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1272401

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date	17/12/2020
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: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) publicise, and (2) facilitate access to, COVID-19 vaccinations for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL11569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service is working with Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise partners, inclusion health providers and others to develop an accessible model for delivery of the vaccine to people from communities such as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller. Through the Community Champions Scheme councils and voluntary organisations are delivering a wide range of measures to protect those most at risk - including communicating accurate health information. Champions have been drawn from these communities themselves to share accurate health information with their neighbours, networks and wider community.</p><p>Local vaccination services are playing a vital role in reaching vulnerable groups including those who are in the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. These services mobilise general practice, working together in groups of Primary Care Networks plus large and small community pharmacy sites. These services provide the largest number of locations and are well placed to support our highest risk individuals, many of whom already have a trusted relationship with their local health services. They also coordinate and deliver vaccination to people who are unable to attend a vaccination site.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 17/03/2021 16:39:57 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1272405

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have from the UK of COVID-19 appearing in blood samples.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Diagnosis of COVID-19 infection has largely been based on reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction amplification of viral nucleic acid (RNA) from upper respiratory tract swabs. However, detection of viral RNA has also been reported in blood, serum and plasma from small clinical case series.</p><p>The frequency and quantification of RNA in blood fractions and the significance of blood as a transmission route remains unknown.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/01/2021 12:40:46 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1272406

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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: Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with the World Health Organization (WHO) about when the governments of (1) Italy, and (2) France, first reported the emergence of COVID-19 to WHO; if so, when in (a) 2019, and (b) 2020, any such emergence was reported by those countries; what assessment they have made of reports of COVID-19 appearing in waste water in Barcelona in 2019; and when they became aware of any such reports.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has not had any specific discussions with the World Health Organization on the emergence of COVID-19 in France and Italy. The UK Government received notification of France and Italy’s first COVID-19 cases through the European Early Warning and Response System. France reported its first three COVID-19 cases on 24 January 2020. Italy reported its first two COVID-19 cases on 31 January 2020.</p><p><br>The Government has not made any assessment of reports of COVID-19 appearing in wastewater in Barcelona in 2019. In the UK, a national wastewater surveillance programme was announced on 12 June 2020 by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish and Welsh devolved administrations, focusing on sewage monitoring as part of an advance warning system to detect new outbreaks of COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 22/01/2021 10:37:41 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1272407

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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: Italy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether there is any evidence of variants of COVID-19 which can be traced to specific countries of origin; and if so, what proportion of reported COVID-19 cases have been linked to the variant of COVID-19 from Italy.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>It is common for viruses to mutate - over 4,000 variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified worldwide. The United Kingdom has a world leading surveillance system that supports the detection, analysis and identification of any variants circulating globally which may be of concern.</p><p>COVID-19 Genomics UK will continue to lead on monitoring virus samples for new variants. The Department and Public Health England will continue to study the virus closely to understand how it is behaving, where it might have originated from and the spread of the new variant across the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/01/2021 12:38:35 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1272408

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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: Italy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article by Giovanni Apolone et al Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy, published in the Tumori Journal on 11 November.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England monitors the evidence on COVID-19, including articles such as that by Apolone et al.</p><p>This published study uses in-house serological methods which require considerable assurance on their specificity and sensitivity, which is not provided in the paper. Therefore, there are several reservations about the laboratory methods used, which provide uncertainty about the conclusions drawn.</p><p>Whilst indicative of the possibility, this article is not definitive evidence of the presence of COVID-19 virus in Italy in December and additional supportive evidence is required to achieve high confidence in this assertion.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 11/01/2021 12:16:37 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1272414

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Test and Trace Support Payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 14 December (HL11081), whether a local authority which (1) has used, or (2) is expected to use, all of the funding provided for the costs of discretionary £500 payments to people who do not fulfil the main eligibility criteria but will still face hardship if they have to self-isolate should (a) announce that the pot is empty and no more such payments can be made, (b) pay further applicants who qualify out of their own general funds, or (c) apply to the Government for further funding; and whether such local authorities can make a reduced payment to more eligible persons.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL11587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>If a local authority has used all of its discretionary funding, it is a matter for the authority to decide whether to accept further applications or to use other sources of funding to make these payments. While local authorities cannot apply directly for further discretionary funding, the Government has increased provision to local authorities to make discretionary payments to £20 million per month from March 2021.The amount paid for approved applications under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme remains at £500 per case and as such local authorities cannot make a reduced payment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 12/03/2021 14:05:58 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1272427

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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: Sports Competitors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to offer COVID-19 vaccines for (1) professional sportspeople, and (2) members of the British Olympic and Paralympic Teams for the Games in Tokyo 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL11604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) consists of independent experts who advise the Government on which vaccine/s the United Kingdom should use, including prioritisation at a population level. The JCVI has stated that phase one of a COVID-19 vaccine programme will have the prevention of mortality at the forefront of its objectives, as well as the support of the National Health Service and social care system.</p><p>For the first phase, the JVCI has advised that the vaccine should be given to care home residents and staff, as well as frontline health and social care workers and the rest of the population in order of age and clinical risk factors. Included are those with underlying health conditions, which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 13/01/2021 12:05:14 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

1272437

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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 Test and Trace: Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people employed by NHS Test and Trace have left their roles; and how many such people were subject to the Business Appointment Rules for Civil Servants.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL11619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>The NHS Test and Trace workforce consists of a combination of; civil servants employed by the programme and also on loan from across Government, secondees from the public and private sector, contractors and consultants. Since May 2020 our data shows that a total of 630 people have left their role on NHS Test and Trace. 220 of these were civil servants, of which 19 have left the Civil Service completely and are therefore subject to the Business Appointment Rules.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 15/02/2021 13:25:31 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1271919

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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: Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on immigration to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL11534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 22/01/2021 10:33:45 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1271924

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of steps taken by the Board of Directors of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (1) to monitor the Gender Identity Development Service, and (2) to address any concerns raised by clinicians of that Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL11539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The board of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust will meet to formally agree a remedial plan that responds to the various concerns. In the interim, the Chief Executive of the Trust has publicly acknowledged the need for improvements in the service and has announced plans for bringing in senior clinical expertise from outside the service to help implement change.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL12057 question first answered 01/02/2021 12:26:36 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath