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1109938

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Regional Growth Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant on the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238658, what funding was allocated from the Regional Growth Fund to (a) Scotland (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in each of the last five financial years; and what the Barnett consequential was from each of those allocations of funds.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	241450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to support businesses throughout the UK committing up to £2.49 billion for city and growth deals to drive local economies across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which includes over £1.36 billion for deals in Scotland. Whilst the Regional Growth Fund is an England only scheme, similar support schemes are offered by devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/04/2019 11:08:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109939

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Regional Assistance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant on the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238659, what the date was of the meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	241451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets regularly with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and discussed this issue on Tuesday 26<sup>th</sup> February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:58:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109940

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Regional Assistance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant on the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238659, whether Barnett consequentials for the Nissan deal were discussed at the meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	241452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to support businesses throughout the UK committing up to £2.49 billion for city and growth deals to drive local economies across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which includes over £1.36 billion for deals in Scotland. In the case of the support offered to Nissan, this was offered via the Regional Growth Fund, which is an England only scheme, similar support schemes are offered by devolved administrations. Barnett consequentials were therefore not discussed.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/04/2019 11:08:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109942

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
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 establish a hydrogen and fuel cell task-force within his Department to assess the future role of hydrogen and fuel cells in delivering clean growth and decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	241476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking a range of activity to examine and further develop the evidence to support our own understanding of the potential role of hydrogen and fuel cells in delivering clean growth and decarbonisation in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the value of engagement with partners beyond Government and work with many bodies representing the broad range of hydrogen and fuel cell interests, including industry groupings, regional groups, infrastructure providers, and network operators.</p><p> </p><p>This engagement and our ongoing assessment of the developing evidence base, shortly to include new advice from the Committee on Climate Change on meeting the UK’s long-term climate change targets, is important in informing Government ambition on hydrogen and fuel cells. We recognise the valuable role that Task Forces often have in shaping action to deliver Government ambition, and in that light we will keep the need for a specific hydrogen and fuel cell task force under review.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2019 08:45:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1109948

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Living Wage and Minimum Wage
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 proportion of jobs in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) St Helens borough are paid the (i) National Living Wage and (ii) National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	241458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. April 2019’s increase to the NLW will see nearly 1.8 million workers in the UK receive a 4.9% pay rise. A full-time worker on the NLW will now be more than £2,750 better off over the year compared to when it was first announced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides estimates for the number and proportion of jobs in the UK and the North West on the NLW and NMW in 2019. The most recent available data for St. Helens shows were an estimated 2,400 workers who were on the NLW or NMW.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>National Living Wage</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>National Minimum Wage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Number of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>% of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>Number of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>% of jobs</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>1,766,000</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>364,000</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>222,000</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:58:38 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1109965

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Boilers: 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 assessment he has made of the efficiency of condensing A rated domestic gas boilers in normal consumer operation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	241381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Current standards require all new gas boilers installed in English homes to be A rated. The representation of gas boilers in the government’s Standard Assessment Procedure has been informed by research, to align it with real-world boiler performance. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bre.co.uk%2Fsap2012%2Fpage.jsp%3Fid%3D2768&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSyed.Hasnain2%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc99d1a125b56432c811108d6bc34d8b7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636903332494766578&amp;sdata=3VwC62FanPA8UXYVcTEtmsm8R9hRuso3OhmjK4yyTW0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.bre.co.uk/sap2012/page.jsp?id=2768</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/04/2019 14:09:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1109993

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Gardens
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 Ordnance Survey's estimate is of the total area given over to domestic gardens in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	241492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Ordnance Survey estimates the total area given over to domestic gardens (including estate/national trust/heritage gardens) of any size in a) England to be 3,415.67 km2 (341,566.64 hectares) and b) Wales to be 177.30 km2 (17,729.57 hectares).</p><p>In addition, Ordnance Survey have looked at the distribution of these garden areas in England and Wales to compare the spread of area ranges to the number of residential properties. This was compared with average garden sizes for new build and large residential houses to get an upper limit for garden area to use for more standard domestic gardens. From this data set Ordnance Survey estimates the total area given to domestic gardens which are below 200m2 in size in a) England to be 1,231.72 km2 (123,171.75 hectares) and b) Wales to be 62.54 km2 (6,253.74 hectares).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/04/2019 16:32:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1109994

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Gardens
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 Ordnance Survey's estimate is of the total area given over to domestic gardens in each local authority in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	241493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Ordnance Survey estimates the total area given over to domestic gardens (including estate/national trust/heritage gardens) of any size in each local authority in England and Wales is 3,592.96 km2 (359,296.22 hectares). A breakdown for each authority can be viewed in the attached spreadsheet (1).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ordnance Survey have looked at the distribution of these garden areas in England and Wales to compare the spread of area ranges to the number of residential properties. This was compared with average garden sizes for new build and large residential houses to get an upper limit for garden area to use for more standard domestic gardens. From this data set Ordnance Survey estimates the total area given to domestic gardens which are below 200m2 in each local authority in England and Wales is 1,301.54 km2 (130,154.27 hectares). A breakdown for each authority can be viewed in the attached spreadsheet (2).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst attachment 1 file name 1) UA_output_any sized garden.xlsx title Spreadsheet (1) - gardens all sizes by UA 2 file name 2) UA_output_200m2.xlsx title Spreadsheet (2) - gardens below 200m2 by UA question first answered 23/04/2019 16:32:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1109995

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Gardens
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 data the Land Registry holds on which domestic properties have gardens; and whether the INSPIRE Index Polygon or National Polygon Service hold spatial data on gardens.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	241494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>HM Land Registry does not hold any data on which domestic properties have gardens. Neither the INSPIRE Index Polygon dataset or National Polygon Service hold spatial data on gardens.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/04/2019 16:32:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1109996

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
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 affected Whirlpool customers the Office for Product Safety and Standards contacted as part of its review of the company's handling of its tumble dryer safety issue announced in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	241473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards review focussed on engineering assessment of Whirlpool tumble dryers and expert analysis of data including fire and incident data from Fire and Rescue Services, Which? and Whirlpool. It also reviewed whether Whirlpool’s consumer outreach programme was adequate.</p><p>The review included input from scientific, legal and product safety experts including from the Government’s Health and Safety Laboratory and the BEIS Chief Scientific Advisor.</p><p>Interviews with consumers did not form part of the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/04/2019 13:38:07 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss