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1243342

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date	14/10/2020
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: Contact Tracing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what use NHS Test and Trace is making of information from credit checking agencies.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	103552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>In order to request a Home Test, a user must first verify their identity using a service provided by TransUnion. Identity verification is built into the process in order to minimise the risk of fraudulent ordering.</p><p>If an individual is not willing or able to undertake the identity verification provided by TransUnion, they should call 119 for further assistance, or seek to book an appointment at a regional test site or mobile testing unit, where a member of staff will confirm their identity in person.</p><p>TransUnion provides identity verification checks as part of the registration process for a home test kit. This is not a credit check and will not affect an individual’s credit score.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/11/2020 11:06:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1243344

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Kent Intake Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision she is making for the education, health and mental welfare of unaccompanied asylum seekers detained in the Kent Intake Unit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	103553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office takes its responsibility for the welfare of children seriously and we have very stringent statutory and policy safeguards in place.  We have seen record numbers of arrivals on the south coast in recent weeks and are working hard to make sure every unaccompanied child receives appropriate support.</p><p>Unaccompanied children arriving in Dover are cared for in the Kent Intake Unit (KIU) before being placed in appropriate social services care. Those claiming asylum are only in the KIU whilst their claims are registered; it is not an immigration removal centre.</p><p>Children are always prioritised and supported there for as short a period as possible. The KIU also includes a non-detained waiting area where children can await the arrival of local authority social workers. Support is also provided on-site by the Refugee Council. Once a child is in the care of a local authority, they are afforded the same rights as all other looked-after children</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/10/2020 15:56:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1243360

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 69600 and Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 63208, what progress has been made on implementing the decision of the court of appeal on 22 June 2020 on universal credit systems taking account of the day that a monthly salary is paid.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	103554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>On 20<sup>th</sup> October I laid secondary legislation in response to the Court of Appeal Judgment made on 22 June in the case of Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart, which concerned claimants who receive two calendar monthly payments of earnings in one Universal Credit assessment period. This will allow us to reallocate a payment of earnings reported via the Real Time Information service to a different Universal Credit assessment period, either because it was reported in the wrong assessment period or (in the case of calendar monthly paid employees) it is necessary to maintain a regular payment cycle. This will mean that claimants who are paid calendar monthly will therefore have one salary payment taken into account in each assessment period. It also means that certain claimants will also benefit from any applicable work allowance.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/10/2020 16:41:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1243436

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's Affordable Homes programme and his Department's Guidance: Apply for affordable housing funding, published on 10 September 2020, whether affordable rent level grants for social rented homes will apply to (a) all areas or (b) only areas assessed as not having high affordability.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	103555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Affordable Homes Programme is delivered through Homes England and the GLA in London. Each bid into the programme is evaluated on its own merits and based on the value for money of the scheme as a whole. The Government does not set grant rates for the programme, however we would expect grant rates to be lower in areas where it is cheaper to build and who face lower affordability challenges.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/10/2020 12:34:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1242796

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Evictions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his section 1.21 of his guidance for landlords and tenants entitled Will bailiffs enforce evictions across the Christmas period, for which categories of cases evictions will be permitted to proceed during the period covered by the winter truce.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	102870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced that evictions should not be carried out in England and Wales in the run up to and over Christmas and the New Year, from 11 December until 11 January, except in the most serious circumstances, such as cases involving anti-social behaviour or domestic abuse. This will ensure vulnerable tenants are not forced from their homes at a time when public and local authorities may be dealing with the usual level of increased demand for services during this time. A short list of the categories of cases which will be exempted from this “winter pause” will be issued well in advance of the Christmas period.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/10/2020 11:34:06 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1242799

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) merits of recent requests to provide covid-19 testing at airports and (b) potential merits of allocating funding to airport management companies to enable them to provide that service.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	102868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is actively working on the practicalities of using testing to release people from self-isolation earlier than 14 days. The Global Travel Taskforce is working at pace to consider how testing, technology and innovation can drive a recovery for international travel and tourism, without adding to infection risk or infringing on our overall NHS test capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England prepared a paper on the effectiveness of ‘double testing’ travellers coming to the UK. The paper is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-double-testing-travellers-incoming-to-the-uk-for-signs-of-covid-19-17-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phe-investigation-into-the-effectiveness-of-double-testing-travellers-incoming-to-the-uk-for-signs-of-covid-19-17-june-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/10/2020 15:59:45 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1242820

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to students who are (a) care leavers and (b) estranged from their families during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	102867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>I wrote to universities and other higher education (HE) providers on 20 March, at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, to highlight the vulnerability of care leavers and estranged students, and asked them to prioritise these groups for additional support.</p><p>Last month, I met with a group of 12 care leavers and estranged students to formally discuss the issues that they face in both entering and succeeding in HE. Following that discussion, I asked officials to make sure that the end-of-term Christmas guidance, which will be published shortly, pays particular attention to the needs of vulnerable students.</p><p>The government has worked closely with the Office for Students (OfS) to help clarify that HE providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by COVID-19. Providers were able to use the OfS’s Student Premium funding worth around £23 million per month for April to July this year and £256 million for the academic year 2020/21, starting from August, towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of mental health support.</p><p>The government also invested over £100 million to help provide laptops and devices for disadvantaged children and young people so they can access education and social care services remotely. As part of this, we have provided devices for care leavers, including those who are studying at university.</p><p>Care leavers attending HE courses are treated as independent students when their entitlement to living costs is assessed. This means that, in nearly all cases, they will qualify for the maximum loan for living costs. Care leavers undertaking HE also qualify for a £2,000 HE bursary from their local authority.</p><p>Additional bursaries are offered by some HE providers for care leavers, and students estranged from their families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 20/10/2020 16:09:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1242847

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Green Homes Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households have applied for grants under the Green Homes Grant scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	102869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As of 15:00 on 14 October 2020, the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme had received 17,218 grant applications.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As of 16:00 on 20 October 2020, the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme had received 20,903 grant applications.</ins></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 20/10/2020 14:41:29 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2020 14:41:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 55540 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1242848

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Green Homes Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated in the form of vouchers under the Green Homes Grant scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	102866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>As of 16:00 on 20 October 2020, the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme had received 20,903 grant applications. Applications are currently being processed and checked for compliance with the scheme rules.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2020 09:24:38 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1242849

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Green Homes Grant Scheme
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 recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for grants under the Green Homes scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	102865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Green Homes Grant opened to applications on the 30 September 2020. As of 16:00 on 20 October 2020, 20,903 grant applications have been received, reflecting the high levels of consumer interest there are in the scheme. BEIS will continue to monitor application data as the scheme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2020 09:23:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire