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1253898

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Postal Services: Domestic Abuse and Homelessness
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 potential merits of creating an Address and Collect service at Post Offices to allow those affected by (a) homelessness and (b) domestic violence to access their post safely.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	118116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Officials are working with Royal Mail and the Post Office to consider the recommendations from Citizens Advice on an Address and Collect Service and a Poste Restante service for vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/11/2020 16:23:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1253281

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Students: Finance
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 guidance he is providing to universities on allowing PhD students whose projects have been affected by the covid-19 lockdown to apply for extensions to their funding.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	117377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>PhD students are funded from a variety of sources, whether that is a research funder, their host institution, or if they are self-funded. Government funds PhD students through UKRI, which funds around 25% of the total PhD population in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI have already taken steps to support PhD extensions working to ensure that all the students it funds would continue to receive their maintenance stipend during the lockdown and would not have to suspend their studies. UKRI-funded students in receipt of a costed extension will continue to receive this stipend during their extension period. UKRI announced on 11 November £19m of further support, making a total of over £60m of financial support available to students most impacted by the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage all PhD students to discuss with their supervisors how projects can be adjusted to complete their doctoral education to a satisfactory standard. Decisions on extensions are the responsibility of individual funders, and we expect research institutions to act flexibly based on what funding is available. We will continue to monitor how the pandemic is affecting PhD students and the wider research system.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/11/2020 17:48:00 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1253282

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	UK Research and Innovation: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the statement of 11 November 2020 from UK Research and Innovation entitled, Doctoral students advised to adjust projects for covid-19, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating additional funding to UKRI to ensure people on low incomes or without financial support can access extensions to their funded period when required.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	117390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>UKRI have already acted this year to support PhD students during the pandemic. In March, UKRI worked to ensure that all the students it funds would continue to receive their maintenance stipend during the lockdown and would not have to suspend their studies; UKRI-funded students in receipt of a costed extension will continue to receive this stipend during their extension period.</p><p> </p><p>In April it was announced that UKRI-funded PhD students in the final year and whose studies have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic would be provided with additional support. Subsequently on the 11th November, UKRI provided a further £19.1 million of funding to support students in earlier years, including disabled students, those with long-term illness, those who are neurodivergent, or those with caring responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>Combined, these two interventions have meant that UKRI has made over £60 million of financial support available to students most impacted by the pandemic. It is estimated that this funding is available for up to 12,000 students (over half of the students that UKRI funds).</p><p>We are encouraging all PhD students to discuss with their supervisors how projects can be adjusted to complete their doctoral education to a satisfactory standard. We will continue to monitor how the pandemic is affecting PhD students and the wider research system.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/11/2020 17:30:57 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1253299

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: East Riding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the letter of 13 November 2020 from the Leader of Kingston upon Hull City Council, Stephen Brady OBE, on the levels of covid-19 infection in the city, what plans he has to make discretionary support available to businesses in Hull and the East Riding once the November 2020 covid-19 restrictions end on 2 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	117354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Hull City Council has received £5,195,560 and East Riding of Yorkshire Council has received £6,823,460 in Additional Restrictions Grant funding. This is a discretionary grant which is being provided to local authorities in order to provide support to their business communities over and above the up to £3,000 per four week period grant available to all businesses that are required to close due to national or local restrictions. The Additional Restrictions Grant can be spent at any point up until the end of financial year 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, areas reverting to either Tier 2 or Tier 3 following the national lockdown would be eligible for both Local Restrictions Grant Support (Closed) for businesses that are required to close and Local Restrictions Grant Support (Open) that provides Local Authorities with a discretionary fund to support businesses that are not required to close but are severely impacted.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with local authorities to roll out business support grant schemes as quickly as practicable and we are keeping levels of support under close review.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/11/2020 17:50:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1253308

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Electricity Interconnectors
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 proposed completion date is of the Eastern HVDC link project.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	117322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The three main transmission companies in Great Britain, National Grid, Scottish Power and SSE announced on 16th November that they are together taking forward work on the Eastern HDVC link, which will connect Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and Drax, North Yorkshire. Investment in network projects like the Eastern HVDC link project is key to supporting the Government’s 10-point plan to drive a Green Industrial Revolution in the UK, as part of the energy system transformation needed to integrate clean technologies such as offshore wind, electric vehicles and electric heat pumps.</p><p> </p><p>Delivery of the Easter link is a matter for the companies concerned, who are now proceeding with the planning and consultation phases of the project. I understand from National Grid that the link is scheduled for completion in 2027.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:32:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1253344

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Sunday Trading: 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, if he will suspend Sunday trading hours and extend them in December 2020 to allow for social distancing during the Christmas shopping rush on the limited number of Sundays between the end of lockdown and Christmas.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	117384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has regular conversations with the retail sector and other key stakeholders, and many have advocated a temporary change to Sunday trading rules to help manage social distancing.  We currently have no plans to change the legislation, but we will keep measures like this under review.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/11/2020 17:34:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1253443

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Green Homes Grant 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, how many homes have been retrofitted since the Government announced its Green Homes Grant scheme on 28 August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	117391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Green Homes Grant Scheme launched for applications on 30 September and as announced on 18 November will run until 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>As of 20:00 on 19 November 2020, 43,126 grant applications have been received for the Green Homes Grant scheme. Vouchers become redeemable once scheduled works are completed and as yet, no vouchers have been redeemed.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS will continue to monitor application data as the scheme progresses.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:37:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1253445

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Housing: Carbon Emissions and Environment Protection
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 his Department has made of the number of jobs which could be created for the purpose of undertaking (a) environmentally efficient retrofitting of homes and (b) the construction of low-carbon homes in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	117392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>It is estimated that the UK low-carbon economy could grow more than four times faster than the rest of the economy between 2015 and 2030 and support up to 2 million jobs. As set out in the 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution, the Government is investing £1 billion to make our homes, schools and hospitals greener, warmer and more energy efficient, whilst creating 50,000 jobs by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:40:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1253496

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	Fossil Fuels: Finance
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 for the Government to end the public financing of fossil fuels projects overseas by COP26.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	117227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>At the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January we announced an end to Government support for thermal coal mining and coal power plants overseas, and we continue to keep our approach to other fossil fuel investments and financing overseas under review.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:49:19 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1253504

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
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	COP26 Youth and Civil Society Advisory Council
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 (a) publish the full list of names of members of the COP26 Presidency’s Youth and Civil Society Advisory Council and (b) place a copy of the minutes from the first meeting of that Council in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	117230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The first meeting of the COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council took place on 16 October and a copy of the minutes, which contain details of the members, will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:46:34 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas