{"value":{"id":1258366,"askingMemberId":3609,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-12-03T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-12-17T00:00:00","uin":"HL11075","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide funeral workers with access to Test and Trace risk assessments by Tier One contract tracers.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4708,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-12-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Public Health England’s Health Protection Teams (HPTs) undertake tier 1 contact tracing and have a key role in investigating workplace outbreaks; this includes in the funeral services industry.</p><p>In line with other essential services, COVID-19 cases working in the funeral sector are not automatically escalated to HPTs. If contact tracing results in staffing levels, due to high numbers of staff being asked to self-isolate, that jeopardise the continued functioning of their essential service then the employers are advised to discuss with the local HPT who can review the risk assessment in this light</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Coronavirus: Contact Tracing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1258366","method":"GET"}]}