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1227041

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make extended financial support available for freelancers in the arts sector when the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme end to respond to venues not being (a) permitted to open as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased and (b) able to offer contracts of employment to freelancers in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	77843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">On 5 July, the Government announced a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. Guidance has been published by Arts Council England, the British Film Institute, Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund for applicants to the Culture Recovery Grants application rounds, and by Arts Council England for applicants to the Repayable Finance Scheme. Further details on eligibility and application processes are available in the published guidance.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of sectors, with one of our core objectives being to support the cultural organisations that are crucial to places across the whole country. We will ensure that funding is distributed fairly, and that smaller organisations and cultural venues that are at the centre of their communities are protected.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We also recognise the crucial role that individuals play in making our arts and creative industries world-leading. As a result of these grants and loans, organisations will be more able to resume cultural activity, albeit in a socially distanced way, which will increase employment opportunities for freelancers.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">&quot;DCMS recognise that these are extremely challenging times for freelancers, and understand the crucial role they play in making our arts and creative industries world-leading. We are working hard to ensure that we help to provide financial support to freelancers during this period.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 5 July, DCMS announced a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of sectors, including performing arts and theatres, museums and galleries, heritage sites, live music venues and independent cinema.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As a result of these grants and loans, organisations will be more able to resume cultural activity, albeit in a socially distanced way, which will increase employment opportunities for freelancers. Each organisation that receives money will know what best they can do to support their workforce, including their freelance workforce. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme has also been extended with applications opening in August for a second and final grant. The grant will operate in the same way as the existing scheme with self-employed workers eligible for a single payment covering three months, at a level of 70% of average monthly earnings up to a maximum of £6,570 (i.e. down from 80% and a maximum of £7,500).</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Alongside this funding, ACE have announced £95m of additional support for individuals, which can include freelancers. This involves things such as an additional £75m in project grants. These will be focused on applications that maximise employment opportunities and those from under-represented groups and freelancers are eligible to apply to this directly. National Portfolio Organisations can also apply to create new work with bids that create employment opportunities prioritised. A further round of the ACE programme ‘Discover Your Creative Practice’ will also open in the autumn, which will make approximately £18m available for individuals looking to develop new creative skills that will help them to further develop their career. ACE will also be adding £2m into relevant benevolent funds to support those less well supported by the programmes outlined above, including stage managers and technicians</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/09/2020 13:44:21 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2020 15:50:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 44674 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1225666

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people with a past or present National Referral Mechanism referral who are in custody in the UK as at 16 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	75234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Single Competent Authority (SCA) operates the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which is a civil process for the identification and support of victims of modern slavery. The SCA does not hold real time data on the number of individuals referred into the NRM who are in custody at any specific time.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Single Competent Authority (SCA) operates the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) which is a civil process for the identification and support of victims of modern slavery. The SCA does not hold real time data on the number of individuals referred into the NRM who are in custody at any specific time.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> The SCA requests information from all parties, as required and relevant, in order to make effective decisions about an individual’s modern slavery/human trafficking experience(s). Information regarding remands in custody or sentences will not be relevant to the decision as to whether a person was a victim of Modern Slavery.</ins></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/07/2020 14:01:33 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2020 09:41:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 41235 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1224905

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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	Methadone: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2020 to Question 61461 on Methadone: Prescriptions, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of prescribers to safely electronically prescribe FP10 MDA opioid substitution therapy in England.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	74489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2020 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">A recent review by NHS Digital looking at the availability of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in light of the National Health Service’s COVID-19 response, considered that prescribers could not use EPS for FP10 MDA prescriptions. While this review resulted in work being initiated to accelerate technical developments that will support wider use of EPS, EPS for FP10 MDA is a highly complex area which requires significant technological development both centrally and by system vendors.</ins></p></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has announced that from Friday 24 July, members of the public must wear a face covering when visiting a shop or supermarket in England. Guidance on how to wear and remove a face covering was published online on 14 July. In addition, the Government is running a major proactive communications campaign on face coverings to alert the public where they are now required to wear face coverings and educate the public on how to correctly wear one.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Legitimate reasons for not wearing a mask include if they are travelling with or providing assistance to someone who relies on lip reading to communicate or if they are not able to put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability. People will be able to remove their face covering if speaking with people who rely on lip reading, facial expressions or clear sound to communicate.</del></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill previous answer version 38836 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill 42922 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill question first answered 18/08/2020 02:34:14 question first ministerially corrected 25/08/2020 08:35:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1222883

registered interest
date	10/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a temporary visa due to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly where those people have underlying health conditions that may make international travel more hazardous.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	72226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a temporary visa due to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly where those people have underlying health conditions that may make international travel more hazardous. 72226</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a Tier 4 General Student visa due to the covid-19 pandemic.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The latest information in respect of advice for visa holders can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a>. This is kept under review.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak. We recognise that further adjustments are likely to be required to cater for all scenarios, and we are working through these, to ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2020 16:15:35 question first ministerially corrected 16/07/2020 10:22:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 37520 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1222884

registered interest
date	10/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a Tier 4 General Student visa due to the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	72227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a temporary visa due to the covid-19 pandemic, particularly where those people have underlying health conditions that may make international travel more hazardous. 72226</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a further extension for people on a Tier 4 General Student visa due to the covid-19 pandemic.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The latest information in respect of advice for visa holders can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a>. This is kept under review.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak. We recognise that further adjustments are likely to be required to cater for all scenarios, and we are working through these, to ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2020 16:15:35 question first ministerially corrected 16/07/2020 10:22:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 37521 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1219320

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
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	Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust Independent Review
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 (a) start date is and (b) panel members are for the independent investigation into Liverpool Community Health.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	66831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The Liverpool Community Health Investigation was launched in June 2019 and work has begun. The <del class="ministerial">Inquiry</del> <ins class="ministerial">Investigation </ins>comprises three Stages. Stage 1 <ins class="ministerial">covers </ins><del class="ministerial">covered </del> the scale of the issues and Stage 2 <ins class="ministerial">is </ins><del class="ministerial">was</del> a clinical and structured judgement review alongside Stage 1. <ins class="ministerial">Preliminary work</ins><del class="ministerial">Work</del> on Stages 1 and 2 was completed in August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Stage 3 will investigate individual serious patient safety incidents identified from the previous two stages to establish the nature and scale of deaths and patient harm at the Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust from 2010 to 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Investigation has identified a number of expert advisors to assist the Chairman and details will be confirmed when the Terms of Reference <del class="ministerial">covering Stage 3</del> are published in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 35073 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries 35199 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/07/2020 10:37:11 question first ministerially corrected 22/07/2020 08:16:27 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1219351

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the distribution of Government funding to support innovation in research-intensive businesses during and after the covid-19 outbreak, what proportion of the £750million grant package will be allocated to businesses (a) not in receipt of Innovate UK grants and (b) in receipt of Innovate UK grants.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	66895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>On 20th April, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £1.25 billion coronavirus package to protect firms driving innovation in the UK. This included £750 million of targeted support for the most R&amp;D intensive small and medium size firms which will be available through Innovate UK’s grants and loan scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has since confirmed that up to £500 million of this is for existing customers including £20<ins class="ministerial">0</ins> million of accelerated payments and up to £30<ins class="ministerial">0</ins> million for continuity grants and loans. £20 million of the remainder has been used to double the number of businesses receiving funding through the Innovate UK call for business led innovation in response to the crisis which was open to new customers. Over 800 companies have been successful in this competition. Innovate UK has also allocated up to £39 million to increase the business advisory support services available new and existing high-growth potential SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The final part of this package was announced on the 27<sup>th</sup> June. The £191 million Sustainable Innovation Fund is open to new customers to help cutting-edge companies of all sizes recover, grow, and drive a re-building economy as well as support new green innovations, unleashing the sustainable industries of the future along the way.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond the Fast-Response competition, it is currently too early to state the number of businesses that have accessed this funding</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 06/07/2020 16:17:26 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2020 09:21:23 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 34988 answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1216082

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals working in the NHS paid the NHS surcharge in each month of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	62257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has no published data to answer this question.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not readily available nor held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to the fact the IHS is payable across multiple application routes.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2020 07:54:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/07/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 34017 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1205182

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Nurses
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 nurses were employed to care for adults in the NHS in each month from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	61454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The attached table shows the number of adult nurses as at each month between 2010 and 2018. This data contains data on adult nurses and does not include mental health nurses or learning disability nurses.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately previous answer version 31444 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately 37980 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately question first answered 16/07/2020 19:34:15 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2020 08:37:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately attachment 1 file name PQ61454 formatted table.docx title FTE Nurses 2010-2018
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1203724

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 51817 on Tidal Power: Swansea Bay, what range of hurdle rates, comparable to those more established renewable energy technologies, such as solar PV, onshore wind and large hydropower, were used for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon value for money assessment.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	59410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The hurdle rates applied across the portfolio of tidal lagoons in the Department’s value for money assessment[1] are shown in Table 1. The hurdle rates for other low carbon technologies estimated at the time of the value for money assessment are shown in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Range of hurdle rates applied to proposed programme of tidal lagoons<strong>[2]</strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Hurdle Rate Scenario</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hurdle rate </strong>(real terms, pre-tax)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.2%</del><ins class="ministerial">9.0%</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Selected hurdle rates for other low carbon technologies </strong>(up to date at time the assessment was undertaken)[3]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hurdle rate </strong>(real terms, pre-tax)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solar PV (&gt;5MW)</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas with CCUS (first of a kind)</p></td><td><p>11.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (&gt;5MW)</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>[1] Available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/swansea-bay-tidal-lagoon-value-for-money-assessment</em></p><p><em>[2] Source: BEIS commercial advisory</em></p><p><em>[3] Source: BEIS Electricity Generation Costs Report (2016), available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-november-2016</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/06/2020 10:20:49 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2020 13:35:17 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 31135 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard