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1466325

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Fringe Benefits: Fuels
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 an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to allow companies to offer employees fuel bank vouchers, as a trivial benefit for tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	10020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is not currently considering introducing a scheme to allow companies to offer employees fuel bank vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures households are facing with increased cost of living caused by global energy prices and has therefore announced a cost of living package worth a total of £37bn this year in support to households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 06:52:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1466351

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Clothing: 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, if the Government will require fashion manufacturers operating in the UK to ensure high ethical and workplace standards for overseas garment workers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage with the enforcement bodies and industry partners to strengthen our understanding of levels of non-compliance across the garment trade. We will continue to review this issue and consider options to drive up standards across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 9915 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:22:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1466352

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Clothing: Bangladesh and Cambodia
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 an assessment of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on garment workers in (a) Bangladesh and (b) Cambodia who are involved in UK supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/06/2022 16:23:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1466353

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Clothing: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a fashion watchdog to ensure that workers in overseas supply chains for fashion manufacturers operating in the UK are treated fairly and ethically.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	9915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage with the enforcement bodies and industry partners to strengthen our understanding of levels of non-compliance across the garment trade. We will continue to review this issue and consider options to drive up standards across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 9913 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:22:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1466354

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Drax Power Station: Timber
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 tonnes of wood pellets were burnt at the Drax Power station in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021; and what the maximum quantity of wood pellets burnt permitted is under the contract which runs to 2027.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	9949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>Data on tonnes of wood burned at Drax power station under the Renewable Obligation (RO) can be found here <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2020-21" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2020-21</a>. Figures for the Contract for Difference (CfD) are as follows:</p><ul><li>19/20 - 2,473,567.82 Tonnes</li><li>20/21 - 2,643,105.01 Tonnes</li></ul><p> </p><p>Drax’s support under the RO and their CfD contract sets no limits on the quantity of wood pellets that the generator may burn.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/06/2022 07:54:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1466358

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: Hikvision
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 to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4425 and with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 124950, if he will review his response of 23 May; and whether he plans to remove any Hikvision cameras in use at his Department.
tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
tabling member printed	Sir Iain Duncan Smith
uin	9827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not government policy to comment on the security arrangements of government buildings. Specific details regarding the make and model of security systems are withheld on national security grounds.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre and the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure provide guidance on the use of IP-connected cameras and cyber-connected physical security systems.</p><p> </p><p>Security measures within departments are tailored to protect each site, proportionate to the level of threat, aligned with the HMG Minimum Security Standards and, take into account the building risk categorisation and the physical composition of the site.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/06/2022 10:40:00 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1466376

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Drax Power Station
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 potential maximum annual amount of CO2 that captured in the UK (a) bioenergy with carbon capture, use and storage and (b) that technology operating at Drax power station by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	9824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Biomass Strategy, which will be published later this year, the UK will establish the role of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture &amp; Storage (BECCS) in reducing carbon emissions across the economy and set out how the technology could be deployed.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Strategy, outlined the UK’s ambition of 5MtCO2/year of engineered removals by 2030 and included illustrative ranges of 22-23MtCO2/year of engineered removals by 2035 and 75- 81MtCO2/year by 2050. Power BECCS projects have the potential to play a role in reaching these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently assessing the potential for carbon capture at existing UK biomass plants, however no decision has been made on future BECCS deployment or the award of power BECCS contracts.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 06:50:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1466377

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Drax Power Station: Timber
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 consult Parliament on whether to extend Government funding for the burning of pellets for fresh wood at Drax beyond 2027.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	9825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>There are no intentions to extend any contracts under the Renewables Obligation or Contracts for Difference schemes. In November 2021 the Government announced it would develop a business model to support bio-based power generation with carbon capture and storage. Any implementation of this would be subject to the appropriate parliamentary procedures.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 06:47:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1466380

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board
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 Answer of 23 March 2022 to Question 140547 on Employment: Pregnancy, if he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) minutes of the meetings of (i) 23 September 2021, (ii) 29 March 2022 and (iii) 11 May 2022 of the Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	9997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely publish minutes of meetings or Terms of Reference. The papers referenced above can be made available on request to: labourmarketparticipation@beis.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/06/2022 16:21:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1466388

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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: Billing
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 take legislative steps to ensure that people who pay for their energy by (a) a pre-payment meter and (b) cash or cheque do not pay more for their energy than people paying by Direct Debit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	9868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Glasgow South West on 21<sup>st</sup> February 2022 to Question <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-02-08%2F120813&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.Unit%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Ca430624a4ceb4bb8ca5508da4d5b753b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637907352445608842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=CWPk7A6cXtTWVKUgMNqtxrxxMoQfakzI%2B7FeU0BNkeQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">120813</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 17:03:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas