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1316236

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans for the Net Zero Strategy to include an assessment of the steps required to decarbonise the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	4062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Decarbonising UK industry is a core part of the Government’s ambitious plan for the green industrial revolution. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy published on 17 March, commits to work with the Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>Hydrogen, electrification, and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) are the main technological options being examined as part of this process. The industry decarbonisation pathways technical annex of the strategy (pg. 153-155) presents two possible options for the decarbonisation of the iron and steel industry: Our wide-ranging support also includes: providing over £500m in recent years to help with the costs of energy; a £315m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, which aims to support businesses with high energy use to cut their bills and reduce carbon emission; and our £250m Clean Steel Fund that will support the decarbonisation of the steel sector.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 4063 question first answered 24/05/2021 12:58:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1316237

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of decarbonising the UK steel sector; and what plans his Department has to support that project.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	4063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Decarbonising UK industry is a core part of the Government’s ambitious plan for the green industrial revolution. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy published on 17 March, commits to work with the Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>Hydrogen, electrification, and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) are the main technological options being examined as part of this process. The industry decarbonisation pathways technical annex of the strategy (pg. 153-155) presents two possible options for the decarbonisation of the iron and steel industry: Our wide-ranging support also includes: providing over £500m in recent years to help with the costs of energy; a £315m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, which aims to support businesses with high energy use to cut their bills and reduce carbon emission; and our £250m Clean Steel Fund that will support the decarbonisation of the steel sector.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 4062 question first answered 24/05/2021 12:58:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1316283

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to support the recovery of the automotive sector from the impact of the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	3897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The automotive sector is an important part of the Government’s plans for green growth, levelling up across our country and driving emissions to net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>We are delivering a sustained and strategic programme of support for the automotive sector across the country, including Coventry and the West Midlands region to enable the research and development, manufacture and adoption of low and zero-emission technologies. In addition, we have extended the furlough scheme and introduced other measures including £300 billion in loans and guarantees, job support schemes, cuts to VAT and business rates relief to support the industry throughout this pandemic. During the height of the pandemic, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme had a high uptake of 60% within the sector, which remains available until September.</p><p> </p><p>In late 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in his 10 Point Plan nearly £500 million of funding for the Automotive Transformation Fund over the next four years to support the development of UK supply chains for the large-scale production of electric vehicles, and for further EV research and development. This is part of a £2.8 billion package of measures to support industry and consumers to make the switch to cleaner vehicles. The transition to zero emission vehicles will help the UK meet its climate change obligations. It will improve air quality in our towns and cities, support economic growth, and create new jobs in our industrial heartlands.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/05/2021 11:25:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1316311

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure greater uptake of the covid-19 vaccine in (a) Luton North constituency and (b) other areas with lower take up of the vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	4047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>On 13 February 2021, the Government published the COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Plan, which aims to improve uptake across all communities in the United Kingdom. We have allocated £23.75 million for councils and voluntary groups through the Community Champions scheme. Through this scheme, Community Champions will use their local networks to provide advice about COVID-19 and the vaccine. Champions will also work with councils to identify the barriers to accessing accurate information about the vaccine and to provide tailored support, such as phone calls for people who are digitally excluded and linking to general practitioner surgeries.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation supports flexibility in delivery of the programme at a local level to ensure that every opportunity is utilised to offer the vaccine to groups with lower uptake. This can include offering vaccine in a wider range of settings. In Luton, additional vaccination centres, including a gym and a youth centre, have been set up by the local clinical commissioning group to maximise vaccine uptake.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/05/2021 15:45:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1316317

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish an update on the UK’s covid-19 vaccine portfolio, including the number of doses secured with each manufacturer.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	3990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government has secured early access to 407 million vaccines doses through supply agreements with seven separate vaccine developers. This includes agreements with:</p><ul><li>Pfizer/BioNTech for 100 million doses</li><li>University of Oxford/AstraZeneca for 100 million doses</li><li>Moderna ​for 17 million doses</li><li>Novavax for 60 million doses</li><li>Janssen for 30 million doses</li><li>Valneva for 100 million doses</li></ul><p>In addition, we announced a non-binding agreement in February 2021 with CureVac ​for 50 million doses and have a reservation agreement with GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/05/2021 15:07:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1316338

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle covid-19 vaccine hesitancy related to (a) fertility and (b) pregnancy issues.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	4049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England has produced a range of advice on pregnancy and fertility with regards to COVID-19 vaccination, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-women-of-childbearing-age-currently-pregnant-planning-a-pregnancy-or-breastfeeding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-women-of-childbearing-age-currently-pregnant-planning-a-pregnancy-or-breastfeeding</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to help social media platforms identify and take action against false claims about COVID-19 vaccines in lines with their terms and conditions. This includes false narratives about the alleged impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on fertility. There is no evidence that the vaccine affects fertility.</p><p> </p><p>Our vaccine communications toolkits for stakeholders, partners and employers cover information around these concerns and we have been sourcing and sharing case stories of women of childbearing age who have had the vaccine before, during or after pregnancy to tackle vaccine hesitancy. At a local level webinars and engagement sessions have been focused to address women’s concerns around the vaccine and have also been tailored to specific demographic groups.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/05/2021 15:41:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1316391

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 vaccination appointments have been cancelled due to supply issues each month since January 2021 in (a) England and (b) Cheshire West and Chester.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. NHS England and NHS Improvement communicate any foreseen supply issues to vaccination sites in advance, so the availability of appointments corresponds to supply.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/05/2021 13:29:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1316392

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average distance is that a person must travel to receive their (a) first and (b) second vaccination dose in England.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. However, 99% of the population are within 10 miles of a vaccination site.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/05/2021 13:35:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1316416

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Vans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with industry on ensuring maximum production of electric vans in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	3795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government regularly engages with manufacturers and manufacturing trade associations on opportunities to support the growth and competitiveness of manufacturing sectors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted last year on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans. We sought views on the phase out date, the definition of what should be phased out, barriers to achieving the proposals, the impact of the ambitions on different sectors of industry and society, and what measures were required by government and others to achieve the earlier phase out date.</p><p> </p><p>As part of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s ten point plan published in November 2020, we announced that we would phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, and, from 2035, all new cars and vans must be zero emissions at the tailpipe. On 10 March, the Government published the full written outcome of the consultation including stakeholder views and the Government’s response. These ambitions will be supported by an accompanying package of £2.8 billion, with up to £1 billion to support the electrification of UK vehicles and their supply chains, £1.3 billion to accelerate the roll out of charging infrastructure and £582 million for plug in vehicle grants.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2030 and 2035, any new cars and vans sold that emit from the tailpipe must have significant zero emission capability. This will be defined through consultation in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/05/2021 11:22:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1315648

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the three eligibility factors for covid-19 vaccinations for young people under 16 who are clinically extremely vulnerable of severe neurodisabilities, recurrent respiratory infections and frequently stays in specialist residential settings, what discussions he has had with representatives of the JCVI on the effect of allowing vaccination in the event that the first two of those eligibility factors have been met and a decision in favour of vaccination has been made by the physician responsible for the patient; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>Given the very high risk of exposure to infection and outbreaks in residential settings, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that COVID-19 vaccination may be considered for children with severe neuro-disabilities with recurrent respiratory tract infections and who frequently spend time in specialised residential care settings for children with complex needs.</p><p>The JCVI’s advice is that clinicians should discuss the risks and benefits of vaccination with a person with parental responsibility, who should be told about the position on safety data for the vaccine in children aged under 16 years old. However, the matter of whether to offer vaccination to an individual, whether a child or adult, will ultimately be a decision for the physician responsible for the patient. The JCVI’s advice to the Government is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-30-december-2020/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation-advice-on-priority-groups-for-covid-19-vaccination-30-december-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-30-december-2020/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation-advice-on-priority-groups-for-covid-19-vaccination-30-december-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/05/2021 14:12:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas