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1548908

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Industry: Leeds North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which industry in Leeds North West constituency receives the highest level of government investment.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on industrial investment at constituency level. As part of the West Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Leeds North West benefits from several streams of devolved funding, including £38m per annum to support local priorities and £83m through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. To support research, development and innovation, £373 million of UK Research and Innovation funding has been invested in West Yorkshire between 2019 and 2021, regional data is not yet available for UK Research and Innovation investment beyond this.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/12/2022 16:35:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802222

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Coal Fired Power Stations
	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 rule out co-firing and conversion as an abatement option in the coal phaseout.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	117909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We are leading the world by ending unabated coal generation in Great Britain by 2025. The Department consulted on proposals on ending unabated coal generation last year and we will soon be publishing our detailed government response.</p><p>The positive example we are setting to the world will yield significant benefits and help put the world on track to meet the ambition agreed at Paris in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/12/2017 17:07:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

937441

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	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	Nuclear Power: Disclosure of Information
	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 communicate to the public the content of the ongoing discussions it holds with nuclear energy companies; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	162151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Government regularly engages with a number of new build developers on a range of issues relevant to delivering new nuclear projects including financing. These discussions are commercially sensitive and it is therefore not appropriate to provide details.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2018 14:59:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1548904

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Small Businesses: Leeds North West
	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 many SMEs in Leeds North West constituency have received Government funding for support in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses.</p><p>Businesses in Leeds North West will have benefitted from the Government’s reversal of the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs approximately £4,200 on average, the cut to fuel duty for 12 months and raising the Employment Allowance to £5,000. In addition, we have brought in the Energy Bill Relief Scheme to protect SMEs from high energy costs over the winter.</p><p>The Government is also providing financial support through the Start Up loan scheme - 138 SMEs in Leeds North West have received loans to the value of £1,447,433 as of October 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/12/2022 16:38:27 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1548905

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Business: Leeds North West
	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 discussions he has had with businesses in Leeds North West constituency on the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on those businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses, including those in Leeds North West, and is engaging with businesses across the UK to understand these challenges and explore ways to mitigate them.­­</p><p>The Government has reversed the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs £4,200 on average, cut fuel duty for 12 months and raised the Employment Allowance to £5000. In addition, we have brought in the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which is shielding businesses across the country from soaring energy prices, saving some around half of their wholesale energy costs.</p><p>We have also announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/12/2022 16:36:30 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1548909

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Research: Leeds North West
	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 funding the Government has provided for research and development in Leeds North West constituency in the financial year 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Leeds Beckett University, which has a campus in the constituency, received £7,566,993 for the academic year in Quality-related research (QR) funding and Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) delivered through Research England. However, UK Research and Innovation do not yet have data for competitive grants in the current financial year 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/12/2022 16:34:21 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1548918

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Business: Leeds North West
	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 has made an estimate of the number of businesses in Leeds North West constituency that are BME owned.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold regional information on the proportion of BME-owned businesses in Leeds North West. Government is aware of the challenges faced by ethnic minority businesses and is taking action to support them. Ministers regularly engage with ethnic minority business leaders and networks to better understand the issues facing them</p><p>We are working with stakeholders to agree interventions to improve access to finance. Since its launch (2012) the Start Up Loans programme has issued around 20% of its loans to Black, Asian, and Ethnic-minority business worth £183,308,132</p><p> </p><p>We are also delivering actions set out in the Inclusive Britain report (2022), which aim to support ethnic minority entrepreneurs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/12/2022 16:33:20 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1541680

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	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	Flexible Working: Parents
	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 support working parents with flexible working options that can help increase their workplace participation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	84998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>All employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service with their employer already have the right to request flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021, the government consulted on measures that would further support the uptake of flexible working arrangements, including whether to extend the right to request flexible working to employees from their first day of employment. The consultation is now closed, having received over 1,600 responses. We will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also pleased to be supporting the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill introduced by the Hon. Member for Bolton South East, which passed Second Reading on 28 October.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/11/2022 17:19:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1541681

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	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	Parental Leave: Fathers
	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 make it easier for fathers to take statutory parental leave.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	84999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In 2019 the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay. The Government are currently considering responses to the consultation and will respond in due course. As set out in the Government’s Manifesto, the Government is committed to making it easier for fathers to take Paternity Leave.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/11/2022 17:19:35 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1252682

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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	Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Coronavirus
	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 issue additional guidance on the student travel window to students who intend to return to hospitality and leisure roles after the national covid-19 restrictions end on 2 December 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	116644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>We have produced <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/close-contact-services" target="_blank">guidance</a> for employers and employees to ensure workplaces are COVID-secure. All guidance and measures are kept under review and updated accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s guidance for students and others regarding the student travel window is located <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses/student-movement-and-plans-for-the-end-of-autumn-2020-term" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/11/2020 17:05:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel