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1189250

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Dental Services: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the recent survey by the British Dental Association on the availability of personal protective equipment to dentists.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	38975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Dentists normally purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) through dental wholesale suppliers. We are not aware of wholesalers reporting difficulties in obtaining PPE for onward sale for dentists. However, for PPE which is needed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic for National Health Service dentistry, the Government has made supplies available free of charge for dental contractors. A dedicated PPE portal has been developed to deliver these items. As of 4 November, over 5,100 NHS dental and orthodontic providers in England have registered with the PPE portal and over 36 million items have been delivered.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/11/2020 18:04:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17141 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1189251

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Cancer: Screening
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on trends in the number of cancer diagnoses in the next 12 months of suspending NHS cancer screening programmes.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	38976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee is undertaking work to estimate the impact of temporary suspension to screening programmes, including cancer screening. This work is currently in its early stages and the results will be reported as soon they are available.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have not suspended National Health Service cancer screening programmes at the national level. However, to protect patients and staff during this pandemic, it is acknowledged that at a regional level some clinical services are rescheduling routine invitations or appointments to a later date, including routine screening appointments. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with service providers to ensure that plans are in place to reschedule and restore services as soon as is safely possible to do so, in order to minimise any risk to individual patients.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement recommend that anyone experiencing any unusual symptoms should contact their general practitioner practice as soon as possible for advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/05/2020 11:24:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17142 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1189252

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Dental Services
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 capacity of urgent dental care hubs to treat referred patients.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	38977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working to support and protect all our frontline National Health Services health and care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, including dentists.</p><p>NHS dentistry was reorganised in late March along with other NHS primary care services to minimise face to face care to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Dentists were asked to suspend all routine treatment and instead to offer urgent advice and, where required, prescriptions for antibiotics by telephone. Urgent treatment was made available through urgent dental centres (UDCs) set up in each NHS region.</p><p>As of 25 May there are currently over 550 UDCs open across England. Patients are triaged into UDCs by their own dentistry or through NHS 111. The urgent dental centres are expected to provide, where urgently needed, the full range of dental treatment normally available on the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement announced on 28 May that NHS dentistry outside urgent care centres will begin to restart from 8 June with the aim of increasing levels of service as fast as is compatible with maximising safety. A copy of the letter that was published can be found on the NHS England website.</p><p>The latest COVID-19 guidance for dental practices can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2020 16:01:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17006 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1189253

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure timely responses by Departments to Freedom of Information requests during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	38978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>It is important that Departments continue to respond to requests for access to information during this period as a key means of supporting transparency. We recognise that Departments face a range of pressures, and in some cases may not have access to the information requested. The Cabinet Office continues to provide advice to support delivery, in line with guidance issued by the Information Commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/04/2020 13:05:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1189254

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which UK businesses have contacted the Government with offers to produce personal protective equipment (PPE); what process the Government used to assess these offers; which offers were accepted; and when PPE from those successful offers will be available for use.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>As of 15 May, over 13,000 businesses have contacted the Government with offers of help on supplying personal protective equipment (PPE). Many are related to the manufacture of PPE for the National Health Service and care sectors, a vast majority of which we are taking forward, predominantly from United Kingdom-based companies but also including multinational companies. Some offers were not progressed due to financial and capability considerations.</p><p>The Department engages directly with potential manufacturers to qualify and prioritise the opportunity, based on availability of/access to raw supplies, lead-times to manufacture, and other commercial considerations. Product prototypes are submitted to a Technical Product Review process, to ensure they meet essential health, safety and quality standards for PPE. Financial due diligence and fraud prevention measures are also undertaken, after which the Department can contract with the manufacturer.</p><p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government’s efforts to secure sufficient PPE and ensure this gets to where it is needed. He is also driving forward coordination of the end-to-end process design and manufacture of new domestic PPE supplies. As at 15 May, the Department has entered into contract and placed orders with eight manufacturers to provide millions of items of PPE products to the National Health Service and carers. Details of this work can be found in the links below. The volumes will increase in the coming weeks.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-items-of-ppe-for-frontline-staff-from-new-business-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-items-of-ppe-for-frontline-staff-from-new-business-partnerships</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-face-masks-for-nhs-and-care-workers-through-new-industry-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-face-masks-for-nhs-and-care-workers-through-new-industry-deal</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 38446 38447 38448 38449 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:35:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 17135 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1189255

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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	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, if he will publish on a daily basis the number of deaths from covid-19 in care home settings.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	38886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>On 29 April 2020 the Government introduced a new method of reporting daily COVID-19 deaths so that it now includes reporting of deaths in all settings, including care homes. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/daily-death-reporting-now-includes-all-positive-covid-19-deaths" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/daily-death-reporting-now-includes-all-positive-covid-19-deaths</a></p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes all deaths registered with COVID-19 in each week including in care homes. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending24april2020</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/05/2020 10:58:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1189256

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Asos: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with ASOS plc to discuss how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme applies to employees that were being consulted on redundancy before the announcement of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	38979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020 and for whom HMRC received an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before the 19 March 2020. Full guidance for employers is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a> for further details. If there is any doubt, the Treasury would be happy to consider further correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2020 08:02:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1189257

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Textbooks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on reports of incitement to violence in the online version of the Palestinian Authority school curriculum used by students at home as a result of school closures during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	38980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is deeply concerned about allegations of incitement in the Palestinian Authority’s curriculum.  We are pleased that the Palestinian Authority is undertaking a review of its textbooks and updating them for the new academic year.</p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of international action to get to the bottom of allegations. We secured agreement from European partners to commission the Georg Eckert Institute to conduct an independent review, which is currently underway. The scope of the Review was set before the COVID-19 crisis and it does not cover online teaching arrangements put in place by the Palestinian Authority while schools are closed. Any changes to its scope would be a matter for Georg Eckert Institute and our European Partners. We have not had specific discussions with our international counterparts on the Palestinian Authority’s online curriculum. Ministers have regularly raised the issue of incitement in the education sector with the PA’s Minister for Education, which the Secretary of State did most recently in February this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 38981 38982 question first answered 29/04/2020 16:31:35 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1189258

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Georg Eckert Institute review of the Palestinian curriculum will include the online lessons by Palestinian Authority teachers during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	38981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is deeply concerned about allegations of incitement in the Palestinian Authority’s curriculum.  We are pleased that the Palestinian Authority is undertaking a review of its textbooks and updating them for the new academic year.</p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of international action to get to the bottom of allegations. We secured agreement from European partners to commission the Georg Eckert Institute to conduct an independent review, which is currently underway. The scope of the Review was set before the COVID-19 crisis and it does not cover online teaching arrangements put in place by the Palestinian Authority while schools are closed. Any changes to its scope would be a matter for Georg Eckert Institute and our European Partners. We have not had specific discussions with our international counterparts on the Palestinian Authority’s online curriculum. Ministers have regularly raised the issue of incitement in the education sector with the PA’s Minister for Education, which the Secretary of State did most recently in February this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 38980 38982 question first answered 29/04/2020 16:31:35 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1189259

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Textbooks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that a Palestinian Authority teacher recently gave 10-year-olds an online reading comprehension lesson glorifying the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	38982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is deeply concerned about allegations of incitement in the Palestinian Authority’s curriculum.  We are pleased that the Palestinian Authority is undertaking a review of its textbooks and updating them for the new academic year.</p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of international action to get to the bottom of allegations. We secured agreement from European partners to commission the Georg Eckert Institute to conduct an independent review, which is currently underway. The scope of the Review was set before the COVID-19 crisis and it does not cover online teaching arrangements put in place by the Palestinian Authority while schools are closed. Any changes to its scope would be a matter for Georg Eckert Institute and our European Partners. We have not had specific discussions with our international counterparts on the Palestinian Authority’s online curriculum. Ministers have regularly raised the issue of incitement in the education sector with the PA’s Minister for Education, which the Secretary of State did most recently in February this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 38980 38981 question first answered 29/04/2020 16:31:35 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis