE has published a technical briefing on COVID-19 variants of concern and variants under investigation in England, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/991343/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_14.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/991343/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_14.pdf</a>. This sets out (page 36-45) data on the number of clusters or outbreaks associated with a range of settings, including education settings, covering the latest available data and the period prior to the decision and announcement on Step 3.</p><p>PHE also publishes the total number of cases of each variant in the UK as part of information on variants of COVID-19, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/new-sars-cov-2-variant" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/new-sars-cov-2-variant</a>. This includes total confirmed Delta variant cases and prevalence split by region, as part of PHE weekly technical briefings, covering the latest available data and previously the period prior to the decision and announcement on Step 3.</p><p>The Government’s decision that face coverings no longer need to be worn in classrooms by staff, pupils or students, or in corridors or communal areas by pupils and students, was made in line with Step 3 of the roadmap. When the policy on face coverings in classrooms was introduced, this was an appropriate precautionary temporary measure while rates of infection were high in the community. As the four tests for easing restrictions in Step 3 of the roadmap were met, it was an appropriate time to remove the recommendation. In all schools we continue to recommend that face coverings should be worn by staff and visitors in situations outside of classrooms where social distancing is not possible.</p><p>While this moves children towards a greater sense of normality, measures within the PHE-supported system of controls remain very important to reduce transmission in schools, for example, social distancing and regular hand washing. Regular rapid testing will also continue to help find and isolate asymptomatic cases when they do occur, and we continue to encourage everyone to play their part and test themselves twice each week.</p><p>The reintroduction of face coverings for pupils, students or staff may be advised for a temporary period in response to localised outbreaks, including variants of concern. In all cases, any educational drawbacks should be balanced with the benefits of managing transmission. The Local Action Committee structure (bronze/silver/gold) should be used in such circumstances to re-introduce the use of face coverings. Immediate outbreak response (at the level of individual settings or a cluster of settings) remains for local directors of public health to advise on.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 976 question first answered 08/06/2021 15:41:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

758710

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Capita: Primary Health Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the primary care support services contract since it was taken over by Capita; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	9437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England recognises that there have been transition issues following the transfer of primary care support services to Capita. Over recent months, services have improved, as demonstrated through increased performance levels, reductions in outstanding issues and complaints, and improvements in customer satisfaction, as measured in the most recent user satisfaction survey.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with Capita is underpinned by a number of robust contractual mechanisms designed to ensure that primary care support services are delivered in line with expectations. These include financial service credits where agreed performance targets across the service are not achieved.</p><p>NHS England advises that, following the closure of the Henley Cross GP practice, there were 3,800 paper medical records which were collected by Primary Care Support England (PCSE). 3,302 of these relate to patients who have re-registered with a new practice and these medical records have been sent to those practices. In line with delivery timescales, there are 435 records which PCSE is currently preparing for despatch following recent patient registrations at new general practitioner (GP) practices. The remaining 63 relate to patients who are yet to register with a GP practice and these are being held, in line with agreed processes, in PCSE’s storage facility.</p><p> </p><p>Where a GP has an urgent clinical need to access information in a medical record, there is an established urgent request process in place, where PCSE will facilitate contact between current and previous GP practices to ensure the details get to the relevant clinician as a priority - within two working days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9438 9439 9461 question first answered 15/09/2017 11:25:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

758705

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Medical Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the risk to patients caused by delays to the transfer of patient records to GPs under the primary care support services contract; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	9461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England recognises that there have been transition issues following the transfer of primary care support services to Capita. Over recent months, services have improved, as demonstrated through increased performance levels, reductions in outstanding issues and complaints, and improvements in customer satisfaction, as measured in the most recent user satisfaction survey.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with Capita is underpinned by a number of robust contractual mechanisms designed to ensure that primary care support services are delivered in line with expectations. These include financial service credits where agreed performance targets across the service are not achieved.</p><p>NHS England advises that, following the closure of the Henley Cross GP practice, there were 3,800 paper medical records which were collected by Primary Care Support England (PCSE). 3,302 of these relate to patients who have re-registered with a new practice and these medical records have been sent to those practices. In line with delivery timescales, there are 435 records which PCSE is currently preparing for despatch following recent patient registrations at new general practitioner (GP) practices. The remaining 63 relate to patients who are yet to register with a GP practice and these are being held, in line with agreed processes, in PCSE’s storage facility.</p><p> </p><p>Where a GP has an urgent clinical need to access information in a medical record, there is an established urgent request process in place, where PCSE will facilitate contact between current and previous GP practices to ensure the details get to the relevant clinician as a priority - within two working days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9437 9438 9439 question first answered 15/09/2017 11:25:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

758706

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Greenwich
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients' records formerly held by Henley Cross GP practice in Tudway Road, Greenwich have yet to be delivered to new GP practices since it closed in February 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	9439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England recognises that there have been transition issues following the transfer of primary care support services to Capita. Over recent months, services have improved, as demonstrated through increased performance levels, reductions in outstanding issues and complaints, and improvements in customer satisfaction, as measured in the most recent user satisfaction survey.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with Capita is underpinned by a number of robust contractual mechanisms designed to ensure that primary care support services are delivered in line with expectations. These include financial service credits where agreed performance targets across the service are not achieved.</p><p>NHS England advises that, following the closure of the Henley Cross GP practice, there were 3,800 paper medical records which were collected by Primary Care Support England (PCSE). 3,302 of these relate to patients who have re-registered with a new practice and these medical records have been sent to those practices. In line with delivery timescales, there are 435 records which PCSE is currently preparing for despatch following recent patient registrations at new general practitioner (GP) practices. The remaining 63 relate to patients who are yet to register with a GP practice and these are being held, in line with agreed processes, in PCSE’s storage facility.</p><p> </p><p>Where a GP has an urgent clinical need to access information in a medical record, there is an established urgent request process in place, where PCSE will facilitate contact between current and previous GP practices to ensure the details get to the relevant clinician as a priority - within two working days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9437 9438 9461 question first answered 15/09/2017 11:25:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

758713

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Capita: Primary Health Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid out in compensation by Capita for a failure to meet its obligations under the contract for primary care support services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	9438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England recognises that there have been transition issues following the transfer of primary care support services to Capita. Over recent months, services have improved, as demonstrated through increased performance levels, reductions in outstanding issues and complaints, and improvements in customer satisfaction, as measured in the most recent user satisfaction survey.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with Capita is underpinned by a number of robust contractual mechanisms designed to ensure that primary care support services are delivered in line with expectations. These include financial service credits where agreed performance targets across the service are not achieved.</p><p>NHS England advises that, following the closure of the Henley Cross GP practice, there were 3,800 paper medical records which were collected by Primary Care Support England (PCSE). 3,302 of these relate to patients who have re-registered with a new practice and these medical records have been sent to those practices. In line with delivery timescales, there are 435 records which PCSE is currently preparing for despatch following recent patient registrations at new general practitioner (GP) practices. The remaining 63 relate to patients who are yet to register with a GP practice and these are being held, in line with agreed processes, in PCSE’s storage facility.</p><p> </p><p>Where a GP has an urgent clinical need to access information in a medical record, there is an established urgent request process in place, where PCSE will facilitate contact between current and previous GP practices to ensure the details get to the relevant clinician as a priority - within two working days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9437 9439 9461 question first answered 15/09/2017 11:25:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1286687

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Bureaucracy
	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 recent steps he has taken to simplify trading arrangements between the UK and the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	912460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Members to the<a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-02-11/debates/A130B06C-3A7A-45EB-90EF-769D0A8A794F/CabinetOffice#contribution-52417765-39FE-4CD0-8F8E-ADAA1BF91717" target="_blank"> answers</a> given in Cabinet Office orals on 11 February. Guidance and published information are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 912438 912441 912468 question first answered 25/02/2021 17:17:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1522415

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 59411 on Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables, how many trains on the Bexleyheath line stop at Eltham station between 7.00am and 9.30am; and how many trains destined for (a) Charing Cross, (b) Cannon Street and (c) London Victoria will stop at Eltham station between those times after 11 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	63097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Currently on a typical weekday between 07:00 and 09:30 Eltham has nine direct services to London Charing Cross, six direct services to London Cannon Street and five direct services to London Victoria.</p><p> </p><p>From the 11 December on a typical weekday between 07:00 and 09:30 Eltham will have five direct services to London Charing Cross, seven direct services to London Cannon Street and five direct services to London Victoria. All train times have been uploaded to National Rail Journey Planner and can be found here: <a href="https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search" target="_blank">https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>First Class is not available on services calling at Eltham or New Eltham. First Class is being removed from Southeastern’s mainline services to create a modern, inclusive railway with more seats available to mainline customers. Removing First Class will provide access to an average of 60 more seats on a 12-car train.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63098 63099 question first answered 19/10/2022 09:59:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1522416

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 59411 on Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables, how many first class seats are available on London-bound trains that stop between 7.00am and 9.30am at (a) Eltham and (b) New Eltham station.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	63098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Currently on a typical weekday between 07:00 and 09:30 Eltham has nine direct services to London Charing Cross, six direct services to London Cannon Street and five direct services to London Victoria.</p><p> </p><p>From the 11 December on a typical weekday between 07:00 and 09:30 Eltham will have five direct services to London Charing Cross, seven direct services to London Cannon Street and five direct services to London Victoria. All train times have been uploaded to National Rail Journey Planner and can be found here: <a href="https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search" target="_blank">https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>First Class is not available on services calling at Eltham or New Eltham. First Class is being removed from Southeastern’s mainline services to create a modern, inclusive railway with more seats available to mainline customers. Removing First Class will provide access to an average of 60 more seats on a 12-car train.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63097 63099 question first answered 19/10/2022 09:59:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1522417

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 59411 on Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables, how much extra capacity will be created by removing first class seats from London-bound trains that stop between 7.00am and 9.30am at (a) Eltham and (b) New Eltham station.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	63099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Currently on a typical weekday between 07:00 and 09:30 Eltham has nine direct services to London Charing Cross, six direct services to London Cannon Street and five direct services to London Victoria.</p><p> </p><p>From the 11 December on a typical weekday between 07:00 and 09:30 Eltham will have five direct services to London Charing Cross, seven direct services to London Cannon Street and five direct services to London Victoria. All train times have been uploaded to National Rail Journey Planner and can be found here: <a href="https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search" target="_blank">https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>First Class is not available on services calling at Eltham or New Eltham. First Class is being removed from Southeastern’s mainline services to create a modern, inclusive railway with more seats available to mainline customers. Removing First Class will provide access to an average of 60 more seats on a 12-car train.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63097 63098 question first answered 19/10/2022 09:59:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford