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1247010

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	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 economic effect of the opening of the covid-19 testing centre situated in Watney Market Idea store in Shadwell on (a) local residents, (b) local shops and (c) Watney Market traders.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	109702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Local test sites, such as those situated in the Watney Market Ideal store in Shadwell are deployed at the direction of Local Resilience Forums and Recovery Coordination Groups and decisions are centrally executed at their direction. This co-design approach between local and national teams has been key in achieving the pace at which these sites have been set up.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/11/2020 12:02:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 58887 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1246759

registered interest
date	27/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her Irish counterpart on tackling extremism.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	908206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has engaged with the Irish Government as part of a wider dialogue, but not to specifically discuss extremism.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2020 16:53:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1245373

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
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	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's guidance is for employers in the event that an employee is unable to go into work as a result of their dependants having been instructed by a school to self-isolate during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	107051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>In the first instance, people who are unable to go into work because they have childcare responsibilities resulting from coronavirus should discuss their situation with their employer. It may be that they can come to an agreement which works well for both parties.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, employees have the right to take time off work to help someone who depends on them (a 'dependant') in an unexpected event. The courts have been clear that a failure in childcare provision can constitute an unexpected event – even if it is known about in advance. Time off for dependants can be taken for a reasonable period of time depending on the particular circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>All employees have the legal right to request flexible working, provided they have worked for the same employer for at least 26 weeks. Employers can only reject a request where they have sound business reasons for doing so. Having flexible start and finish times, or working from home can help parents to balance work and childcare needs.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 02/11/2020 15:30:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1245476

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
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: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is being made available to help the (a) elderly and (b) people deemed clinically vulnerable who may opt to voluntarily self-shield following Lancashire's move into Tier 3 covid local alert level.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	106968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>National restrictions began in England from 5 November, which superseded additional guidance linked to the local COVID alert levels. Everyone in England, including those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, is required to follow the national restrictions, which have been set out by the Government and apply to the whole population.</p><p>The new information includes additional guidance for clinically extremely vulnerable people, to help protect them from COVID-19. We will also write to individuals with a version of this guidance. These new shielding measures will apply nationally for four weeks up to 2 December. At the end of the period, we will look to return to a regional approach and will issue further guidance at the time.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/12/2020 09:14:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1245511

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the lodging of applications to the (a) Upper Tribunal, (b) Court of Appeal and (c) Administrative Court online will continue after the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	106946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2020 answer text <p>All existing methods for applicants to submit cases for lodgement in the Upper Tribunal, Court of Appeal and Administrative Court will continue both during and after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/10/2020 12:28:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1244843

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has responded to the letter of 1 October 2020 from the Chairs of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	106474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>Department for Transport (DfT) officials are in regular contact with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Resilience Forum (LRF) and have been working closely with HM Treasury to consider the funding issues raised by Hampshire and other LRFs. On 21 October HM Treasury approved funding for a small number of LRFs with high volume EU facing Roll-on Roll-off ports within their jurisdiction, including for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight LRF. DfT will write to affected LRFs to confirm details shortly.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2020 14:36:18 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1244894

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have (a) offered structural payment plans and (b) provided three month delays to payments for annual taxi licence renewals since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	106390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has encouraged all licensing authorities to consider ways in which they can support the trade to continue to operate and provide essential travel. Any measures that authorities elect to introduce are a matter for them. The Department does not hold any data on payment plans or payment deferrals offered by licensing authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2020 16:49:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

1244570

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Canal and River Trust's recommendation for Government funding of £200m for capital works to enable more freight to be carried on inland waterways.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	105528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>There have been no discussions with my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Canal and River Trust’s capital programme proposal for contributing towards the wider national post-Covid-19 economic recovery, which included an element of £15 million over five years for a new inland port in Leeds and associated works to support the Aire and Calder Navigation with handling increased and larger freight traffic between Leeds and the Humber.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/10/2020 14:14:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1244717

registered interest
date	19/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of whether recent trends in the level of funding for early years education and childcare provision has matched (a) inflation and (b) trends in the costs incurred by providers of those services.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	105558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>We are planning to spend more than £3.6 billion on early education entitlements in the 2020-21 financial year. Over one million children every year are now benefitting from the government's record investment in early years entitlements.</p><p>In October 2019 we announced additional funding for our early education entitlements for the 2020-21 financial year. For the 2020-21 financial year, all local authorities have seen an increase of 8p an hour to the hourly funding rates for the 2-year-old entitlement and an increase of 8p an hour, in the vast majority of areas, for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlement. The increase in funding rates for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlements meant that more than half of authorities have seen an increase in line with inflation (GDP deflators) of their hourly funding rate in the 2020-21 financial year.</p><p>The department carries out its own regular research on the cost of delivering childcare. The 2018 provider finances report is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/provider-finances-evidence-from-early-years-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/provider-finances-evidence-from-early-years-providers</a>.</p><p>The department is due to publish a 2019 provider finances report in the Autumn.</p><p>The provider finances reports include data on the following:</p><ul><li>Total cost and total income of delivering childcare.</li><li>Variation in unit costs (an approximate measure of the average cost per child per hour for all children in the setting) and staff hourly pay.</li><li>Patterns in parent-paid hourly fees and additional charges for parents.</li></ul><p>The 2019 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers also includes information on the costs of providing childcare and is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/845080/SCEYP_2019_Main_Report_Nov19.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/845080/SCEYP_2019_Main_Report_Nov19.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/10/2020 12:11:59 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1244159

registered interest
date	16/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's report entitled Charging Inspection 2020, published in September 2020, what steps he is taking to improve communication to victims about the Victims’ Right to Review scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	104759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The CPS Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) scheme provides an important safeguard for victims. Following a request for a review, a new prosecutor not previously involved in the original decision will conduct a review of the case. If they decide that the original decision was wrong that decision will be overturned and proceedings reinstituted, where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate’s ‘Charging Inspection 2020’ report notes that in 84.7% of the cases where there was a decision to take no further action that qualified for the VRR scheme, there was enough information for the police to explain the decision to the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS are actively engaged in the development of the revised Victims’ Code which sets out victims’ rights to receive services from Criminal Justice agencies, including information about the VRR scheme. The CPS is committed to delivering its responsibilities under the Code to ensure that victims have the information they need to exercise their right to review CPS decisions.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/10/2020 13:51:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves