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1416763

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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 people in hospital with covid-19 have not received a covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency’s weekly Vaccine Surveillance reports show that between 2 January 2022 to 23 January 2022, there were 4,807 cases presenting to emergency care resulting in overnight inpatient admission who had not been vaccinated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 02/02/2022 11:35:48 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416764

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Dermatitis
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 people have been diagnosed with eczema in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/02/2022 17:48:15 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416765

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with his counterparts in the Devolved administrations to tackle child sexual exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to tackling the horrific crime of child sexual exploitation, to ensure that our children are kept safe and that offenders are brought to justice.</p><p>Through our Tackling Child Sexual Abuse strategy, we continue to drive improvement at pace in the response to child sexual exploitation in England and Wales. This includes funding a Tackling Organised Exploitation programme, which supports police to uncover and prosecute more exploitation of children, and a Prevention Programme, delivered by the Children’s Society, which delivers tailored interventions to improve understanding of this crime amongst frontline professionals and wider partners.</p><p>The services involved in tackling child sexual exploitation, including health, social services and policing, are devolved, and as such it is for the Governments of Scotland and Northern Ireland to drive work in those nations to tackle this issue though we continue to share learning and best practice.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 02/02/2022 16:16:43 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416766

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Energy: 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 steps he is taking to incentivise and provide financial support to energy providers with low carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>Schemes such as Contracts for Difference are vital to developing domestic sources of renewable electricity in Great Britain, which will reduce exposure to potentially volatile global fossil fuel markets and protect consumers in the long term. The competitive nature of the Contracts for Difference scheme has been hugely successful in driving the deployment of renewable energy while rapidly reducing costs. This year’s Contracts for Difference round is the largest yet, with a total budget of £285 million a year allocated to the round; offshore wind will be supported by £200 million funding a year, with £24 million initially allocated for floating offshore wind and £20 million on tidal stream projects.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 17:00:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416767

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 he is having with representatives from the North Sea oil and gas industry on that industry supporting the transition to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has regular meetings with stakeholders from the North Sea oil and gas industry on a wide range of topics, including the industry supporting the transition to net zero.</p><p> </p><p>The North Sea Transition Deal agreed with the industry in March 2021 will help unlock the UK’s net zero ambition, delivering part of a fair and equitable energy transition by allowing the UK Continental Shelf to transition to a net zero basin as well as supporting the decarbonisation of industries across the UK. This Deal is about harnessing the existing skills of the offshore oil and gas sector’s supply chain to help deliver new low carbon technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture, usage and storage, helping the UK to meet its net zero targets.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 15:19:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416288

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Baha'i Faith: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief for Baha’is.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all, and promoting respect between different religious and non-religious communities. Promoting the right to FoRB is one of the UK's longstanding human rights priorities.</p><p>We remain deeply concerned about the severity and scale of violations and abuses towards the Baha'i community in different parts of the world. Bilaterally, Ministers and officials regularly raise specific cases of concern, and do not shy away from challenging those we believe are not meeting their obligations whether publicly or in private. For instance, On 22 April 2021, The Minister for the Middle East, North Africa and North America, outlined to Parliament in a Westminster Hall debate the efforts of the UK Government to hold Iran to account for its mistreatment toward followers of the Baha'i faith.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 02/02/2022 17:46:06 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416289

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Christianity: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of Aid to the Church in Need’s report, entitled Hear Her Cries, published on 28 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>We have taken note of Aid to the Church in Need's report entitled &quot;Hear Her Cries&quot; published in 2021 and will study its contents .</p><p>The UK Government ensures our human rights policy work considers intersectionality of human rights, for example, the importance of gender-based violence, forced marriage and conversion, which is often experienced by women and girls from religious or belief minority communities.</p><p>In 2020, the Minister of State responsible for human rights, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, launched the Declaration of Humanity by Leaders of Faith and Leaders of Belief. The Declaration calls upon leaders from many faiths and beliefs to dismantle harmful misinterpretations of religious texts used to justify acts of sexual violence and to tackle the stigma facing survivors of this violence. Over 50 leaders, have already signed it.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 02/02/2022 17:43:31 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416290

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Armenia: Churches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the destruction of churches in Armenia on freedom of religion or belief in that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government remains deeply concerned over the alleged destruction and desecration of religious and historically important cultural heritage sites in and around Nagorno-Karabakh before and after the 2020 conflict. In a meeting with the Armenian Ambassador on 20 January, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief underlined these concerns. We continue to urge both Azerbaijan and Armenia to provide UNESCO with unrestricted access to the region and, more widely, to engage with the OSCE Minsk Group to secure a sustainable, peaceful resolution to ongoing regional tensions.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/02/2022 10:12:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416291

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
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	Heart Diseases: Health Services
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 tackle waiting times for heart scans.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>We have announced an additional £5.9 billion to support elective recovery, diagnostics and technology over the next three years. This includes £2.3 billion to increase diagnostic activity and launch at least 100 community diagnostic centres by 2024/25. This will address backlogs of patients waiting for clinical tests, such as echocardiograms, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasounds and computerised tomography scans.  By March 2022, 44 centres will be fully operational and deliver one million scans and tests, including for patients awaiting heart scans.</p><p>We have also made £2 billion available through the Elective Recovery Fund to recover elective services and reduce waiting times. In addition, we have committed £8 billion from 2022 to 2025 to reduce waiting lists and transform elective services.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/02/2022 13:55:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1416292

registered interest
date	25/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: EU External Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts to support Ukraine in the context of recent Russian activity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary is in ongoing contact with her EU and other counterparts, including EU Foreign Policy Chief Borrell, France, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. Her most recent conversations with EU counterparts were with Irish Foreign Minister Coveney and German Foreign Minister Baerbock, both on 28 January. She also met the NATO Secretary General in Brussels on 24 January. The Minister for Middle East, North Africa and North America discussed Ukraine with the US, French and German Foreign Ministers in Berlin on 20 January.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/02/2022 16:28:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon