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1254282

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Holiday Accommodation: Local Restrictions Support Grant
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 owners of self-catering holiday accommodation will be eligible for support from the Local Restrictions Support Grant scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Fay Jones
uin	119391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) of up to £3,000 per four-week period is available to all businesses in England that have been required to close due to local and national restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>In order to qualify for this grant, businesses must be part of the business rate system. Therefore, businesses that manage accommodation remotely must be the eligible business rate payer for that hereditament in order to receive a grant through the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Restrictions Support Grant (Open) is a discretionary fund and local authorities are free to determine which businesses to support.</p><p> </p><p>The Devolved Administrations are responsible for the administration of support schemes in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/12/2020 16:57:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1254287

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Business: Coronavirus
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 much of the funding available under the (a) Local Restrictions Support Grant and (b) Additional Restrictions Grant has been allocated to local authorities but not yet distributed to businesses.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	119357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with local authorities in England to distribute funding available under the Local Restrictions Support Grant and the Additional Restrictions Grant to businesses as quickly as possible. Local authority guidance was published on 3<sup>rd</sup> November and grant offer letters were sent to local authorities on 6<sup>th</sup> November. Payments to local authorities have been made since 13<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with local authorities to monitor the ongoing implementation of the grant schemes.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/11/2020 16:36:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1254433

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what definition of care home applies in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's interim advice on priority groups for covid-19 vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	119364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has based its advice on the data it has reviewed from a number of sources including the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England. For the purposes of COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation, the definition of care homes as all care home premises licensed and registered with the Care Quality Commission, applies.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2021 13:58:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1254434

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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 hospices will be included within the definition of care home in the interim advice on priority groups for covid-19 vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	119365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee and Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has based its advice on the data it has reviewed from a number of sources including the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England. For the purposes of COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation, the definition of care homes as all care home premises licensed and registered with the Care Quality Commission, applies. This definition does not include hospices.</p><p>Hospices are included in the JCVI’s advice as part of their prioritisation of frontline health and social care workers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2021 13:55:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1254435

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Hospices: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether hospice staff will be prioritised for covid-19 vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	119366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The COVID-19 vaccination programme is based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI is an independent expert advisory committee to the Government.</p><p>For the first phase, the JVCI have advised that the vaccine be given to care home residents and staff, followed by frontline health and social care workers, including hospice staff and staff working in neurological and other specialist care homes, then to the rest of the population in order of age and clinical risk factors, including underlying health conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 119367 question first answered 11/01/2021 16:16:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1253832

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Iron and Steel: Energy
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 steps he is taking to reduce industrial energy costs for UK steel producers.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	117959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has helped steel companies to reduce their costs through resource and energy efficiency, including through a package of compensation and exemptions from electricity costs, and has provided more than £560 million in support to the UK steel industry since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have established an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, backed by up to £315 million of investment. This Fund will help businesses, including steel companies, with high energy use in order to cut their bills and transition the UK’s industry to a low carbon future.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/11/2020 16:47:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1253915

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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, what plans he has in place to ensure people who are not registered with a GP surgery get vaccinated against covid-19 as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	117933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>In planning for the vaccine programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement have considered those who are not registered or who are unable to reach a general practitioner. The agreement under which general practices will deliver COVID-19 vaccinations - The General Practice COVID-19 vaccination programme 2020/21 Enhanced Service Specification - enables practices, working within their Primary Care Network (PCN) groupings, to vaccinate unregistered patients provided they are eligible for a vaccination.</p><p>General practices, working in PCNs, form just one part of the plan for delivering COVID-19 vaccinations. They will operate as part of a system of providers, ensuring best possible coverage of the population. Each PCN grouping is required to work with their local regional team to understand the current healthcare provision for vulnerable groups.</p><p>More than 730 vaccination sites have already been set up across the UK and hundreds more are opening this week, taking the total to over 1,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2021 17:06:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 64063 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1253917

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Nuclear Power
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 his (a) policy and (b) strategy is on (i) the use of nuclear power and (ii) its future role in the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	118037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister published his Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution on 18<sup>th</sup> November, in which he affirmed the Government’s objective to advance nuclear as a clean energy source. This includes large scale nuclear and developing the next generation of small and advanced reactors. The Ten Point Plan highlights the key role of nuclear in delivering deep decarbonisation of our electricity system alongside renewables and other technologies. One of the key targets is the publication of the Energy White Paper, in which further information will be provided.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/11/2020 16:44:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1253468

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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, what the role of Clinical Commissioning Groups will be in the nationwide roll out of a covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	117266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The NHS has a tried and tested track record for delivering vaccination programmes and is working with existing partners across the healthcare system to ensure the Covid-19 vaccine can be deployed safely and effectively. Deployment planning is being led by local integrated care system/sustainability and transformation partnerships, with clinical commissioning groups playing a key role in the planning with partners across their system.</p><p>In particular, local systems are best placed to reach out to our diverse communities and avoid inequalities in access, and every system should have a plan for full coverage for health inclusion groups. Regional teams working with local systems have identified local health inclusion groups that will require access to the vaccine, within eligible patient cohorts. Locally commissioned arrangements to reach these groups may include local NHS Community &amp; Mental Health Trust providers, PCNs or partnership activity with statutory and voluntary services.  Working with Primary Care Networks and NHJS regional teams, Clinical Commissioning Group have also played an important role selecting local vaccination sites. CCGs are also co-ordinating arrangements for all health and care staff to receive their vaccination locally.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/02/2021 17:12:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1252693

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
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	Additional Restrictions Grant: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer to Question 113639, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the grant of (a) £194,420 to the City of London on the basis of 24,020 businesses listed resulting in approximately £8 per business to distribute and (b) £4,849,340 to Islington on the basis of 21,175 businesses listed resulting in approximately £229 per business to distribute with his Department's policy to achieve a fairly equal distribution of Additional Restrictions Grant.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	116654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Additional Restrictions Grant is a discretionary scheme and is one of many business support schemes put in place during local and national Covid-19 restrictions. Local authorities have the flexibility to provide grants of any size to businesses and/or to fund wider business support.</p><p> </p><p>Whichever formula is used to calculate grant allocations will result in a range of results with some areas receiving more than others. The method used provides a fairly equal distribution overall.</p><p> </p><p>Both the City of London and the City of Westminster also receive a Local Restrictions Support grant for businesses that are required to close (£4.8 million and £21.8 million respectively), as well as discretionary grant funding related to the period that they were in Local Coronavirus Alert Level High (‘Tier 2’) (£907,000 and £3.8 million respectively).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/11/2020 17:08:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken