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1185829

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date	17/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) support and (b) essential food supplies reach people who are housebound with disabilities during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	30861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter. We have set out below the actions that we have taken in England.</p><p>We know that a large number of disabled people continue to rely on friends, family and wider community support as they face difficulties accessing food.</p><p>Where that is not possible, there are a number of options available for people to access support. Individuals can request support from a volunteer via NHS Volunteer Responders, who can shop on their behalf.</p><p>We are working with local authorities, supermarkets and charities to ensure that vulnerable groups get the support they need to access food and other essential supplies. These organisations are able to sign-post people to commercial food delivery options, help them access priority supermarket delivery slots or refer them to the NHS Volunteer Responder programme.</p><p>People who are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) can also register for support online or via an automated helpline. As part of the registration process, we have asked individuals to indicate whether they have unmet basic care needs, such as social care and social contact needs. Local authorities are best placed to respond to these needs, and we are sharing data with them to ensure vulnerable individuals get the support they need while shielding.</p><p>The NHS has also made arrangements to have medicines delivered to CEV people's homes by local community pharmacies or their dispensing doctor, where no other person is able to collect the item from the pharmacy and deliver it to the patient.</p><p>Where people who are CEV have asked for help accessing food, they have been offered centrally provided food boxes and supermarkets have offered priority delivery slots. Boxes will continue until the end of July and seven supermarkets have confirmed that access to priority supermarket delivery slots will continue beyond the end of July for those already signed up for support.</p><p>We have also made available an additional £63 million to be distributed to local authorities in England to help those who are struggling to afford food and other essentials due to COVID-19. Local authorities are already working hard to support those who are vulnerable and this additional funding will contribute to that work.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 58030 question first answered 08/07/2020 16:36:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1192934

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers does not widen during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	902247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The government has already committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including by providing devices and internet access to vulnerable children who need it most.</p><p>Schools also continue to receive the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 902250 902255 902259 question first answered 06/05/2020 12:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1192935

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers does not widen during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	902250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The government has already committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including by providing devices and internet access to vulnerable children who need it most.</p><p>Schools also continue to receive the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 902247 902255 902259 question first answered 06/05/2020 12:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1192936

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of children’s access to (a) laptops, (b) a reliable internet connection and (c) other remote learning equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	902251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>We want to do everything we can to support schools and families to continue children’s education while they are at home. We have committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including providing laptops, tablets and internet access for those who need it most.</p><p>On Friday 24 April, the Department wrote to local authorities, trusts and other relevant organisations overseeing schools and children’s social care outlining the process for requesting devices.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 902258 question first answered 06/05/2020 12:17:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1192937

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers does not widen during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	902255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The government has already committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including by providing devices and internet access to vulnerable children who need it most.</p><p>Schools also continue to receive the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 902247 902250 902259 question first answered 06/05/2020 12:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1192938

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with Ofqual to ensure that students due to sit exams in summer 2020 will receive fair grades.
tabling member constituency	Blyth Valley
tabling member printed	Ian Levy
uin	902256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Ofqual is working with awarding organisations to develop a robust process for awarding grades. Wherever possible, schools, colleges and other institutions will produce fair and objective centre assessment grades, which will be externally standardised to ensure consistency. Our aim is that the arrangements deliver the fairest possible outcomes for students.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/05/2020 12:18:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4749 label Biography information for Ian Levy

1192939

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress his Department has made on identifying and delivering essential IT equipment to children who need additional support with online learning at home.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	902258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>We want to do everything we can to support schools and families to continue children’s education while they are at home. We have committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including providing laptops, tablets and internet access for those who need it most.</p><p>On Friday 24 April, the Department wrote to local authorities, trusts and other relevant organisations overseeing schools and children’s social care outlining the process for requesting devices.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 902251 question first answered 06/05/2020 12:17:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1192940

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers does not widen during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	902259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The government has already committed over £100 million to boost remote education, including by providing devices and internet access to vulnerable children who need it most.</p><p>Schools also continue to receive the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 902247 902250 902255 question first answered 06/05/2020 12:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1192941

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	Care Workers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure the adequacy of staffing levels in the social care sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	902192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>Social care workers are at the frontline of our battle with COVID-19. We are grateful to all care workers, caring for our loved ones every day.</p><p>Care workers must follow the guidance on isolating if they or a household member have COVID-19 symptoms - which means that there are higher absence levels than normal – but there must also be enough staff to provide essential care.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been monitoring staff absence rates to see where there are particular risks.The CQC is sharing this information with local authorities and the Government has provided them with guidance on supporting care providers. We are encouraging returning health and social care professionals to work in social care and we have launched a national recruitment campaign with the ambition to attract 20,000 people into adult social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/05/2020 13:38:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1192942

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in the health and social care sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	902193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>Social care workers are at the frontline of our battle with COVID-19. We are grateful to all care workers, caring for our loved ones every day.</p><p>Care workers must follow the guidance on isolating if they or a household member have COVID-19 symptoms - which means that there are higher absence levels than normal – but there must also be enough staff to provide essential care.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been monitoring staff absence rates to see where there are particular risks.The CQC is sharing this information with local authorities and the Government has provided them with guidance on supporting care providers. We are encouraging returning health and social care professionals to work in social care and we have launched a national recruitment campaign with the ambition to attract 20,000 people into adult social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 05/05/2020 13:38:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman