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1353567

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date	07/09/2021
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, whether he plans to match steps the EU is taking on support for green hydrogen.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	44419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>This August, the UK published the first ever UK Hydrogen Strategy, alongside key policy detail on how we will support new low carbon hydrogen production and ensure standards are in place to deliver the carbon emissions savings we need to meet net zero. This is the most substantive hydrogen strategy and policy package of its kind in the world and one that places the UK firmly at the forefront of the race to develop hydrogen as a promising replacement for fossil fuels in the global transition to net zero.</p><p>By setting out our approach not only for the financial mechanisms that will support new hydrogen production facilities, but also making firm commitments across networks, markets, standards and sector development, this package includes steps that have not been taken elsewhere in the EU or any of its member states.</p><p>The UK Hydrogen Strategy sets out the government’s ‘twin-track’ approach to supporting both electrolytic ‘green’ and carbon capture (CCUS)-enabled ‘blue’ hydrogen production. The UK has expertise and assets to support these and other low carbon production routes, helping us drive cost effective supply volumes in the 2020s in line with our 2030 5GW ambition, whilst scaling up electrolytic hydrogen.</p><p>We are currently consulting on new policy interventions to support low carbon hydrogen, including the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, a hydrogen business model to incentivise the production and use of low carbon hydrogen, and a UK standard to ensure the hydrogen production we support is sufficiently low carbon.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/09/2021 14:33:36 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1353568

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Abortion: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provision of pills for home abortions is controlled to prevent those pills from being (a) supplied for sale and (b) to people who are in the later stages of an abortion and for whom the pills are not suitable.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	44420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has issued clinical guidelines for healthcare professionals called ‘Coronavirus infection and abortion care’. The guidance sets out the circumstances where women should be asked to attend a clinic for an ultra-sound scan. However it states that “most women can determine the gestational age of their pregnancy with reasonable accuracy by last menstrual period (LMP) alone”. The guidance includes a decision aid for clinicians to use to help determine if an ultra-sound scan is required. This includes detailed questions to identify gestational age.</p><p>The best way to assure the safety of medicines is for the clinic to supply medicines obtained through the regulated supply chain, appropriately labelled for individual patients to be safely used only by those patients. The pills are only supplied following a robust consultation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/09/2021 16:08:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1353569

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make resources available to support the wide-scale roll-out of automated external defibrillators in schools across England.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	44421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>All new and refurbished state funded schools are required to have at least one defibrillator installed on their premises. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, discussed this important issue in the House of Commons this week and said: ‘It was incredibly moving to speak to Mark King and listen to his tragic experience of losing his son, Oliver – he was joined by Jamie Carragher as well. It really does focus us on the need to do as much as possible to encourage schools to have defibrillators. That is why we will look at changing the regulations, which are underpinned by legislation, to ensure that all schools have defibrillators in the future and hopefully prevent such a tragedy visiting more families.’</p><p>Defibrillators are currently available for schools and other education providers in the UK to purchase through the NHS Supply Chain at a reduced cost. These arrangements are available to all UK schools, including academies and independent schools, sixth form colleges, further education institutions and early years settings, including holiday and out-of-school providers.</p><p>The department wants as many schools as possible to have this equipment and we are exploring all available options to see what more we can do.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 10/09/2021 12:13:20 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1353570

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	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 steps the Government is taking to support residents in care homes who are spending much of their time in isolation as a result of outbreaks of covid-19 in care homes.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	44422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has updated guidance on outbreaks in care homes to reduce the duration of restrictions. Following identification of two positive COVID-19 cases, if no further cases are detected in whole home testing on day 0 or in further testing of those who tested negative between days four to seven restrictions may be lifted, subject to a risk assessment. This may mean that measures are only in place for approximately seven days, depending on polymerase chain reaction testing times. This is less than the 14-day period of restrictions that was previously required.</p><p>In addition, all residents should be supported to nominate an essential care giver who may visit them to attend to care and wellbeing needs. The care giver should be enabled to visit in most circumstances, including if the care home is in outbreak. Window and pod visits may also take place, subject to a risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 01/11/2021 17:04:24 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1353571

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the policy that staff at CQC-registered care homes must have received both covid-19 doses from 11 November 2021 on staffing levels in those homes.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	44423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department has published an impact statement detailing the expected effect of the vaccination as a condition of deployment policy on care homes. The department will publish a full impact assessment in due course. We continue to monitor the impact of the policy on care homes as we approach 11 November.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/09/2021 13:48:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349407

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homebase: Richmond Upon Thames
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the developer’s proposals for the Homebase, Manor Road application, GLA ref: 4795.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Government policy is to continue to be very selective about calling in planning applications and, in general, only if planning issues of more than local importance are involved.</p><p>This application was considered against the call in policy as set out in the <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121026/wmstext/121026m0001.htm#12102628000003" target="_blank">Written Ministerial Statement of 26 October 2012, <em>special report</em>, Column 72WS</a>, and after carefully considering the issues raised, it was decided that intervention would not be justified.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 15:03:07 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349408

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide further support to the DVLA to reduce the backlog of expired driving licences that are awaiting for renewal; and if he will further extend expired driving licences until that backlog has been reduced.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) online services are the quickest and easiest way to renew a driving licence. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their driving licence within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application for a driving licence. The DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day which must be dealt with in person. Ongoing industrial action by members of the Public and Commercial Services union is leading to delays for customers who make paper applications.</p><p>The DVLA continues to look into opportunities to reduce the backlog and Ministers regularly review progress. The DVLA has been developing additional new online services and recruiting additional staff. The DVLA is exploring the possibility of securing extra office space to house more staff to work predominantly on driver’s medical casework and queries. This will be surge capacity accommodation and resource to help reduce backlogs while providing future resilience and business continuity.</p><p>Currently, paper applications are likely to take between six and ten weeks to process. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed as part of a driving licence application. The latest information on turnaround times for paper driving licence applications can be found <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>All driving licences that expired between 1 February and 31 December 2020 were extended for 11 months to help drivers at the height of the pandemic. There are no plans to introduce any further extension to driving licences.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/09/2021 11:07:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349409

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Cards: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the continued use of payment card interchange fees in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) was established in 2015 with statutory objectives to promote competition, innovation and the interests of service users in payment systems, including card payment systems, with powers of supervision and enforcement in support of these objectives.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to interchange fees, the Government has legislated to ensure that these fees remain capped for UK domestic card transactions, where both the card issuer and acquirer are located in the UK, through the Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. The levels of UK interchange fee caps are at the same levels as before the end of the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/09/2021 12:49:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349412

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding through the Government's long-term education recovery plan; and what recent representations he has received from stakeholders in the education sector on the extent to which that Government funding will ensure educational recovery for children who have lost learning as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department has invested £3 billion in education recovery to help tackle the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Pupils, students, parents and staff have all experienced major disruption, and we realise that continuous action is required to ensure a strong recovery in nurseries, schools and colleges.</p><p>The Department has also invested more than £400 million to provide laptops, tablets and internet access to ensure that children could be taught remotely when required. Alongside this, we have supported the Oak National Academy, helping schools to provide high quality online lessons.</p><p>Ministers and officials have engaged extensively in recent months with a wide range of stakeholders on the approach to education recovery. The Department looks forward to continuing to engage with the sector and stakeholders on all aspects of the education recovery package, to ensure its effective implementation.</p><p>This Government has committed to an ambitious, long-term education recovery plan and the next stage will include a review of time spent in school and college and the impact this could have on helping children and young people to catch up. The findings of the review will be set out in the coming months to inform the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/09/2021 09:04:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1349413

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has a policy on the level of violence within a country that would result in the UK Government not (a) entering or (b) continuing negotiations on a potential trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	38370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>More trade need not come at the expense of our values. We will continue to take a balanced and proportionate approach with international trading partners.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 07/09/2021 16:57:50 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney