Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the supply of personal protective equipment for UK Border Force staff.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Border Force has a command structure and is actively working with Regional Teams and the National Operations HQ, to determine PPE needs for frontline and operational support staff, and to manage stock levels. Demand for PPE has increased so we are sourcing it through our established suppliers and supplementing with additional external suppliers to meet the demand.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to Business Crime Reduction Partnerships whose funding has been reduced as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Provisional data from police forces in England and Wales shows a reduction in crime during the Coronavirus outbreak and, as a result, the Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to Business Crime Reduction Partnerships as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of developing a secure digital death certification service.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office continues to work with Department of Health and Social Care on taking forward the death certification reforms, which includes consideration of digital services.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to exclude (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses from the cap on Tier 2 visas.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
On 6 July 2018, an Immigration Rules change to the Tier 2 (General) cap came into effect, to address particular pressures facing the NHS.
This change exempted doctors and nurses from the cap and freed up more spaces for other sponsored high-skilled occupations, including dentists. Since this exemption, no dentist has been refused a Tier 2 (General) place and the cap has not been breached. There are no current plans to make further changes to the operation of the Tier 2 cap within the current immigration system.
Asked by: Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a secure digital death certification service.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office is working with the Department of Health and Social Care on taking forward the death certification reforms.