Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to co-ordinate a cross-Departmental response to a potential increase in the prevalence in covid-19 in winter 2020-21.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The actions of the Government and people across the UK have reduced the transmission of the virus significantly from its peak in the spring, but the coming winter presents further challenges.
Our collective understanding of the virus, and how it spreads, has vastly improved since the initial wave of infections. In the coming months, we will continue to assess what the UK can learn from other nations, and carry out a series of exercises to test the Government’s winter plans, and to ensure effective coordination between departments and with the devolved administrations.
Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which psychiatric disorder had the highest mortality rate in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the National Citizen Service in Beckenham constituency.
Answered by Rob Wilson
Over 300 young people took part in National Citizen Service (NCS) in Beckenham and surrounding area in 2014.
This year will again see NCS programmes taking place in every local authority across England and in Northern Ireland. The government is committed to giving as many young people as possible the chance to take part in NCS and the significant growth of that the programme has seen so far is set to continue in 2015.