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1252364

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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: Scotland
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 with the Scottish Government to develop plans for a coordinated rollout of covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	115763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Vaccine Taskforce is procuring vaccines for the whole of the United Kingdom, including Scotland. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets weekly with counterparts in the devolved administrations for discussions of key COVID-19 issues across all four nations. Throughout, as health is a devolved matter, the UK Government is working closely with the devolved administrations to ensure successful delivery across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2021 17:05:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1252365

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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: Scotland
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 his Department is taking with the Scottish Government to develop a communications campaign to promote the uptake of covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	115764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with the devolved administrations to enable there to be an aligned approach to COVID-19 vaccine communications across the United Kingdom. We are developing communications campaigns to increase confidence in the safety of vaccines and the COVID-19 vaccine in particular and support the operational deployment when a vaccine is ready. We engage with communications teams from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland directly to coordinate this activity and agree communications coordination.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/12/2020 16:45:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1252367

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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, whether each approved covid-19 vaccine will be distributed across the UK according to population.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	115766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>As health is a devolved matter, the United Kingdom Government is working closely with the devolved administrations to ensure successful deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine across the whole of the UK. This includes considerations of planning and key decisions which will need to be aligned across the devolved administrations. The Government will distribute available COVID-19 vaccines on an equitable basis across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/12/2020 16:43:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1252376

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
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: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 testing in Scotland is provided by the UK Government.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	115767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>Testing capacity through the National Testing Programme is allocated to each nation of the United Kingdom on the basis of population share.</p><p>The Government is providing COVID-19 testing and test processing in support of NHS Scotland. This includes six regional test sites, more than 25 test sites in local communities, around 20 mobile testing units and the Glasgow Lighthouse Laboratory. In addition, the Government has provided a million lateral flow devices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/01/2021 18:22:54 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1234978

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of compensating people who were unable to claim child benefit due to delays in receiving their child's birth certificate as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	91128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced on 7 April 2020 that, as General Register Offices were closed or operating at a reduced capacity during the COVID-19 outbreak, HM Revenue and Customs would allow parents to claim Child Benefit for their newborns without having to register their child’s birth first, to ensure they did not miss out on Child Benefit payments. Child Benefit can be backdated for up to three months.</p><p>The press release announcing these measures is at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/dont-miss-out-claim-child-benefit-by-phone-or-post-hmrc-tells-new-parents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/dont-miss-out-claim-child-benefit-by-phone-or-post-hmrc-tells-new-parents</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/09/2020 12:59:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1230267

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Hunterston B Power Station: Closures
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 he has made of energy security in relation to the reported early closure of Hunterston nuclear power station.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	83902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Hunterston B has been generating low carbon electricity for more than 40 years. Over its lifetime, it has produced enough low carbon energy to power the whole of Scotland for 8 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market ensures security of electricity supply by providing all forms of capacity with the right incentives to be on the system and to deliver electricity when needed. It secures the capacity we need, including new capacity to replace aging power stations as they retire, through auctions held either four years or one year ahead of delivery (T-4 and T-1). To date, these capacity auctions have secured the majority of the capacity that Great Britain needs until 2023/.</p><p> </p><p>Hunterston B holds capacity agreements for around 0.9 GW of capacity in 2020/21 and 2021/22. In light of EDF Energy’s decision to end generation at Hunterston B by 7 January 2022, we will have the opportunity to secure replacement capacity in the T-1 auction for 2021/22 if required.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2020 08:26:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1230268

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many discounts were claimed as part of the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme in (a) the Scottish Borders, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	83903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>HMRC have published constituency level data, on claims received up to 27 August 2020, on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eat-out-to-help-out-scheme-claims-by-parliamentary-constituency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eat-out-to-help-out-scheme-claims-by-parliamentary-constituency</a>. There are also plans to develop a wider official statistics release for the scheme once the Claims Service closes at the end of September.</p><p>In addition, HMRC have published data on a weekly basis about registered premises and claims received on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2020 15:25:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1230269

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth House
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress has been made in moving civil servants to Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	83904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>As the new home of UK Government in Scotland, Queen Elizabeth House will house 3,000 civil servants representing a broad range of UK Government activity. Further details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 07/09/2020 13:34:56 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1230270

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Local Growth Deals: Borderlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he will take to fast track the Borderlands Growth Deal to ensure it can help the area recover from the economic effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	83905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>We are continuing to work at pace with the Borderlands partners to agree project business cases. Good progress has been made on a number of business cases including the Dairy Nexus project and the regeneration of Chapelcross and we hope to sign the Borderlands Full Deal agreement before the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 07/09/2020 13:34:02 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1230271

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Dstl: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has provided in tackling covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	83906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is a world-class asset which has been supporting the UK's COVID-19 response since the outset, as well as supporting military readiness. This contribution has included laboratory-based research and testing, and the deployment of scientific staff across Government.</p><p>Dstl analysts have provided vital evidence to inform SAGE and its subcommittees, Cabinet Office decision making and local resilience planning. Dstl scientists have evaluated a number of prototype COVID-19 related products, identified suitable products to reduce turnaround time for disinfection of Ambulances, carried out diagnostic tests within NHS hospitals, and set up a Defence COVID Laboratory to provide PCR testing on Defence personnel under the national testing programme. Dstl research in a number of fields has been published, either to inform or as a basis for further research by other organisations. Dstl has also been involved in the establishment of the Joint BioSecurity Centre[1].</p><p>Dstl continues to provide support across Government and is now conducting longer-term research that will support the UK's ongoing response.</p><p>[1] The JBC brings together the UK's leading data analysis and epidemiological expertise with the aim of ensuring that outbreaks of coronavirus (COVID-19) are detected and brought under control quickly (link here)term research that will support the UK's ongoing response.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 08/09/2020 13:49:23 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont