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1309523

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date	15/04/2021
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, what plans his Department has to develop green hydrogen production across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Low carbon hydrogen will be vital for meeting our legally binding commitment to achieving net zero by 2050, with potential to help decarbonise vital UK industry sectors and provide flexible deployment across heat, power and transport.</p><p> </p><p>Working with industry, the UK is aiming for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030. As we progress towards this ambition, we would hope to see around 1GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has expertise and assets to support both electrolytic (green) and Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) enabled (blue) hydrogen. Our twin track approach to enable both routes will drive cost effective supply volumes in the 2020s in line with our 2030 ambition, whilst scaling up green hydrogen. This approach is already in evidence in the Government’s £121m hydrogen innovation funding programme, the development of business models to stimulate private investment and the design of the £240m Net-Zero Hydrogen Fund, confirmed out to 2025.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish the first ever UK Hydrogen Strategy in the first half of this year which will set out the key steps needed in the 2020s to deliver our 5GW ambition and set the context for further scale up on the way to net zero.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/04/2021 13:46:32 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309524

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Electric Vehicles: 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 plans his Department has to support the domestic exploitation of raw materials for the electric car industry.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of critical raw minerals for the development of zero emission vehicles. We are committed to building an agile, innovative and cost-competitive supply chain for these vehicles in the UK to support our commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Batteries for electric vehicles require a range of critical materials, including lithium. Government has supported a number of initiatives to find and use lithium in the UK, including work in Cornwall to develop lithium extraction plants.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £318m in the Faraday Battery Challenge to put the UK at the global forefront of the design, development, manufacturing, and recycling of electric batteries. In addition, the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) aims to develop and embed at pace the next generation of cutting-edge zero emission automotive technologies in the UK. £500m of funding for the ATF will be made available in the next four years for businesses across the UK to fund investments across the whole supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2021 14:40:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309527

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
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	Vaccination: 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 steps the Department is taking to support British domestic capacity to produce future vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has invested over £300 million to secure and scale-up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic, as well as any future pandemics. This includes:</p><p>a) Facilities that have come online:</p><ul><li>£65.5 million for the early manufacture of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine;</li><li>£8.75 million for the set-up of the rapid deployment facility at Oxford Biomedica in Oxfordshire;</li><li>£8.6 million to the Centre of Process Innovation to develop GMP-ready mRNA manufacturing capability;</li><li>£4.7 million for skills training through the Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network, which will be delivered through both virtual and physical centres; and</li><li>Funding for fill and finish through a contract with Wockhardt in Wrexham, North Wales, which is currently providing fill and finish capabilities to the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.</li></ul><p>b) Facilities that will come online later this year, to help provide longer-term UK capacity:</p><ul><li>£140.6 million to accelerate the completion and expanded role of the Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Oxfordshire;</li><li>£127 million for the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult in Braintree, Essex; and</li><li>Funding for the expansion of the Valneva factory in Livingston, Scotland.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2021 13:42:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309587

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking in response to the recommendations made by the Law Commission in February 2021 on improving protections for victims whose intimate images are taken or shared without their consent.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Activities involving the sharing of intimate images are captured by existing offences for example those tackling “revenge pornography”, harassment, malicious communications, blackmail, and “coercive or controlling behaviour”.</p><p> </p><p>To further strengthen the law in this area the Government has announced it is to extend the “revenge pornography” offence to capture those who <em>threaten</em> to disclose such material. Provisions to extend the parameters of the offence in this manner were introduced in the Domestic Abuse Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The provisions will come into force two months after Royal Assent.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises that there is concern over the growth of new technology and the impact on the law in this area.</p><p> </p><p>We have asked the Law Commission to review the law in this area to ensure victims are properly protected. The Law Commission published a public consultation to this review on 26 February this year, with a view to announcing findings later this year, which the Government will consider carefully.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation period ends on 27 May and I should like to encourage people to take part in that important public engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government awaits the Law Commission’s findings with interest.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/04/2021 14:01:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309592

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the support available to victims of crime.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime receive the help and high-quality support they need to cope and, as far as possible, recover. Last year, we rapidly identified the impact the pandemic would have on victims and took targeted action. In May 2020, we provided over £20m in emergency funding to help domestic abuse and sexual violence support services to meet COVID-19-driven demand. In November 2020, MoJ reallocated £10m from within existing budgets to continue to meet rising levels of demand.</p><p>In 2021-22, we will provide just under £151m for victim and witness support services. This includes an extra £51m to increase support for rape and domestic abuse victims, building on the emergency funding from this financial year to help services meet COVID-19-driven demand. This compares to a total budget of £48.5m in 2010-2011.</p><p>Beyond significant increases in funding to victims’ services, the Government has taken a range of actions to ensure that victims and witnesses receive the support they need in the face of delays caused by the court backlogs. Section 28 was rolled out for vulnerable victims in all Crown Courts at pace, supported by an historic communications campaign to raise awareness of support for victims of sexual violence. We continue to lead work across the criminal justice system to encourage</p><p>victim engagement including the new Victims’ Code, which came into force on 1st April. This is a clear and comprehensive framework centered on 12 key rights for victims, setting out the level of service victims can expect to receive from criminal justice agencies. The new Victims’ Code now provides a solid foundation on which we can progress the groundbreaking Victims’ Law, which we will consult on as a priority this summer.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/04/2021 13:43:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309593

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to speed up the judicial process following the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the justice system.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>We have taken decisive action to address the impact of the pandemic on how quickly cases can be heard in the courts. We spent over a quarter of a billion pounds on recovery last financial year, making court buildings safe, rolling out new technology for remote hearings, recruiting an additional 1,600 HMCTS staff and opening 60 Nightingale courtrooms. These measures have helped get more cases heard and we’ve reached the same level of cases completing as before the pandemic in most jurisdictions: for example, in the Crown Courts, we are completing around 2,000 cases each week.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at last year’s Spending Review we have allocated £275m to increase capacity in courts and reduce delays driven by the pandemic, and an additional £40m for victims and support services, recognising the impact that COVID has had on victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to maximise use of our existing physical estate, and we are finalising plans for sitting days this financial year, where we expect to increase them to a record level in total across all jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/04/2021 13:51:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309594

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to build partnerships with charities, similar to its partnership with The Clink, to reduce rates of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Our relationship with the third sector is an important part of our work to reduce rates of reoffending. We have and continue to build strong partnerships with charities both at a national and local level.</p><p>This includes The Clink, which will expand its partnership with HMPPS over the next three years, extending an award training scheme that has been available in five prisons to an additional 70. Other examples include our partnership with Recycling Lives. This provides training and work experience in eight prison-based workshops, supporting men and women into employment on release. We have also empowered prison governors to establish relationships with local charities to help meet the needs of the men and women in their care.</p><p>Our partnership work with charities is built into the way we develop policy. The Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) is a formal advisory group to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The RR3 provides valuable advice to Ministers and officials on a range of issues linked to reducing reoffending, from mental health and substance misuse to employment.</p><p>We continue to explore new ways of working. The Prison Leavers Project, announced in February 2021, will see test cross-sector approaches to reducing reoffending, working with colleagues from across the public and third sector to test new ideas and ways of working.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/04/2021 13:44:52 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1309595

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce homelessness amongst people leaving prison.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	181358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>On 29<sup>th</sup> January, we announced a £70m investment programme to provide stable accommodation for prison leavers. The investment will bring together the work of Approved Premises (AP) and the Bail Accommodation and Support Service (BASS) with a new tier of provision for prison leavers at risk of homelessness. This new accommodation service will provide up to 12 weeks of basic temporary accommodation for prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless.</p><p>The service will launch in five of the 12 probation regions in England and Wales, namely the East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber, Greater Manchester, Kent Surrey and Sussex, and the North West. All individuals aged 18 and over, either released from prison or moving on from APs or BASS, into those five regions who are at risk of homelessness, will be eligible. HMPPS will work in conjunction with MHCLG’s announced funding to support prison leavers at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies as part of plans to secure settled accommodation by the end of the 12-week period.</p><p>It is anticipated that the new intervention will commence in Summer 2021 and will provide support for approximately 3,000 service users. It will be in operation during the 2021-22 financial year, with a view to scaling up and rolling out nationally, though the Spending Review 2021 will set out the approach for future years.</p><p>We are introducing and testing a new specialist housing advisor role in up to twenty prisons, including HMP Leeds. The new role will seek to strengthen links between prisons, through the gate teams and local authorities to improve accommodation outcomes for those at risk of homelessness.</p><p>The recently published Target Operating model for the unified probation service includes information regarding the future performance framework for probation, including a target on the number of individuals being housed on release from custody (90%), together with a measure relating to settled accommodation for all people under supervision (those released from prison and those on community sentences); this will assess the status three months after commencement of supervision (80%).</p><p>In preparation for the launch of the new unified probation service, MoJ have published a policy framework in support of the Homelessness Reduction Act (2017) Duty to Refer process, which will mandate the roles and responsibilities of both prison and probation staff in making effective referrals.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/04/2021 13:52:49 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns