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date	19/06/2020
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	Business: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business,Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide support to (a) local authorities and (b) Local Resilience Forums for the allocation of undistributed funding to businesses in Hampshire that are facing financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	61767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put forward a package of support for businesses in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19. As part of this, as at 21 June, local authorities in Hampshire had paid out over £225 million to over 18,000 business premises under the Small Business Grants Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 May, the Government announced the Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund to support businesses previously out of scope of the existing grant funding schemes. In Hampshire, a further £12 million has been made available to support local businesses through this additional fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with all local authorities to ensure grant funding reaches businesses as quickly and efficiently as possible. As part of this, we have provided detailed guidance and FAQs, regular briefings, and one-to-one support from the Department, as well as a communications toolkit.</p><p> </p><p>Once the schemes have closed, any unallocated funds will be subject to a reconciliation exercise with the Government. We will also provide additional funding to local authorities to meet the administrative costs of delivering this policy.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping in close contact with local authorities to understand how the schemes are rolling out.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/06/2020 16:36:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1194328

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Construction: Coronavirus
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 steps he is taking to ensure that construction work in urban areas does not increase respiratory risks to shielded people in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	45404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Government has emphasised that people’s health is the top priority. We have been clear that construction work can continue in England if it is undertaken in a manner consistent with the guidelines issued by Public Health England. We have also published bespoke guidance to help those who work in outdoor environments, including construction workers, to understand how to work safely at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive has set out that dust from construction work does not usually pose a health risk to members of the public if the exposure is low and the duration is short. If high exposure and longer duration is likely, controls have been adopted to protect the workforce on a construction site; these are also likely to reduce the risk to members of the public. These controls include the use of low-dust products, as well as the use of water suppression or exhaust ventilation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is not aware of specific instances of brick dust affecting the respiratory functioning of people located near to construction sites during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 45406 question first answered 18/05/2020 12:55:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1194330

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Construction: Coronavirus
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 reports he has received of brick dust affecting the respiratory functioning of people located near to construction sites during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	45406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Government has emphasised that people’s health is the top priority. We have been clear that construction work can continue in England if it is undertaken in a manner consistent with the guidelines issued by Public Health England. We have also published bespoke guidance to help those who work in outdoor environments, including construction workers, to understand how to work safely at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive has set out that dust from construction work does not usually pose a health risk to members of the public if the exposure is low and the duration is short. If high exposure and longer duration is likely, controls have been adopted to protect the workforce on a construction site; these are also likely to reduce the risk to members of the public. These controls include the use of low-dust products, as well as the use of water suppression or exhaust ventilation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is not aware of specific instances of brick dust affecting the respiratory functioning of people located near to construction sites during the Covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 45404 question first answered 18/05/2020 12:55:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1150727

registered interest
date	18/10/2019
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Finance
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 steps her Department has taken to measure the effectiveness of the disbursement of public money by local enterprise partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	1947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>In the July 2018 Review, <em>Strengthened LEPs</em>, Government bolstered the rules that each Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) must follow to ensure greater transparency on how public money is spent. We continue to review the effectiveness of the assurance and transparency model that we have in place for LEPs. The National Local Growth Assurance Framework published in January 2019 provides guidance to LEPs on how places should appraise, monitor and evaluate schemes to achieve value for money, based on HM Treasury Green Book standards. Government also receives quarterly performance data from LEPs through the Framework.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/10/2019 16:55:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1150728

registered interest
date	18/10/2019
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will commission a review of the value for money provided by local enterprise partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	1948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>In the July 2018 Review, <em>Strengthened LEPs</em>, Government bolstered the rules that each Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) must follow to ensure greater transparency on how public money is spent. We continue to review the effectiveness of the assurance and transparency model that we have in place for LEPs. The National Local Growth Assurance Framework published in January 2019 provides guidance to LEPs on how places should appraise, monitor and evaluate schemes to achieve value for money, based on HM Treasury Green Book standards. Government also receives quarterly performance data from LEPs through the Framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/10/2019 16:56:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1150729

registered interest
date	18/10/2019
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Solent
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 she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) equity of Solent local enterprise partnership's grant criteria in relation to the Southsea sea defence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	1949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Local Growth Assurance Framework is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. This Framework sets out Government’s guidance on the assurance requirements for local growth funding as well as guidance for LEPs on carrying out value for money assessments on the funding it provides.</p><p> </p><p>The Solent LEP’s Local Assurance Framework is published on its website and sets out how the LEP operates, including processes for decision-making, project approval and monitoring. In accordance with the Framework minutes of both LEP Board and the Funding, Finance and Performance Management Group meetings are publicly available on the LEP website.</p><p>LEPs are also required to participate in relevant Local Authority scrutiny arrangements to guarantee the effective and appropriate scrutiny of their investment decisions, this is in addition to their internal scrutiny and audit arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/10/2019 16:04:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan