"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member constituency","answer > answering member printed","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member constituency","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202419","Attorney General","false","2020-06-24","
The Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) of the Government Legal Department (GLD) deals with the estates of people domiciled in England & Wales who appear to have died without leaving a valid will or relatives entitled to share in their estates in priority to the Crown. Estates which potentially fall to be dealt with as bona vacantia may be referred to BVD by a variety of routes, for example, banks, other financial institutions, solicitors or members of the public.
There is no statutory obligation to refer estates to BVD but guidance on the referral process and the circumstances in which a referral will be accepted are published on BVD’s website (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/bona-vacantia). It is for local authorities to determine whether an estate should be referred to BVD.
In 2017-2018, 2768 estates were referred to BVD of which 909 were referred by local authorities. In 2018-2019, 1971 estates were referred to BVD of which 575 were referred by local authorities.
In 2019-2020, 2336 estates were referred to BVD of which 561 were referred by local authorities
GLD has no responsibility for overseeing local authorities or their compliance with guidance issued by GLD about the handling of estates. Such information – including whether an estate has been referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of GLD, or whether the local authority has instructed an heir hunter – will be held by the particular local authority concerned.
","Northampton North","Michael Ellis","2020-06-24T16:20:38.063Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202419/answer","Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis","88","Attorney General","Attorney General","2020-06-10","Intestacy","1","House of Commons","To ask the Attorney General, whether she has made a recent assessment of levels of compliance among local authorities with the guidance issued by the Government Legal Department on the referral to the Bona Vacantia Division of estates of people who have died without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will and instead passing the details directly to a single heir hunting firm.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","58045" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202420","Attorney General","false","2020-06-24","The Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department (GLD) handles the estates of people who die without known entitled relatives, and without leaving a will. There is no statutory obligation to refer estates to GLD. However, GLD publishes guidance on the matter. In addition, local authorities can and do seek advice from GLD about the referral of specific cases.
GLD does not provide advice to local authorities on the use of heir hunters.
","Northampton North","Michael Ellis","2020-06-24T16:23:59.877Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1202420/answer","Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis","88","Attorney General","Attorney General","2020-06-10","Intestacy","1","House of Commons","To ask the Attorney General, if she will make it her policy to strengthen the guidance issued by the Government Legal Department to local authorities on handling the estates of people who have died without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will to ensure that they refer all eligible estates as soon as possible after death to the Bona Vacantia Division and do not pass the details directly to a single heir hunting firm.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","58046" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1220624","Attorney General","false","2020-07-10","The Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) of the Government Legal Department (GLD) deals with the solvent estates of people domiciled in England & Wales who appear to have died without leaving a valid will or relatives entitled to share in their estates in priority to the Crown. It therefore does not generally deal with estates where there is a valid will.
If the referral contains information which suggests the deceased has left a valid will disposing of their entire estate, it will be returned to the person who referred it. The Division does not keep a record of these estates.
If the deceased does not appear to have left a valid will or entitled relatives, the estate will be advertised on the Division’s website.
Occasionally the Division determines that the deceased has left a valid will which disposes of the entire estate after it has been advertised. There were two such estates referred in March 2019; two in April 2019; none in May 2019; one in March 2020; one in April 2020 and one in May 2020.
Estates where the deceased has left a valid will but it does not dispose of the entire estate are sometimes referred to the Division because the undisposed residue passes by intestacy to the Crown. One such estate was referred to the Division in March 2019 and one in April 2019. There have been no other referrals in the months concerned.
During the corresponding period, the number of estates referred to the Division where there was no will or no will has subsequently come to light were: March 2019 = 296; April 2019 = 187; May 2019 = 160; March 2020 = 192; April 2020 = 204; May 2020 = 81.
","Northampton North","Michael Ellis","2020-07-10T12:47:20.777Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1220624/answer","Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis","88","Attorney General","Attorney General","2020-07-03","Administration of Estates","1","House of Commons","To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people who died without known entitled relatives and left a will were referred to the Bona Vacant Division of the Government Legal Department in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","68760" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1585088","Department for Business and Trade","false","2023-02-20","The amount of funding the that the UK has disbursed to NDC Partnership can be found at https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-13-ICF-0008-NDCP/transactions.
","Thirsk and Malton","Kevin Hollinrake","2023-02-20T15:48:32.837Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1585088/answer","Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake","214","Business and Trade","Business and Trade","2023-02-07","Climate Change: International Cooperation","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the funding the UK committed to the NDC Partnership from 2019–25 has been disbursed.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","141560" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1645327","Department for Business and Trade","false","2023-06-26","Chemical recycling covers a range of emerging technologies that could potentially offer a complementary recycling route for plastics where mechanical recycling is impractical or uneconomic. The Government has funded innovative demonstrator projects, including on chemical recycling, through UK Research and Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging programme. In April of this year HM Treasury announced plans to consult on whether and how chemically recycled content could be accounted for in the Plastics Packaging Tax using a mass balance chain of custody model.
The Government works with public finance institutions such as UK Infrastructure Bank, British Business Bank, UK Research and Innovation, Export Credit Agency and UK Export Finance, to support investment in green technologies.
","Wealden","Ms Nusrat Ghani","2023-06-26T11:27:22.803Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1645327/answer","Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani","214","Business and Trade","Business and Trade","2023-06-16","Chemicals and Technology: Environment Protection","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to encourage investment in (a) chemical recycling and (b) other new green technology.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","189966" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1645330","Department for Business and Trade","false","2023-06-26","Lord Harrington’s review into attracting foreign direct investment is primarily, though not exclusively, focused on the Chancellor’s five key growth sectors. One of the key growth sectors is Green Industries, and the review will consider actions to improve investment across Green Industries, including recycling infrastructure.
","Mid Worcestershire","Nigel Huddleston","2023-06-26T11:50:23.04Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1645330/answer","Biography information for Nigel Huddleston","214","Business and Trade","Business and Trade","2023-06-16","Foreign Investment in UK: Recycling","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the review into the Government’s approach to attracting foreign direct investment led by Lord Harrington of Watford will consider the Government’s approach to attracting new foreign direct investment into recycling infrastructure.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","189969" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1660540","Department for Business and Trade","false","2023-09-22","In 2020, £500m of Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) funding was announced in the Ten Point Plan. The 2021 Net Zero Strategy announced a further £350m funding for the ATF between 2022/23-2024/25. £136m of this budget, for financial year 2022-23, was later reprioritised by BEIS (predecessor department) for investment in Sizewell C
As of September 2023, the total value of offers made under the ATF is over £550 million. In addition, we are in active discussions with investors on a wide range of exciting new projects for the UK's electric vehicle supply chain.
","Wealden","Ms Nusrat Ghani","2023-09-22T11:38:13.043Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1660540/answer","Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani","214","Business and Trade","Business and Trade","2023-09-13","Automotive Transformation Fund","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund (a) has been spent and (b) has been allocated for the spending review period to March 2025.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","199465" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1660541","Department for Business and Trade","false","2023-09-22","The Automotive Transformation Fund offers funding for capital and associated industrial research projects that support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK. We continue to work with industry to unlock private investment in our EV supply chain via the ATF. This includes unlocking strategic investments in gigafactories, motors and drives, power electronics, and fuel cell systems.
","Wealden","Ms Nusrat Ghani","2023-09-22T10:48:29.243Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1660541/answer","Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani","214","Business and Trade","Business and Trade","2023-09-13","Automotive Transformation Fund","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund she plans to allocate to (a) existing legacy car and van manufacturers and (b) new entrants to the market.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","199466" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127301","Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","false","2019-05-23","The number of domestic solar installations during April 2019 will be published by BEIS on Thursday 30 May using information from the MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) installation database. These are provisional numbers which are subject to revision in future publications.
Solar photovoltaic deployment statistics is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment.
","Kingswood","Chris Skidmore","2019-05-23T13:53:11.227Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1127301/answer","Biography information for Chris Skidmore","201","Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","2019-05-17","Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the volume of rooftop solar that has been deployed since the closure of the Feed-In Tariff scheme and the Export Tariff.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","255693" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171915","Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","false","2020-01-23","Latest figures indicate we now have more than 27GW of combined onshore wind and solar PV capacity installed in the UK, enough to power over 13 million UK homes. A number of renewable energy projects, including onshore wind and solar PV projects, are now deploying without subsidy in the UK and we expect others may follow.
No decisions have been taken on future Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation rounds for established technologies such as onshore wind and solar PV. We keep the CfD scheme under review and will announce the scope of future allocation rounds in due course.
","Spelthorne","Kwasi Kwarteng","2020-01-23T10:08:18.823Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171915/answer","Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng","201","Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","2020-01-20","Renewable Energy","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to deliver the recommendation from the Committee on Climate Change that large-scale solar PV and onshore wind should have a Government-backed route to market.","false","Biography information for Wera Hobhouse","Bath","Wera Hobhouse","5496"