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date	24/03/2022
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, what the average age of trees used to produce wood pellets for the Drax power station is; and what estimate he has made of how long it takes before the replacement trees will sequester carbon at the same rate as those felled.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	146695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>BEIS does not hold this information. The UK only supports sustainable biomass and generators only receive subsidies for biomass that complies with strict sustainability criteria. Suppliers must demonstrate to the regulators (Ofgem) that they meet the criteria, and their evidence is independently audited. Ofgem make sustainability information publicly available on their website, with the latest dataset accessible here: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2019-20" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2019-20</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/04/2022 12:38:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1453554

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date	23/03/2022
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	Maternity Action
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 Maternity Action has been removed from his Department's Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	145958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2022 answer text <p>The Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board’s purpose is to consider non-legislative improvements to reduce pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace.  It is a collaboration between Government, employer and family representative groups and the membership needs the right balance between those different groups in order for the Board to do its job.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/04/2022 09:12:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse