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1282439

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Care Homes: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, after residents of care homes have received their second covid-19 vaccine, when visiting restrictions are planned to be lifted, what steps he plans to take to ensure that those visits are safe; and when the Government plans to publish guidance on that matter.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	146933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>Care home visits can continue to take place with arrangements such as outdoor visiting, substantial screens, or visiting pods. Close-contact indoor visits should not be taking place, other than in exceptional circumstances such as end of life.</p><p>We will be looking to ensure that a wider range of visiting arrangements are made available when it is safe to do so. We will publish updated guidance as this period of national lockdown ends.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/02/2021 10:01:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1281946

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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: Disease Control
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 is taking to protect clinically (a) vulnerable and (b) extremely vulnerable groups over the coming months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	145790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Those considered clinically vulnerable should follow the rules and guidance that are in place for everyone during the current national lockdown. It is particularly important that they follow social distancing advice to reduce their chances of catching the virus. The guidance to clinically extremely vulnerable and clinically vulnerable people is regularly reviewed and the Government will not hesitate to make changes if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2021 17:21:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1281950

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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: Social Distancing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to confirm what discussions he has had with the Chief Medical Officer on reintroducing the established relationship exemption from social distancing rules during the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	145800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department have regular discussions regarding the COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>There has never been a specific exemption from regulations for people in an established relationship. A previous version of the social distancing guidance advised that people in an established relationship who are not in the same household or support bubble did not need to maintain social distancing. However, the guidance has been amended to outline that these couples should maintain social distancing. The Government keeps all restrictions and guidance under continual review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/02/2021 09:27:08 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1281998

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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, whether a Band 4 Immuniser approved to administer the Pfizer vaccine has concurrent approval to administer the Astra-Zeneca vaccine; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	145751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England has developed protocols in accordance with Regulation 247A of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, inserted into Human Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, for the administration of both the Pfizer BioNtech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p> </p><p>The protocols do not specify which professional groups, grades or bands may administer COVID-19 vaccines under them. Instead, the protocols state that registered or non-registered persons may administer the vaccines, as long as they are competent to do so and experienced registered healthcare professionals must adequately supervise any non-professionally qualified persons.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/02/2021 13:50:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1282003

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Addictions: 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 data his Department collects on the effect of covid-19 restrictions on (a) addiction and (b) substance abuse rates.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	145753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Recent statistical publications by NHS Digital, the Office of National Statistics and Public Health England covering alcohol and substance misuse do not include the pandemic period, so it is difficult to draw conclusions on the full impact of COVID-19 on addiction and substance misuse rates. Data covering this period will be available in late 2021 and we shall monitor all data as it emerges.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2021 17:12:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1282020

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	NHS: 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, whether frontline NHS staff are being routinely provided with high quality FFP3 protective masks.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	145829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Personal protective equipment (PPE), including FFP3 masks, must be fit for purpose, meeting the necessary safety standards to ensure it provides the required level of protection.</p><p>Certification of PPE is supplied by the manufacturer having the product independently tested. Assurance is checked by the regulators, the Health and Safety Executive and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Evidence of certification is requested for products as part of the due diligence process. Contracts that involve the manufacture of PPE have the appropriate clauses to ensure that testing and certification is undertaken before the goods are accepted.</p><p>We now have over twelve models of FFP3s masks available to the National Health Service. In December we established a four-month stockpile of COVID-19 critical PPE, including FFP3s. We are confident that we have secured enough FFP3s for the winter period and that we have the processes and logistics in place to distribute them to where they are required.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2021 10:12:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1282090

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Health Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plan to publish full details on funding allocations from the Spending Review 2020 for the (a) cancer workforce and (b) other workforce budgets.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	145758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2020 provides £260 million to continue to grow the National Health Service workforce and support commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>Full details on funding allocations towards NHS workforce budgets, including relating to cancer, in 2021-22 will be subject to a detailed financial planning exercise and finalised in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/02/2021 12:24:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1282098

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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: 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 plans the Government has to launch a public information campaign on the correct use of face masks and face coverings.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	145787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to run a public health campaign across different media on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This campaign includes alerting the public to where face coverings are required and how to wear one correctly.</p><p>Most Government communications efforts surrounding face coverings are now part of the ‘Hands, Face, Space’ campaign, for which video resources demonstrating correct face covering usage have been produced. These resources have been used on multiple social media channels alongside in person prompts such as in transport hubs and shop windows.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2021 17:22:26 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1282102

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 140829 on the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme, how many applicants have received payments through that scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	145801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>As of 27 January, the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme (England) has received 307 claims, of which 268 have been accepted. Payment has been made for 175 of these claims, with a further 92 accepted for payment pending proof of probate from the claimant, and one case in the course of payment. Two cases have not been accepted and the rest are under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/02/2021 12:27:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1281574

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to treat gambling addiction as a public health matter; and what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the effects of gambling addiction on society.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	145017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Public Health England to undertake the first ever comprehensive evidence review on the public health harms relating to gambling in England. This will inform the Department’s future approach to treating gambling related harms. This will be published later this year.</p><p>The Department also treats gambling health harms as a health and care issue, including through provision of National Health Service treatment and advice and supporting the development of research and the evidence base. The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to expand the geographical coverage of NHS services for people with serious gambling problems.v</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2021 17:23:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon