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1248726

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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: 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, when the Government plans to issue business guidance on the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown to (a) tradesmen, (b) floor-fitters and (c) similar businesses.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	111478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Our Other People’s Homes safer working guidance was updated on 4 November incorporating the new national restrictions for England.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/homes" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/homes</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/11/2020 17:28:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

1248783

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety
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 improve the regulation of online marketplaces to better prevent the sale of counterfeit or sub-standard electrical products.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	111535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <p>Officials in the Intellectual Property Office have been holding roundtable meetings with representatives of the online marketplaces to improve the way these platforms respond to the threat posed by the sale of counterfeit goods.</p><p>These meetings have been productive and we expect to be in a position to announce a positive outcome in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 13/11/2020 14:23:13 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1248816

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Correspondence: Postal Services
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of people who are unable to receive letters by post; and whether he has made an assessment of the harms associated with not being able to receive letters by post.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	111544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The Postal Services Act 2011 requires a six days a week, one price goes anywhere, service for the delivery and collection of letters (and five days a week for parcels) to every address throughout the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, as the UK’s designated independent regulator of postal services, monitors the delivery of the universal postal service standards.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/11/2020 17:51:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1248826

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Retail Trade: Coventry
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 support the retail sector in Coventry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	111548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Retailers in Coventry have been able to benefit from 100% Business Rates Relief for financial year 2020/21, cash grants of up to £25,000, tax deferrals, and protection from eviction for non-payment of rent.</p><p> </p><p>Retailers are also able to benefit from additional financial measures recently announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, including the extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, extension to the existing Loan Schemes to January 2021 with the ability to top-up Bounce Back Loans, and cash grants of up to £3,000 per month for businesses which are closed.</p><p> </p><p>All shops can continue to offer home delivery and click and collect services to customers during the national restrictions in place from 5 November.</p><p> </p><p>Four thousand and fourteen Coventry businesses from across all sectors have benefited from Local Authority Grants totalling £47,820,000.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/11/2020 17:12:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1248831

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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: 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 estimate he has made of the number of businesses in each sector that have created new jobs during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	111552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>In response to the covid-19 outbreak, the Office for National Statistics has implemented more rapid fortnightly business impacts surveys to monitor many things, including job-supporting measures including furlough. These can be found published on the ONS website here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessimpactofcovid19surveybicsresults" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessimpactofcovid19surveybicsresults</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/11/2020 17:49:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1248862

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
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 maximise employment opportunities for UK workers from the supply chain required to deliver and operate Carbon Capture Usage and Storage projects as part of the UK's transition to a net zero carbon economy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	111506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) will be essential to meeting our 2050 net zero target, playing a vital role in levelling up the economy, supporting the low carbon economic transformation of our industrial regions, creating new high value jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Our new CCS Infrastructure Fund will provide at least £800m to support the establishment of CCS in at least two UK sites: the first by the mid-2020s; the second by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to having a strong, industrialised UK supply chain. We are working with industry to understand how we can build a thriving UK supply chain, drive growth, and seize the commercial opportunities in the UK and abroad.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:48:19 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1248863

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Wind Power: Continental Shelf
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 make it his policy to increase employment opportunities for UK workers across the supply chain that will be required to provide an additional 30GW of energy from offshore wind farms on the UK Continental Shelf by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	111507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>On 6 October, the Government set out new plans to make the UK the world leader in clean wind energy – creating jobs, slashing carbon emissions and boosting exports. The Government also announced a commitment to 40GW of offshore wind capacity in the UK by 2030 alongside £160 million being made available to upgrade ports and infrastructure; supporting up to 2,000 construction jobs and enabling the offshore wind sector to support up to 60,000 jobs directly and indirectly by 2030 in ports, factories and the supply chains. The Government also announced a new target for floating offshore wind to deliver 1GW of energy by 2030, which is over 15 times the current volumes worldwide.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently sought views on strengthening Supply Chain Plan Policy for future CfD rounds, as part of the AR4 consultation. Government is considering the responses to the consultation before considering implications for policy.</p><p> </p><p>These commitments are the first stage outlined as part of the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for a green industrial revolution, which will be set out fully later this year. This is expected to include ambitious targets and major investment into industries, innovation and infrastructure that will accelerate the UK’s path to net zero by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:46:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1248877

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Energy Supply: Capital Investment and Job Creation
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 plans to take to ensure that Ofgem's Final Determination for investment under RIIO-2 will (a) promote investment and (b) create jobs in the energy transmission sector in the years 2021-26.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Ruth Edwards
uin	111647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Network regulation is a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem’s Draft Determinations published in July for consultation included upfront allowances of over £7.5bn for the electricity and gas transmission sectors alongside a further £10bn available across all sectors for net zero investment through the price control period of 2021-26. Ofgem are due to publish their Final Determinations for the transmission sectors in December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:44:40 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4808 label Biography information for Ruth Edwards

1248912

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
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 redress is available for people who have inherited a property associated with a Green Deal loan where there is concern that the person from whom they inherited the property was potentially mis-sold that loan.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	111565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Under the Green Deal Framework regulations, loans can be reduced or cancelled where there has been a breach of the relevant rules, and my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is satisfied that the consumer has suffered, or is likely to suffer, a substantive loss. This applies to any complaint which meets the eligibility requirements regardless of whether it concerns a Green Deal Plan that was in place at a property prior to a complainant inheriting that property.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:43:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1248913

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
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 many complaints he has received in relation to Green Deal mis-selling by Helms where the complainant was not the person in whose name the original credit agreement was made.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	111566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not record data on the number of complaints about mis-selling of Green Deal Plans by Home Energy &amp; Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) received from complainants who did not enter the original credit agreement as the property “improver”. Complaints to my Rt, Hon. Friend the Secretary of State can be made under the Green Deal Framework regulations by original improvers or subsequent bill payers (other eligibility criteria must also met).</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:41:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands