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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

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

1470317

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	Human Experiments
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 his Department will develop an action plan for setting out how the widespread adoption of human relevant research techniques can be facilitated.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Anna Firth
uin	18118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, published the UK non-animal technologies roadmap in 2015 alongside the NC3Rs, the research councils and the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, setting out a long-term vision and strategy for non-animal technologies in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK also supports innovative businesses in the development of non-animal technologies such as tumour organoids, stem cell-based disease models for drug discovery and research through programmes such as the Biomedical Catalyst and SMART, with additional infrastructure support provided through the Medicine Discovery Catapult.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/06/2022 16:19:32 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1470336

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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 he plans to increase the feed-in tariff for people with solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	17899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The FIT tariff rates are adjusted annually in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI) and there are no current plans to adjust this policy.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:06:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1470353

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 the Government’s policy is on business rate retention for local communities which are to host new nuclear power plants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	18074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>Community benefits will form one part of the Government’s work on delivering ambitions for new build nuclear, as set out in the British Energy Security Strategy. The specifics, such as business rate retention, have not yet been determined.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:05:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1470354

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	Electricity Generation
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 it is his Department’s responsibility to ensure adequate national electricity supplies.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	18075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>National Grid Electricity System Operator is responsible for balancing electricity supply and demand in real time. The Government is confident that it has the tools needed to operate the electricity system reliably.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market is the Government's main mechanism for ensuring security of electricity supply. Through competitive, technology-neutral auctions, it secures the capacity needed to cope with future demand peaks.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/06/2022 16:04:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols