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registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 financial support his Department plans to offer to help non-fuel poor households make their homes warmer and more energy efficient from 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The Energy Company Obligation, worth £640m per year, offers financial support for energy efficiency with around 30% of support being open to all households. Decisions for the successor to the current Energy Company Obligation from October 2018 will be subject to public consultation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/04/2017 13:55:45 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720882

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 Company Obligation
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 effect of his Department's decision to focus the Energy Company Obligation on fuel poor households from 2018 on the UK's ability to meet its commitments to reduce carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>Design decisions for the successor to the current Energy Company Obligation from October 2018 will determine what progress the scheme makes towards the 2030 fuel poverty target and the reduction of carbon emissions. The design will be subject to public consultation with an associated Impact Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/04/2017 13:42:37 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720883

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Carbon Capture 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, which current projects related to carbon capture and storage are supported by funding from his Department; and what the value is of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	70889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) issues are the responsibility of the Clean Electricity Directorate in the Department.</p><p>Since 2015, the Government has allocated up to approximately £11 million on a range of carbon capture projects supporting research and development in CO<sub>2</sub> storage, carbon capture technologies and CCS feasibility studies.</p><p>The following current projects will be completed in 2017:</p><ul><li><em>Assessing the potential of CO2 utilisation in the UK. </em>Contract value: £75,000;</li><li><em>CO2 transport and storage: review of business models (Phase 1). </em>Contract value: £20,000;</li><li><em>Assessing the cost reduction potential and competitiveness of novel (next generation) UK carbon capture technology. </em>Contract Value: £225,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has funded approximately £1.6 million in support to innovative carbon capture technologies. Phase 5 of this Fund opened on 30 October 2016 with a budget of up to £9 million, which CCS projects were able to apply for. Phase 5 is currently going through the project selection process and the winners will be announced in due course. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-5" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-5</a></p><p>The UK has also contracted with the EU to provide €5.5m to the ACT (Accelerating CCS Technologies) Co-fund project. Full details can be found at <a href="http://www.act-ccs.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.act-ccs.eu/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 70557 question first answered 24/04/2017 16:29:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

720885

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: West Yorkshire
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 investment in science research at universities within West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	70735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to maintaining the UK’s world-leading science, research and higher education base.</p><p>As of October 2016, there were a total of 443 active Research Council grants awarded to universities in the West Yorkshire area – as defined by the Leeds City Region LEP. The total value of the grants comes to £279 million split over four organisations: Leeds Metropolitan University; University of Bradford; University of Huddersfield and University of Leeds.</p><p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) provided £55.5 million in 2016/17 to five universities in West Yorkshire: University of Leeds; University of Huddersfield; University of Bradford; Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Trinity University. This funding was allocated on the basis of the research quality, and the business and charity income of these universities. HEFCE provided a further £6.3 million to these universities in that year to support knowledge exchange activities.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 25/04/2017 16:33:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

720886

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Living Wage: Calder Valley
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 people in the Calder Valley who will benefit from the recent increase in the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	70736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>We have not produced estimates of the number of people in the Calder Valley who benefitted from the increase in the National Living Wage on 1 April 2017. However, in Annex C of the Government’s published Impact Assessment we estimated that, at the time of the uprating, 172,000 workers in Yorkshire and Humber would benefit from the new National Living Wage and an additional 40,000 workers would benefit from the new National Minimum Wage rates.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission has recently published sub-regional analysis. This estimates that 7.4% of employees in Calderdale, Yorkshire and Humber are covered by the new National Living Wage or National Minimum Wage rates.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Impact Assessment is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2017/42/pdfs/ukia_20170042_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2017/42/pdfs/ukia_20170042_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission analysis is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-pay-commission-april-2017-minimum-wage-rise-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-pay-commission-april-2017-minimum-wage-rise-analysis</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/04/2017 13:58:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

720887

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Mothers: Pay
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 average salary of mothers who have taken up maternity leave in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	70695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold information on the average salary of mothers who have taken up maternity leave each year since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/04/2017 14:01:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

720888

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Business: Procurement
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 encourage companies to purchase from UK companies which have developed products through programmes funded from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	70710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The objective of Government support for business is to put the United Kingdom in a strong position for the future, promoting a diversity of businesses and industrial sectors, as well as ensuring the benefits of growth are shared across cities and regions up and down the country.</p><p>The Government regularly showcases the best that British business has to offer, for example through its GREAT Britain campaign, which aims to inspire the world and encourage people to do business with manufacturers in the UK. On 21 April we announced the winners of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise; 176 businesses from across the UK have been recognised for their contribution to international trade, innovation, sustainable development and this year’s new award, promoting opportunity. Some of these companies have previously benefitted from public funding, thus demonstrating the real benefits to businesses and society that can be derived from properly-targeted Government support.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/04/2017 14:02:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

720889

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Pay
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 all complaints made to ACAS about non-payment of the national minimum wage and national living wage are passed on to HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	70839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>Acas Helpline advisers have a commitment to refer all complaints about non-payment of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage are passed on to HM Revenue and Customs. In some circumstances, for example a case with multiple employment issues, a worker may request that enforcement is pursued through the civil courts or an Employment Tribunal.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/04/2017 13:56:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

720891

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Secondment
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 staff are seconded to his Department; and how many such staff are seconded from which companies and organisations.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	70941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 40 staff seconded to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The table below shows the organisations that secondees are from and the number of secondees from each organisation:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Grid</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Irish Government</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>New Economy Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove City Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>NHS Trust Development Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Royal Society</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City &amp; County of Swansea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Imperial College London</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>National Physical Laboratory</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Oxford University</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMWi - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>British Business Bank</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire combined Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QAA (Quality assurance agency for higher education)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>UK Petroleum Industry Association Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Southend on Sea Borough Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research Councils UK</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>City of Bradford MDC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Science &amp; Technology Facilities Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chartered trading standards institute</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Jisc</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>UK Atomic Energy Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Sheffield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Financial Conduct Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Natural Environment Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacobs</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>The Financial Reporting Council Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Environment Agency</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>British Standards Institute</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shell</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Deloittes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 15:41:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

720892

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Migrant Workers: Enforcement
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 the Director of Labour Market Enforcement plans to consult before drafting his labour market enforcement strategy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	70988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Director of Labour Market Enforcement (The Director) was appointed on 1 January 2017 and has submitted to ministers an introductory labour market enforcement strategy. In preparing the strategy the Director held stakeholder roundtables, a stakeholder survey, and met with the three enforcement bodies - the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, and HMRC’s National Minimum Wage team – as well as public bodies and external stakeholders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/04/2017 13:36:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield