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1344626

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date	07/07/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fixed-term Parliaments
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of abolishing fixed terms for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive alongside proposals to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The use of fixed terms in elections to the Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru is a devolved matter and for the Devolved Administrations in Scotland and Wales to consider. The fixed terms set for Northern Ireland Assembly elections are not a devolved matter and there are currently no plans to change the law.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government continues to engage with the Scottish and Welsh Administrations, as well as considering the particular circumstances of Northern Ireland, with regards to any impact of the departure from fixed terms in the UK Parliament on the administration of elections in devolved areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/07/2021 07:54:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344627

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
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 criteria he will use to determine whether covid-19 secure measures should be reintroduced in the future.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>In September, the Government will undertake a review to assess the country’s preparedness for autumn and winter, which will consider whether to continue or strengthen public and business guidance as we approach the winter, including on face coverings and test, trace and isolate, and will review the remaining regulations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government will maintain contingency plans for reimposing economic and social restrictions at a local, regional or national level if evidence suggests they are necessary to suppress or manage a dangerous variant. Such measures would only be re-introduced as a last resort to prevent unsustainable pressure on the NHS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 28993 30397 question first answered 16/07/2021 12:33:21 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344628

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he will use to determine whether covid-19 secure measures should be reintroduced in the future in the education system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>On 5 July, it was announced that when the Government moves to Step 4 of the roadmap the majority of COVID-19 restrictions will be relaxed. This includes the measures that the Department recommends for early years, schools, colleges, and universities.</p><p>The Department for Education has worked closely with the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England (PHE) to revise guidance for schools and colleges. Our aim is to balance the risks associated with COVID-19 whilst moving to a ‘steady state’ that minimises both the burden of implementing a system of controls on staff and parents, and the impact those measures have on young people’s educational experience. The Department will continue to keep these measures under review, in partnership with health experts and informed by the latest scientific evidence and advice.</p><p>Local authorities, Directors of Public Health and PHE Health Protection Teams play an important role in providing support and advice to early years, schools, colleges, and universities and are responsible for managing localised outbreaks.</p><p>The contingency framework describes the types of measures that may need to be reintroduced, outlining the types of measures that early years, schools, colleges, and universities should be prepared for, who can recommend them, when measures should be lifted and how decisions are made. If there is an outbreak, or if they are in an enhanced response area, the local director of public health might advise an early years setting, school, college, or university to temporarily reintroduce some control measures. If that happens, the individual setting's outbreak management plan should help staff understand the actions they need to take. In all cases, any benefits in managing transmission should be weighed against any educational drawbacks. More information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-local-restrictions-in-education-and-childcare-settings/contingency-framework-education-and-childcare-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-local-restrictions-in-education-and-childcare-settings/contingency-framework-education-and-childcare-settings</a>.</p><p>The Department’s priority is for all early years, schools, colleges, and universities to deliver face-to-face, high quality education to all pupils and students. The evidence is clear that being out of education causes significant harm to educational attainment, life chances, mental and physical health.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/07/2021 10:37:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344629

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people over 40 years old are required to wait up to 12 weeks for their second covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Since June 2021, second doses for all over 40 year olds have been administered on an eight-week interval after their first dose. All over 40 year olds who received a first dose by mid-May will be offered a second dose by 19 July.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/07/2021 16:05:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344630

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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: Vaccination
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 people have contracted covid-19 after (a) one vaccine, (b) at least three weeks after the first vaccine, (c) two vaccines and (d) at least two weeks after the second vaccine.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Data on how many people have contracted COVID-19 after one vaccine, at least three weeks after the first vaccine, two vaccines and at least two weeks after the second vaccine is not available in the format requested.</p><p>Public Health England monitors the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 after they have received one or two doses of the vaccine and these data are used to calculate vaccine effectiveness estimates which are published at regular intervals.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/07/2021 11:51:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 13481 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344631

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who have not received a covid-19 vaccine will still be required to self-isolate for 10 days if they have been in contact with a person who has tested positive when the rules on self-isolation are eased.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Adults who are not fully vaccinated and therefore at a higher risk of catching and transmitting COVID-19 will still need to self-isolate if they are identified as the contact of someone who has tested positive. Anyone who tests positive will also still need to self-isolate regardless of their vaccination status or age.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/07/2021 08:50:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344632

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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: Vaccination
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 proportion of the population yet to be vaccinated who are (a) parents, (b) people working in the hospitality sector and (c) people in other groups potentially exposed to higher contact levels with people infected with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/07/2021 15:31:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344633

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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 days after being in contact with someone who has tested positive for covid-19 it is recommended that a person wait before taking a covid-19 test to ensure that the viral load is sufficient to generate an accurate test result.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>There are no recommended number of days someone should wait before taking a COVID-19 test. Individuals should seek a test as soon as possible within the 10 day isolation period, to allow NHS Test and Trace to identify any close contacts.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/07/2021 10:00:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 13480 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344634

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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, what estimate he has made of trends in the number of people requiring covid-19 tests; and what steps he is taking to ensure sufficiency of testing capacity.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered // answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1344635

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
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: Vaccination
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 the covid-19 transmission rates for people who have had (a) one vaccine and (b) two vaccines for each of the different vaccines.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	29085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the latest summary of evidence on vaccine effectiveness against different outcomes, including transmission, for Pfizer/BioNTech and University of Oxford/AstraZeneca as of 1 July 2021.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Outcome</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Vaccine Effectiveness</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pfizer/BioNTech</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Oxford/AstraZeneca</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 dose</p></td><td><p>2 doses</p></td><td><p>1 dose</p></td><td><p>2 doses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Symptomatic disease</p></td><td><p>55-70%*</p></td><td><p>85-95%*</p></td><td><p>55-70%*</p></td><td><p>70-85%**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitalisation</p></td><td><p>75-85%*</p></td><td><p>90-99%**</p></td><td><p>75-85%*</p></td><td><p>80-99%***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mortality</p></td><td><p>70-80%**</p></td><td><p>95-99%**</p></td><td><p>75-85%**</p></td><td><p>75-99%***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infection</p></td><td><p>55-70%**</p></td><td><p>70-90%***</p></td><td><p>60-70%***</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transmission (secondary cases)^</p></td><td><p>45-50%***</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td><td><p>35-50%***</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Table 3, <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-vaccine-surveillance-report&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccovid19surv%40phe.gov.uk%7Cb2598e32058644d021bf08d916c0fea2%7Cee4e14994a354b2ead475f3cf9de8666%7C0%7C0%7C637565840415583246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=MFmH8qQxqsBUGSNXnO5e7tyCyPWBtYpuq%2FF3GUfu6AI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-surveillance-report</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>*High Confidence - Evidence from multiple studies which is consistent and comprehensive.</li><li>**Medium Confidence - Evidence is emerging from a limited number of studies or with a moderately level of uncertainty.</li><li>***Low Confidence - Little evidence is available at present and results are inconclusive.</li><li>^effectiveness in reducing symptomatic secondary cases in households of a symptomatic index case.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Public Health England plans to publish vaccine effectiveness data for Moderna when more evidence becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/07/2021 15:50:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell