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846071

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Rothamsted Research: Bayer
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 information his Department holds on the (a) actual 2017 and (b) budgeted 2018 Rothamsted Research income and expenditure arising from and relating to Rothamsted's strategic framework agreement with Bayer.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	128780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Rothamsted Research is an independent organisation. We do not hold information on Rothamsted’s income and expenditure arising from and relating to their strategic framework agreement with Bayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/02/2018 15:48:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

846073

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Biofuels
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 he will undertake a review of the cost of wood pellets used to fuel biomass boilers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of support given to biomass in the Renewable Heat Incentive was last amended in September 2017, and the Department currently has no plans to undertake a review of wood pellet costs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/03/2018 16:01:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846079

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Energy: Meters
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 reasons Ofgem recently increased the level of the pre-payment metre price cap.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	128787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The prepayment safeguard tariff (price cap) tariff was introduced by the Competition and markets Authority (CMA) following its investigation into the energy markets. The methodology set by the CMA, and administered by Ofgem, to calculate the cap is based on wholesale costs, network costs, policy costs, operating costs and costs specifically associated with prepayment meters. The recent change reflected changes in these underlying costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/02/2018 15:47:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

846097

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Jaguar Land Rover: Halewood
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 recent discussions he has held with representatives of Jaguar Land Rover on the future of its Halewood manufacturing plant after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	128801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>We have regular dialogue with key stakeholders in the automotive sector such as Jaguar Land Rover about a wide range of matters, including the challenges that leaving the EU poses and the opportunities that will become open to us.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 128802 question first answered 28/02/2018 15:51:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

846098

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Jaguar Land Rover: Halewood
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 recent discussions he has held with representatives of Jaguar Land Rover on the future of its Halewood manufacturing plant after the increase in fuel excise duty in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	128802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>We have regular dialogue with key stakeholders in the automotive sector such as Jaguar Land Rover about a wide range of matters, including the challenges that leaving the EU poses and the opportunities that will become open to us.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 128801 question first answered 28/02/2018 15:51:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

846163

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Paternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has any plans to extend paid paternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have any plans to extend the period of paid Paternity Leave.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay we are collecting information on the take up of paternity benefits, including survey data on the take up of paternity leave and pay, which will inform the development of policy in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:21:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

846170

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question 68339, on Parental Leave: Males, what the timetable is for his Department to publish the results of its review of Shared Parental Leave and Pay in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We have started to evaluate the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes and will gather and analyse information from a variety of sources.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to the progress of data collection, we anticipate publishing findings in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:23:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

846211

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Manufacturing Industries
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 he has made of the potential effect on manufacturing in (a) the North East and (b) the UK of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	128893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Industrial Strategy has set out a long term approach to boost the UK’s productivity growth and ensure that we’re building an economy fit for the future. The White Paper has set out a range of measures aimed at increasing investment from the private and public sector, which will both be vital in meeting the objective of increasing our productivity and earning power for people across the UK. This includes a commitment to increase total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p>The EU will remain a major trading partner for us. Throughout our negotiations, we are constantly attentive to the voice of business. They have asked for an implementation period and we are close to securing it.</p><p>We remain committed to making the UK the best place in Europe to own and grow a manufacturing business by cutting business taxes, slashing red tape and investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale. Through our Industrial Strategy, we will make sure that we are using all the tools we have to stimulate growth in places such as the North East. That means using our record investments in infrastructure to unlock growth in every part of the country; using the major new investment in research to support innovative manufacturing businesses across the country; and encouraging inward investment into the parts of the country where we need to get growth going faster.</p><p>The North East LEP Growth Deal supported by £379.6 million of funding is will with an estimated will provide 8,000 new jobs. The Growth Deal includes funding for the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) providing a world-class environment for high-tech industries and advanced manufacturing businesses. Sunderland Council estimates that it will bring £300 million of private sector investment into the region, helping support and grow the manufacturing sector in the North East.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/02/2018 17:46:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

846215

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	New Businesses: Midlands
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 his Department is taking to increase the number of business start-ups in (a) the Midlands and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	128897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy aims to make Britain the best place to start and grow a business, and a global draw for the most innovative companies.</p><p>The British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting £4 billion of finance to over 65,000 smaller businesses (as at end Sept 2017), whilst the Start Up Loans programme had lent £392.1m to more than 53,000 entrepreneurs (at end of January 2018). We will also offer support for SMEs in future sectors to tackle barriers growth. This will include a further £900m in the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for start-ups that are developing new propositions that respond to key global challenges</p><p>The Government also provides support to start-up businesses across England through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. In addition we have funded the provision of tailored advice and support through the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub and across the Midlands via the establishment of a Growth Hubs in each Local Enterprise Partnership area.</p><p>The Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub provides support to businesses in Coventry and includes a number of bespoke business support schemes for start-ups. The Government supported British Business Bank also has start-up loans available for small businesses in Coventry and the Midlands, including through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 26/02/2018 16:55:23 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

846229

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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: Sustainable Development
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 his policy is on sustainability reporting for UK businesses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	128908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Currently, all UK registered companies, except those entitled to the small companies exemption, are required to file a strategic report as part of their annual report.</p><p> </p><p>This must include, to the extent necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the company’s business, information relating to environmental matters. Quoted companies are also required to report, within their strategic reports, on:</p><ul><li>the impact of the company’s business on the environment, and</li><li>social, community and human rights issues.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Many UK companies choose to go further than this within their annual reports which the current flexible company law framework supports.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:37:59 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden