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1437723

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	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	Fracking
	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 has he made of the relative seismicity of geothermal energy extraction and shale gas extraction through fracking.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	133995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>A 2012 Written Ministerial Statement outlined new requirements on fracking to mitigate the risks of seismic activity – the ‘traffic light system’. This statement acknowledged that the trigger levels set in this system were cautious and exceeded the control protocols in place for other industries such as geothermal energy, construction and quarrying. However, it was made clear that the reasons for this approach were specific and appropriate to the context of the nascent shale gas sector. It noted that trigger levels could be adjusted upwards as experience of fracking operations developed.</p><p> </p><p>Following a seismic event of magnitude 2.9 at Preston New Road in 2019, the Government took a presumption against issuing further hydraulic fracturing consents. Seismic events induced by fracking had proved to be unpredictable in size, timing and frequency.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the Government’s policy to be guided by the evidence and to minimise disturbance to those living and working nearby, and to prevent the risk of damage.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/03/2022 16:41:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1438794

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2022
	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	Natural Gas: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many kWh of gas imported from Russia is used by the average UK household per year.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	136545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>According to the latest data available, in 2020 the average household used around 12,200kWh of gas. In that year less than 3% of UK gas supplies came from Russia via LNG. Once natural gas enters the UK transmission system, it is impossible to identify the distribution of specific molecules.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/03/2022 16:35:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1437727

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	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	Wind Power and Electricity Generation
	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 the effects of increasing wind penetration in the electricity system on market prices.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	133998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Achieving the UK's ambitious 2050 net zero target will require significant increases in renewable electricity generation. As more renewables, including wind, are added to the system, wholesale prices will be less affected by fluctuations in volatile global gas prices.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/03/2022 16:39:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1483391

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	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	Respiratory System: Viral Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the UK Health Security Agency only reports on SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV in its weekly reports.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	25842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are monitored due to the potential public health, transmission patterns and infection to causing overt disease. Surveillance in England of other respiratory viruses including rhinovirus, adenovirus, parainfluenza and human metapneumovirus is also published in the weekly flu and COVID-19 surveillance report. Other infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and hepatis C are monitored appropriate to the nature of the transmission and how the disease manifests.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 05/07/2022 11:03:02 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1437728

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	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: Screening
	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 Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125137 on Coronavirus: Screening, what number of validated PCR tests is in use in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	133999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>Currently there are nine validated polymerase chain reaction tests used in the National Health Service as follows:</p><p>- Abbott Alinity m SARS-COV-2 assay;</p><p>- Abbott m2000 real time SARS-COV-2 assay;</p><p>- Life Technologies (ThermoFisher) TaqPath Covid assay;</p><p>- Hologic Panther Aptima SARS-COV-2 assay;</p><p>- Cepheid GeneXpert;</p><p>- Roche Cobas Liat;</p><p>- DNA Nudge;</p><p>- PrimerDesign PROmate; and</p><p>- Roche Cobas.</p><p>Since 31 December 2021, we no longer nationally procure DNA Nudge. From 31 March 2022 we will no longer nationally procure Primer Design PROmate. NHS trusts may also locally procure tests which would undergo local validation and verification before use, as part of their ISO 15189 accreditation.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 10/03/2022 17:43:32 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1452115

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2022
	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: Billing
	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 mechanism his Department used to ensure that the £200m in CFD payments made to the Low Carbon Contracts Company by renewables generators between September 2021 and February 2022 was passed through to consumers as energy bill savings.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	141981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>Due to current high energy prices, the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) has temporarily stopped collecting the compulsory levy from suppliers which funds the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. CfD generators have instead paid approximately £205 million back into the scheme from September 2021 to March 2022 inclusive. LCCC returned around £40 million of this to suppliers at the last quarterly reconciliation, with suppliers leaving the balance on account with LCCC to meet future liabilities towards funding the cost of the scheme. This ensures that consumers do not pay higher CfD support costs during periods of high electricity prices.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/03/2022 13:54:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 59901 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1451810

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	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	Hospitals: Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people visiting (a) friends or (b) relatives in hospitals after 1 April 2022 will be entitled to free covid-19 lateral flow testing.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	141189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>From 1 April 2022, free universal access to lateral flow device tests for the general public in England will end. There will be limited testing available to a number of at-risk groups. Further details on eligible groups will be made available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 23/03/2022 10:32:17 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1451743

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Remote Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support and (b) offer redress to university students whose face-to-face teaching has been replaced by online and pre-recorded lectures since the lifting of covid-19 restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	141188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Higher education (HE) providers have delivered new and innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and some providers continue to use some of these approaches alongside in-person provision. However, online learning should only be offered to enhance the student experience, not to detract from it, and it should not be used as a cost-cutting measure.</p><p>The department has written to all English HE providers to make clear that we expect them to be offering a high-quality face-to-face student experience and, on 17 January 2022, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, wrote an open letter to students about face-to-face teaching, setting out what they can do if they feel they are not getting the teaching they signed up for. In addition, I have been speaking with a number of university Vice Chancellors to ensure they are offering students the amount of in-person teaching they should expect, including speaking with seven universities regarding concerns about their face to face teaching provision to ensure they are offering students the amount of in-person teaching they expect.</p><p>In line with all other settings, HE providers should continue to conduct risk assessments for their particular circumstances. Risk assessments should take account of the approach to managing the virus in wider society, particularly now that all restrictions have been removed and the vaccine programme continues to be rolled out. Risk assessments should never be used to prevent providers delivering a full programme of face-to-face teaching and learning.</p><p>HE providers are independent and autonomous bodies which are responsible for the management of their own affairs. If students have concerns about the delivery of their university courses, they should first raise them with their provider. If their concerns remain unresolved, students at providers in England or Wales can ask the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for HE to consider their complaint. Recommendations can include practical remedies as well as financial compensation where that is deemed appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 24/03/2022 18:00:22 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1419104

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people who fail to attend their covid-19 booster vaccination appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	116914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>In order to reduce the number of ‘did not attend’ events, the COVID-19 vaccine programme will cancel appointments where people are identified as having received the vaccination, send reminders to those to advise they should cancel their appointments if they can no longer attend and has provided Primary Care Networks with access to National Booking System appointments to avoid inviting those with existing appointments.</p><p>The vaccine programme’s delivery models also provide options on vaccination sites, including walk-in services to reduce the number of unattended appointments and cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/03/2022 11:14:10 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 49451 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1458222

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2022
	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	NHS Covid Pass: Contracts
	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 purposes are of the Covid Pass Delivery Partner contract awarded to Netcompany UK Limited on 1 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	155703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Netcompany is required to provide services for a range of COVID pass products. This includes providing live service support and infrastructure development services, such as the design and integration of the operation service of the COVID Pass system.</p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 26/04/2022 11:08:41 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker