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1196345

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agency Workers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Government's financial support packages for agency workers who (a) are unable to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) have recently lost their employment and (c) who are ineligible to claim universal credit because they hold more than £16,000 in savings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	47418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting people’s jobs and incomes as far as possible. In March the Government announced the unprecedented Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has so far supported more than 7.5 million jobs and was recently extended to October. Employers can claim for employees on any type of contract, including agency workers.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who need to rely on the safety net of the welfare state, the Government has announced a significant package of temporary measures to support them. These include a £20 per week increase to the Universal Credit (UC) standard allowance, and for renters, an increase to the Local Housing Allowance rates so that the UC housing element covers the cheapest third of local rents.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure that support is targeted at families most in need, households with capital, such as savings, above £16,000 will be ineligible for UC. In such cases, it is likely that they will have alternative means of financial support.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who have lost their jobs may be entitled to other welfare support. If they have made sufficient National Insurance contributions, they may be eligible for new style Jobseeker’s Allowance, which does not take savings into account. More information is available at</p><p><a href="https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/employment-and-benefits-support/" target="_blank">www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/employment-and-benefits-support</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/05/2020 20:05:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1195652

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the use of air curtains in indoor settings to help prevent the airborne transmission of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	46781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>DfT is considering a range of potential engineering mitigations for Covid-19 on the transport network. We are following advice from SAGE which has considered the potential benefits of improved ventilation flows, however to date no assessment on the use of air curtains directly has been made.</p><p>We are aware that experts are producing guidance such as the <em>CIBSE Covid-19 Ventilation Guidance</em> and the<em> REHVA</em> <em>Covid-19 Guidance</em>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/05/2020 13:35:59 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194931

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Travel Agents: Repayments
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 steps he is taking to ensure that holidaymakers whose holiday was cancelled as a result of a change in Foreign Office travel advice are able to receive the refund to which they are entitled.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	46130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>Package travel agencies are required to comply with The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018, which protect consumers who have bought package holidays. Consumers are entitled to a refund if forced to cancel a package holiday due to unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances, which should be issued within 14 days, depending on the nature of the contract in place. Further information on the rights and responsibilities of consumers and businesses was published on 30 April by the Competition and Markets Authority who have also set up a covid-19 taskforce for consumers to register complaints.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/05/2020 14:28:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194431

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that road hauliers have access to (a) hot food, (b) toilet facilities, and (c) washing facilities while making long-distance deliveries during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>Officials in the Department have been working closely with the freight associations and operators of Motorway Service Areas (MSAs), to ensure that the MSAs continue to provide suitable food, toilets and shower facilities to hauliers travelling on the road network. We have also been working with large Regional Distribution Centres (RDCs), to ensure they have implemented hygiene procedures and social distancing in line with government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>In a small number of cases, MSA operators have reduced the opening hours of some facilities, but fuel, toilets, and takeaway food and drink currently remain available at all MSAs 24 hours a day. MSAs must provide these amenities as required by the DfT planning circular.</p><p> </p><p>Truck stops and garages may also provide facilities, however, these are private businesses which are subject to different levels of regulation to MSAs.</p><p> </p><p>Where access to toilet or handwashing facilities is denied, and proper social distancing measures are not in place, this can be reported via e-mail to <a target="_blank">covid19info@rha.uk.net</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/05/2020 13:45:03 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194434

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who have applied for a key worker lorry driving test due to the covid-19 outbreak have been able to access such a test.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has booked 302 emergency lorry driving tests for critical workers for the period 23 March to 19 June 2020.</p><p>The DVSA does not hold data on the number of people who have applied for a key worker lorry driving test due to the covid-19 outbreak. This is because the booking system that was used between 23 March and 24 April 2020 was a manual system that captured the number of emails received, not number of unique requests received.</p><p>The DVSA has now streamlined the process and introduced a new online application form.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/05/2020 14:31:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194436

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allow GP practices to administer flu vaccines to their own staff members.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>General practitioners are able to administer the flu vaccine to their own staff as part of their occupational health responsibilities to staff working in their practice. Advice is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.themdu.com/guidance-and-advice/latest-updates-and-advice/providing-work-related-vaccinations-to-practice-staff" target="_blank">https://www.themdu.com/guidance-and-advice/latest-updates-and-advice/providing-work-related-vaccinations-to-practice-staff</a></p><p><a href="https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/written-instruction-for-the-administration-of-seasonal-flu-vaccination/" target="_blank">https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/written-instruction-for-the-administration-of-seasonal-flu-vaccination/</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/05/2020 17:38:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194437

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Locums: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to encourage locum doctors to work more hours during the covid-19 oubreak; and whether he has reviewed death in service benefits for locum doctors since the start of that outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service has mobilised a large number of clinical and non-clinical staff, both retired and who normally work in the private sector, to ensure sufficient supply of medical staff to manage the challenges that this pandemic has created for the NHS.</p><p>In addition, the NHS has a robust temporary staffing supply chain to ensure it can bring in the right people at the right time to deal with fluctuations in demand.</p><p>In general practice, general practitioner (GP) locums as well as returners and substantive GPs wishing to increase their hours are providing additional patient care within the NHS 111 COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Services.</p><p>The NHS Pension Scheme provides good quality death in service benefits to all members. The Secretary of State recently announced a new life assurance scheme for frontline health and social care staff who contract COVID-19 during the course of their work. The scheme is non-contributory and pays a £60,000 lump sum where staff die as a result of COVID-19 and had been recently working in frontline roles and locations where personal care is provided to individuals who have contracted COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/05/2020 16:15:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194724

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act to cover creditors that are third-parties.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 usually only applies when there is a direct transactional relationship between the debtor (the consumer), the creditor (the credit card provider), and the supplier of goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>If a credit card is used to pay for something through a third-party intermediary service, for example a payment services provider, the conditions in section 75 may not be met.</p><p> </p><p>This aims to strike the right balance between consumer protection and proportionate burdens on business, and the Government does not intend to extend the liability of a creditor with respect to suppliers with which it has no relationship or arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/05/2020 10:51:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1194441

registered interest
date	07/05/2020
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	Engineers: 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 steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to (a) support engineer surveyors to inspect sites while maintaining social distancing and (b) provide engineer surveyors with personal protective equipment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	45393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>In order to help ensure that workplaces are safe for workers in the construction sector, the Government has worked with Public Health England (PHE), business representatives, and trade unions to develop guidance on safer working. Measures include undertaking risk assessments and implementing social distancing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also worked with the Construction Leadership Council to develop Site Operating Procedures, which provide practical advice to those seeking to implement this guidance on construction sites.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not currently advise that face masks should be used outside of care settings, on public transport, and in some shops. However, PHE is continually reviewing its guidance in line with emerging evidence.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/05/2020 15:39:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1192892

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Science and Discovery Centres: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres' proposal for an Emergency Resilience Fund for science centres during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	43130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>Science and discovery centres around the country have an important role in educating and entertaining visitors of all ages on what science is and the important discoveries over the centuries that have changed all our lives.</p><p> </p><p>The proposal for an Emergency Resilience Fund sets out the difficulties that science centres are facing while they are closed and unable to earn income from visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Science centres in England have access to the unprecedented support the Government has announced for business and workers, to protect them against the current economic emergency. This includes the Job Retention Scheme, which I am pleased science centres have benefited from, VAT payment deferrals, and £330bn worth of government backed and guaranteed loans to support businesses. The Chancellor has also announced a Bounce Back loan scheme to help small businesses access loans of up to £50,000, with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders.</p><p> </p><p>Many science and discovery centres are also part of museum groups or are heritage sites, such as members Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, part of Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, and Thinktank, the Birmingham Science Museum. Museums and heritage organisations can access over £200 million of coronavirus support schemes from Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Science centres outside England may be eligible for further support from the devolved governments.</p><p> </p><p>Our immediate national priority is containing the spread of the virus. As soon as it is safe to do so, we will be encouraging people to visit leisure attractions once again. On 11th May 2020 the Government published a roadmap setting out how we expect organisations such as science and discovery centres to open back up and welcome visitors again.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/05/2020 13:59:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones