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1192064

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contractual requirements have been put in place to ensure that third party providers working with NHSX on the development of the covid-19 tracing app will comply with data protection regulations.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	42253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>Should users of the app choose to share their data with the National Health Service, it may be retained in accordance with necessary legislation, and may be used in the future for research in the public interest, or by the NHS for planning and delivering services, subject to the necessary approvals required by law.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/05/2020 13:38:22 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19595 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1192065

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the retention of data collected through the NHSX covid-19 tracing app by (a) the NHS and (b) third parties for the new COVID-19 tracing app is time limited.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	42254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>Data that app users have chosen to share with the National Health Service may be retained for research in the public interest, or by the NHS for planning and delivering services, in line with the law and on the basis of the necessary approvals required by law.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/05/2020 13:45:54 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19596 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1192066

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new covid-19 tracing app developed by NHSX meets Apple's standard of privacy in relation to the use of Bluetooth.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	42239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The systems built by the National Health Service are designed to limit and prevent access to personally identifiable data. They are secured to standards set by NHS Digital with input from the National Cyber Security Centre, who have worked closely with the NHS COVID-19 app from the outset to ensure the best security standards and oversight.</p><p>The app will comply with the law around the use of data, including the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/05/2020 13:35:46 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19594 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1192094

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Death Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS trusts on recording covid-19 on death certificates.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	42153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to the provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 in relation to death certification, the General Register Office and the Office for National Statistics published revised guidance to medical practitioners completing medical certificates cause of death (MCCD) for a period of emergency. Medical practitioners are expected to state the cause of death to the best of their knowledge and belief. This guidance confirms that COVID-19 is an acceptable direct or underlying cause of death for the purposes of completing the MCCD. In the emergency period the MCCD is electronically transferred to the registration office for the registrar to review and approve the MCCD, for the purpose of registering the death, and issue the death certificate to the next of kin/informant.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 42154 42155 question first answered 07/05/2020 14:28:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19583 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1192102

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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, with reference to the Government's covid-19 testing data for every day of the last three weeks, for what reasons the efficiency of tests, calculated as an average of the number of covid-19 tests conducted per person (a) peaked on 25 and 26 April 2020 and (b) was at a low on 22 and 23 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	42151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not recognise this as a measure of the efficacy of its testing programme. There are a range of reasons why testing numbers could fluctuate on a day to day basis, but we are confident in the testing programme as a means of controlling the virus and saving lives.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/09/2020 13:35:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 19582 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1192105

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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: Death Certificates
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 his Department has to ensure that covid-19 is recorded on the death certificates of people that died as a result of that disease.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	42154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to the provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 in relation to death certification, the General Register Office and the Office for National Statistics published revised guidance to medical practitioners completing medical certificates cause of death (MCCD) for a period of emergency. Medical practitioners are expected to state the cause of death to the best of their knowledge and belief. This guidance confirms that COVID-19 is an acceptable direct or underlying cause of death for the purposes of completing the MCCD. In the emergency period the MCCD is electronically transferred to the registration office for the registrar to review and approve the MCCD, for the purpose of registering the death, and issue the death certificate to the next of kin/informant.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 42153 42155 question first answered 07/05/2020 14:28:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19584 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1192129

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	Hospitals: Coronavirus
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 publish daily statistics for recovery and discharge of covid-19 patients from hospital.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	41878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The number of people who have been admitted with COVID-19 or discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19 is not currently available or published in the format requested. NHS England is keeping what data it publishes under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2020 13:04:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 20375 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1192168

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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 tests for NHS workers have been booked through the new testing portal since that portal opened.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	42088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service workers have been able to access testing since 27 March and via the portal since its launch on 23 April, as well as access testing provided by the NHS. We are unable to provide a sector-by-sector breakdown of essential worker registrations via the portal at the present time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/06/2020 12:14:34 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19576 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1192184

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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 covid-19 tests (a) were undertaken in total and (b) resulted in a (i) positive and (ii) negative finding on each day in April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	42090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>The overall number of tests for COVID-19 is published daily and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public</a></p><p>However, the information is not broken down to the level of detail being requested.</p><p>In April a total of 758,719 tests were completed across the United Kingdom, 146,103 of these results in a lab confirmed positive result.</p><p>More information on the Government’s testing strategy as well as updated testing figures can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/06/2020 14:56:44 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19578 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1192200

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to give local authorities timely access to (a) SAGE and COBRA planning assumptions and (b) the NHSX covid-19 data warehouse to enable authorities to coordinate effectively their covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	41929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with local communities to undertake contingency planning so we can ensure the public are kept safe, and any tragic loss of life is handled with the utmost respect and care. As the Government continue to learn more about the outbreak, and potential future measures that may be needed, we will set out those plans to local resilience forums.</p><p>The planning assumptions critically depend on the response the Government takes to mitigate the effect of the outbreak, and we are working with the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and others to develop assumptions that reflect those actions and that those assumptions are shared with the local level as soon as possible.</p><p>The National Health Service COVID-19 Data Store securely assimilates and protects all of the accurate, real-time information in England necessary to inform strategic and operational decisions in response to the current pandemic. It is available to use for SAGE planning, and the information feeds into relevant COBRA dashboards. Furthermore, there have already been a number of NHS Data Store COVID-19 requests from local authorities submitted and approved for public health responses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 18/05/2020 11:27:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 19564 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper