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1354279

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Business: Ellesmere Port and Neston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many business in Ellesmere Port and Neston Constituency placed a bid for a public contract in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021; and what proportion of those bids were successful.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	45857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/09/2021 17:19:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1354477

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 the average capital cost per megawatt of capacity is for UK offshore wind farms that (a) were commissioned in the last five years, (b) are due to be commissioned in the next five years and (c) was assumed in his Department's 2020 Cost of Electricity Generation report.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	46975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s 2020 Cost of Electricity Generation Report[1] presents forecasts from 2025 to 2040. In response to point (c), the capital costs assumed in the report are £1.95million per megawatt capacity, in 2018 prices, for a UK offshore wind farm commissioning in 2025. The above can also be taken as the Department’s assumption for (b), wind farms that are due to be commissioned in the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold historic project data on (a), capital costs for UK offshore wind farms commissioned in the past five years.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020</a></em></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 15/09/2021 16:04:08 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1354478

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a breakdown of the cost of £2285 for Government-approved covid-19 quarantine hotels.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	46976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The notional costing from 12 August based on the charge of £2,285 is comprised of: room and board £1,217; security £651; testing £96; liaison £69; airport costs £92; welfare costs £51; transport £38; administration £49; and ‘other’ and contingency £22.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/09/2021 13:56:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1354479

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the two-monthly report on the status of the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 published on 21 July 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits and demerits of maintaining powers under (a) section 51 and (b) Schedule 21 of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	46977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Section 51 and Schedule 21 enabled the enforcement of a number of public health measures relating to potentially infectious persons to control the spread of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. The provision was used minimally and has not been applied since October 2020. In 2021, a review of all remaining temporary provisions in the Coronavirus Act 2020 took place, with those no longer deemed necessary and proportionate recommended for expiry. The outcome of the review was set out in the nineth two-monthly report on the Act and was set out in the Winter Plan published on 14 September 2021. The Government recommended the expiry of section 51 and Schedule 21 of the Act as it pertains to England. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) (No.2) Regulations 2021 came into force on 9 December 2021 which expired section 51 and Schedule 21 in relation to England and on behalf of Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 10/01/2022 11:54:14 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 21774 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1354480

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the two-monthly report on the status of the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 published on 21 July 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the merits and demerits of maintaining powers under (a) section 52 and (b) Schedule 22 of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	46978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government intends to expire section 52 and Schedule 22 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 as it pertains to England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/09/2021 14:09:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 21778 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1354481

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Influenza: 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 his timetable is commencement of the national flu immunisation programme for 2021 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	46979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The national flu immunisation programme commenced on 1 September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 22/09/2021 14:02:52 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1354482

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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: Storage
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 need for hydrogen storage to manage fluctuations in (a) production and (b) consumption in supporting the Government’s pathways to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	47066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Hydrogen Strategy, published on 21st August set out that hydrogen storage, for example in salt caverns or depleted gas fields, can support the hydrogen economy in a range of ways that position it as a strategic asset as part of a fully decarbonised, net zero economy.</p><p>The Strategy made clear that there is still much work to do to understand, develop and scale up hydrogen storage infrastructure as both supply and demand grow. It committed to a review of systemic hydrogen storage requirements in the 2020s and beyond.</p><p>The Government’s review will assess the need for hydrogen storage and what form this might take. It will also consider whether funding or other incentives are needed, and whether further government regulation might be required to ensure that hydrogen storage infrastructure is available when needed.</p><p>This work, in addition to other work we are undertaking with technology developers, regulators and other industry stakeholders will help inform future Government policy on hydrogen storage. Government intends to provide an update on its review in early 2022 to facilitate further discussions with stakeholders.</p><p>Alongside its Hydrogen Strategy, the Government also published the Hydrogen Business Model consultation. The consultation includes specific questions on the treatment of small-scale storage within the Hydrogen Business Model, as well as on the potential need for a separate Government intervention to facilitate investment in future larger scale storage. Responses to these questions will also help inform our hydrogen storage review.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 47067 47069 47070 question first answered 20/09/2021 16:11:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1354483

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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: Storage
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 his Department has a preferred option for securing cost-effective UK hydrogen storage; and what assessment it has made of the potential merits of (a) repurposing existing salt caverns, (b) repurposing depleted gas fields and (c) building new storage capacity.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	47067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Hydrogen Strategy, published on 21st August set out that hydrogen storage, for example in salt caverns or depleted gas fields, can support the hydrogen economy in a range of ways that position it as a strategic asset as part of a fully decarbonised, net zero economy.</p><p>The Strategy made clear that there is still much work to do to understand, develop and scale up hydrogen storage infrastructure as both supply and demand grow. It committed to a review of systemic hydrogen storage requirements in the 2020s and beyond.</p><p>The Government’s review will assess the need for hydrogen storage and what form this might take. It will also consider whether funding or other incentives are needed, and whether further government regulation might be required to ensure that hydrogen storage infrastructure is available when needed.</p><p>This work, in addition to other work we are undertaking with technology developers, regulators and other industry stakeholders will help inform future Government policy on hydrogen storage. Government intends to provide an update on its review in early 2022 to facilitate further discussions with stakeholders.</p><p>Alongside its Hydrogen Strategy, the Government also published the Hydrogen Business Model consultation. The consultation includes specific questions on the treatment of small-scale storage within the Hydrogen Business Model, as well as on the potential need for a separate Government intervention to facilitate investment in future larger scale storage. Responses to these questions will also help inform our hydrogen storage review.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 47066 47069 47070 question first answered 20/09/2021 16:11:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1354484

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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: Storage
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 potential effect of hydrogen storage on (a) price volatility and wholesale natural gas prices, (b) the liquidity of the gas market, (c) security of supply and dependency on gas imports, (d) regional economies and integration and (e) the cost of mothballing and/or decommissioning existing depleted gas fields.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	47068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Energy White Paper sets out that natural gas has an important and on-going role to play in the future as we decarbonise our energy system. Even as work progresses with the move to a low carbon economy, energy security remains an absolute priority and Government will continue to engage with industry to ensure supply is balanced with demand.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is working with industry to explore the future role of hydrogen storage in meeting the net zero target. The UK Hydrogen Strategy provides Government’s thinking around the role of hydrogen storage, and its plans to assess whether further regulation or support mechanisms are needed.</p><p> </p><p>Though it is still too early to establish the role hydrogen storage will play, and the impact the production of hydrogen and the potential need for hydrogen storage facilities might be leading to 2050, BEIS continues to work with stakeholders to determine the future of the gas system, the market and any consideration around costs in meeting the net zero target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/09/2021 16:09:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1354485

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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: Storage
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 potential role that the Rough reservoir in the Southern North Sea could play in meeting hydrogen storage demand.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	47069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Hydrogen Strategy, published on 21st August set out that hydrogen storage, for example in salt caverns or depleted gas fields, can support the hydrogen economy in a range of ways that position it as a strategic asset as part of a fully decarbonised, net zero economy.</p><p>The Strategy made clear that there is still much work to do to understand, develop and scale up hydrogen storage infrastructure as both supply and demand grow. It committed to a review of systemic hydrogen storage requirements in the 2020s and beyond.</p><p>The Government’s review will assess the need for hydrogen storage and what form this might take. It will also consider whether funding or other incentives are needed, and whether further government regulation might be required to ensure that hydrogen storage infrastructure is available when needed.</p><p>This work, in addition to other work we are undertaking with technology developers, regulators and other industry stakeholders will help inform future Government policy on hydrogen storage. Government intends to provide an update on its review in early 2022 to facilitate further discussions with stakeholders.</p><p>Alongside its Hydrogen Strategy, the Government also published the Hydrogen Business Model consultation. The consultation includes specific questions on the treatment of small-scale storage within the Hydrogen Business Model, as well as on the potential need for a separate Government intervention to facilitate investment in future larger scale storage. Responses to these questions will also help inform our hydrogen storage review.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 47066 47067 47070 question first answered 20/09/2021 16:11:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson