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1226254

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date	20/07/2020
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	Health Services: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on and (b) assessment he has made of the potential merits of devolving health responsibilities to city-region areas in England.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	76593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Whilst we do not have a record of any specific discussions, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regularly discusses a range of issues with Cabinet colleagues.</p><p>The Government is committed to local devolution, including in city regions, and is open to new proposals. The Prime Minister has personally championed devolution and has previously set out this Government’s commitment to supporting growth up and down the country.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care and other national partners, including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and HM Treasury, are in contact with mayors and officials in combined authorities, such as Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Liverpool City Region and Cambridge and Peterborough around their plans for health and care integration, innovation, and addressing the wider determinants of health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/09/2020 15:12:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1226255

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what direct funding the Government has made available to Town and Parish Councils to cover the financial costs incurred by those councils as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	76594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>On 2 July, the Secretary of State announced an additional £500 million of support for councils. This is in addition to the £3.2 billion announced in April, taking the total given to councils to help their communities through the crisis to over £3.7 billion in unringfenced funding, an unprecedented level of additional financial support in recent times. This grant is unringfenced, recognising that local authorities are best placed to decide how to meet the major Covid-19 service pressures in their local area.</p><p>The Government does not have powers to offer direct financial support to parish and town councils, which are funded through a precept collected from within the overall council tax paid by the residents of the parish or town. We therefore encourage parish and town councils to work with their principal authority (district or unitary council) where they are delivering vital services that have been impacted by Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 27/07/2020 15:04:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1226256

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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: Government Assistance
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 plans he has to ensure the consistent application of Business Support Grants for organisations in receipt of Small Business Rates relief across local government; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	76595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put forward a package support for businesses to help with their ongoing business costs in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19. This includes the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF). Businesses in scope of this scheme are those with a property that, on 11 March 2020, were in receipt of either Small Business Rates Relief (including those with a Rateable Value between £12,000 and £15,000 which received tapered relief) or Rural Rates Relief.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for delivering grants to eligible businesses and we have provided detailed Grant Funding Schemes guidance for local authorities on the eligibility for, and provision of, this fund: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-business-support-grant-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-business-support-grant-funding</a>. We are also working closely with local authorities to ensure the appropriate assurance checks are made before grants are paid out and to promote and share best practice, including providing supplementary guidance and FAQs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/07/2020 15:51:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1226257

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Council Tax Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will allocate grant funding to meet the increase in council tax benefit payments from the 2020-21 baseline figure.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	76596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor has launched the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review, which will conclude in the autumn and set out the Government’s spending plans. The Spending Review will be the opportunity to look at funding for local government in the round and the Government has made a commitment to, as part of this process, apportioning irrecoverable council tax losses between central and local government. The Government has also announced that the repayment of council tax collection fund deficits arising in 2020-21 will be spread over the next three years rather than the usual period of a year, giving councils breathing space in setting budgets for next year.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 27/07/2020 15:05:51 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1226258

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Community Assets: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse would be of introducing Business Rates Relief on community assets.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	76597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>My department does not hold information on the business rates collected by local authorities from individual ratepayers. Nevertheless, many assets of community value, such as pubs, public halls and sports grounds, will benefit from the business rates holiday and therefore pay no rates in the current financial year. Assets of community value may also be eligible for other reliefs, including small business rate relief. In total, the additional reliefs provided in response to the coronavirus pandemic, combined with existing measures to reduce the burden of business rates, will save ratepayers over £23 billion over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 27/07/2020 15:06:10 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224888

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	Swine Flu
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk to the UK of the G4 EA H1N1 virus.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	74436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>We continually assess the most significant threats that the United Kingdom and its citizens could face, including natural hazard risks such as a pandemic influenza.</p><p> </p><p>In line with our standard practice, Public Health England is undertaking a risk assessment of the G4 influenza virus and we will take any appropriate action based on robust scientific and clinical advice.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/08/2020 20:04:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224889

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	Social Services: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has he made of the number of social care job vacancies in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	74437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>The information is shown in the attached table.</p><p>This is the latest information available from the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS), taken from local authorities as at September 2018 and from independent sector employees as at March 2019.</p><p>This data is published on Skills for Care’s website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforce-intelligence/publications/Workforce-estimates.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/adult-social-care-workforce-data/Workforce-intelligence/publications/Workforce-estimates.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/08/2020 15:42:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224890

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	Care Homes: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average (a) cost for a week of residential care and (b) weekly payment by local authorities to fund a week of residential care.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	74438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2020 answer text <p>Decisions on the rates paid to providers are a matter for individual local authorities, who have a duty to ensure a sustainable, high-quality adult social care market in their areas.</p><p>We provided councils with an additional £1.5 billion for adults’ and children’s social care in 2020/21 on top of maintaining £2.5 billion of existing social care grants. It includes an additional £1 billion of grant funding for adults’ and children’s social care, and a 2% precept that enables councils to access a further £500 million for adult social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/08/2020 14:59:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224891

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	Social Services: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish legislative proposals to reform the social care system.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	74439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s priority for adult social care is for everyone who relies on care to get the care they need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>This does not diminish the need for a long-term plan for social care. Putting social care on a sustainable footing, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, is one of the biggest challenges that our society faces. There are complex questions to address, to which we want to give our full considerations in light of the current circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/09/2020 16:22:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1224892

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	NHS: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to support Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workers at risk of contracting covid-19; and what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the level of that expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	74440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2020 answer text <p>Public safety is the Government’s top priority. The Chancellor has been clear that the National Health Service will get whatever funding it needs to respond to COVID-19. We do not, however, collect data on how much employers spend specifically to support black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) workers at risk of contracting COVID-19.</p><p>Employers across the NHS have a duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their staff in the workplace. In April, the Chief People Officer at NHS England and NHS Improvement launched a comprehensive programme to address the impact of COVID-19 on BAME staff in the NHS. As part of this work, NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all NHS organisations on 24 June requiring them to complete risk assessments for high risk staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/09/2020 11:09:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett