{"value":{"id":1284041,"askingMemberId":4510,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-02-04T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","uin":"149295","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the rate of funding provided to local authorities to carry out covid-19 contact tracing; and what plans his Department has to increase that funding.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4527,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Contain Outbreak Management Fund was expanded from the initial £400 million made available in May. To date, the fund has committed over £1 billion to English local authorities.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2021-02-09T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Coronavirus: Contact Tracing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1284041","method":"GET"}]}