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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1252367/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1252376/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4608", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Lamont"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1234978", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1234978/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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\u2019s 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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4608", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Lamont"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1230267/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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\u2019s 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>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1230268", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1230268/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4608", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Lamont"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Lamont"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4608", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Lamont"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Lamont"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1230270", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Scotland Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1230270/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4619", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Alister Jack"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1230271/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>"}
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