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712385

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Copyright: 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, whether his Department plans to review the restrictions paced on digital locks under the EU Copyright Directive as a result of Britain's decision to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	68480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review restrictions placed on digital locks, otherwise known as Technical Protection Measures (TPMs). The restrictions placed on the circumvention of TPMs in the EU Information Society Directive derive from the WIPO Copyright Treaty (Article 11) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (Article 18). As a party to these treaties, the UK’s obligations will remain in place after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/03/2017 16:04:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

712533

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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 estimate he has made of the real-terms increase in household energy bills since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Between 2010 and 2016, household energy bills in real terms increased by 9.2 per cent. For gas, the increase was 5.9 per cent, whilst for electricity, it was 13 per cent. This comparison is based on bills based on average consumption levels of 15,000kWh for gas and 3,800kWh for standard electricity.</p><p>Between 2010 and 2015 domestic energy consumption on a temperature corrected basis fell by 5.2%. Consumption data for 2016 will be published in Energy Trends on March 30<sup>th</sup>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2017 17:06:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712535

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Natural Gas
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 proportion of UK energy production that will originate from natural gas in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We estimate that the proportion of electricity produced in the UK (gross total electricity supplied) which will be generated from natural gas over the next ten years is as follows:</p><p>2017 38.80%</p><p>2018 36.78%</p><p>2019 34.50%</p><p>2020 34.76%</p><p>2021 35.38%</p><p>2022 38.99%</p><p>2023 41.13%</p><p>2024 44.58%</p><p>2025 42.19%</p><p>2026 37.20%</p><p> </p><p>This excludes electricity supplied from other countries via interconnectors.</p><p>The above data is taken from the reference scenario in Annex J of BEIS’ 2016 Energy and Emissions Projections.</p><p>This and other scenarios with differing economic growth and fossil fuel prices are available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2017 17:08:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712537

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Sunday Trading
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 devolve powers over Sunday trading laws to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government sought to change the rules last year by providing a power so that local authorities could take decisions on extending Sunday trading hours locally.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament decided not to support those proposals and the Government has no plans to bring forward further legislation at this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/03/2017 15:54:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712547

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Bankruptcy
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) businesses and (b) individuals filed for bankruptcy in (i) York, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire &amp; Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the table below. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2016 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from July/August 2017 (exact date yet to be confirmed), alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).</p><p>Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-2015<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>4,272</p></td><td><p>43,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>5,812</p></td><td><p>57,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>5,957</p></td><td><p>59,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>6,661</p></td><td><p>62,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>7,232</p></td><td><p>68,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>5,929</p></td><td><p>53,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>4,317</p></td><td><p>38,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>3,295</p></td><td><p>29,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>2,444</p></td><td><p>22,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>2,032</p></td><td><p>18,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>14,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>49,501</p></td><td><p>467,586</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1 </sup>Where individual has provided postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for October - December 2016 were published on 27 January 2017, and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-october-to-december-2016</a></p><p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2015 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Location, Age and Gender</em> publication (also includes an Excel based analysis tool), which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individual-insolvencies-by-location-age-and-gender-england-and-wales-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individual-insolvencies-by-location-age-and-gender-england-and-wales-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/03/2017 16:40:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712140

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
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 the Government will announce its decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon to the House before announcing it in any other public forum.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	68362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We are carefully considering the recommendations contained in Charles Hendry’s recent report on tidal lagoons. We will inform the House following the Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2017 17:02:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41822 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

712141

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 was aware that the Chair of the UK Green Investment Bank was being considered for other government or commercial roles when it received advice from him on the sale of that bank; and whether his Department made an assessment of the potential effect on that advice of such consideration.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	68386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Green Investment Bank (GIB) Board for the considered views it has provided throughout the GIB sale. All decisions taken in regard to the sale of GIB are for Ministers alone.</p><p> </p><p>As shareholder, Government works closely with the GIB Board to ensure the business operates to high standards of corporate governance at all times.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/03/2017 13:55:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 41823 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

712142

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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: Taxation
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 discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the structure of the Levy Control Framework for 2021 to 2026.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on a number of issues, including the Levy Control Framework.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2017 17:07:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41819 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712143

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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 key stakeholders in the automotive industry on the effect of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>We have frequent conversations with key stakeholders in the automotive sector about both the challenges that leaving the EU poses and the opportunities that will become open to us, including through our partnership with the Automotive Council.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/03/2017 15:46:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

711822

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Parental Leave: Males
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 eligible men have taken up shared parental leave since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	68337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the take-up of Shared Parental Leave since it was introduced in December 2014 for the parents of children due or placed for adoption from 5 April 2015.</p><p>Based on a small sample of the data provided to HM Revenue &amp; Customs by employers, we estimate that around 6,000 employees claimed either statutory Shared Parental Pay or Additional Paternity Pay (the predecessor to Shared Parental Pay) in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/03/2017 12:28:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy