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1399184

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cooperatives and Mutual Societies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 14 December 2021, Official Report column 268WH, if he will publish the correspondence from Liverpool Victoria (LV=); and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	96754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>A Freedom of Information request for this correspondence was received and the letter has now been released.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/01/2022 14:55:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388639

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Building Safety Fund will cover the cost of spandrel replacements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Government funding covers all works directly related to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding systems on residential buildings of 18 metres and above in height. Detailed information on works eligible for funding can be found in the Building Safety Fund prospectus, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C3f7de48739714410616808d9c46fc9db%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637756806661724236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RKEiBZ0gLuS0vpNKtPeDDvIkBt1WnTVJr7YJ9p9yNTg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> . Eligible works can cover other structural and fire safety works but only where it integral to the remediation of the unsafe cladding system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 94274 94275 question first answered 11/01/2022 13:43:35 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388640

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Building Safety Fund does not cover the cost of balcony deck remediation if that work is necessary to make a residential building safe from fire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Government funding covers all works directly related to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding systems on residential buildings of 18 metres and above in height. Detailed information on works eligible for funding can be found in the Building Safety Fund prospectus, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C3f7de48739714410616808d9c46fc9db%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637756806661724236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RKEiBZ0gLuS0vpNKtPeDDvIkBt1WnTVJr7YJ9p9yNTg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> . Eligible works can cover other structural and fire safety works but only where it integral to the remediation of the unsafe cladding system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 94273 94275 question first answered 11/01/2022 13:43:35 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388641

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Building Safety Fund does not cover the cost of garage roof remediation if that work is necessary to make a residential building safe from fire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Government funding covers all works directly related to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding systems on residential buildings of 18 metres and above in height. Detailed information on works eligible for funding can be found in the Building Safety Fund prospectus, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C3f7de48739714410616808d9c46fc9db%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637756806661724236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RKEiBZ0gLuS0vpNKtPeDDvIkBt1WnTVJr7YJ9p9yNTg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> . Eligible works can cover other structural and fire safety works but only where it integral to the remediation of the unsafe cladding system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 94273 94274 question first answered 11/01/2022 13:43:35 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388642

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on removing VAT on mandatory fire safety repairs if that work is necessary to make a residential building safe from fire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The supply of fire safety equipment under qualifying circumstances is already eligible for VAT relief when provided alongside the construction and renovation of residential or charitable buildings. The cost of replacing cladding can also be zero rated if it is tied to the initial construction of the building and the cladding is shown to be defective.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the reliefs already available, however, the Government keeps all taxes under constant review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/01/2022 15:29:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388643

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the competitiveness on price of companies seeking to secure contracts for mandatory building fire safety repairs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Fund will cover all reasonable costs for eligible works that are necessary to remediate unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings. Reasonable costs must be informed by an industry standard approach to specification and procurement of works, having regard to cost benchmarks established from comparable projects. Higher than expected costs will be challenged and will be subject to further scrutiny, and the level of grant may be reduced.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2022 13:43:56 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388769

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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, whether the Pfizer/BioNTech covid-19 vaccine is subject to the 36 month grace period on price controls as outlined in the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>Under the terms of the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, new active substances launched within 36 months of licensing of the first indication in the United Kingdom will benefit from freedom of list pricing at launch. A decision has not been made on whether the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a licensed branded medicine known as Comirnaty, qualifies as a new active substance.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/01/2022 09:36:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388771

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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	Pfizer: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government agreed to (a) keep confidential and (b) hold outside of the UK any dispute with Pfizer on the contract that company holds for producing covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has agreed to keep confidential any dispute(s) that arise with Pfizer because of commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 06/01/2022 16:35:05 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388772

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the covid-19 vaccine doses that the Government has redistributed to lower income countries have been AstraZeneca vaccines; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>As of 05 January, the UK has delivered 23.3 million doses to countries in need of which 17.8m have been delivered via COVAX and 5.5 million doses delivered directly. A further 7.5 million doses have been received by COVAX and will shortly be allocated and shipped in line with COVAX's fair allocation model. All doses donated to date have been AstraZeneca doses delivered to ODA eligible countries.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 06/01/2022 15:43:16 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388773

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of data on the AstraZeneca vaccine's level of effectiveness against the omicron covid-19 variant, what proportion of the UK's doses to be redistributed to lower income countries in 2022 will be AstraZeneca; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	94281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on vaccine donations will continue to depend on supply chain reliability, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advice and the ability of countries to absorb and deploy vaccines. Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has been crucial to the UK's domestic vaccination programme, accounting for over 40% of the vaccines used. This vaccine has a significant role as part of our continuing 'evergreen vaccination programme offer' and for members of the population coming forwards for boosting who are mRNA intolerant.</p><p>World Health Organisation have said that Omicron is probably already in most countries, and is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant. Whilst early estimates suggest vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection with Omicron is significantly lower than with Delta, the UK Health Security Agency have highlighted that, as we saw with previous variants, the effectiveness against severe disease with Omicron (protecting both individuals and health systems) is likely to be substantially higher than against symptomatic infection. This means that full vaccination with AstraZeneca is likely to continue to reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death from Omicron.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 06/01/2022 15:44:56 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas