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533850

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2016
	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	Research: Finance
	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 steps to ensure that UK researchers have the same level of funding as before the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	42240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text The UK economy is fundamentally strong and our research and innovation are world leading. We have a long established system that supports, and therefore attracts, the brightest minds, at all stages of their careers. We fund excellent science wherever it is found, and ensure there is the freedom to tackle important scientific questions. While the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. We remain fully open to scientists and researchers from across the EU. We hugely value the contribution of EU and international staff and there are no immediate changes to their rights to live and work in the UK. The Government intends to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base, which is why we have protected the science resource budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion for the rest of the parliament. answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/08/2016 13:35:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

540116

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	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	Office for Life Sciences
	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 his Department's plans are for the Office for Life Sciences; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	43369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text The Office for Life Sciences was established in 2011 to support the development and adoption of 21st century health and life sciences technology, delivering the improved patient outcomes and increasing wider growth and prosperity. This agenda remains a core part of the Government’s plans for a comprehensive industrial strategy and for transforming health and care. answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/08/2016 13:51:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

747384

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Steering Group set up following the Government's Response to the independent review by Lynn Faulds Wood, UK consumer product recall, published on 18 February 2016.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text The Government set up a new Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety in October 2016 to build on the initial work of the Steering Group with a broader remit, a shorter timetable, a permanent Chair and a wider group of experts<p /><p /> <br /> The Working Group’s initial recommendations were delivered within three months and a number of these have already been taken forward, including the creation of a new central recalls website; the commissioning of the British Standards Institution to create a new code of practice on recalls; improved organisational mapping and support for better sharing of product safety data; and work to better understand consumer behaviour so that safety messages are more effective<p /><p><br> The Working Group submitted its final report in April 2017. We had intended to publish the report then. However, the announcement of the General Election prevented us from doing so. In light of the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, Ministers have also asked the Working Group to review their findings to consider any further action that may be required. We will publish that report before the summer recess.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:43:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

677636

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require energy companies to give the lowest tariff to their customers.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	61220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text The Government is carefully considering the recommendations of the Competition and Market Authority report on the energy sector, and will be setting out its response in due course. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/01/2017 17:23:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

677409

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Aerospace Industry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of leaving the EU on the UK aerospace industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL4875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text BEIS officials are working closely with the UK aerospace industry to understand the impacts and opportunities of leaving the EU. The Government will continue its longstanding programme of support for the competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry, including pursuing a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement with the EU that provides the greatest possible tariff free and frictionless trade in goods and services. answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 01/02/2017 12:36:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

782936

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 cost to the public purse of guaranteeing the strike price to consumers of operational offshore wind sites in (a) 2015 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	111099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <ul><li>The first Contract For Difference (CfD) allocation round results, published in 2015, saw over 1.2 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity secure contracts, estimated at the time of the auction to cost consumers just over £240 million per year (2012 prices).</li><li>The second round results, announced in September 2017, saw the clearing price half for offshore wind delivered in the auction; we secured an additional 3.2 gigawatts of new offshore wind capacity, estimated at the time of the auction to cost consumers just over £130 million per year (2012 prices).</li><li>There are many factors that affect payments under these contracts, which mean that actual costs may go up or down.</li><li>These results demonstrate that the UK is an attractive place to invest, with a record amount of renewable capacity secured to power our homes.</li><li>The price of offshore wind clearing through the auction has halved in two years, demonstrating that competitive auctions are working well to drive down costs and deliver savings for consumers, whilst delivering the government’s decarbonisation ambitions.</li></ul> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/11/2017 13:09:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

829009

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total remuneration paid to the Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council for each year since, and including, 2004; and what was (1) the average employment earnings for the UK; (2) the average public sector pay, and (3) the salary of the Prime Minister, for each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL4994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Salary of Chief Executive of the FRC (£)</p></td><td><p>Average employment earnings for the UK (£)</p></td><td><p>Average public sector pay (£)</p></td><td><p>Salary of the Prime Minister (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td><td><p>25,165</p></td><td><p>26,676</p></td><td><p>193,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>25,806</p></td><td><p>27,692</p></td><td><p>193,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>329,875</p></td><td><p>25,882</p></td><td><p>28,339</p></td><td><p>142,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>338,122</p></td><td><p>26,095</p></td><td><p>28,656</p></td><td><p>142,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>346,575</p></td><td><p>26,472</p></td><td><p>28,930</p></td><td><p>142,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>355,239</p></td><td><p>27,011</p></td><td><p>29,487</p></td><td><p>142,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>362,344</p></td><td><p>27,215</p></td><td><p>29,773</p></td><td><p>142,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>369,951</p></td><td><p>27,615</p></td><td><p>30,328</p></td><td><p>149,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>378,831</p></td><td><p>28,195</p></td><td><p>30,540</p></td><td><p>150,402</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the purposes of comparison we have listed the base salary of the Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), average employment earnings across the UK,[1] average public sector pay and the base salary of the Prime Minister, which is made up of Ministerial and Parliamentary salaries combined. [2]</p><p> </p><p>We have been unable to compare with information before 2008; therefore included in the table above are figures only from 2008 until 2016.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Please note that the report consists of median earnings as opposed to mean earnings as a measure for average earnings. Additionally there have been a number of changes to the ASHE methodology over the years, which has resulted in a break in the series in 2011. Figures either side of a break are not directly comparable so caution should be exercised when interpreting long-term trends over time.</p><p> </p><p>[2] These figures have been taken from ‘Appendix 4: Ministerial salaries a comparison of entitlements and amounts received’ of the ‘Member’s pay and expenses and ministerial salaries 2016/17’ 10<sup>th</sup> November 2016. And are accessible here: <a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7762/CBP-7762.pdf" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7762/CBP-7762.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:39:20 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL4994.pdf title Briefing Paper
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

677637

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Finance
	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 budget of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has been in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	61285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£932,000 (actual spend)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£697,631 (actual spend)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£551,461 (actual spend)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£532,032*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Not available **</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£500,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* This is the budget allocated for these financial years, as actual spend is not available.</p><p> </p><p>**The Employment Agency Standards budget was held at a higher level of aggregation and managed across a number of different programmes, so we are unable to provide a figure for that financial year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 14:19:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

969270

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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: Mobile Phones
	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 publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	171515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Application Name</strong></p></td><td><p>BEIStart</p></td><td><p>Met Office weather app</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation </strong></p></td><td><p>BEIS Headquarters</p></td><td><p>Met Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p></td><td><p>Induction materials for new starters at BEIS</p></td><td><p>To help users access weather information and sever weather warnings promptly.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Development costs in last 3 years</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil Developed as a voluntary corporate contribution by Civil Servants</p></td><td><p>£3.77 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Further Information </strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>This cost is offset by revenue from advertising across the Met Office’s digital channels. The revenue received in the last 3 years is £4.29 million.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/09/2018 13:52:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

598360

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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	Iron and Steel
	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 change there has been in the UK's share of global steel output over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	47799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Crude steel production (thousand tonnes)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>UK share of global crude steel production</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Global</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,538,003</p></td><td><p>9,478</p></td><td><p>0.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,560,131</p></td><td><p>9,579</p></td><td><p>0.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,650,354</p></td><td><p>11,858</p></td><td><p>0.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,670,145</p></td><td><p>12,120</p></td><td><p>0.73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,620,900</p></td><td><p>10,860</p></td><td><p>0.67%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: World Steel Association Statistics</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1 – The figures above show the production of crude steel and cover all qualities made (carbon, stainless, other alloy).</p><p> </p><p>2 – Data for global production of crude steel in 2015 is provisional. Figures for global production are subject to revision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/10/2016 14:42:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop