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1194143

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date	11/05/2020
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	Females: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that her Department’s response to the covid-19 outbreak does not disadvantage women.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	902419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that the services and benefits it offers works for everyone including women, as we tackle the Covid 19 crisis. This Government has invested over £6.5bn in strengthening the safety net overall, including making changes to the benefits system to ensure claimants receive the support they need. Notably Universal Credit claimants, and people receiving Working Tax Credits, are receiving an increase in the standard rate of up to £1040 per year for the next 12 months, additional to the uprating announced in November 2019.</p><p>Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants have also been increased.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/05/2020 16:21:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1194145

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Working Conditions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Health and Safety Executive on ensuring that workplaces are safe to return to after the covid-19 lockdown has ended.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	902447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>HSE are working across Government and both the Secretary of State and I have had regular meetings with senior officials from the HSE to assess the ways in which the Department can support the important work HSE is doing in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/05/2020 16:24:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1194147

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Emergency Powers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking with his international counterparts to ensure that states use their emergency powers proportionately during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	902376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK is playing a major role in the global response as we galvanise support for our Four-Point Plan: 1) co-ordinating the global health response; 2) accelerating the search for a vaccine, treatments and testing; 3) securing a sound economic response; and 4) bringing our people home.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary and Ministerial team are carrying out extensive bilateral and multilateral engagement, including with G7/G20 counterparts, and working with international companies to tackle the crisis.</p><p>We are also working closely with UN Security Council members and the UN Secretary-General to address pandemic and secondary impacts, including instability.</p><p>Through our international engagement, we have repeatedly made clear that measures taken by States to tackle CV19 must be necessary, proportionate, time-bound, transparent and regularly reviewed.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/05/2020 15:59:58 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1193590

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	Epilepsy: Cannabis
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 adequacy of Government financial support for (a) vulnerable children with intractable epilepsy who are reliant on privately-paid for medical cannabis and (b) other patients using private prescriptions to access medical cannabis during the covid-19 outbreak; if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	43850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/05/2020 10:30:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1193591

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social distancing measures are implemented in aviation travel.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	44009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>In line with the Prime Minister’s announcement in relation to the next phase of the pandemic, the Department for Transport is looking to introduce new measures specific to the aviation sector as part of the Government’s overall efforts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further, the Department is working closely with the aviation sector to co-produce agreed common standards on health measures that could be deployed throughout the aviation customer journey. These measures will help to restart the sector and provide passengers and staff with the confidence they need to start flying again. The Department is working internationally to aim to ensure any UK measures are recognised globally given the international nature of the sector.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/05/2020 13:26:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1193592

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	Health Professions: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the (a) Health and Care Professions Council and (b) Nursing and Midwifery Council on reducing the fees paid by medical professionals for registration and replacing those fees with Government funding.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	43860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The NMC’s regulatory activities are primarily funded by annual registration fees, currently set at £120 per year.</p><p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is the independent regulator of 15 professions in the UK, including paramedics, practitioner psychologists and occupational therapists. The HCPC’s regulatory activities are primarily funded by annual registration fees, currently set at £90 per year.</p><p>There are no registration fees for any healthcare professionals joining the NMC or HCPC temporary register.</p><p>While we currently have no plans to subsidise the annual registration fees of existing NMC and HCPC registrants, we are considering how to recognise the incredible work that healthcare staff are doing to support the collective effort to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. As part of this, we will be engaging with staff and employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/05/2020 10:15:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1193593

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	Empty Property: 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, if he will make it the policy of the Government to prevent people who are unable to sell an empty property during the covid-19 lockdown from being penalised under the Empty Property Council Tax Premium; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	43827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The empty homes premium is a discretionary power and applies to properties that have been empty and unfurnished for two or more years. Local authorities are responsible for administering the premium, taking into account any relevant circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 12/05/2020 11:51:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1193594

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether additional resources have been provided to community rehabilitation companies to fund the special circumstance payments for probation staff working face to face with clients during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	43859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Special Payments scheme was introduced to support prison and probation services during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically where additional working hours are required to respond to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst primarily aimed at National Probation Service (NPS) staff during the pandemic, we support a wider application of the Special Payments scheme to include staff from the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), to the extent it is deemed necessary to meet challenging operational needs. The terms of the scheme offered are on the same principles applied for NPS employees.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed with CRCs that we will meet additional costs associated with their application of the special payments scheme subject to the wider terms of the financial relief provisions that we have implemented in order to assist suppliers to combat the impact of Covid-19. In particular we will require confirmation and evidence to demonstrate that they have exhausted any financial head room available within the payments made to them under contract and during the period impacted by Covid-19 that could be used to cover this additional cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/05/2020 14:53:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1193595

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that benefits helplines are fully accessible to people with physical and learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	43992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>If customers have difficulties using the phone, they can use the following services:</p><ul><li>Relay UK which is a national service provided by BT that helps people with hearing and speech difficulties communicate with people over the phone. This can be used to contact all of our benefit and pension services.</li><li>Textphone which is available for all benefits and pensions services. The textphone number is given with the other contact details in benefits and pensions guides.</li><li>Video Relay Service (VRS) which is available to customers claiming Universal Credit, in disability benefits and Access to Work. By October we will further extend VRS into all DWP services. VRS enables British Sign Language (BSL) users to contact DWP via a BSL interpreter. The customer uses a video link accessed through their own computer, smartphone or tablet. The interpreter will then speak to a DWP agent relaying the conversation by phone. There is no need for anyone to be in the same location and the customer does not have to book the service in advance. This means that the customer and DWP agent can have a telephone conversation in real time.</li></ul><p> </p><p>If customers cannot use these, they can ask for:</p><ul><li>communication by email –if they tell us this is because of their disability or health condition.</li><li>support from a family member, a friend or someone else such as a welfare rights adviser – as long as they have the customer’s permission to help them.</li><li>a home visit.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/05/2020 08:59:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1193596

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to co-ordinate the stockpiling of non-medical face masks for public use during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	43885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has recently published guidance on staying safe outside the home during the COVID-19 pandemic: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-safe-outside-your-home/staying-safe-outside-your-home" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-safe-outside-your-home/staying-safe-outside-your-home</a>.</p><p>The guidance recommends that people should aim to wear a face-covering in enclosed spaces where social distancing is not always possible and they come into contact with others that they do not normally meet.</p><p>Guidance on wearing and making a face covering is also available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-wear-and-make-a-cloth-face-covering/how-to-wear-and-make-a-cloth-face-covering#wearing-a-face-covering" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-wear-and-make-a-cloth-face-covering/how-to-wear-and-make-a-cloth-face-covering#wearing-a-face-covering</a></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 43886 43887 question first answered 14/05/2020 13:17:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves