Found: the non-devolved provisions in the Act over the past two years. 3 Speaker™s Statement - Hansard - UK Parliament

Found: can-we-be-forced-to-stay-at-home/ and https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/guy-sandhurst-benet-brandreth-law-constitution-parliament-coronavirus-act-lockdown-covid

Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what changes he will propose, if any, to the recommendation to wear face masks on the parliamentary estate in light of the spread of COVID-19 infections.

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Regular communications are issued to members and staff to provide guidance in relation to Covid-19. The latest guidance, published on 5 April, states that from 25 April when the House returns from recess, the wearing of face masks is a matter of personal choice. All Covid-related measures are kept under review as appropriate.

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House of Commons Commission is taking to protect the safety of all Parliamentary staff from covid-19.

Answered by Charles Walker

The House of Commons Commission has ensured that the House Service has implemented the working safely during coronavirus guidance to ensure we remain a Covid-secure workplace.

At every stage of the Government roadmap, or when updated guidance has been published, the Parliamentary Covid risk assessment has been reviewed and updated to ensure the appropriate mitigations are put in place. The latest version of the risk assessment was published in the last week, incorporating Government guidance on ‘how to stay safe and help prevent the spread from 19 July’ and the sector specific guidance published on the 14th July.

The risk assessment has been made available to all and can be found at

https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/transparency-publications--hoc-transparency-publications/health-and-safety/hop-v1-hop-covid-risk-assessment-issued.pdf

To complement the Parliamentary Covid risk assessment the individual risk assessment tool has been in use since November 2020, to allow the House Service to identify those at higher risk and ensure appropriate measures are in place.

Great to see the UK Parliament Coronavirus Memorial Quilt coming together, including my patch made by the fantastic volunteers at @ThePlaceM14. Huge thanks to @DawnButlerBrent for organising this great project. https://t.co/8natatmtli

The UK Parliament Coronavirus Remembrance Quilt with patches for communities across the UK who have lost their loved ones RIP ❤️ https://t.co/zfisSOUK2H

Found: instruments on 1 March 2022 and agreed, by division, not to draw the Regulations to the attention of the Parliament

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the estimated level of rent arrears accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answered by Robison, Shona - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance

Available evidence on the level of rent arrears in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic is included in the two-monthly reports on the Coronavirus Acts, in which the Scottish Government sets out the status and operation of the necessary legislation to respond to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

The latest published report (at the time of writing) can be found at Coronavirus Acts: seventh report to Scottish Parliament - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

The report outlines that information published by the Scottish Housing Regulator shows that the total value of rent arrears in the social sector increased substantially from £150.0m to £165.0m in the four months between the end of April 2020 and the end of August 2020, an increase of £15.0m (10.0%). The value of arrears has subsequently stabilised across most months since then, and has decreased in the most recent month to stand at £160.7m as of the end of March 2021.

The report also outlines that in terms of evidence on rent arrears, research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that, as of June 2020, no sharp increase in rent arrears for private renters was identified, with fewer than one in ten private tenants in Scotland estimated to be in arrears as of June 2020.

A separate analysis carried out by PayProp, based on the data that it holds from the processing of rent payments from tenants in Scotland, shows that the percentage of tenants in arrears increased at the start of the pandemic period from 5% in the quarter January to March 2020 up to 9% in April to June 2020. Since then this proportion has remained relatively steady, although it has increased slightly in the latest quarter from 9% in October to December 2020 up to 10% in January to March 2021.

Found: coronavirus-acts-eleventh-report-scottish-parliament/documents/ coronavirus-acts-eleventh-report-scottish-parliament

Found: coronavirus-acts-eighth-report-scottish-parliament/documents/ coronavirus-acts-eighth-report-scottish-parliament