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711353

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Foreign Companies: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he intends to publish a consultation or call for evidence on enhancing the transparency of beneficial ownership information of foreign companies that own properties in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	68005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains committed introducing the register of beneficial ownership for foreign companies that own UK property, which was announced at the Anti-Corruption summit in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>This register is an important element of the forthcoming anti-corruption strategy. It will give assurance that the UK is a hostile environment for hiding the proceeds of corruption or laundering money.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2017 16:27:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

711536

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	EU Grants and Loans
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 proportion of the European Structural and Investment Funds available in the current funding period in each region have been allocated to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The amounts of European Structural and Investment Funds committed to projects at present, and the locations of these projects, can be found on the following GOV.UK pages and the websites of the devolved administrations.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/european-maritime-and-fisheries-fund-emff-successful-applicants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/european-maritime-and-fisheries-fund-emff-successful-applicants</a></p><p><a href="http://cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://cap-payments.defra.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2017 17:03:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

711537

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding from European Structural and Investment Funds has been made available in each region in the current funding period.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>A total of €16.2bn is available to the UK through the existing round of European Structural and Investment Funds programmes for 2014‑20. This includes funding across the UK of €5.2bn through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and €243m through the European Marine and Fisheries Fund. Information on the allocations from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund to England, including allocations to Local Enterprise Partnership areas, and to the devolved administrations is provided on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2017 17:01:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

711541

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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: Prices
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 carried out an assessment of changes in investor confidence caused by Ofgem's proposal retrospectively to remove long-standing triad incentive payments from committed 2014 and 2015 capacity market contracts.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	68021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The review of embedded benefits related to Transmission Network Use of System demand charges is a matter for Ofgem, as the independent regulator. Ofgem is consulting on a draft impact assessment which considers various impacts of its proposed reforms.</p><p>The Department has received a number of stakeholder representations regarding the review of embedded benefits. These suggest that many embedded generation projects with capacity agreements from the 2014 and 2015 auctions will be largely unaffected; but some may be affected if they have assumed current levels of embedded benefit over a longer term.</p><p>The Capacity Market exists to provide back-up supply when needed.</p><p>Holders of capacity agreements are of course subject to strict termination fees where they are unable to fulfil their agreements. The Government remains confident that these obligations, alongside the future one-year-ahead auction, can be used effectively to mitigate any risks to capacity that arise between the four-year-ahead auction and the delivery year, so that security of supply is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/03/2017 12:52:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

711543

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Euratom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which nuclear energy stakeholders he consulted on whether the UK should seek to withdraw from the European Atomic Energy Community (a) before and (b) after the publication of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	68028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has had detailed discussions with nuclear sector stakeholders since the referendum. Both officials and Ministers have been in frequent contact with nuclear industry and research stakeholders, and we will continue to work closely with them as we take the negotiations forwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:32:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41210 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

711544

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
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 the average response rate was of his Department to individual Freedom of Information requests in each month since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Freedom of Information statistics are Official Statistics and are governed by the standards set out by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) in their Code of Practice. To publish information outside of the release timetable would be a breach of Protocol 2 of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p>The latest Freedom of Information statistics were published in December 2016 and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/03/2017 16:04:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

711545

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Beer: Employment
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 28 February 2017 to Question 65129, on Heineken: Punch Taverns, what steps he is taking to help protect jobs in the microbrewing industry.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	68166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>We are working with UK industry to create the right conditions for competitive, world leading manufacturing businesses to flourish and grow across the UK. We are supporting all UK food and drink manufacturers, including microbrewers, by cutting business taxes, reducing red tape and investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale.</p><p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we are offering an ‘open door’ to industry to come to us with proposals for a Sector Deal to transform and upgrade their sector. We are prepared to work with any sector which can organise behind strong leadership to address shared challenges and opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/03/2017 10:15:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

711546

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Foreign Companies: Ownership
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 ensure that foreign companies which own properties in the UK publish details of their ultimate beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	68151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains committed introducing the register of beneficial ownership for foreign companies that own UK property, which was announced at the Anti-Corruption summit in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>This register is an important element of the forthcoming anti-corruption strategy. It will give assurance that the UK is a hostile environment for hiding the proceeds of corruption or laundering money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/03/2017 14:29:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

711552

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
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 the status of the UK will be in discussions for the next 9th EU RTD Framework Programme once the Government has triggered Article 50.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	68206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>As my Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU research programmes, including Horizon 2020 and successor programmes.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68193 68194 question first answered 24/03/2017 13:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

711553

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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	European Research Area
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 his Department has made of the feasibility of the UK becoming an associate member of the European Research Area after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	68193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>As my Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU research programmes, including Horizon 2020 and successor programmes.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68194 68206 question first answered 24/03/2017 13:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy