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1236757

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has previously held discussions to better understand the long-term impacts of COVID-19 with clinicians, academics and individuals who have long-term symptoms of the disease.</p><p>The National Health Service and the wider scientific community are currently working to better understand the disease course of COVID-19 infection, including the prevalence, severity and duration of symptoms, and how best to support recovery. The National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation have invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), led by the University of Leicester.</p><p>The research currently underway will continue to inform future NHS service design and provision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/10/2020 16:32:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49219 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1226340

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public First
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministerial sign off was required for the award of the focus group contract to Public First.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76730 76731 76732 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226341

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public First
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the contract for focus group work was awarded to Public First.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76731 76732 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226342

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public First
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he met with representatives from Public First in the six months prior to the award of the focus group contract to that company.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76732 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226343

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public First
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Minister or (b) official initiated discussions with Public First on the focus group contract.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226344

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts his Department has awarded for focus group work in the last two years; what the value was of each of those contracts; and to which companies those contracts were awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	76733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76732 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226855

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public First
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the nature is of the on-site resources provided by Public First Ltd to support Number 10 communications.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	77726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76732 76733 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1226856

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public First: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government has awarded to Public First Ltd in each year since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	77727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76732 76733 77726 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1230151

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Contact Tracing: Travel Requirements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contacts Public Health England has made to addresses given by people on Passenger Locator Forms, returning from countries that are not exempt from the Government's travel corridors, since 3 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	83881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Information relating to Health measures at the border and compliance with quarantine restrictions are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> on the following link <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdata-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border%2Fdata-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHazel.Reid3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce77b5807824f4063009c08d856800c40%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637354455242291417&amp;sdata=rMnjHTGO5koxVMo3D7y1kP466R5cgKcqobxMm%2FgMjVA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border/data-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border</a></p><p>This includes compliance checks made by Public Health England and the number of calls made to eligible UK arrivals.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/10/2020 09:10:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1231778

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	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: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to give local authorities the power to enforce a minimum of one metre social distancing during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	86004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>We have always said there would be local outbreaks requiring local action. New powers came into force on 18 July, enabling local authorities to manage future outbreaks, which includes the power for local authorities to close individual premises or public outdoor spaces, and place restrictions on events.</p><p>These Regulations focus on local authorities’ powers, but the police will have a role to enforce the rules that the local authority puts in place, particularly in regard to closed outdoor public spaces</p><p>The Joint Biosecurity Centre will continue to provide local authorities with data on local infection rates and provide an early indication of potential outbreaks. We continue to be led by scientists and data, so remain ready to regulate, where there is clear evidence to do so.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/10/2020 16:48:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 46410 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma