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Written Question
Carers: Vetting
Monday 10th January 2022

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to require (a) DBS checks and (b) other robust scrutiny measures for private carers.

Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education

There are currently no Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check or other pre-employment check requirements for private carers. Individual employers can choose to carry out recruitment checks, such as DBS, on potential private carers before offering a contract. We have no plans to bring forward requirements or regulations for private carers.


Written Question
Travel: Quarantine
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) individuals of hotel quarantining for covid-19.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.


Written Question
Travel: Quarantine
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £1,750 quarantine fee paid by travellers goes towards sustenance costs.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.


Written Question
Travel: Quarantine
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £1,750 quarantine fee paid by travellers goes towards testing costs.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.


Written Question
Travel: Quarantine
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £1,750 quarantine fee paid by travellers goes towards security costs.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.


Written Question
Travel: Quarantine
Thursday 29th April 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £1,750 quarantine fee paid by travellers goes towards accommodation costs.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.


Written Question
Travel: Quarantine
Tuesday 27th April 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which companies have been awarded contracts for the hotel covid-19 quarantine system.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Managed Quarantine Service consists of contracts with Corporate Travel Management, G4S, Mitie and Corps Security.


Written Question
NHS Test and Trace: Sitel
Monday 29th March 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of service credits applied to SITEL’s contract to run call centres under NHS Test and Trace.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Service credits have not been applied to SITEL’s contract to run call centres under NHS Test and Trace.


Written Question
NHS Test and Trace: Serco
Monday 29th March 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of service credits applied to Serco’s contract to run call centres under NHS Test and Trace.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Service credits have not been applied to Serco’s contract to run call centres under NHS Test and Trace.


Written Question
Protective Clothing: Imports
Monday 22nd March 2021

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of countries the UK has imported personal protection equipment from each month in the last six months.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

We have continued to receive personal protective equipment (PPE) ordered earlier in the pandemic to provide a reliable and sustainable stockpile. The following table shows the available data on inbound supply from September 2020 to February 2021.

September 2020

China, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States of America, Vietnam

October 2020

Belgium, Cambodia, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam

November 2020

Cambodia, China, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Malta, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam

December 2020

Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam

January 2021

Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam

February 2021

China, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam

Alongside the central programme, some providers or wholesalers may have continued to procure stock from other countries.