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1191118

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date	28/04/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support the Government is providing to coach operators in the tourism industry to enable those drivers to continue to finance the capital cost of vehicles which are idle during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	40961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced £330 billion of guarantees, which includes the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme so businesses, such as coach operators, have access to loans, overdrafts, invoice finance and asset finance to pay essential bills</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 04/05/2020 15:40:14 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1190578

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to enable school age children to attend school whose parents cannot work from home and are employed in jobs which are not listed as key; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	40480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Schools will remain closed until further notice, except for children of critical workers and vulnerable children.</p><p>Schools will only reopen for additional children when the scientific advice indicates it is safe to do so. The Department will engage closely with the sector on any approach taken.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/05/2020 15:30:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1190064

registered interest
date	24/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole: Remote Hearings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that parole board hearings can be heard by video link so that offenders in custody, of whom a probation recall report recommends release, can have their cases resolved without further delay; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	39471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The Parole Board is ensuring, where appropriate, that the conclusion of all parole cases can continue via a remote telephone or video hearing; or via an intensive paper review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/04/2020 16:45:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1189091

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons mortgage consultancy firms do not qualify for the same treatment in respect of business rates relief as estate agents during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	38416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, has also been made available.</p><p>The Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment, as well as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank. The Government is also deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2020 09:10:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1189093

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Voluntary Work
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 that retired therapists who return to work as volunteers for the NHS during the covid-19 pandemic are able to re-register with their former professional bodies to obtain insurance equivalent to that being provided for retired doctors re-registering with the GMC; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	38417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2020 answer text <p>We have made available a number of provisions to support the safe return of retired professionals both in paid and volunteering roles. The Coronavirus Act 2020 enables the registrar of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to temporarily add any “fit and proper” professional to HCPC’s register for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency. This power applies to all of the professions regulated by HCPC, including arts therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists.</p><p>As at 20 April, around 11,500 Allied Health Professionals, Healthcare Scientists and other professionals regulated by HCPC had contacted NHS England and NHS Improvement to express an interest in returning to practice with 2,327 deployed to trusts or the 111 service.</p><p>In most cases, returning healthcare professionals will be covered by one of the two existing state indemnity schemes: the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts if they return to work in a National Health Service trust; and the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice if they are engaged by a general practitioner (GP) practice providing NHS GP services. In the rare instances where these or other indemnity arrangements do not apply, the Coronavirus Act provides additional powers to provide clinical negligence indemnity arising from NHS activities related to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/04/2020 12:25:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 17102 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1189099

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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: 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 proportion of personal protective equipment being used in hospitals where covid-19 patients are being treated can be fully sterilised after use; and what his policy is on minimising single-use products when laundry sterilisation is available.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	38418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England published ‘COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE)’ updated guide on 17 April. This advises that suitable decontamination arrangements for some PPE items should be obtained from the manufacturer, supplier or local infection control. This guidance also included advice on when PPE can be reused.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s guide can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control/covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control/covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2020 09:49:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17103 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1189105

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	Business: Coronavirus
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 offers of help have been received via www.gov.uk/coronavirus-support-from-business; what the maximum time is within which offers are acknowledged; how many substantive responses have been provided; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	38419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>Over 26,000 offers of help have been received by the ‘central support from business’ triage point and survey. All offers are automatically acknowledged by email upon receipt and are followed up with a telephone call.</p><p>To date, the Crown Commercial Service has made phone contact with most suppliers (around 99.5%) that have made non-medical offers of support. They have also published a catalogue of offers which is designed to make it as easy as possible for offers of non-medical goods and services to be taken up across the public sector. Currently, 9,000 offers are published on the catalogue.</p><p>The catalogue of offers is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/covid-19/covid-19-buyer-information/catalogue-of-supplier-offers/" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/covid-19/covid-19-buyer-information/catalogue-of-supplier-offers/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/08/2020 14:07:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17104 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1189114

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	Exercise Cygnus
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 the policy of the Government to publish all recommendations resulting from Exercise Cygnus in 2016 other than those which directly affect national security; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	38420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely publish reports on exercises. This is to allow Ministers, officials and emergency planners to develop policies and plans while ensuring that the full, candid and proper deliberation of lessons identified is not influenced or impacted by the possibility of public exposure.</p><p>Working across Government and with stakeholders, the lessons from Exercise Cygnus have informed development of preparedness plans for a future influenza pandemic. Learning the lessons from preparedness exercises, as well as other sources of expertise has ensured that the United Kingdom remains well prepared for infectious disease outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/05/2020 10:30:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17105 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1184963

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to define exceptional circumstances for the purpose of grant of leave of absence from schools so that greater consistency can be established.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	29195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>Head teachers have the discretion to grant a pupil a leave of absence in exceptional circumstances. Our guidance is clear that they should consider each application individually taking into account the specific facts and circumstances and relevant background context behind the request.</p><p>In relation to the current pandemic, the Department for Education has updated our guidance on this issue to ensure that schools will not be penalised for the impacts of COVID-19 on their attendance figures. Parents and head teachers should act in accordance with latest information and advice from Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England. This advice is being updated regularly as the situation develops, and more in­­­formation can be obtained from the dedicated Department for Education helpline, open seven days a week.</p><p>Where a pupil is in self-isolation, in accordance with the latest advice, the Department for Education has made it clear to all schools that the pupil should be recorded in the attendance register as ‘unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances’. Code Y – unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances – should be used in this ins­tance.</p><p>Schools have also been advised that where a pupil does not attend school and is not self-isolating, the pupil will be recorded as absent but we expect headteachers will authorise absence where a pupil is not able to attend because of an underlying health condition that means they, or a family member in their household, are particularly vulnerable to the virus.</p><p>Recording a pupil as unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances and authorising absence will not lead to enforcement action being taken.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/03/2020 17:12:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1184965

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Vulcan Aircraft: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure that there is a public celebration on 25 May 2020 for the diamond anniversary of the first test-flight of XH558 vulcan aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	29196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans to mark the anniversary of the first test flight of Vulcan XH558.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/03/2020 15:06:00 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope