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1470139

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Bounce Back Loan 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, if he will hold discussions with the National Audit Office about the production of a follow-up to the report on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme: an update.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	17928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Audit Office (NAO) is independent of Government and sets its own agenda for investigations. It should be noted the Comptroller and Auditor General of the NAO has complete discretion in determining which areas of public spending to scrutinise.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/06/2022 16:15:08 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1470147

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 contributions to energy security of the Jackdaw Field Development in the North Sea.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Shell’s February 2022 Environmental Statement notes that at its peak, the Jackdaw development is expected to deliver 6.5% of UK Continental Shelf gas production for less than 1% of UK Continental Shelf emissions and produce an amount of energy equivalent to heating over 1.4 million UK homes.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:11:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1470155

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Petrol: Prices
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 help ensure that petrol stations do not apply unreasonable mark-ups for consumers.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	18089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct an urgent review of the fuel market, as well as a longer-term market study under the Enterprise Act 2002, to explore whether the retail fuel market has adversely affected consumer interests. As part of this, the Government has asked for the CMA’s advice on the extent to which competition has resulted in the fuel duty cut being passed on to consumers and the reasons for local variations in the price of road fuel.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:09:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1470163

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Off-payroll Working
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 bring forward legislation on the umbrella company market following his Department's recent call for evidence and consultation on that market.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	17961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recently ran a Call for Evidence on the umbrella company market to ensure it has a detailed and up to date understanding of the market and how it is continuing to evolve. This Call for Evidence, which was issued jointly by HM Treasury, HMRC and BEIS, closed on 22 February 2022. Officials in the three departments are working closely together to consider the evidence submitted and the summary of responses will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/06/2022 16:16:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1470206

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Heat Pumps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government's policy support for heat pumps is targeted at heat pumps which heat water rather than those that heat air.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	17891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>BEIS analysis indicates that hydronic heat pumps, which use hot water to provide heat using a central heating system, are a more cost-effective means of decarbonising heat in the majority of homes and businesses across the UK. Therefore, the Government anticipates hydronic heat pumps will be the principal means of decarbonising heat in homes.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:10:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1470220

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Shipbuilding: Trade Competitiveness
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 has plans to develop new financial support packages to help support UK shipyards to compete internationally.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	18018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is developing proposals for a Home Shipbuilding Loan Guarantee instrument as part of the cross-Whitehall National Shipbuilding Strategy. We hope to launch this instrument shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 21/06/2022 08:39:41 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1470232

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
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 comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of PWR nuclear reactors and molten salt reactors in the context of the Government's plans for new nuclear power stations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Gary Streeter
uin	17862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has commissioned several comparative assessments of nuclear energy technologies over the last decade, many of which have included consideration of Molten Salt technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The outputs of these assessments were considered, alongside other evidence sources, in the development of the “Advanced modular reactors (AMRs): technical assessment” published in July 2021 as part of the decision on the technology choice for the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Research, Development &amp; Demonstration (RD&amp;D) programme. This can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactors-amrs-technical-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-modular-reactors-amrs-technical-assessment</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:12:07 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

1470233

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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: Prices
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 in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	17955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>Quarterly statistics on energy prices by region may be found online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-energy-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-energy-prices</a> . The Government does not have data at the constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the impact rising energy prices is having on consumers, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37 billion this year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/06/2022 15:19:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1470238

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	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 (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of the automotive sector in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	17956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has a longstanding and comprehensive programme of support for the UK automotive sector.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Net Zero Strategy, in October 2021, the Government announced a further £350m to be delivered through the Automotive Transformation Fund over the next three years to support development of an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain here in the UK. This is additional to the £500m announced as part of my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan in November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>This will help to create thousands of well-paid green jobs in our industrial heartlands, including the West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 21/06/2022 09:00:53 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1470259

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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: Freedom of Information
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 Freedom of Information requests submitted to the Government in 2021 are still unanswered.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	18073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>A total of 1358 Freedom of Information requests were submitted to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in 2021, and 68 are currently unanswered.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/06/2022 08:38:25 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols