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1470459

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Boilers: Hydrogen
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible use of hydrogen alongside existing gas boilers; and whether the use of hydrogen could remove the need for gas boilers entirely.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring progress on trials that use blends of hydrogen in existing gas boilers to inform decisions in 2023 on whether to enable blending up to 20% hydrogen by volume into Great Britain gas networks. The Government is also supporting research, development and testing projects that will generate evidence on the costs, feasibility and impacts of using boilers that run entirely on hydrogen.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 13:43:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1470468

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Rolls-Royce: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the names of recipients of fines levied upon KPMG and its audit partners by the Financial Reporting Council for failures in auditing the statutory accounts of Rolls Royce.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The fine imposed by the Financial Reporting Council against KPMG LLP in respect of the audit of the accounts of Rolls Royce plc was £4.2 million, adjusted for admissions and early disposal to £3.375 million. The fine imposed against the Audit Engagement Partner, Anthony Sykes, was £150,000, adjusted for admissions and early disposal to £112,500.</p><p> </p><p>As the FRC investigation was under the FRC’s Audit Enforcement Procedure, the fines are subject to the requirement in regulation 5(7) of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 that the Financial Reporting Council must pay them to the Secretary of State at BEIS for remittance to the exchequer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/06/2022 11:16:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470469

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies registered in the UK with Companies House have a PO Box as their registered office address.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>As of 15 June 2022, there are 7,633 companies on the Register who have provided a current registered office address that contains a PO Box.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies has the power to set a company's registered office address to a default Companies House address where a statutory process to dispute the address is complete. This default address includes PO Box 4385, and as of 5 June 2022 there are 9,005 companies registered to this address.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/06/2022 11:20:18 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470470

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Kier Group: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the names of recipients of fines levied upon PWC and its audit partner by the Financial Reporting Council for failures in auditing the statutory accounts of Kier Group plc.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The fine imposed by the Financial Reporting Council against PWC LLP in respect of the audit of the accounts of Kier Group plc was £3.35 million, adjusted for aggravating/mitigating factors and admissions/early disposal to £1,959,750. The fine imposed against the Audit Engagement Partner, Jonathan Hook, was £90,000, adjusted for aggravating/mitigating factors and admissions/early disposal to £52,650.</p><p> </p><p>As the FRC investigation was under the FRC’s Audit Enforcement Procedure, the fines are subject to the requirement in regulation 5(7) of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 that the Financial Reporting Council must pay them to the Secretary of State at BEIS for remittance to the exchequer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/06/2022 11:19:44 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470471

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Rothschild Family Investment Management Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will investigate the incorporation of Rothschild Family Investment Management Company Limited, registered at Companies House on 9 June.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on individual cases.</p><p>The Registrar of Companies has no current powers to verify information properly delivered in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 or other enactments.</p><p>However, following extensive consultation over 2020 and 2021, the Government published on 28 February 2022 a detailed White Paper setting out far-reaching reforms to Companies House.</p><p>It is the Government’s intention to bring forward appropriate legislation early in this session of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/06/2022 16:07:47 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470478

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people to enter the offshore wind industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, the Government secured a commitment from developers and supply chain companies to work together to increase the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people working in offshore wind to 9% by 2030, aiming for a higher 12% if feasible. This is starting from a 2020 baseline of 5%. This work is being taken forward by the Offshore Wind Industry Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 13:43:27 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1470479

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to meet their target of women making up at least one third of the offshore wind workforce by 2030.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, the Government secured a commitment from developers and supply chain companies to work together to increase the number of women working in offshore wind to 33% by 2030, aiming for a higher 40% if feasible. This is starting from a 2018 baseline of 16%. This work is being taken forward by the Offshore Wind Industry Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 13:43:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1469970

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Company Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 1 June (HL473), what assessment they made of the duties of auditors set out the decision in Caparo Vs Dickman when providing that answer; and in particular, the part of the judgment which states "It is the auditors' function to ensure, so far as possible, that the financial information as to the company's affairs prepared by the directors accurately reflects the company's position in order, first, to protect the company itself from the consequences of undetected errors or, possibly, wrongdoing (by, for instance, declaring dividends out of capital)."
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government did not make an assessment in providing the Written Answer on 1 June 2022 to Question HL473. The interpretation of court judgements is not a matter for the Government, but for relevant regulators and the courts.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/06/2022 11:01:59 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1469971

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Company Accounts: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Callanan on 20 May (HL27) and 27 May (HL402), why the UK Endorsement Board has not interpreted its duties in SI 2019/685 by reference to the Companies Act 2006, given that section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978 requires "Where an Act confers power to make subordinate legislation, expressions used in that legislation have, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning which they bear in the Act."
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>SI 2019/685 was made under powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and not the Companies Act 2006. Nevertheless, the Government is satisfied that the UK Endorsement Board has interpreted its statutory functions in accordance with the Companies Act and the provision in Section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978 that is quoted in the question.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/06/2022 11:02:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1469972

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Mike Ashley and Seema Jamil-O'Neill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Callanan on 20 May (HL127 and HL128), whether they asked Mike Ashley or Seema Jamil O’Neill for information when preparing their response; and if not, whether they will now do so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Endorsement Board secretariat provides an administrative role with no executive function so staff in the secretariat should not be subject to parliamentary questions about their previous experience. However, I can assure the noble Baroness that all members of the secretariat were recruited through fair and open competition.</p><p> </p><p>The Government did not ask Mike Ashley for information in preparing its response to the previous questions. Officials contacted Mr Ashley during preparation of a response to this question and he informed officials that, to the best of his recollection, he was the KPMG audit engagement partner for years ending 31/12/2001 until 31/12/2004 inclusive.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/06/2022 11:03:32 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted