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1489507

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Arts: Copyright
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 meetings he has held with representatives of the creative industries in relation to the Government’s decision to expand the text and data mining exception.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	37453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government conducted a full public consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property 29 October 2021-7 January 2022, which included options on text and data mining. Creative industry views were well represented in the responses, but little quantitative evidence of impact was received. Creative industry representatives attended two of the six roundtable meetings which were held with different sectors as part of the consultation exercise. Other attendees included representatives of civil society, researchers and the tech sector.</p><p> </p><p>The former minister for Science, Research and Innovation also discussed the exception with representatives of the Alliance for Intellectual Property at a meeting on 6 July.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 17:04:30 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1489542

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	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, if he will make a comparative assessment of the merits of different systems of (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	37562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2019 the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay. This consultation considers the objectives of parental leave and pay entitlements as a whole as well as specific entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 17:06:05 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1489545

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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: Price Caps
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 meetings he has had with representatives of Ofgem on the energy price cap since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	37578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>It is Ofgem’s role, as the independent regulator, to set a fair level for the price cap. The Government is in regular contact with Ofgem and industry to discuss the impact of unprecedented global gas prices and will continue to monitor the situation closely to ensure consumers are protected.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2022 15:49:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1489546

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Small Businesses: 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, what meetings he has held with small business groups on energy prices since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	37579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data covers January to March 2022, further data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 37580 question first answered 20/07/2022 15:48:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1489548

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Fuel Poverty
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 meetings he has held with relevant stakeholders on fuel poverty since 1 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	37580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data covers January to March 2022, further data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 37579 question first answered 20/07/2022 15:48:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1489565

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Photographs and Video Recordings
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 (a) photographers and (b) video producers were employed by his Department in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	37499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department has no one employed exclusively as a photographer or video producer. The content producers in the digital communications team are multi-skilled and work on many other aspects of creative production and digital delivery.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2019, July 2020 and July 2021, the BEIS digital communications team had 3 full time content creators. Currently the BEIS digital communications team has 2 full time content creators.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of other employees who are not primarily content producers, but who sometimes support videos and photography – we do not have a record of how many members of staff this has included across the department in this time period.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 20/07/2022 17:03:40 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1489571

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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 and Small Businesses: 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, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) rising fuel costs and (b) introducing a commercial energy price cap on (i) small businesses and (ii) the hospitality industry.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	37581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage with businesses to understand the impacts of high global energy prices.</p><p> </p><p>The price cap for households was put in place because the Competition and Market’s Authority found that a loyalty penalty exists for the disengaged households. The CMA did not find evidence of this in the business sector.</p><p> </p><p>The price cap prevents suppliers making excess profit, but it cannot reduce wholesale energy costs. The cap allows suppliers to recover the efficient costs of supplying its customers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/07/2022 15:08:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 14533 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1489585

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Fossil Fuels: Shetland
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 total output in 2021 was of oil from all the oil and gas fields in East and West Shetland.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	37457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The total output in 2021 of oil from fields in the West of Shetland is estimated by the North Sea Transition Authority to be around 52 million barrels. The North Sea Transition Authority does not make a specific estimate for the ‘East of Shetland’ as any such fields would be included in the ‘Northern North Sea’ area.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2022 15:47:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1489586

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Fossil Fuels: Shetland
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 total output was in 2021 of natural gas from all the oil and gas fields in East and West Shetland.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	37458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The total output in 2021 of natural gas from fields in the West of Shetland is estimated by the North Sea Transition Authority to be around 83 billion cubic feet. The North Sea Transition Authority does not make a specific estimate for the ‘East of Shetland’ as any such fields would be included in the ‘Northern North Sea’ area.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2022 15:46:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1489587

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Fossil Fuels: Shetland
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 latest estimate his Department has made of the total recoverable oil reserves remaining from the oil and gas fields in East and West Shetland.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	37459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The “UK Oil and Gas Reserves and Resources” report, published by the North Sea Transition Authority in 2021, estimates that, from the end 2020, there are around one billion barrels of oil reserves remaining in the West of Shetland.</p><p> </p><p>The report can be found at: <a href="http://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/7764/rr-report_final-22-september-2021.pdf" target="_blank">www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/7764/rr-report_final-22-september-2021.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The report does not make a specific estimate for the ‘East of Shetland’, as any such fields would be included in the ‘Northern North Sea’ area.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/07/2022 15:45:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael