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1342328

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 opportunities to create new, highly skilled jobs through the decarbonisation of the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	25189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>Levelling up and ensuring high-quality employment across every region of the UK is a key element in the Government’s Plan for Growth. It is estimated that the UK low-carbon economy could grow more than four times faster than the rest of the economy between 2015 and 2030 and support up to 2 million jobs. The Government will ensure that the benefits of our growing low-carbon economy are shared fairly in every region.</p><p> </p><p>The Steel Council offers the forum for government, industry and trade unions to work in partnership on the shared objective of creating an achievable, long-term plan to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future. The UK steel sector will be given the opportunity to bid into industrial fuel switching innovation programmes under the £1bn NZIP portfolio, which is intended to promote switching away from more carbon-intensive fuel sources. The Government has also announced a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through investment in new technologies and processes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:53:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1342330

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 opportunities for hydrogen-based steelmaking projects to help level up the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	25190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findustrial-decarbonisation-strategy&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSteel.Comms%40beis.gov.uk%7C63954c2b5c1d465d984c08d9206aa0d0%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637576464595242605%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sn9M%2Bev6roRIW2K27B%2FFUY68sV%2BsvNRVyi8WTKpugiA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy</a>, published on 17 March, commits to work with the newly constituted Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>Hydrogen-based steelmaking, CCUS (carbon capture, utilisation and storage),</p><p>and electrification are some of the technological approaches being examined as part of this process. The Steel Council offers the forum for government, industry and trade unions to work in partnership on the shared objective of creating an achievable, long-term plan to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support these efforts, the Government has announced a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through investment in new technologies and processes. The decarbonisation of the steel sector and industry more widely will also be supported through the £1 billion CCUS Infrastructure Fund (CIF) and £240m Net-Zero Hydrogen Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:52:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1342466

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Imports
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 estimate his Department has made of how much and what proportion of all steel used in the UK in each of the next ten years will be imported.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	25171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC release this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (<a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com(opens in a new tab)</a>).</p><p> </p><p>BEIS annually publishes the Steel Pipeline, signalling upcoming steel requirements for national infrastructure projects. The most recent update shows how the Government plans to procure 7.6 million tonnes of steel over the next decade for infrastructure projects such as the expansion of offshore wind infrastructure, the construction of Hinkley Point C and the maintenance and upgrading of the UK’s motorway network.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:50:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1342467

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has met with representatives from industry and campaigners to discuss hydrogen-based steel production.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	25172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The BEIS Ministerial team carries out regular engagement with steel and energy stakeholders. For example, The Steel Council offers the forum for government, industry and trade unions to work in partnership on the shared objective of creating an achievable, long-term plan to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future. At the latest meeting of the Steel Council, on 19 May, UK Steel presented its draft roadmap for how to achieve net zero steel production and the Secretary of State underscored the UK government’s commitment to this work.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) publishes details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations, on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:46:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1342468

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Hydrogen Strategy will be published; and if it will include measures to use hydrogen to decarbonise the UK steel sector.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	25173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s first ever Hydrogen Strategy will set out what is required to build a hydrogen economy fit for 2030, Carbon Budget 6 and beyond, whilst maximising economic benefits. It will also discuss the role of low carbon hydrogen as a leading option for decarbonising industrial processes. Alongside this, we will also consult on priority policies including a hydrogen business model, a low carbon hydrogen standard, and the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is monitoring international progress on low carbon steel making trials, using hydrogen and other technologies, and is actively engaged in international initiatives to support industrial decarbonisation innovation, including the Mission Innovation platform and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition.</p><p> </p><p>Decarbonising UK industry is a core part of the Government’s ambitious plan for the green industrial revolution. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, published on 17 March, commits government to work with the Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’. The Steel Council offers the forum for government, industry and trade unions to work in partnership on the shared objective of creating an achievable, long-term plan to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future. Hydrogen-based steelmaking is one of the technological approaches being examined as part of this process. The UK steel sector will be given the opportunity to bid into industrial fuel switching innovation programmes under the £1bn NZIP portfolio, which is intended to promote switching away from more carbon-intensive fuel sources. The Government has also announced a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through investment in new technologies and processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:32:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1342469

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 (a) the number of global trials trialling hydrogen-based steelmaking and (b) the potential merits of launching a similar trial in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	25174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK is monitoring international progress on low carbon steel making trials, using hydrogen and other technologies, and is actively engaged in international initiatives to support industrial decarbonisation innovation, including the Mission Innovation platform and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:44:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1339938

registered interest
date	24/06/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 estimate he has made of the number of doses of covid-19 vaccines the UK will take receipt of in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and of those does, what estimate he has made of the number that will be needed for domestic use in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	21859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>Vaccines are a precious resource and are in very high demand across the world; therefore, for security reasons it is not possible to provide detail about the size of our supplies or give exact detail about future deliveries.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has secured early access to 397 million vaccine doses through supply agreements with six separate vaccine developers, of which four have received regulatory approval and three are currently in deployment. This includes agreements with:</p><ul><li>Pfizer/BioNTech for 100 million doses</li><li>University of Oxford/AstraZeneca for 100 million doses</li><li>Moderna for 17 million doses</li><li>Novavax for 60 million doses</li><li>Janssen for 20 million doses</li><li>Valneva for 100 million doses</li></ul><p>In addition, the Government has a reservation agreement with GlaxoSmithKline/Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses and a non-binding agreement with CureVac for 50 million doses.</p><p> </p><p>We do not yet know how long vaccines will provide protection against Covid-19. For this reason, the Government is developing a plan for a vaccine booster campaign to protect against a resurgence of the virus in winter 2021/22. The final decision on what a booster programme will look like – and the cohorts included - will depend on the data from ongoing clinical trials, such as the COV-Boost trial, and advice from the independent medical experts at the JCVI. For this reason, we are currently unable to specify final dose numbers that may be required for 2021 and 2022.</p><p> </p><p>However, as announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister ahead of the G7 Summit, the UK has committed to donating 5 million vaccine doses, primarily through COVAX by the end of September 2021, for use in the world’s poorest countries. The Prime Minister has also committed to making a total of 100 million doses available within the next year, including a total of 30 million by the end of 2021.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2021 14:16:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1339939

registered interest
date	24/06/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 estimate he has made of the total cost of covid-19 vaccines the UK is planning to receive in (a) 2021 and (b)2022 broken down by manufacturer.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	21860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>We are not able to disclose details of commercially sensitive contracts between the Government and vaccine manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>At the Comprehensive Spending Review 2020, the Government announced that more than £6 billion has been made available to develop, manufacture, and procure COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p> </p><p>We have secured early access to 397 million vaccine doses through supply agreements with six separate vaccine developers, of which four have received regulatory approval and three are currently in deployment. This includes agreements with:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Pfizer/BioNTech for 100 million doses</li><li>University of Oxford/AstraZeneca for 100 million doses</li><li>Moderna for 17 million doses</li><li>Novavax for 60 million doses</li><li>Janssen for 20 million doses</li><li>Valneva for 100 million doses</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has a reservation agreement with GlaxoSmithKline/Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses and a non-binding agreement with CureVac for 50 million doses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2021 14:14:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1339392

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 individual covid-19 vaccine doses the Government (a) has used, (b) has in stock, (c) is due to receive as part of signed contractual agreements with suppliers and (d) has committed to share through Covax.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	21128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>As of 1 July, the total number of doses that have been administered is 77,592,212.</p><p>The UK Government has secured early access to 397 million vaccine doses through supply agreements with six separate vaccine developers, of which four have received regulatory approval and three are currently in deployment. This includes agreements with:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Pfizer/BioNTech for 100 million doses (in deployment)</li><li>University of Oxford/AstraZeneca for 100 million doses (in deployment)</li><li>Moderna for 17 million doses (in deployment)</li><li>Janssen for 20 million doses (approved)</li><li>Novavax for 60 million doses</li><li>Valneva for 100 million doses</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has a reservation agreement with GlaxoSmithKline/Sanofi Pasteur for 60 million doses and a non-binding agreement with CureVac for 50 million doses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced that the UK will donate at least 100 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses within the next year, including 5 million by the end of September 2021 and a further 25 million by the end of 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed that 80% of our surplus vaccines will go to COVAX, the multilateral facility responsible for distributing COVID-19 vaccines to ensure equitable global access. The remainder will be shared bilaterally with countries in need and we will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2021 14:10:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1339393

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 potential to include QR code technology on covid-19 vaccine packaging as a possible route to enable the quick export of surplus vaccines which are redirected to developing nations without the need to repackage those vaccines for the destination market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	21129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>When distributing vaccines, our primary concern is that we do so safely.</p><p> </p><p>Barcodes are currently used on COVID-19 packaging and labels; QR codes may also be used, for example in some regions of the world as part of anti-counterfeiting processes. In the UK, the use of a bar code or a QR code format for vaccine distribution is agreed during the vaccine manufacturer’s application for regulatory authorisation.</p><p> </p><p>Barcodes provide an effective, commonly accepted and reliable label format to enable the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines when part of the regulated distribution system. Use of barcodes or the use of QR codes is not the limiting factor in distribution choices. Neither can avoid the planning or re-planning time needed to re-pack or re-label vaccines, if re-packing or re-labelling is required to meet the regulatory requirements for a recipient country.</p><p> </p><p>In order to account for necessary regulatory requirements, we ensure the safe and controlled distribution of vaccines through planning, re-planning, and the use of available, safety-regulated global technologies.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2021 14:12:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas