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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/105971/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Chief Medical Officer wrote to National Health Service medical and nursing directors on 19 September seeking volunteers to help efforts on the ground in West Africa. Currently over 1000 NHS staff and 185 staff from Public Health England have put their names forward through UK MED which runs the <em>UK International Emergency Medical Register <\/em>(UKIEMR).<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The programme comprises a robust selection process, pre-deployment vaccinations and occupational health and psychological screening, training in the UK with further training and mentoring in Sierra Leone, and advice and support on monitoring health on return. We do not expect everyone on the register to be deployed.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>We do not know how many UK health care workers are currently deployed with non-governmental organisations on the ground in West Africa.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK health workers have gone to West Africa to help tackle the Ebola virus.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106095", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106095/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC) is reporting to interested government departments the movement and expected arrival information of vessels that have been in ports or anchorages in Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone within the Ebola incubation period (21 days). This information is made available to the ports and shipping communities, including port health authorities.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There are six ships on the current Vessels of Interest (VoI) list which have, within the last 21 days, visited ports in the three countries affected by the Ebola outbreak. A total of 67 VoIs has been identified in the last two months. Most of these vessels have not called at a UK port but were rather travelling to neighbouring countries. Of these vessels, none have been identified as having any symptoms of Ebola like virus on board.<\/p>"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106096", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has produced for people working in port pilotage on protocol for dealing with ships entering the UK from regions affected by the Ebola virus.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106097", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what independent checks are made on the validity of reports on crew health which ships submit to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on entering UK waters.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106098/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I have asked officials at the MCA whether they need any more resources to support their work on the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Thus far, work on this has been carried out under normal operating procedures.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether extra resources have been made available to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to support its response to the Ebola outbreak; and what estimate he has made of the number of staff hours in the MCA which have been spent on responding to the Ebola outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101907", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101907/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has put in place enhanced screening and monitoring at the United Kingdom\u2019s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected Ebola regions.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The risk of transmission occurring within the community in the UK is, and remains very low due to the range of robust measures that have been put in place including screening. However, we keep the screening programme under regular review and will take into account any significant changes in the factors underpinning this assessment.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to introduce further measures at airports to prevent the spread of Ebola to the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/474", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101567", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101567/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In addition to departure screening in affected countries, entry screening has been introduced for people travelling to the United Kingdom from Ebola infected areas. This also provides them with clear advice about immediate actions should they develop any relevant symptoms.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>There are already public health powers in place to enable the quarantining of an individual suffering from the symptoms of Ebola should they be needed.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government keeps the threat posed to the UK by the spread of Ebola virus disease, and the measures required to tackle it, under regular review.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4079", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Julian Sturdy"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100595/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The report makes a number of assumptions, including that exit screening procedures were not in place in the major affected countries. Since the report was published in August exit screening in the three most affected countries is now in place.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Screening is now in operation in Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester airports and at St Pancras (Eurostar). The purpose of screening is to identify, and give advice to, passengers coming from high risk areas who will be spending time in the United Kingdom. This is to provide them with relevant advice on the nature of the virus, what to be aware of, and what action to take should they begin to display any symptoms.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what assessment they have made of the research report by the Keenan Research Centre at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto which estimates that three ebola carriers fly out of the most affected countries each month and that their preferred destination is London; and whether they have any plans to further increase ebola testing at airports.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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