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1216854

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date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on national security of moving the UK passport contract from De La Rue to French-based company Gemalto.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	63309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Prior to inviting tenders for the latest contract to design, manufacture, and personalise British passports, the Home Office engaged with Centre for the Protection for National Infrastructure (CPNI) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The solution has been assured in line with the UK Security Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 a proportion of British passports have been made overseas with no security or operational concerns. All passports continue to be personalised with the passport holder’s details such as name and photograph, in the United Kingdom. This ensures no personal data will leave the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:08:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1216864

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Beer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will he bring forward proposals to extend the business rates relief and grant support for pubs and the hospitality sector to include British-owned small independent breweries.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	63310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The business rates holiday means that an estimated additional 350,000 properties used for retail, hospitality or leisure will pay no business rates in 2020-21, saving these businesses almost £10 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities can also choose to make discretionary grants through the Government’s central discretionary fund, worth £617million, to businesses such as breweries if they feel there is a particular local economic need. To support pubs and breweries during this time, HMRC have made it easier to claim back the duty on any beer thrown away as a result of pub closures.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/06/2020 15:05:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1216998

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Key Workers: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the financial effect on key workers who have had to self isolate on multiple occasions during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	63311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to an unprecedented package to support individuals, including key workers, through this difficult time. This includes the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention and Self-Employment Income Support Schemes, as well as through injecting an additional £8bn into the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has extended Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) so that employees can claim if they are required to self-isolate, including on multiple occasions, and the Government has changed the rules so that SSP is payable from day one rather than day four.</p><p> </p><p>Many employees will be eligible for more than SSP. More than half of employees receive more than the statutory minimum when they are off sick, and the changes to SSP have been made in parallel with increases in the generosity of the welfare system to support the most vulnerable, including a £20 increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 29/06/2020 09:16:31 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1216999

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Key Workers: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward proposals to increase financial support for key workers who need to self-isolate due to showing covid-19 symptoms.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	63312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s strategy to support people affected by COVID 19, DWP has made a number of changes to make sure people can self-isolate, and to ensure people who need financial help have access to the benefit system.</p><p> </p><ul><li>We have introduced new provisions making Statutory Sick Pay payable from day 1 – as opposed to day 4 – where an eligible individual is sick, self-isolating or shielding (in England and Wales).</li><li>If their income is reduced while sick or self-isolating and they require further financial support, individuals may be able to claim Universal Credit and new style Employment and Support Allowance, depending on their individual circumstances.</li></ul><p>We have increased the Universal Credit standard allowance by £20 per week for the next 12 months – up to £1,040 this year. This is in addition to the 1.7% inflation increase (announced Nov 2019) as part of the Government’s decision to end the benefits freeze and means more financial support for millions of people across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/06/2020 15:06:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 33003 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1205194

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many workers employed on outsourced Government contracts as facilities management staff have died due to suspected covid-19 by (a) ethnicity, (b) job role and (c) employer.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	61464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 23/06/2020 16:27:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1205210

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern Trains: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49667, on Northern Rail: Coronavirus, how many additional cleaners have been employed by ISS to clean train stations managed by Northern Trains since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	61465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>ISS is in the process of recruiting more cleaners, who will all be in position in July. The total number of additional cleaners it will employ to carry out touch point cleaning with its new enhanced cleaning chemical will be 25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/06/2020 13:41:25 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1204328

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 8998 tabled on 27 January 2020 by the hon. Member for Easington.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	59735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>The response for UIN 8998 was given on 19th June 2020.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/06/2020 14:39:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1204372

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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	Care Homes: 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 the process is for care home staff to access the covid-19 anti-body tests which were due to be rolled out in England from the end of May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	59736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Antibody tests for adult social care staff are being rolled out in a phased approach across England in line with the offer open to National Health Service staff. Access to antibody testing services are being set up locally and so it is likely that some regions and trusts may provide access to this service in different ways. We are working closely with the NHS, local councils and stakeholders at a national and local level to support antibody testing and ensure all staff are aware of how they can access a test.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/09/2020 17:54:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 31038 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1203588

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the attendance of additional private office staff in his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street was (a) required from the beginning of June 2020 and (b) not required from 21 April 2020 when hybrid proceedings began in the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	59422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>A small number of Private Office staff have been working out of 2 Marsham Street on some days of the week since 22 April in support of Ministers and their attendance at Parliament in line with Cabinet Office guidance for Private Offices and Parliamentary Clerks. These staff have volunteered to work out of 2 Marsham Street.</p><p>Advice was communicated to these staff on social distancing measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the Ministerial team and Private Office staff.</p><p>The Private Office team, the People, Capability and Change team and the Estates team have regularly discussed the need for the presence of Private Office staff as part of its business continuity preparations for COVID-19 and as it became clear that hybrid proceedings would potentially start in the House of Commons. These discussions have continued as the House of Commons operations have evolved to include physical voting. No instructions have been issued to the People, Capability and Change team nor to the Estates team on the return of Private Office staff as these decisions are taken by line managers as part of our business continuity arrangements.</p><p>Line managers have discussed with Private Office staff the return to 2 Marsham Street to support Ministers as it became clear that proceedings would potentially start in the House of Commons. Return dates were agreed with staff and line managers as staffing requirements became clear.</p><p>A risk assessment is being completed to support the return of MHCLG staff to offices in line with the BEIS guidance for people who work in or run offices, contact centres and similar indoor environments published on 11 May. For the time being the vast majority of MHCLG staff continue to work from home.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 59423 59424 59425 59426 59427 59428 59429 59430 59431 question first answered 18/06/2020 16:16:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1203589

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department decided that additional private office staff would need to attend his Department's office at 2 Marsham Street in person to undertake work in connection with the return to physical voting in the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	59423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>A small number of Private Office staff have been working out of 2 Marsham Street on some days of the week since 22 April in support of Ministers and their attendance at Parliament in line with Cabinet Office guidance for Private Offices and Parliamentary Clerks. These staff have volunteered to work out of 2 Marsham Street.</p><p>Advice was communicated to these staff on social distancing measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the Ministerial team and Private Office staff.</p><p>The Private Office team, the People, Capability and Change team and the Estates team have regularly discussed the need for the presence of Private Office staff as part of its business continuity preparations for COVID-19 and as it became clear that hybrid proceedings would potentially start in the House of Commons. These discussions have continued as the House of Commons operations have evolved to include physical voting. No instructions have been issued to the People, Capability and Change team nor to the Estates team on the return of Private Office staff as these decisions are taken by line managers as part of our business continuity arrangements.</p><p>Line managers have discussed with Private Office staff the return to 2 Marsham Street to support Ministers as it became clear that proceedings would potentially start in the House of Commons. Return dates were agreed with staff and line managers as staffing requirements became clear.</p><p>A risk assessment is being completed to support the return of MHCLG staff to offices in line with the BEIS guidance for people who work in or run offices, contact centres and similar indoor environments published on 11 May. For the time being the vast majority of MHCLG staff continue to work from home.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 59422 59424 59425 59426 59427 59428 59429 59430 59431 question first answered 18/06/2020 16:16:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris