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1342296

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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 data his Department holds on the effectiveness of the (a) Pfizer, (b) AstraZeneca and (c) Moderna covid-19 vaccinations at reducing transmission of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	25123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) publishes weekly COVID-19 vaccine surveillance reports which include the latest evidence on vaccine effectiveness against different outcomes. The following table shows the latest summary of evidence on vaccine effectiveness against different outcomes, including transmission, for Pfizer/BioNTech and University of Oxford/AstraZeneca as of 1 July.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Outcome</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Vaccine Effectiveness</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Pfizer/BioNTech</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Oxford/AstraZeneca</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 dose</p></td><td><p>2 doses</p></td><td><p>1 dose</p></td><td><p>2 doses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Symptomatic disease</p></td><td><p>55-70%*</p></td><td><p>85-95%*</p></td><td><p>55-70%*</p></td><td><p>70-85%**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitalisation</p></td><td><p>75-85%*</p></td><td><p>90-99%**</p></td><td><p>75-85%*</p></td><td><p>80-99%***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mortality</p></td><td><p>70-80%**</p></td><td><p>95-99%**</p></td><td><p>75-85%**</p></td><td><p>75-99%***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infection</p></td><td><p>55-70%**</p></td><td><p>70-90%***</p></td><td><p>60-70%***</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transmission (secondary cases)^</p></td><td><p>45-50%***</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td><td><p>35-50%***</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Table 3 <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-vaccine-surveillance-report&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccovid19surv%40phe.gov.uk%7Cb2598e32058644d021bf08d916c0fea2%7Cee4e14994a354b2ead475f3cf9de8666%7C0%7C0%7C637565840415583246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=MFmH8qQxqsBUGSNXnO5e7tyCyPWBtYpuq%2FF3GUfu6AI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-surveillance-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>*High Confidence - Evidence from multiple studies which is consistent and comprehensive</li><li>**Medium Confidence - Evidence is emerging from a limited number of studies or with a moderately level of uncertainty</li><li>***Low Confidence - Little evidence is available at present and results are inconclusive</li><li>^effectiveness in reducing symptomatic secondary cases in households of a symptomatic index case</li></ol><p> </p><p>PHE plans to publish vaccine effectiveness data for Moderna when more evidence becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/07/2021 15:34:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

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

1342338

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the medical needs of recipients of solid organ donations within the covid 19 booster programme; what priority will be given to such recipients in that booster programme; and when the Cov-Boost study, led by University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust will be published; and what the planned timescale is for the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations to publish its decision on the plans for that booster programme.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	24943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) published interim advice on a potential COVID-19 booster vaccination programme on 30 June 2021, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jcvi-interim-advice-on-a-potential-coronavirus-covid-19-booster-vaccine-programme-for-winter-2021-to-2022/jcvi-interim-advice-potential-covid-19-booster-vaccine-programme-winter-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jcvi-interim-advice-on-a-potential-coronavirus-covid-19-booster-vaccine-programme-for-winter-2021-to-2022/jcvi-interim-advice-potential-covid-19-booster-vaccine-programme-winter-2021-to-2022</a></p><p>As stated in the interim advice, adults who are severely immunosuppressed, such as those who have had solid organ transplants, may not respond as well to COVID-19 vaccines. The advice states that those adults who are severely immunosuppressed should be offered COVID-19 booster revaccination at the start of the booster programme. It should be noted that this advice may be subject to change before being finalised.</p><p>Final decisions on the timing and scope of the vaccine booster programme will be made later in the year, informed by further independent advice from the JCVI. The JCVI will review the emerging scientific evidence to inform the Government in our final decision-making process, which includes further data on the durability of protection from vaccines, data supplied by manufacturers and clinical trial data from the Cov-Boost trial on immune responses following a third vaccination. It is anticipated that primary data from the initial stages of this trial will be reported to the JCVI by the end of summer 2021.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:53:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1342367

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 vaccines that are (a) recognised by the WHO and (b) not available in the UK will be recognised as part of a proposed vaccine passport scheme to aid working British citizens who have been vaccinated overseas.
tabling member constituency	Sedgefield
tabling member printed	Paul Howell
uin	25180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>Work is ongoing to determine which non-United Kingdom vaccines, including but not limited to those recognised by the World Health Organization, could be recognised in this country.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/07/2021 12:57:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4830 label Biography information for Paul Howell

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