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1199277

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date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, following the reduction of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency services due to COVID-19, what steps they are taking to support people over the age of 70 to renew their driving licences by post.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to renew a driving licence at the age 70 and over is to use the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s online service.</p><p> </p><p>If drivers are unable to use the online service they should submit a paper application in the normal way. However, paper applications will take longer to process in the current circumstances. Some drivers may be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed, provided they have a valid licence and they have not been told by a doctor or optician not to drive.</p><p> </p><p>The department is considering what can be done to help drivers who are unable to use the DVLA’s online service, and will provide more information when available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/06/2020 14:59:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1199278

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of COVID-19 on people’s ability to see a doctor to confirm their fitness to drive, and thereby to fulfil the criteria of section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 so they can continue driving.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL5000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>It is a driver’s responsibility to ensure that they meet the criteria for driving under the provisions of Section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 while their application is being considered.</p><p> </p><p>While there is no specific requirement to visit a doctor for these purposes, if a driver has been told not to drive by a doctor or optician, they should not do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/06/2020 15:02:59 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1199279

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people over the age of 70 have applied to renew their driving licence (1) online, and (2) by post, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age of applicant.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL5001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of applications received from those renewing their driving licence at the age of 70 and over either online or by post in the last five financial years. It has not been possible in the time available to break this down by age of applicant.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Online applications age 70 and over</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postal applications </strong> <strong>age 70 and over</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>720,152</p></td><td><p>1,068,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>843,947</p></td><td><p>1,079,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>897,577</p></td><td><p>990,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>907,005</p></td><td><p>1,117,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>1,128,344</p></td><td><p>1,012,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/06/2020 14:58:35 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1199374

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to COVID-19 testing for key workers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL5002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Anyone with symptoms can now get a test, regardless of whether they are an essential worker. Essential workers still have a dedicated access route through the essential worker self-referral portal and are able to access testing through multiple channels such as regional test sites, home testing, mobile testing units, and through the care home portal if they are care home members of staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/06/2020 09:54:00 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1199375

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how COVID-19 testing capacity will be prioritised when they reach their target of 200,000 daily tests.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>Testing – note for House of Lords</em> which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/07/2020 07:56:13 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Testing - note for House of Lords.pdf title Testing information factsheet
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1195235

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Social Services: Learning Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adults with a learning disability live in a care setting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>2018-19 is the latest year for which data on the number of clients with a Primary Support Reason of Learning Disability Support receiving long term support by care setting is available. According to the 2018-19 dataset 2,065 adults with a learning disability lived in a nursing care setting whilst 30,410 adults with a learning disability lived in a residential care setting. Therefore, a total of 32,4765 adults with a learning disability lived in a care setting between 2018-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 27/05/2020 11:17:49 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1195236

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Social Services: Learning Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) adults with a learning disability living in a care setting, (2) people over the age of 70 living in a care setting, and (3) people over the age of 70 not in a care setting, were issued a shielding letter in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Those identified as extremely clinically vulnerable are put on the Shielded Patient List (SPL), based on a set of specific conditions set out by the Chief Medical Officer. The SPL has been developed based on national data and local clinical judgement.</p><p>We only hold sufficient information on the SPL to allow us to identify those people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, to ensure that they have the right guidance and support to help them shield. We do not have additional data on whether that are currently in care settings or not. This means we are unable to identify adults with a learning disability in a care setting from the SPL, nor split the over 70s on the SPL between those in care settings and those not.</p><p>The SPL does include date of birth, so as of 7 May we know that 944,134 people aged 70 and over were on the SPL, and therefore should have received a shielding letter.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 08/06/2020 10:55:42 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1195237

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Social Services: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people over the age of 70 live in a care setting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, formerly the Personal Social Services Research Unit, provide long term demand projections for adult social care, based on current service use and trends in disability rates. They estimate that in 2020 there are 330,000 care home residents aged 65 and over in care homes in England. These estimates are not broken down any further by age.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 03/06/2020 15:42:36 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1195238

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when specific personal protective equipment guidance for learning disability services will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government and devolved administrations have published clear guidance on appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and social care workers as well as specific patient use of PPE. This has been written and reviewed by all four UK public health bodies and informed by National Health Service infection prevention control experts and the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG).</p><p>Our guidance is consistent with World Health Organization guidance for protecting health and social care workers from COVID-19. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwives have played a lead role in developing the guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 01/06/2020 15:58:15 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1195239

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Learning Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to ensure that policies applied to people with learning disabilities recognise their individual needs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL4242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>We are supporting people of all ages with a learning disability or autism to live well in the community, rather than in inappropriate hospital care. <em>Building the Right Support</em> is our national plan to develop community services and reduce reliance on mental health inpatient services for people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to an extra £4.5 billion a year for primary care and community health services by 2023/24. Health and social care staff must have the skills and knowledge to make a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. This is a priority for the Government and we are developing plans to introduce the Oliver McGowan mandatory training in learning disability and autism.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 27/05/2020 11:26:44 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly