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1687848

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	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	Jobcentres: Dyslexia
	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 he has made of the adequacy of availability of adjustments available to dyslexic users of job centres.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	13373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>Our Work Coaches engage with customers to understand individual needs to ensure they receive communications in an accessible format. For customers with dyslexia, this can include communication on non-white paper, in audio or by email.</p><p>Information about our services is accessed through GOV.UK whose standards meeting the WCA 2.0 standard allowing customers using assistance software to access our pages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/02/2024 11:52:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226413

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	Protective Clothing: Supply Chains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, from which countries of origin the NHS imports personal protective equipment; and what due diligence checks are carried out to ensure the supply chain for those products complies with international law.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	76832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working around the clock to obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) and get the vital equipment and protection we need to the frontline. We have set up a cross-Government PPE sourcing unit to secure new supply lines from across the world and published rigorous standards against which we will buy. We have sourced and received medical supplies from a range of countries, including: China, Malaysia, Thailand, US, Canada, Germany, South Africa, and Turkey</p><p> </p><p>Our procurement process abides by strict quality control measures, often including the physical checking of stock and proof that the equipment conforms to stringent safety regulations. In our Supplier Code of Conduct it states that suppliers shall comply with all laws applicable to its business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/08/2020 11:54:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1187275

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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	Protective Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
	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 encourage industries to switch production to personal protection equipment for (a) the NHS and (b) social care providers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	33731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s personal protection equipment (PPE) plan was published on 10 April and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>As Strand 3 details, we have set up a cross-Government PPE sourcing unit to secure new supply lines from across the world and a call to industry has been issued to companies at home to manufacture and supply additional PPE at scale.</p><p>There has been limited United Kingdom manufacture of PPE to date and so new supply channels for materials to make PPE have been sourced at pace in order to enable new manufacturing to commence.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/04/2020 16:21:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1205095

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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	Protective Clothing: Birmingham City Council
	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 accuracy of reports that Birmingham City Council was sent personal protective equipment (PPE) that was six years out of date; and whether his Department's policy is that date-expired PPE received by that Council is safe to use.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	61556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>As part of the emergency personal protective equipment supply to support frontline services Birmingham City Council (BCC) accurately reported receiving 15,000 FFP3 masks with an expired date, via West Midlands &amp; Warwickshire (WM&amp;W) Local Resilience Forums (LRFs). It is correct that certification was not provided. Following reviewal however, WM&amp;W LRFs were assured that the PPE was safe to use via a letter sent on 23 April. During the pandemic certain PPE items may have out-of-date, or relabelled ‘use by/expiration’ dates, but all issued products have passed stringent tests demonstrating their safety. During tests the PPE is exposed to extreme conditions for prolonged periods, to see how the product deteriorates. All items that are not up to standard are destroyed and not distributed.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 10:56:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1346930

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	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	NHS: Software
	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 issued guidance to the NHS on the use of the NHS Test and Trace app among its staff.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	33302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>Guidance on use of the COVID-19 app was issued to NHS England, healthcare organisations and stakeholders in October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/07/2021 13:04:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1346932

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	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	NHS: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS staff in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England who (i) use the NHS Test and Trace app and (ii) have been notified to self-isolate by that app in each week since the beginning of 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	33303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p><p>It is not possible to determine whether an app user is a member of National Health Service staff or use app data to estimate on how many members of NHS staff have been notified to self-isolate by the app in any given area or time period.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/07/2021 13:14:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1196540

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	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 Services: Protective Clothing
	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 details of the contract awarded to Clipper Logistics to operate the nationwide personal protective equipment supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	48573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has awarded multiple contracts for the supply and distribution of personal protective equipment to the National Health Service under the processes detailed in the Procurement Policy Note 01/20. This has ensured the availability of critical items that could not be acquired in the necessary timeframe by using the standard procurement processes. Procurement Regulations require the publication of Contract Award Notices in the Official Journal of the European Union and the publication of certain information on Contracts Finder about contracts awarded. Notices will be published in line with those rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 19:43:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1196541

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	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 Services: Protective Clothing
	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 (a) hold and (b) process time is for orders placed through the national supply disruption response service helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	48574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>The National Supply Disruption Response (NSDR) was rapidly stood up in March 2020 to respond to supply disruption of personal protective equipment (PPE) as a result of COVID-19. Since then, the NSDR has made over 4,000 emergency deliveries of PPE.</p><p>The NSDR operates a 24 hours a day, seven days a week helpline for those in urgent need of PPE and other supplies which they are unable to source through their usual routes. Between 11 and 18 May the average call centre wait time was 1.19 seconds. Over the same period the average case resolution time was 1.97 days.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/05/2020 19:34:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1190065

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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	Key Workers: Protective Clothing
	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 efficacy of the (a) coverage and (b) fit of masks that are being supplied to front line key workers with beards.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	39721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government and devolved administrations have published clear guidance on appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and social care workers. It is critical that health and care workers make themselves aware of and follow these procedures, so they do not risk exposing themselves to Covid-19 as they remove PPE.</p><p>The National Medical Director and Chief Nursing Officer of NHS England and NHS Improvement have written to NHS Chief Executives, Chief Nurses and Medical Directors, emphasising the importance of proper fit testing of disposable sessional personal PPE face masks (such as FFP3 masks).</p><p>The Government published “Coronavirus (COVID-19): PPE plan” on 10 April. It incorporates guidance on who needs PPE and when they need it, routes to ensure those who need it can get it at the right time and sets out actions to secure enough PPE to last through the crisis. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe-plan</a>.</strong></p><p>Health and Safety Executive have <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/face-mask-ppe-rpe-coronavirus.htm" target="_blank"><strong>published guidance</strong></a> on fit testing including manual fit testing. In event of no fluid, staff should use the make and model of mask they have previously been fit tested for.</p><p>Lord Deighton, formerly Chief Executive of London 2012 Olympics, has been appointed to lead on our domestic efforts to increase the supply of PPE. Contracts have been signed for over 2 billion items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers, including facemasks, visors, gowns and aprons, ensuring we build and maintain a domestic base for the future. Both the MAKE team and NHS England are looking specifically at the gender appropriateness of PPE.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 39608 41049 41421 question first answered 08/06/2020 18:43:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1193603

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	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	Hospitals: Travel
	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 take steps to ensure that GPs do not charge patients for a letter to prove that they fall into the extremely vulnerable category in order for them to claim a refund under the terms of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme for travel by taxi to their hospital appointments during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	44010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>Letters have been sent to patients identified as being at the highest risk of severe illness from COVID-19. They are advised that they should shield at home until at least the end of June. There should not be a charge for patients receiving letters informing them they have been identified as extremely vulnerable to COVID-19.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/05/2020 12:01:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill