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830144

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Catapult Centres
	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 catapult networks will support the delivery of the Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	124819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Catapult network exists to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in emerging technologies, promoting commercialisation and so future economic growth. The network forms a key part of the innovation ecosystem for delivering the Industrial Strategy. We are using the recent review of the network to improve the strategies, governance and performance management of the Catapults to maximise their impact.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 11:00:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830214

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Unpaid Work
	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 recent estimate his Department has made of the total number of (a) paid and (b) unpaid internships in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	124875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the number of interns in the UK since 2010. The estimate produced in 2010 was based on evidence from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), combined with a number of other assumptions and should be treated as indicative only.</p><p> </p><p>If an intern is classified as a “worker”, they are entitled to at least the National Minimum Wage from day one of their employment.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:58 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

829553

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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 whether the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sought to resist the classification decision of the National Accounts Classification Committee in 2004 that the FRC was a public body; if so, whether they supported that resistance; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Throughout the period between 2004 and 2014 the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the Department for Trade and Industry (and its successors) agreed that the original classification of the FRC as a public body should, if possible, be revised. The Department worked with the FRC to seek its reclassification from the Office for National Statistics on a number of occasions. The justification for this was based on wider Government policy on public bodies and the development of the FRC’s functions.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:30:40 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

829554

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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 cost of external legal advice sought by the Financial Reporting Council regarding the classification decision of the National Accounts Classification Committee, including any attempts at reclassification.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL5058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>We are informed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) that their total spend on external legal advice on all issues arising out the FRC’s classification as a public body is £6,482.70 inclusive of VAT. This is a cumulative figure covering the period from 2004 through to 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:32:26 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

830260

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to question 123102, which business organisations were represented at the Carillion taskforce meeting referred to in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	124921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The taskforce, chaired by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State, comprises the TUC, the Federation of Small Businesses, Build UK, the Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group, Construction Industry Training Board, British Business Bank, Small Business Commissioner; UK Finance, the Local Government Association, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 15:42:05 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

830262

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123102, on Carillion: Insolvency, what assurances were given by the major high street lenders referred to in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	124923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>As stated in my answer of 22 January, lenders gave their assurances to contact customers, where appropriate, and are putting in place emergency measures, including overdraft extensions, payment holidays and fee waivers to ensure those facing short term issues can be helped to stay on track. Further information can be obtained at: <a href="https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/" target="_blank">https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 17:38:40 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

830265

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123102, on Carillion: Insolvency, for how long the major high street lenders indicated they are prepared to put in place (a) overdraft extensions, (b) payment holidays and (c) fee waivers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	124926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The high street lenders have not set any time limit. UK Finance are clear that the High Street Lenders are prepared to have these measures in place as long as needed to deal with the cash flow difficulties that solvent members of the Carillion supply chain are dealing with in the immediate aftermath of the collapse. Where appropriate, lenders are contacting customers and are putting in place emergency measures, including overdraft extensions, payment holidays and fee waivers to ensure those facing short term issues can be helped to stay on track. As a result £900 million has been made available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 14:15:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

830267

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123102, on Carillion: Insolvency, what additional resources he is providing to the Local Growth Hubs referred to in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	124928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We have announced within the Industrial Strategy our intention to ensure all businesses in every region have access to a Growth Hub. We will therefore build on this programme, providing a further £24m of core funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) for Growth Hubs (£12m in 2018-19 and a further £12m in 2019-2020), with allocations to LEPs remaining at current levels over this 2 year period.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 15:42:40 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

829914

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Energy: Housing
	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 much Government and supplier obligation energy efficiency investment there was in each year between 2012-13 to 2016-17; and how many homes were insulated under Government programmes in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	124663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Data are published for the number of measures installed and the total investment in supplier obligations prior to the start of the Energy Company Obligation in 2013 but the data are not readily available to determine the number of homes insulated, nor investment by year, in those years.</p><p> </p><p>Investment under ECO (from 2013-14) is shown in the table below [1], [2].</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> Supplier spend in the year (2017 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,690,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,000,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£540,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£480,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of homes insulated under ECO (from 2013-14) meanwhile is provided below [3]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> Homes insulated in the year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>381,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>463,593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>216,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>158,304</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Note that suppliers front loaded delivery against their ECO obligations, meaning spending was higher than BEIS estimated for 13-14 and 14-15, but lower in the subsequent years. Had suppliers not front loaded delivery (i.e. delivered at a constant rate over this period), supplier spend would have been around £1.4bn during 13-14 and around £860m pa between 14-15 and 16-17</p><p>[2] Source <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-september-2017</a> (note the figures have been adjusted for inflation)</p><p>[3] Source: as above. These figures differ from published data in table 1.2.1a since the question asks for the number of homes insulated in a year whereas table 1.2.1a will only count a home once regardless of the number of times it received an insulation measure post May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 11:49:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

829923

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Energy: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of investment required each year to meet the target for as many homes as possible to be brought up to EPC Band C by 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	124669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not made an official estimate of the amount of investment required each year to meet the target for as many homes as possible to be brought up to EPC Band C by 2035. The amount of investment will depend on the measures installed to achieve this energy efficiency level, which will also depend on the policies to encourage their uptake, and the impact of innovation investment on driving down cost and bringing forward new technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently undertaking this analysis and will publish these estimates in due course. The forthcoming call for evidence on EPCs will be a valuable addition to the evidence of how we can reach this target.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 11:51:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas