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Daily Report Wednesday, 30 June 2021 CONTENTS Daily Report Wednesday, 30 June 2021 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 30 June 2021 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:38 P.M., 30 June 2021). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 5 Nuclear Weapons: BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Procurement 11 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 5 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Green Homes Grant Scheme: SPORT 12 Billing 5 Gambling: Licensing 12 Heating: Housing 5 Microprocessors: Silicon and High Speed 2 Railway Line 5 Lithium 12 Hinkley Point C Power Station 6 EDUCATION 13 Hinkley Point C Power Station: Agriculture: Curriculum 13 Employment and Training 6 Apprentices: Arts and Design 13 Iron and Steel: Manufacturing British Students Abroad 14 Industries 7 Children: Protection 15 Motor Neurone Disease: Department for Education: Research 7 Data Protection 16 Nuclear Power 8 Educational Institutions: Nuclear Power: Procurement 8 Sexual Offences 17 Nuclear Powered Vessels: Further Education: Finance 18 Procurement 9 Overseas Students: EU Wind Power: Seas and Nationals 18 Oceans 9 Pupil Premium 20 CABINET OFFICE 10 Special Educational Needs 21 Blood: Contamination 10 Students: Finance 21 Ministers: Conduct 10 Training: Universal Credit 21 DEFENCE 11 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Nuclear Weapons 11 RURAL AFFAIRS 22 Nuclear Weapons: Costs 11 Air Pollution 22 Beekeeping: Urban Areas 23 Drugs: Regulation 23 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 38 Ella Kissi-Debrah 24 Anorexia 38 Farmers: Retirement 24 Coronavirus: Vaccination 38 Fisheries: Patrol Craft 25 Eating Disorders: Children and Fishing Vessels: EU Countries 26 Young People 39 Food: Sugar 27 Endometriosis 39 JBS 27 General Practitioners 40 Nappies: Environment Maternity Services: Ethnic Protection 28 Groups 40 Peat: Imports 28 Medical Records: Data Protection 41 Recycling 28 Medicines and Medical Supermarkets: Plastic Bags 29 Devices Safety Independent FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH Review 41 AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 30 Mental Health Services 41 Bilateral Aid: HIV Infection 30 Mesothelioma: Immunotherapy 42 Channel Islands: World War II 31 Miscarriage 43 Children and Mothers: Death 31 Obesity 44 Coronavirus: Vaccination 31 Obesity: Children 44 Ethiopia: Human Rights and Obesity: Health Services 44 Humanitarian Aid 32 Primary Health Care: Finance 44 Females: Education 33 Radiotherapy 45 Gaza: Israel 34 Suicide 46 Gulf Strategy Fund 34 Surgical Mesh Implants 46 HIV Infection: Finance 35 HOME OFFICE 47 India: Agriculture 35 British Nationality: Children 47 Members: Correspondence 35 Travel: Quarantine 47 Nuclear Weapons 36 Unsolicited Goods and Overseas Aid 36 Services 47 South Africa: Coronavirus 36 Visas: EEA Nationals 48 Uganda: Freedom of Visas: Innovation 48 Expression and Politics and Government 37 HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 48 Zimbabwe: Freedom of Expression and Politics and Building Safety Fund 48 Government 38 Buildings: Fire Prevention 49 Community Ownership Fund 49 Youth Custody: Labour Disadvantaged 50 Turnover 62 Freehold: Valuation 50 Youth Custody: Standards 63 High Speed 2 Railway Line 51 TRANSPORT 63 Holiday Lets and Second Aviation: Carbon Emissions 63 Homes: York 52 Bus Services: Transport for Landlords: Repairs and London 64 Maintenance 52 Department for Transport: Ministry of Housing, Railways 64 Communities and Local Driver and Vehicle Licensing Government: Freedom of Agency: Industrial Disputes 65 Information 53 Driving Licences 65 Parking: Key Workers 53 Electric Vehicles: Ambulance Property Development: York 54 Services 66 Tenancy Agreements 54 Great British Railways: Costs 66 Third Sector: Finance 55 Highway Code 67 UK Shared Prosperity Fund 55 Invalid Vehicles: Cycleways 67 UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Wales 55 Emissions 67 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 56 Motorways: Safety 68 Department for International Northwich Station: Safety 68 Trade: Freedom of Information 56 Parking: Coronavirus 68 JUSTICE 56 Public Transport: Coronavirus 69 Breastfeeding: Public Places 56 Railways 69 Family Courts: Domestic Railways: Franchises 69 Abuse and Offences Against Children 57 Railways: Infrastructure 70 Full Sutton Prison: Planning 58 Railways: Visual Impairment 70 Marriage: Humanism 58 Shipping: Training 71 Oakhill Secure Training Centre 59 Taxis: Coronavirus 71 Oakhill Secure Training Transport for London: Finance 71 Centre: Crimes of Violence 59 Transport: Carbon Emissions 73 Prisons: Domestic Visits 60 Transport: Greater London 73 Probation: York 60 Travel: Access 74 Youth Custody 61 Travel: Coronavirus 74 Youth Custody: Inspections 61 Travel: Government WORK AND PENSIONS 80 Assistance 75 Employment Schemes 80 TREASURY 76 Employment Schemes: Coronavirus Job Retention Disability 81 Scheme: Fraud 76 State Retirement Pensions: Coronavirus Job Retention Females 83 Scheme: Redundancy 76 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 84 Council of Europe: BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Coronavirus 77 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 84 Customs: Kent 77 Subsidy Control Bill and Heating: Housing 78 Government response to the Members: Correspondence 78 consultation on Subsidy Control 84 Migrant Workers: Data Protection 78 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 85 Wind Power 79 Covid-19 Update 85 WALES 79 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 87 Businesses: Coronavirus 79 Negotiations on the UK’s Future Trading Relationship Coronavirus: Wales 79 with New Zealand: Update 87 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Green Homes Grant Scheme: Billing Damien Moore: [20505] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses which carry out work through the Green Homes Grant scheme are paid on time. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The scheme administrator is working to ensure vouchers are paid as quickly as possible. Payment to installers is a four-step process. It requires the customer to confirm the work has been completed, the installer to lodge the work and the scheme administrator to undertake scheme checks before they can proceed to payment. Once it has reached the payment stage, the administrator aims to make payments within five-working days. However, if an inspection is deemed necessary then the process will take longer, especially given the current COVID-19 restrictions. As of 3 June 2021, 19,122 vouchers had been paid, with a total government contribution of £77 million. Heating: Housing Mr Richard Holden: [22214] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of relaxing the First Time Central Heating requirement of the Energy Company Obligation for net-zero measures on the (a) number of left behind properties that would be moved out of fuel poverty and (b) decarbonisation of the housing stock. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The Government will shortly consult on proposed changes to the Energy Company Obligation scheme, including any changes to first time central heating. The modelled impacts of the successor scheme will be set out in the accompanying Impact Assessment. This will include the associated carbon savings and the number of homes that are expected to be treated through the scheme. High Speed 2 Railway Line Craig Tracey: [20466] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of HS2 on the construction materials shortage for (a) other major projects in the construction sector and (b) the manufacturing and engineering sector. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The Government is aware that a range of building materials are in short supply nationally. This is driven by demand and increased global competition to secure supplies. At present, we do not have any information to suggest that demand from HS2 is having a material impact on supplies within the UK or on major projects in the construction, manufacturing and engineering sectors. However, the Government recognises that this is a critical situation and we are following events closely. The Construction Leadership Council’s Coronavirus Task Force has established a Product Availability Working Group, comprised of product manufacturers, builders’ merchants and suppliers, contractors of all sizes, and housebuilders. The Task Force continues to monitor the supply and demand of products, and identify those in short supply. Hinkley Point C Power Station Nick Fletcher: [20566] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure future investment in the UK’s nuclear sector after completion of Hinkley Point C. Anne-Marie Trevelyan: My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and the Energy White Paper set out multiple plans and objectives for supporting the UK’s nuclear sector. For large-scale nuclear, we aim to bring at least one large-scale nuclear project to a Final Investment Decision this Parliament and entered negotiations with EDF on Sizewell C. A large-scale nuclear power plant could support a peak of around 10,000 jobs during construction and provide significant investment opportunities. Having consulted on the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model for funding new nuclear, we are continuing to discuss this model with project developers and to consider the potential
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