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1455224

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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	Baglan Energy Park: Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will invoke section 400 of the Insolvency Act 1986 to direct the official receiver to ensure that the power supply for Baglan Energy Park remains connected until a permanent connection to the National Grid is secured.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	906351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We understand this is a concerning time for those impacted by the liquidation of the Baglan Group. We cannot offer any further comment at this stage in view of ongoing legal action.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 29/03/2022 11:54:55 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546276

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	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	Minerals: Supply Chains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will make an assessment of the potential contribution of onshore UK critical mineral supply chains to the levelling up agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
	uin	902481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>A secure supply of critical minerals is fundamental to supporting almost all other UK manufacturing industries – such as automotive, aerospace, defence, energy and electronics. Without a reliable supply of critical minerals, the health of these industries, and the communities in which they operate would be adversely affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the Government’s ambition to increase domestic capabilities in critical mineral supply chain, which has the potential to create well-paid jobs and boost productivity, particularly in areas such as Cornwall, Merseyside and Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/11/2022 14:12:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1357086

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Oil: Shetland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will make it his policy to withhold consent for the development of the Cambo oil field for production.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	903547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>The development proposal for Cambo is being scrutinised in line with robust regulatory procedures and no decision has yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/09/2021 11:45:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1343932

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will provide further support to energy transition projects in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	902299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is intending to support the development of at least two Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) clusters to support the energy transition at industrial sites across the UK. This process is ongoing with an announcement expected later this year.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/07/2021 12:19:47 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1343934

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will provide further support to energy transition projects in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	902304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is intending to support the development of at least two Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) clusters to support the energy transition at industrial sites across the UK. This process is ongoing with an announcement expected later this year.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/07/2021 12:18:27 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1204024

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will publish guidance on when hair, beauty, spa and wellness businesses can reopen in (a) salon and (b) non-salon settings during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	903299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>As set out in Government’s roadmap, it is our ambition to reopen such businesses from 4 July at the earliest, subject to the scientific advice at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Our guidance will be published before any reopening in order to allow businesses time to adequately prepare.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/06/2020 16:07:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1192488

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will seek representations from self-employed workers on the effectiveness of the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	902174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>We have prioritised helping the greatest number of people as quickly as possible and it is difficult to come up with reliable criteria that apply to all the relevant sectors of the economy. We are aware some people will not be eligible for the scheme, but they may still benefit from a number of other support schemes available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is engaging a wide range of stakeholders in relation to Covid-19, and in addition to the Business Secretary’s regular meeting with business representative organisations, I recently hosted a call with stakeholders on support for the self-employed and will continue to engage on the issue.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 902141 902142 question first answered 04/05/2020 15:52:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

860922

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	GKN: Melrose
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will use his powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in the takeover bid for GKN by Melrose.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	904346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, Ministers can only intervene in mergers that raise public interest concerns on the grounds of national security, financial stability and media plurality.</p><p> </p><p>Public interest interventions are quasi-judicial in nature. It is important that Ministers act, and are seen to be acting impartially, on the basis of an open mind and on the evidence available.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not appropriate for me to comment.</p><p> </p><p>I continue to monitor this situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2018 16:19:25 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1438795

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2022
	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	Energy: Disconnections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Suggested redraft: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2022 to Question 126893 on Energy: Disconnections, which body is responsible for recording disconnection rates; and what criteria that body uses to determine disconnection rates.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	136673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>It is the regulator, Ofgem and not BEIS’s responsibility to monitor energy supply companies’ performance in the energy retail market. Standard Licence Condition 32 in the supply licence requires energy suppliers to submit information to Ofgem, Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland on their dealings with gas and electricity customers in a variety of areas and includes data on disconnections carried out by the licensee. The data is published on Ofgem’s Customer Service portal on its website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/customer-service-data" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/customer-service-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 136674 question first answered 14/03/2022 15:52:23 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

837495

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Companies: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in how many cases where HMRC raised objection to the striking off of a company by the Register of Companies was that objection acted upon by the Registrar of Companies in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2015-16 and (e) 2016-17; in how many such cases was additional tax revenue raised as a result of that objection in each such year; and how much additional revenue was raised as a consequence in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	uin	126614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>Please find figures below for the number of HMRC Objections to the dissolution process actioned by Companies House in each of the financial years requested. Please note that all HMRC objections received are actioned.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of HMRC Objections actioned.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>109,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>90,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>59,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>94,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>107,372</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note: The information provided forms part of Companies House’s management information and is unaudited. Therefore, it is subject to change and should be used for indicative purposes only.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not separately estimate the tax gap due to companies being struck off. However, the HMRC Trust Statement contains figures for tax written off each year. Around 90% of the amounts written off relate to insolvencies.</p><p> </p><p>These figures differ from those provided by my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the answer to PQ UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/commons/2018-02-05/126607" target="_blank">126607</a> for a number of reasons. In particular, timing differences in the recognition of objections from HMRC, situations where the application to strike off has been abandoned by the time HMRC’s objection is processed and cases where HMRC are required to issue multiple objections in respect of the same winding up due the length of time involved.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/02/2018 14:40:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge