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1126804

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196233 and with reference to page 14 of the Memorandum of Understanding between HMRC and the Home Office on the EU Settlement Scheme, what is defined as a genuine business need to access data.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	254812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>A genuine business need means only staff at the Home Office and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs who require access to the data to carry out their duties will be granted access.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/05/2019 13:09:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1121935

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Hydrogen: Storage
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using hydrogen storage to store surplus renewable energy for the electricity grid.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	245766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a range of work to assess the potential use of hydrogen as a store of renewable energy.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal, which was published in March 2019, sets out that the offshore wind sector will establish a Systems Management and Optimisation Task Group. This Group will publish a roadmap to identify opportunities for the offshore wind sector to collaborate on pioneering technologies for system integration, such as co-located storage and wind to hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, BEIS supports hydrogen storage innovation through the government’s £505 million Energy Innovation Programme. Within this Programme, BEIS is running a Storage at Scale competition which will provide up to £20 million to support demonstration projects using innovative energy storage technologies, including storing hydrogen produced by electricity. The scope of the Storage at Scale competition was informed by desk-based Energy Storage Feasibility Studies and the Energy Storage Cost Reduction projects, also funded by the Energy Innovation Programme.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is also supporting hydrogen storage through the £20m Hydrogen Supply Competition, this programme supports the development of large-scale production and storage of hydrogen which could take advantage of surplus renewable electricity.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 245767 question first answered 25/04/2019 14:10:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1121936

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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	Hydrogen: Storage
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 Government funding has been allocated to research and development into the use of hydrogen storage to store surplus renewable energy for the electricity grid.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	245767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a range of work to assess the potential use of hydrogen as a store of renewable energy.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal, which was published in March 2019, sets out that the offshore wind sector will establish a Systems Management and Optimisation Task Group. This Group will publish a roadmap to identify opportunities for the offshore wind sector to collaborate on pioneering technologies for system integration, such as co-located storage and wind to hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, BEIS supports hydrogen storage innovation through the government’s £505 million Energy Innovation Programme. Within this Programme, BEIS is running a Storage at Scale competition which will provide up to £20 million to support demonstration projects using innovative energy storage technologies, including storing hydrogen produced by electricity. The scope of the Storage at Scale competition was informed by desk-based Energy Storage Feasibility Studies and the Energy Storage Cost Reduction projects, also funded by the Energy Innovation Programme.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is also supporting hydrogen storage through the £20m Hydrogen Supply Competition, this programme supports the development of large-scale production and storage of hydrogen which could take advantage of surplus renewable electricity.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 245766 question first answered 25/04/2019 14:10:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1064712

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who are granted European Temporary Leave to Remain would be eligible to access Government funding for under-18 education.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	224326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>European Temporary Leave to Remain will allow European Economic Area citizens arriving in the UK after 29 March 2019 to live, work and study in the UK if the UK leaves the EU without a deal and this includes government funding for pre-16 and 16-19 education and training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/02/2019 15:01:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1047055

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to respond to the independent report on Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: recommendations for a safer and more robust system, published on 24 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	211714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 14 January 2019, to Question UIN 206796 which is available at: [MS1] <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-09/206796/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-09/206796/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2019 16:37:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1010773

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education and Skills Funding Agency regulations for 16-19 education provision on student eligibility for funding in 2019-20 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	193466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding guidance relating to 16-19 provision will be published in the period of March or April 2019 and will be available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/11/2018 17:06:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1003596

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department’s announcement of 25 October 2018 of a new fund to support vulnerable EU citizens apply for settled status, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the number of voluntary and community organisations which will be able to receive funds under this scheme, (b) the geographical coverage of those organisations and (c) whether the level of funding will be sufficient to meet demand for that support.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The invitation to tender documents will describe any constraints on what the funding may be utilised for in order to ensure the grant funding is delivered for intended outcomes and any restrictions on which organisations may apply. The grant scheme will enable organisations across the UK to apply for funding to support vulnerable EU citizens. Data modelling and sector engagement have been used to gauge potential geographical coverage and associated volumes that might be supported.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/11/2018 16:13:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1003733

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what warnings are issued to patients who are repeatedly issued with penalty charge notices by the NHSBSA for wrongly claimed free prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) administers the Prescription Exemption Checking Service and issues penalty charge notices (PCN) when it is unable to confirm a prescription charge exemption claimed. The NHS BSA has confirmed that it has a process in place to identify and contact patients who are repeatedly issued with PCNs. Follow up action is determined on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:37:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1003808

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many credibility interviews have been carried out for students by Entry Clearance Officers in academic year (a) 2017-18 (b) 2016-17, (c) 2015-16, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data relating to credibility interviews.</p><p>All published data available for International operations can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-operations-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/11/2018 19:06:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1003810

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff are employed as Entry Clearance Officers assessing Tier 4 student visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	189680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>On 30 September 2018, the following numbers of Entry Clearance Officers and Entry Clearance Assistants were employed in relation to the processing of overseas visa applications:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>EO/ECO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AO/ECA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>497</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>724</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These staff can work on a range of case types and are not solely employed to process Tier 4 applications.</p><p>Historic data for staffing levels in a respect of academic year periods is not held.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 189681 question first answered 19/11/2018 19:11:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield