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1189946

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date	24/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers have adequate space and facilities to self isolate if those people have symptoms of covid-19 while living in shared Home Office-provided accommodation for asylum-seekers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	39527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>We are carefully following PHE Guidance which recommends that separate rooms should be provided for symptomatic people, or they should be moved to hotels.</p><p>Those with underlying health conditions and people over 70 years of age should also be moved to the appropriate hotel accommodation following PHE guidance, unless individuals do not wish to be moved. We are reviewing each case on an individual basis and continue to work with our providers to ensure the guidance is followed. If an asylum seeker enters the country displaying symptoms we have dedicated , sole use accommodation that allows them to self-isolate before moving into the asylum accommodation estate</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/05/2020 13:57:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1189953

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	Protective Clothing: Exports
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 items of personal protective equipment have been shipped from the UK in each month of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	39532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is responsible for the collection and publication of data on United Kingdom imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p><p>There is aggregated trade data available for personal protective equipment (PPE) goods and for the periods requested on HMRC’s website, under ‘Build your own data tables’ at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">uktradeinfo.com</a></p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data.</p><p>HMRC also maintains a list of COVID-19 products, including PPE goods, and their commodity codes on GOV.UK. Unfortunately, the trade data collected does not allow HMRC to distinguish PPE goods classified under a particular commodity code from any non-PPE goods classified under that same commodity code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/06/2020 13:04:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1189954

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	Health Services: Coronavirus
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 his Department plans to take to restore NHS services promptly that have been temporarily closed at (a) Chorley and South Ribble hospital A&E and (b) other hospitals in England during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Ribble
tabling member printed	Katherine Fletcher
uin	39680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The accident and emergency department at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital has been temporarily modified to facilitate the treatment of acutely ill COVID-19 patients on a single site, at the Royal Preston Hospital. This temporary change is to ensure the most efficient and safe use of the available resources.</p><p>It has been necessary to implement some other temporary service changes across England in response to COVID-19. These will be kept under review during the period of the pandemic and services will be reinstated at an appropriate future juncture.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/05/2020 10:29:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher

1189955

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to test people arriving at UK airports for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	39533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Travellers returning to the UK are not specifically tested for coronavirus, but are monitored for symptoms. Passengers arriving at UK airports are provided with information on symptoms and the latest social distancing advice to bolster public health measures already in place.</p><p>We will continuously review the most appropriate response at the UK border to the changing situation in relation to CV-19, both in the UK and across the international community.</p><p>The same social distancing rules apply to new arrivals into the UK as apply to the population as a whole, as per the clear advice PHE have set out. Anyone in the UK, whether or not they have been abroad recently, should be following the latest guidance to stay at home, avoid unnecessary contact with others and self-isolate should they or anyone they live with show symptoms.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/05/2020 13:49:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1189957

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	Dental Services: Coronavirus
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 Government's target travel time is for patients accessing urgent dental care during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	39506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>No target travel time has been set for patients accessing urgent dental care centres. Travelling time as with routine dental services will vary depending on the locality. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working urgently to ensure urgent dental services are in place for all who need them.</p><p>NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each National Health Service region.</p><p>As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open across England. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety. A copy of the letter that was published can be found on the NHS England website.</p><p>The latest COVID-19 guidance for dental practices can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 16:08:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1189968

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	Coronavirus: Screening
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 at home covid-19 antigen tests have (a) been sent to homes and (b) delivered results since 31 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	39542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We introduced large-scale home testing in April, making testing accessible many more eligible individuals. As of 2 May, 115,589 Home Tests have been ordered and we are working to increase capacity even further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/06/2020 12:11:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1190039

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	Care Homes: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help ensure that care homes have adequate food supplies during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	39472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have worked with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to provide a new, online platform, Food2Care, to allow social care providers to access food supplies direct from wholesalers operating in their area. More than 90 national and regional wholesalers have signed up to the scheme so far from across the country. The scheme has been welcomed by the Care Provider Alliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/05/2020 12:39:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1190048

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is he taking to ensure that the Probate Registry can process the current high level of cases.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	39713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has continued to process applications for grant of probate during the coronavirus pandemic. The digital online probate service is available for both citizens and legal professionals and this means that both the applicant, and where necessary, HMCTS can administer grants remotely.</p><p> </p><p>Paper applications from citizens have been digitised, through the introduction of a bulk scanning, since January 2020. This will shortly be extended to legal professional applications for those who are not yet using the online service. This also increases the ability of HMCTS to continue to work and process high levels of probate applications.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMCTS has introduced a number of temporary measures to assist applicants in making their applicants during the current circumstances, such as allowing statements of truth in place of affidavits, enabling electronic signatures on applications and providing guidance on witnessing renunciations and Powers of Attorneys whilst social distancing measures are in place.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/05/2020 16:44:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1190063

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	Dental Services: Coronavirus
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 risk of covid-19 spreading in dental practices; and what steps he will take to minimise those risks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	39720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to ensure appropriate services are in place for all who need them.</p><p>NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each NHS region.</p><p>As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open across England. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety.</p><p>A copy of the letter that was published can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-ontent/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Urgent-dental-care-letter-28-May.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 16:28:10 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