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1247966

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Events Industry: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the recovery of the events sector from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	110294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced an unprecedented £1.57 billion support package for the cultural sector which will benefit the events sector by providing support to venues and many other cultural organisations to stay open and continue operating. So far, over £500m has been announced from the Culture Recovery Fund for over 2,000 organisations across England including venues, festivals and theatres.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that businesses will be protected from the threat of eviction until the end of year, providing commercial tenants with greater security and protecting vital jobs. This extension will protect businesses that are struggling to pay their rent due to the impact of COVID-19 from being evicted and help thousands of people working in the events sector to feel more secure about their jobs. The government will also extend the restriction on landlords using Commercial Rents Arrears Recovery to enforce unpaid rent on commercial leases, until the end of the year.</p><p>We recognise that the new national restrictions will have a significant impact on jobs and the economy, as well as on mental health and wellbeing. The Government has confirmed that there will be a full package of financial support in place, with the Job Retention Scheme extended until March. Businesses can continue to apply for government-backed loans, and self-employed individuals can access the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme.</p><p>We are continuing to meet with events stakeholders to provide support and guidance for the events sector during this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/11/2020 16:35:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

823013

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Continuing Care
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 people have applied for continuing healthcare; and how many people have received such care since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	122696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of individuals who were referred for a full NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment and those who became eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare during the years from 2014/15 to 2016/17 is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number Agreed Eligible</td><td>Number of Referrals Recieved</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>96,691</td><td>153,883</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>100,960</td><td>160,151</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>103,902</td><td>165,365</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England does not have the same data for the years prior to 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2018 13:56:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1275107

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Photography: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether private photographers who operate with social distancing measures can continue working during the 2021 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	135902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>Private photographers are able to continue working, including leaving home for work purposes, where it is unreasonable for them to do their job from home. All relevant Covid-secure guidance developed with the Government should continue to be followed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2021 16:06:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1285124

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in his legislative proposals on online harms a requirement for companies offering services to UK users to establish UK teams to moderate content from UK users which is reported to breach the platform’s standards to improve the accountability of those companies to UK users.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	151666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2021 answer text <p>As part of the new online harms regulatory framework, Ofcom will set out how companies can fulfil their duty of care via codes of practice. The codes will outline the systems and processes companies must have in place to keep their users safe, including procedures on the training and support of human moderators.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/02/2021 16:30:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1285125

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of advising Ofcom as the Government’s intended social media regulator to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and ensure that social media companies comply with it to help tackle the increase in online antisemitic attacks.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	151667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling racism, including the spread of antisemitic content online. In December 2020, we published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out new expectations on companies to keep their users safe online. Under a new legal duty of care, in-scope companies, including social media, will need to tackle illegal antisemitic content and activity on their services.</p><p>In addition, companies providing high-risk, high-reach services will need to set clear terms and conditions stating what legal but harmful material they accept (and do not accept) on their service. This may include antisemitic hate speech, which does not meet the threshold of a criminal offence. Companies will need to enforce these terms and conditions consistently and transparently, and could face enforcement action if they do not. All companies in scope will be required to have effective and accessible user reporting and redress mechanisms.</p><p>The Online Safety Bill, which will give effect to the regulatory framework outlined in the Full Government Response, including the appointment of Ofcom as the regulator, will be ready this year. There are no plans to specify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/02/2021 15:44:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

968406

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: Standards
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 NHS hospitals were classified as being in special measures according to Care Quality Commission guidance in (a) Harlow, (b) Essex, (c) the East of England and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	170948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Numbers of trusts in Special Measures for Quality, per year</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Harlow</p></td><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 (from January to September)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Numbers of trusts in Special Measures for Finance, per year</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Harlow</p></td><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 (from January to September)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Trusts included within ‘East of England’ are those that fall within the East of England Local Digital Roadmap Footprints (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Mid South Essex, Norfolk and Waveney, and Suffolk and North East Essex).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/09/2018 09:38:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1050033

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
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 he has to support biomedical research into the diagnosis and treatment of ME.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	213339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including myalgic encephalomyelitis; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2019 17:24:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061265

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
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 apprentices are employed in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	221749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently has 48 employees who are undertaking an apprenticeship qualification as shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Business Administration</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Tax Professional</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policy</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Resources</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Management</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Procurement</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Software Development Technician</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital and Technology</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Analyst</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Relations</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2019 07:44:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1327912

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Choirs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising covid-19 guidance to allow non-professional choral activities involving more than six people to take place indoors.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	7150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>I know that the restrictions on singing are frustrating to large numbers of amateur choirs and performance groups across the country and that many people have made sacrifices in order to drive down infections and protect the NHS over the last year. I can assure you that everyone across Government wants to ease these restrictions as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, it is important that we take a cautious approach in easing restrictions.</p><p>We will continue to keep guidance and restrictions under review, in line with the changing situation. Further detail on step 4 will be set out as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/06/2021 09:43:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1235246

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Events Industry: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to further support the events industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	91007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors. This support package will benefit cultural sector services by providing support to cultural venues and many other organisations in the Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From 15th August, and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, organisations can now put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distancing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery. We recognise that the events industry and its supply chain has been severely impacted by Covid-19.</p><p>We are continuing to meet with stakeholders, including through the Events &amp; Entertainment and Visitor Economy working groups and the Events Industry Senior Leaders Advisory Panel, to discuss the specific issues facing the sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/09/2020 14:40:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon