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1303660

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
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	Digital Technology: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle the digital divide.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	913608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>To tackle the digital divide and support connectivity we have worked with providers on social tariffs meaning low cost landline and broadband services for those on means-tested benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS has also launched the Digital Lifeline fund to provide devices, data and support to 5000 adults with learning disabilities. In addition, to boost skills, we have made digital qualifications to level 1 for adults free of charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 913615 question first answered 18/03/2021 13:18:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1303661

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
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	Digital Technology: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle the digital divide.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	913615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>To tackle the digital divide and support connectivity we have worked with providers on social tariffs meaning low cost landline and broadband services for those on means-tested benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS has also launched the Digital Lifeline fund to provide devices, data and support to 5000 adults with learning disabilities. In addition, to boost skills, we have made digital qualifications to level 1 for adults free of charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 913608 question first answered 18/03/2021 13:18:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1303662

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
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	Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the reopening of sport, hospitality and leisure venues during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	913619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>In the last twelve months, billions in funding has been provided to support the hospitality and arts, entertainment and recreation sectors through a combination of grants, loans, and business rate relief. The Culture Recovery Fund and Sports Recovery packages have provided close to £2.5 billion in sector specific support.</p><p> </p><p>The Events Research programme, starting in April, comprises a series of scientific pilots conducted across a range of settings to explore how reopening can be facilitated safely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/03/2021 12:10:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

1302844

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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	Motor Neurone Disease: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the report entitled, Accelerating research for a treatment for motor neurone disease, published by the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	169847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the report. The Government is committed to supporting research into dementia and neurodegeneration, including motor neurone disease (MND). Over the past five years, the Department has spent over £9 million on MND research through the National Institute for Health Research. Additionally, UK Research and Innovation, through the Medical Research Council, has spent £45 million on MND research over the past five years. This includes research which aims to increase our understanding of the causes and genetic mechanisms of MND. We are currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia and neurodegeneration at all stages on the translation pathway including medical and care interventions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169848 question first answered 23/03/2021 13:41:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1302845

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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	Motor Neurone Disease: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to My Name'5 Doddie Foundation's report entitled Accelerating research for a treatment for motor neurone disease (MND), if he will implement the recommendation of that report to fund £50 million over five years in a new MND Research Institute.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	169848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the report. The Government is committed to supporting research into dementia and neurodegeneration, including motor neurone disease (MND). Over the past five years, the Department has spent over £9 million on MND research through the National Institute for Health Research. Additionally, UK Research and Innovation, through the Medical Research Council, has spent £45 million on MND research over the past five years. This includes research which aims to increase our understanding of the causes and genetic mechanisms of MND. We are currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia and neurodegeneration at all stages on the translation pathway including medical and care interventions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 169847 question first answered 23/03/2021 13:41:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1302847

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the study of covid-19 vaccine responses in cancer patients conducted by King’s College and the Francis Crick Institute with preliminary findings reported in March 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the interval between covid-19 vaccine doses for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	169802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The findings of the study, which has not yet been published or peer-reviewed, should be used cautiously as they are indicative and do not provide suitable data to infer directly the level of clinical protection. It should be noted that antibody expression following vaccination may only be part of the protection afforded by the vaccine. For example, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine induces a weak antibody response after first dose in the elderly, but recent Public Health England data shows strong clinical protection against hospitalisation and mortality in the same age group.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2021 11:04:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1302849

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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	Abortion: Health Education
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 with the Secretary of State for Education to make it his policy to prevent distribution of the Abortion and Abortion Care Factsheet produced by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in 2019 in schools until it has been (a) peer reviewed and (b) updated with recent research developments on fetal pain.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	169981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is not responsible for production of this factsheet and has no role in its distribution. It is for individual schools to determine whether they use the factsheet.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/03/2021 15:47:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1302853

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have been unable to fulfil their duties to unaccompanied asylum seeking children under the Children Act 1989 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	169925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Legislation is clear about the statutory duties placed on local authorities in caring for unaccompanied children. Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 imposes a duty on local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need in their area and to accommodate them if they meet the relevant criteria for requiring accommodation under section 20 of the Children Act 1989.</p><p>As far as the department is aware, two local authorities have been unable to fulfil these duties to unaccompanied asylum seeking children under the Children Act 1989 since 2010, both in 2020, with one ongoing in 2021. We have been working with both councils to support them to meet their duties to unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The government has also worked with local authorities across the country to secure alternative placements for children and young people arriving in these local authorities.</p><p>An unaccompanied asylum seeking child will become looked after by the local authority after having been accommodated by that local authority under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 for 24 hours. This will mean that the local authority has the same statutory duties towards them as to any other looked after child.</p><p>Local authorities supporting high numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in proportion to their child population have, since 2016, been able to refer children to the National Transfer Scheme if they are concerned about their capacity to meet their statutory duties towards them as looked after children. A place will then be sought for those children with another local authority that will take on statutory duties for them. Statistics on transfers made through the National Transfer Scheme are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/03/2021 16:56:08 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1302862

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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	Protective Clothing: Health Hazards
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 his Department has made of the effect of wearing a mask on the level of microplastic inhalation by the wearer.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	169811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Masks which fall under the classification of personal protective equipment (PPE) must meet stringent safety and technical standards, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-specifications-for-personal-protective-equipment-ppe/essential-technical-requirements-for-ppe-medical-devices-further-information-for-manufacturers-and-suppliers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-specifications-for-personal-protective-equipment-ppe/essential-technical-requirements-for-ppe-medical-devices-further-information-for-manufacturers-and-suppliers</a></p><p>Any mask manufactured to a standard will have passed essential health and safety requirements. A product regulator such as the Health and Safety Executive or the Medicines &amp; Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will have confirmed they are safe for use. For fabric face coverings, microplastic inhalation should not arise as the Government’s guidance states that a face covering should cover nose and mouth while allowing you to breathe comfortably and therefore be made of a material the wearer finds breathable, such as cotton.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/03/2021 13:04:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1302863

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
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	Protective Clothing: Health Hazards
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 his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Leipzig University Hospital study relating to impaired breathing caused by face coverings.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	169812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment. However, the Scientific Group for Emergencies and Public Health England regularly monitor and review the international evidence on the effectiveness of face coverings.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/03/2021 13:06:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies