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1346295

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date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support her Department is providing to UK maritime businesses to attend overseas trade shows.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	32476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Ceredigion to the answer I gave to the Rt Hon. Member for North Durham on 16 July 2021, UIN: 28979.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/07/2021 13:38:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1346296

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with the Welsh Government on (a) the cancellation of and (b) a replacement scheme for the Tradeshow Access Programme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	32477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>A range of stakeholders have been, and continue to be, engaged by Department for International Trade (DIT) officials on plans for a revised trade show support programme, and DIT will announce further details when discussions with HM Treasury are concluded.</p><p> </p><p>DIT Ministers and officials engage regularly with the Devolved Administrations, including the Welsh Government, on a wide range of trade and investment support available across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/07/2021 13:42:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1346314

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Access to Work Programme: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps will her Department take to improve the accessibility of the Access to Work Scheme for visually impaired people.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	32504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>DWP is committed to ensuring that the Access to Work (AtW) scheme is accessible to visually impaired people. We work closely with stakeholders (including organisations who support blind and visually impaired people) to identify and deliver improvements to the scheme to broaden its accessibility and reach.</p><p> </p><p>Recent accessibility improvements include:</p><ul><li>completing work to ensure our online application journey is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidance (v 2.1); ensuring the service works with all major screen readers, screen magnifiers and other assistive software</li><li>creating accessible versions of four Access to Work claim forms. These products are compatible with popular assistive software such as JAWS, Windows NVDA and Zoomtext. Customers can also request versions in a format of their choice if these do not meet their needs.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, we are currently developing an online journey to enable citizens to claim the grant; this will be fully accessible and allow users to submit claims, check the status of claims and view their remaining grant. We have done extensive user research and prototype testing with users who have visual impairments to ensure the future service meets their needs. We are also discussing ways of reducing the amount of invoices and other evidence users might need to upload or supply; ensuring a more inclusive service across all channels.</p><p> </p><p>To raise awareness of the scheme, Access to Work was supported with paid campaign activity that ran between 24 February and 31 March, and the Department continues to assess how the scheme can be promoted to support both those with visual impairment and people with other disabilities and health conditions. The campaign ran across a broad channel mix to reach a wide but targeted audience. To coincide with the Access to Work campaign launch, we also produced a new Access to Work toolkit. This was shared with a wide range of stakeholders, including Business Disability Forum, Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), Disability Rights UK and the RNIB.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2021 12:30:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1346317

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support her Department is providing to UK maritime businesses to help them attend overseas trade shows.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	32507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend for Southport to the answer I gave to the Rt Hon. Member for North Durham on 16 July 2021, UIN: 28979.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/07/2021 13:35:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1346348

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RFA Diligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to replace the repair ship RFA Diligence.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	32314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The Royal Navy has no current plans to procure a replacement for the former RFA DILIGENCE.</p><p> </p><p>The capability previously delivered by DILIGENCE can be provided through a range of sources, including the deployment of a Royal Navy Forward Support Unit, or utilising well-established commercial arrangements and international agreements, such as the use of other countries' bases and facilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/07/2021 13:01:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1346360

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RFA Argus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace RFA Argus when it leaves service.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	32320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>Following the uplift in funding for Royal Navy shipbuilding announced in the Integrated Review in March 2021, a number of options are being considered as part of the Royal Naval Shipbuilding Pipeline regarding the future provision of afloat medical support once RFA ARGUS leaves service.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/07/2021 12:59:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1346362

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he intends to exercise any contractual penalties against Lockheed Martin UK for the delays to the Crowsnest AEW helicopter programme.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	32322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is currently withholding a portion of the contract price due to late delivery of the capability on the basis of the Schedule Performance not meeting the contracted milestones. This would become repayable on the achievement of full capability in line with the terms of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to reserve our position with Lockheed Martin UK in respect of any further consideration relating to Contract performance.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/07/2021 12:58:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1346367

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the contractors involved in the Crowsnest AEW helicopter programme and their individual responsibilities within the overall prime contract.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	32326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The main contractors that are involved in the Crowsnest programme are: Lockheed Martin UK as the Prime Contractor; Thales UK Ltd as the Mission System Supplier; Leonardo Helicopters UK Ltd as the Aircraft Integrator; and QinetiQ Ltd as Independent Evaluator.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 16/07/2021 13:00:41 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1346517

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount of support a disabled person who first claimed personal independence payment in 2020 has foregone as a result of delays in processing those claims.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	32393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to collect and review all available evidence. Once a decision has been made on a new claim to PIP, payment can be backdated to the date of claim in most instances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2021 12:26:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1345797

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Net Zero Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the final report of the Net Zero Review; and whether that report will include an analysis on the potential merits of using hydrogen to decarbonise the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	31572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The Net Zero Review will be published in due course and in advance of COP26.</p><p> </p><p>The final report will be a high-level analytical report that uses existing data to explore the key issues and trade-offs as the UK decarbonises. Against a backdrop of significant uncertainty on technology and costs, as well as changes to the economy over the next 30 years, it will focus on the potential exposure of households and sectors to the transition, and highlight factors to be taken into account in designing policy that will allocate costs over this time horizon.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Review will not include specific analysis of the merits of using hydrogen to decarbonise the UK steel industry. However, earlier this year the Government published the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, setting out its overall approach to reducing emissions from the industrial sector. This includes how we will support fuel switching to low carbon hydrogen in industries such as steel.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to exploring the development of hydrogen as a strategic decarbonised energy carrier, alongside electricity and other decarbonised gases. Hydrogen could be an important part of the transition to Net Zero and has the potential to help the economy recover in a stronger, cleaner and more sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Government is investing directly in hydrogen, having announced a £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund at Spending Review (SR) 20 which aims to kick-start low carbon hydrogen production in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 16/07/2021 10:15:03 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson