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1520328

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme
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 Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme will be introduced; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays to the introduction of that scheme on the number of contracts that will be agreed through it.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	61437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Shipbuilding falls within my Ministerial portfolio, and the Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme is a key priority for early delivery. I am bringing forward our specific proposals for the scheme to Government colleagues, with a view to updating Parliament and launching a scheme this calendar year. BEIS is not aware of any immediate lending cases that have been disadvantaged by the delay in launching the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2022 16:24:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1520329

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Shipping: Energy
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 he will hold discussions with maritime sector representatives on (a) the potential impact of trends in the level of energy costs on and (b) ensuring the supply of fuel to that sector.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	61438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Science and Investment Security will be meeting with representatives from the maritime sector for a general introduction in the near future.</p><p>The recently announced Energy Bill Relief Scheme <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C755d90f29ade46fc9a1008dab283792b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638018574980713436%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xJLgpnkPhJYxYiG79rKKQ0NOt0ItKdkGNcyQ21JUQuk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses</a> ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. A review of the scheme, to be published in three months, will identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers and how the government will continue assisting them with energy costs after the initial six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:41:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1520352

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Energy: Conservation
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 his Department has not launched a public information campaign on saving energy.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	61388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s Help for Household campaign aims to increase the public’s awareness of support available to help with energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign website explains the range of Government support available, including the Energy Price Guarantee and Energy Bills Support Scheme. It also provides homeowners with energy efficiency recommendations that could help save them hundreds of pounds a year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will look at how Help for Households can signpost the public to information on how to cut their energy bills further. The Government is also working with energy suppliers to ensure that support is available to their customers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:39:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1520371

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Energy: 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 assessment he has made of the positive merits of thermal storage technologies; and if he will bring forward (a) legislative proposals and (b) associated policies to support them.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	61082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Heat and Buildings Strategy, flexible use of energy, including through the use of thermal storage, can help create a cost-effective, efficient and secure energy system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is supporting the development of novel thermal storage technologies through the Net Zero Innovation Programme, the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, the long duration energy storage competition and at universities through research council funding; for example, through the “Heat Pump Fully Integrated with Thermochemical Store” innovation work at the University of Warwick. This will help inform future policy on such technologies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:38:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1520372

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Renewable Energy: 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 assessment he has made of the UK's ability to harness its renewable energy production through the use of (a) smart thermal storage heaters, (b) batteries, and (c) other existing energy storage technologies.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	61083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government published analysis which examined future requirements of flexible low carbon technologies including electricity storage and flexible heating alongside the joint BEIS and Ofgem Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan 2021 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftransitioning-to-a-net-zero-energy-system-smart-systems-and-flexibility-plan-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Ccb70e43826fc4f17a5d608dab2854175%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638018582631213952%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Fc%2F97Dl2EplmPDy3MFKHIDbUKsuCytdcSKk5kXJewMA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transitioning-to-a-net-zero-energy-system-smart-systems-and-flexibility-plan-2021</a>). Additionally, as part of our response to the Call for Evidence on Large Scale Long Duration Electricity Storage from Aug 2022, the Government published external analysis (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-long-duration-electricity-storage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-long-duration-electricity-storage</a>) the role that long-duration electricity storage could play in the system.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:37:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1520373

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Hospitality Industry: Insolvency
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 business insolvencies there have been in the food and beverage services industry in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	61259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The data used for insolvency statistics is compiled from information at Companies House. The registered office address for a company may not be representative of its trading location, and often it is changed upon insolvency to the address of the appointed Insolvency Practitioner dealing with the case. Subject to these caveats, the table below sets out the data on estimated company insolvencies by year and region for companies in the food and beverage service activities division (SIC code 56) between 2017 and 2022. The 2022 figures are up to the 30<sup>th</sup> June 2022.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Estimated company insolvencies in the food and beverage services division by region and year, 1<sup>st</sup> January 2017 to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2022, United Kingdom</strong></p><p>Source: Insolvency Service</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region/ Country</strong><sup>[1]</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong><sup>[2]</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>65</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>364</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>276</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>180</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>196</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>122</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>574</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>168</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>134</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>59</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>192</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>68</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>[1]</sup> Region/country is based on registered company address, which may not be representative of a company’s trading location. <sup>[2]</sup> 2022 number up to 30th June 2022</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 17:03:53 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1520374

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Insolvency: Greater London
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 company insolvencies that took place in London in the second quarter of the year, for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	61260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The data used for insolvency statistics is compiled from information at Companies House. The registered office address for a company may not be representative of its trading location, and often it is changed upon insolvency to the address of the appointed Insolvency Practitioner dealing with the case. Subject to these caveats, the table below sets out the data on estimated company insolvencies in the second quarter, 1<sup>st</sup> April to 30<sup>th</sup> June, in London in each year from 2017 to 2022.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Estimated number of company insolvencies in London in Q2 (April to June) 2017 to 2022</strong></p><p>Source: Insolvency Service and Companies House</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2 (London)</strong><sup> [1]</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2 (England &amp; Wales)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>3498</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>921</p></td><td><p>3970</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1018</p></td><td><p>4239</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>608</p></td><td><p>2884</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>3145</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>5501</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup>[1]</sup> Location is based on registered company address, which may not be representative of a company’s trading location.</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 17:04:37 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1520376

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Zoos: Energy
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 his Department will provide additional financial support for energy costs to zoos.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	61139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The details of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme were announced on 21 September 2022, the scheme will initially run for 6 months covering energy use from 1st October 2022 until 31st March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme applies to all non-domestic energy customers, including zoos who are on eligible contracts.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:35:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1520411

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Biofuels and Solid Fuels: Social Rented Housing
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 actions his department are taking to ensure social housing residents who use (a) biomass, and (b) solid fuel, as their source of heating or hot water are able to access the £100 off-grid energy financial support payment.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	61178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aiming to make this process as simple as possible for customers. Households eligible for these payments in Great Britain will receive £100 as a credit on their electricity bill this winter. For Northern Ireland the Government is working with electricity suppliers to explore how the payment could be delivered via electricity bills under a similar delivery model to Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Households who are eligible for but who do not receive the Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) because they do not have a relationship with an electricity supplier for example, will receive the £100 via the AFP Alternative Fund which will be provided by a designated body.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:34:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1520432

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Public Health: EU Law
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 plans he has to enhance (a) environmental and (b) public health regulation following his Department’s review of existing EU regulation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	61307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Policy on the environment is owned by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and any decisions regarding retained EU law on the environment are for DEFRA Ministers to take.</p><p> </p><p>Policy on public health is owned by the Department for Health &amp; Social Care, and any decisions regarding retained EU law on public health are for DHSC Ministers to take.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a world leader in environmental protections. In reviewing our retained EU law, we want to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose for the UK’s unique environment, enabling us to drive improved environmental outcomes and deliver on our commitment to halt nature’s decline by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 12:26:55 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 23344 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden