Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started testing all care home residents for COVID-19 in England.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.
Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started testing all care home staff for COVID-19 in England.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The Department began piloting testing of care homes on 1 May 2020 and launched the care home portal to allow care home managers to order tests for all staff and residents on 11 May. The whole care home portal was expanded to all adult care homes, including care homes for adults with learning disabilities or mental health issues, for all care home residents and care home staff, regardless of symptoms, on 7 June.
Regular retesting for residents and staff of care homes for over 65 year olds and dementia commenced from 6 July. This included weekly testing for staff and every 28 days for residents. All remaining adult care homes were able to apply for retesting from 31 August.
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to date.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
01 March 2021
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking a) when data was first collected on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England (HL13542), b) when the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England was first published (HL13543), and c) how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to-date (HL13546).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths in England and Wales. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. The ONS produces a weekly report[1] on provisional deaths involving COVID-19, and from 19 January 2021 onwards it has included data on deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents in England and Wales in 2020 and 20212. The term "care home resident" used in this publication refers to all deaths where either (a) the death occurred in a care home or (b) the death occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home. The figures should not be confused with "deaths in care homes" as reported elsewhere, which refers only to category (a).
As well as the ONS mortality data, the Care Quality Commission (CQC; the independent regulator of health and social care in England) provides numbers of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes and care home residents in England. These data are based on the date the death was notified to the CQC and has been published by the ONS as part of the weekly bulletin3 since 28 April 2020. Data on whether the death was a result of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 has been collected by the CQC since 10 April 20204. Table 1 below shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents, by week of notification to the CQC, starting from week ending 4 September 2020.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes residents, by week of notification, weeks ending 4 September 2020 to 19 February 2021, England[2][3][4]
Year | Week number | Week ending | Deaths involving COVID-19 |
2020 | 36 | 04/09/2020 | 21 |
2020 | 37 | 11/09/2020 | 39 |
2020 | 38 | 18/09/2020 | 49 |
2020 | 39 | 25/09/2020 | 58 |
2020 | 40 | 02/10/2020 | 83 |
2020 | 41 | 09/10/2020 | 105 |
2020 | 42 | 16/10/2020 | 142 |
2020 | 43 | 23/10/2020 | 217 |
2020 | 44 | 30/10/2020 | 293 |
2020 | 45 | 06/11/2020 | 456 |
2020 | 46 | 13/11/2020 | 533 |
2020 | 47 | 20/11/2020 | 622 |
2020 | 48 | 27/11/2020 | 706 |
2020 | 49 | 04/12/2020 | 645 |
2020 | 50 | 11/12/2020 | 692 |
2020 | 51 | 18/12/2020 | 731 |
2020 | 52 | 25/12/2020 | 746 |
2020 | 53 | 01/01/2021 | 934 |
2021 | 1 | 08/01/2021 | 1,245 |
2021 | 2 | 15/01/2021 | 1,750 |
2021 | 3 | 22/01/2021 | 2,365 |
2021 | 4 | 29/01/2021 | 2,387 |
2021 | 5 | 05/02/2021 | 1,848 |
2021 | 6 | 12/02/2021 | 1,223 |
2021 | 7 | 19/02/2021 | 843 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
2https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional
3https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland
4https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/publicationofstatisticsondeathsinvolvingcovid19incarehomesinenglandtransparencystatement
[2] Figures are for deaths CQC are notified of on the days specified. Figures only include deaths that were notified by 19 Feb 2021 and may be an underestimate due to notification delays.
[3] Figures are for people who were residents of a care home, regardless of where the death occurred. This is different to deaths occurring in care homes reported elsewhere.
[4]A death involving COVID-19 is based on the statement from the care home provider to the CQC: the assessment of whether COVID-19 was involved may or may not correspond to a medical diagnosis or test result or be reflected in the death certification
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first published the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
01 March 2021
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking a) when data was first collected on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England (HL13542), b) when the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England was first published (HL13543), and c) how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to-date (HL13546).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths in England and Wales. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. The ONS produces a weekly report[1] on provisional deaths involving COVID-19, and from 19 January 2021 onwards it has included data on deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents in England and Wales in 2020 and 20212. The term "care home resident" used in this publication refers to all deaths where either (a) the death occurred in a care home or (b) the death occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home. The figures should not be confused with "deaths in care homes" as reported elsewhere, which refers only to category (a).
As well as the ONS mortality data, the Care Quality Commission (CQC; the independent regulator of health and social care in England) provides numbers of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes and care home residents in England. These data are based on the date the death was notified to the CQC and has been published by the ONS as part of the weekly bulletin3 since 28 April 2020. Data on whether the death was a result of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 has been collected by the CQC since 10 April 20204. Table 1 below shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents, by week of notification to the CQC, starting from week ending 4 September 2020.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes residents, by week of notification, weeks ending 4 September 2020 to 19 February 2021, England[2][3][4]
Year | Week number | Week ending | Deaths involving COVID-19 |
2020 | 36 | 04/09/2020 | 21 |
2020 | 37 | 11/09/2020 | 39 |
2020 | 38 | 18/09/2020 | 49 |
2020 | 39 | 25/09/2020 | 58 |
2020 | 40 | 02/10/2020 | 83 |
2020 | 41 | 09/10/2020 | 105 |
2020 | 42 | 16/10/2020 | 142 |
2020 | 43 | 23/10/2020 | 217 |
2020 | 44 | 30/10/2020 | 293 |
2020 | 45 | 06/11/2020 | 456 |
2020 | 46 | 13/11/2020 | 533 |
2020 | 47 | 20/11/2020 | 622 |
2020 | 48 | 27/11/2020 | 706 |
2020 | 49 | 04/12/2020 | 645 |
2020 | 50 | 11/12/2020 | 692 |
2020 | 51 | 18/12/2020 | 731 |
2020 | 52 | 25/12/2020 | 746 |
2020 | 53 | 01/01/2021 | 934 |
2021 | 1 | 08/01/2021 | 1,245 |
2021 | 2 | 15/01/2021 | 1,750 |
2021 | 3 | 22/01/2021 | 2,365 |
2021 | 4 | 29/01/2021 | 2,387 |
2021 | 5 | 05/02/2021 | 1,848 |
2021 | 6 | 12/02/2021 | 1,223 |
2021 | 7 | 19/02/2021 | 843 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
2https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional
3https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland
4https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/publicationofstatisticsondeathsinvolvingcovid19incarehomesinenglandtransparencystatement
[2] Figures are for deaths CQC are notified of on the days specified. Figures only include deaths that were notified by 19 Feb 2021 and may be an underestimate due to notification delays.
[3] Figures are for people who were residents of a care home, regardless of where the death occurred. This is different to deaths occurring in care homes reported elsewhere.
[4]A death involving COVID-19 is based on the statement from the care home provider to the CQC: the assessment of whether COVID-19 was involved may or may not correspond to a medical diagnosis or test result or be reflected in the death certification
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they first started to collect data on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have, therefore, asked the Authority to respond.
Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician
The Lord Willis of Knaresborough
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
01 March 2021
Dear Lord Willis,
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Questions asking a) when data was first collected on care home deaths from COVID-19 in England (HL13542), b) when the weekly death toll of care home residents from COVID-19 in England was first published (HL13543), and c) how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19-related symptoms in each week from 1 September 2020 to-date (HL13546).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths in England and Wales. Mortality statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered as part of civil registration. The ONS produces a weekly report[1] on provisional deaths involving COVID-19, and from 19 January 2021 onwards it has included data on deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents in England and Wales in 2020 and 20212. The term "care home resident" used in this publication refers to all deaths where either (a) the death occurred in a care home or (b) the death occurred elsewhere but the place of residence of the deceased was recorded as a care home. The figures should not be confused with "deaths in care homes" as reported elsewhere, which refers only to category (a).
As well as the ONS mortality data, the Care Quality Commission (CQC; the independent regulator of health and social care in England) provides numbers of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes and care home residents in England. These data are based on the date the death was notified to the CQC and has been published by the ONS as part of the weekly bulletin3 since 28 April 2020. Data on whether the death was a result of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 has been collected by the CQC since 10 April 20204. Table 1 below shows the number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care home residents, by week of notification to the CQC, starting from week ending 4 September 2020.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 in care homes residents, by week of notification, weeks ending 4 September 2020 to 19 February 2021, England[2][3][4]
Year | Week number | Week ending | Deaths involving COVID-19 |
2020 | 36 | 04/09/2020 | 21 |
2020 | 37 | 11/09/2020 | 39 |
2020 | 38 | 18/09/2020 | 49 |
2020 | 39 | 25/09/2020 | 58 |
2020 | 40 | 02/10/2020 | 83 |
2020 | 41 | 09/10/2020 | 105 |
2020 | 42 | 16/10/2020 | 142 |
2020 | 43 | 23/10/2020 | 217 |
2020 | 44 | 30/10/2020 | 293 |
2020 | 45 | 06/11/2020 | 456 |
2020 | 46 | 13/11/2020 | 533 |
2020 | 47 | 20/11/2020 | 622 |
2020 | 48 | 27/11/2020 | 706 |
2020 | 49 | 04/12/2020 | 645 |
2020 | 50 | 11/12/2020 | 692 |
2020 | 51 | 18/12/2020 | 731 |
2020 | 52 | 25/12/2020 | 746 |
2020 | 53 | 01/01/2021 | 934 |
2021 | 1 | 08/01/2021 | 1,245 |
2021 | 2 | 15/01/2021 | 1,750 |
2021 | 3 | 22/01/2021 | 2,365 |
2021 | 4 | 29/01/2021 | 2,387 |
2021 | 5 | 05/02/2021 | 1,848 |
2021 | 6 | 12/02/2021 | 1,223 |
2021 | 7 | 19/02/2021 | 843 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest
2https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/carehomeresidentdeathsregisteredinenglandandwalesprovisional
3https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/numberofdeathsincarehomesnotifiedtothecarequalitycommissionengland
4https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/publicationofstatisticsondeathsinvolvingcovid19incarehomesinenglandtransparencystatement
[2] Figures are for deaths CQC are notified of on the days specified. Figures only include deaths that were notified by 19 Feb 2021 and may be an underestimate due to notification delays.
[3] Figures are for people who were residents of a care home, regardless of where the death occurred. This is different to deaths occurring in care homes reported elsewhere.
[4]A death involving COVID-19 is based on the statement from the care home provider to the CQC: the assessment of whether COVID-19 was involved may or may not correspond to a medical diagnosis or test result or be reflected in the death certification
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents tested positive for COVID-19 in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
Answered by Lord Bethell
This information is not held in the format requested. Data on the total number of positive cases is published in an online only format.
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many care home residents in England died from COVID-19 related symptoms in each week from 1 April to 1 September.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The following table shows the number of deaths of care home residents occurring in care homes in England, by date of death registration in each week between 1 April to 1 September 2020.
Week ending | Total number of deaths |
3 April 2020 | 187 |
10 April 2020 | 768 |
17 April 2020 | 1,929 |
24 April 2020 | 2,669 |
1 May 2020 | 2,329 |
8 May 2020 | 1,590 |
15 May 2020 | 1,592 |
22 May 2020 | 1,046 |
29 May 2020 | 670 |
5 June 2020 | 536 |
12 June 2020 | 360 |
19 June 2020 | 242 |
26 June 2020 | 181 |
3 July 2020 | 163 |
10 July 2020 | 89 |
17 July 2020 | 91 |
24 July 2020 | 67 |
31 July 2020 | 44 |
7 August 2020 | 29 |
14 August 2020 | 39 |
21 August 2020 | 39 |
28 August 2020 | 23 |
4 September 2020 | 17 |
Source: Office of National Statistics, Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales
Notes:
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they provide local authorities with (1) guidance, or (2) obligations, in relation to funding provided by the Small Business Fund; and if so, whether the funding provided by Harrogate Council to the Harrogate Conservative Association is in line with any such guidance or obligations.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Local Authorities were provided with initial guidance on 24 March 2020 regarding the eligibility and distribution of the Small Business Grant Fund.
Under the Small Business Grant Fund, all business hereditaments which were on 11 March in receipt of either the Small Business Rates Relief or the Rural Rates Relief in the business rates system were eligible for a payment of £10,000. Eligible recipients were entitled to receive one grant per qualifying hereditament.
Local Authorities were responsible for determining eligibility for the Small Business Grant Fund in line with the guidance provided to them.
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they have collected from their regular retesting of care home staff and residents, as announced as part of their social care testing strategy on 3 July.
Answered by Lord Bethell
There is a variety of information that is collected about the individuals getting tested in line with the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010, as well as data to support the operational processes involved in testing - for example the address of the care home, how many test kits are needed and so on.
Asked by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what new guidance for the treatment of children with scoliosis has been developed since the withdrawal of the MAGEC system.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have advised that they are currently in the process of reviewing guidance on the MAGEC system in the treatment of people with scoliosis. A robust investigation is currently ongoing to determine whether the benefits of these devices continue to outweigh the risks. In the interim, alternative treatments are available for children with scoliosis, such as casts, back braces and other surgical procedures. The MHRA will consider the use of MAGEC rods on a case-by-case basis where clinicians deem it to be essential.
Any significant change in status to the availability of the MAGEC system in the United Kingdom, will be updated in guidance when appropriate.