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I will now touch on other members’ contributions. Evelyn Tweed spoke about visiting various food banks. I remember going to visit my local food bank after the universal credit uplift was cancelled.
Often, we have up to six months to plan for that, and the transition includes site visits, personal officer visits and relationship building as they move across.
From the latest information, we know that 90 per cent of reporting homes support indoor visiting, and that increased numbers are supporting daily visits and multiple visitors.
It said— “There appears to be an assumption that this links to outward bound activities but there could be several different interpretations e.g. visiting Kew Gardens and staying in a hotel in London and other cultural trips.
People do not always come forward for tests and screening, but screening gives us the opportunity to make sure that our most vulnerable constituents access important services.
More than 1.66 million field force address visits took place, including some multiple visits, on which field staff provided advice and support, left calling cards, provided paper forms to householders and supported doorstep data capture.
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Date answered:
20 August 2019