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1379029

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date	16/11/2021
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	Housing: 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 his Department has plans to introduce further grants to support homeowners in making their homes greener.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	76001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Heat and Buildings Strategy sets out the Government’s actions to reduce emissions from buildings over the forthcoming decades. The package of measures provides £3.9bn of new funding to support the installation of energy efficiency measures and low-carbon heating. This includes a new £450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme providing grants of up to £6,000 from Spring 2022 to encourage homeowners to install more efficient, low-carbon heating systems, such as heat pumps.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced £950m in funding for the Home Upgrade Grant between 2022 – 2025. Through the scheme, the Government is providing grants to low-income households to install energy efficiency measures and low-carbon heating to lower-quality, off gas grid homes in England. This includes insulation measures and a heat pump to tackle fuel poverty and reach the UK’s net zero target.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, £800m has been committed to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) to improve the energy performance of social rented homes across England. The SHDF will upgrade a significant amount of the social housing stock currently below EPC Band C up to that standard.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/11/2021 17:56:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1367590

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Land Registry: Standards
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 had with the chief executive of HM Land Registry on application backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	72590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Lord Callanan is the responsible Minister for HM Land Registry. My Noble Friend meets the Chief Executive and Chair on a regular basis to discuss a broad range of operational and strategic matters with the last meeting in September 2021. HM Land Registry is focused on increasing output and reducing completion time for applications by increasing capacity, implementing new processes and accelerating digital services.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/11/2021 16:18:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1350950

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 House
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 has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the powers and role of Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	41205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Corporate Transparency and Register Reform consultation, published in May 2019, outlined plans for the reform of Companies House. These far-reaching reforms include identity verification of company directors and those who control companies; an expansion in the powers of Companies House to query and challenge information submitted to the register; and improving the processes for supressing personal information from the register in instances where it is no longer relevant or presents a potential threat to the safety of individuals. This consultation received 1,320 responses and in September 2020, the Government published its response.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the below links to the 2019 Corporate Transparency and Register Reform consultation and to the Department’s response:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819994/Corporate_transparency_and_register_reform.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/819994/Corporate_transparency_and_register_reform.pdf</a>;</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925059/corporate-transparency-register-reform-government-response.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925059/corporate-transparency-register-reform-government-response.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Following this consultation, the Department published, in December 2020, three further consultations, which set out further details of the Government’s reform proposals. These consultations included ‘Corporate transparency and register reform: implementing the ban on corporate directors’; ‘Corporate transparency and register reform: improving the quality and value of financial information on the UK companies register’; and ‘Corporate transparency and register reform: powers of the registrar’.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the links to these consultations below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform-implementing-the-ban-on-corporate-directors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform-implementing-the-ban-on-corporate-directors</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform-powers-of-the-registrar" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform-powers-of-the-registrar</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform-improving-the-quality-and-value-of-financial-information-on-the-uk-companies-register" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform-improving-the-quality-and-value-of-financial-information-on-the-uk-companies-register</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will respond to these consultations in due course and plans to legislate when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/09/2021 16:55:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1338964

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
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 Homes Grant Scheme: Billing
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 businesses which carry out work through the Green Homes Grant scheme are paid on time.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	20505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2021 answer text <p>The scheme administrator is working to ensure vouchers are paid as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Payment to installers is a four-step process. It requires the customer to confirm the work has been completed, the installer to lodge the work and the scheme administrator to undertake scheme checks before they can proceed to payment.</p><p> </p><p>Once it has reached the payment stage, the administrator aims to make payments within five-working days. However, if an inspection is deemed necessary then the process will take longer, especially given the current COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2021, 19,122 vouchers had been paid, with a total government contribution of £77 million.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 30/06/2021 10:29:58 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1330702

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of companies registered with Companies House that have addresses in the UK without the landowner's knowledge.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	12290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>Companies House does not hold information on the number of companies registered at UK addresses without the landowners’ permission.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/06/2021 13:15:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315663

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Restart Grant Scheme: Southport
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 and what proportion of coronavirus restart grants applied for by businesses in Southport were approved by Sefton Borough Council before 17 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	3137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The £5 billion Restart Grants scheme announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in the non-essential retail sector are able to apply for grants of up to £6,000.  Businesses in the hospitality, leisure, personal care and gym sectors are able to apply for grants of up to £18,000.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to share a breakdown of the funding distributed by Sefton Borough Council at this stage. We will publish data on Restart Grant payments in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All data on Government allocations and Local Authority payments of grant schemes is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAmanda.Thomas%40beis.gov.uk%7Ca88eb77e374d426e981508d8e3d0d87d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637509833413244741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sk15Kc2995xcLr95vyyXzW%2B0dszcRw%2FJCayewktgj9U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/05/2021 16:51:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1198932

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Public Houses: 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 support is available to pubs affected by the covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	52445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>There is a significant package of financial support currently available to pubs to help with the difficulties caused by Covid-19 and the associated social distancing measures the Government has put in place. The wide range of schemes include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Grants under the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHGLF) and the Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) for eligible businesses;</li><li>Government-backed loans through schemes such as the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS);</li><li>Access to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to furlough workers, which will continue in its current form until 31 July and then in a more flexible form from August until 31 October;</li><li>A business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses for the 2020 to 2021 tax year; and</li><li>The option to defer VAT payments due between 20 March and 30 June until 31 March 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We continue to keep our support for pubs under review and to engage with the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/06/2020 09:13:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1195526

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carbon Emissions
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 financial effect on his Department of moving to net zero carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	46792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to becoming net zero by 2050 at the latest and work is in progress to meet that target. It is too early to give an estimate of the financial effect on the department.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Department undertook an energy audit in 2019 and we are currently undertaking a range of works, including installation of LED lighting, to reduce our energy consumption. We have established a sustainability board to oversee our planning on net zero. Since 2010 we have:</p><p>- Reduced carbon emissions by 65%</p><p>- Reduced waste production by 72%</p><p>- Eradicated the majority of single-use plastics, including preventing 120,000 single use coffee cups from going to landfill in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/05/2020 11:54:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1195527

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carbon Emissions
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 non-financial effect on his Department of changes required for his Department to move to net zero carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	46793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to becoming net zero by 2050 at the latest and work is in progress to meet that target. It is too early to give an assessment of the non-financial effect on the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department undertook an energy audit in 2019 and we are currently undertaking a range of works, including installation of LED lighting, to reduce our energy consumption. We have established a sustainability board to oversee our planning on net zero. Since 2010 we have:</p><p>- Reduced carbon emissions by 65%</p><p>- Reduced waste production by 72%</p><p>- Eradicated the majority of single-use plastics, including preventing 120,000 single use coffee cups from going to landfill in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/05/2020 11:57:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1123253

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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
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 developed a strategy for the implementation of new on-shore wind farms.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	247787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not developed a strategy for the implementation of new onshore wind farms. We do not believe that more large-scale onshore wind power is right for England, but projects can be developed where there is public support and the projects are located in an area identified as suitable for wind energy development in a Local</p><p>or Neighbourhood Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed up to £557 million for future Contracts for Difference, which is our main mechanism for supporting new renewables. The scheme is open to less established technologies, such as offshore and remote island wind. The Government has also committed £2.5bn for investment in low carbon innovation up to 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/05/2019 13:02:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore