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1110205

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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: Brexit
	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 his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to deprioritise those Instruments.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	242120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day and to ensure that the most critical secondary legislation was made by this point.</p><p>Each SI in the Department was carefully considered on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>As part of this analysis, BEIS officials considered the material impact of each SI and whether the changes required were minor and technical in nature, and therefore not deemed essential to be in force from day one.</p><p>These considerations and assessments have meant that my Department has been able to lay the critical secondary legislation required before we exit the EU.</p><p>The laying of EU Exit SIs allows Parliament to fulfil its essential scrutiny role. The exact nature of this scrutiny, and the steps required before an SI completes its passage, is dependent on the type of SI. The Government remains confident of passing the necessary legislation required to ensure a functioning statute book by Exit Day.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/04/2019 16:07:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1110249

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Sizewell C Power Station
	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 plans he has to ensure that EDF contribute to infrastructure improvements in East Suffolk prior to the building of Sizewell C.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	242092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Any application for development consent for the proposed Sizewell C nuclear generating station will need to consider the potential impacts of the proposal and any mitigations that might be put forward by the developer to address or minimise those impacts to an acceptable level. The question of the appropriateness and acceptability in planning terms of any proposed mitigations will be tested during a public examination conducted by the Planning Inspectorate which will submit a report of its findings to my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>In taking the decision on whether development consent should be granted for the project, the Secretary of State will follow the relevant requirements in the Planning Act 2008 and have regard to any matters which are important and relevant. In the event that consent was granted, any mitigation which the Secretary of State considered necessary before construction started would be included as a requirement in the development consent order.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/04/2019 16:06:37 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1110289

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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: Departmental Responsibilities
	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 provide an up-to-date list of the responsibilities of each of his Department's Ministers.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	241977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The up-to-date list of Ministerial responsibilities can be found on our departmental web pages at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/04/2019 13:22:46 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1110560

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	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: 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, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	242801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Since the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (July 2016), we have not entered into any non-disclosure agreements with our employees.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/04/2019 13:22:38 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1111166

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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	Manufacturing Industries: North of England
	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 his Department is taking to promote manufacturing in the North.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	243397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the North of England is home to a wealth of manufacturing assets that play a crucial role in boosting regional economies. Advanced Manufacturing – as identified in the Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review, published in 2016 – is one of the North’s ‘prime capabilities’, and an historic strength.</p><p> </p><p>Through Made Smarter – our key national industrial digitalisation programme – we are investing over £140m to ensure that the UK is at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2019, we launched the Made Smarter North West Pilot; backed by £20m of government funding, this pilot is working with the Northern Powerhouse, and local partners, to provide support for up to 3000 manufacturing SMEs to adopt, and exploit, digital technology to increase their productivity. 600 of these SMEs will be able to receive intensive support, and 480 of those companies will be able to access grants of up to £20,000 to spend on specialist advice, kit, and technology.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to Made Smarter, we are investing significantly in projects that will benefit the North, as well as the UK in general. We:</p><ul><li>Are investing £3.4 billion up to 2021 in the Northern Powerhouse through “Growth Deals”</li><li>Established the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), in the Sheffield City Region. It has received Government Growth Deal funding to help secure recent major investments from Boeing, and McLaren</li><li>Established the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in Wilton, that focuses on the commercialisation of R&amp;D in advanced manufacturing to support major markets, such as healthcare, electronics, food and drink, aerospace, automotive, materials, and energy. The AMRC and CPI are two of the seven centres that make up the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We want all areas across the country, including the North, to benefit from exciting new technologies that can transform industry, and society, giving our great cities the power, and resources that they need to reach their huge untapped potential.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/04/2019 14:00:39 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1121826

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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: Thorium
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of using thorium fuels for energy production.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	245888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) maintains an interest in the global potential of thorium nuclear fuels.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the National Nuclear laboratory (NNL) published an initial comparative assessment of thorium and uranium technologies in nuclear powered electricity generation. This is available online from:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthorium-and-uranium-fuel-cycles-comparison-by-the-national-nuclear-laboratory&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csmrteam%40beis.gov.uk%7Cdd05f6eb801e49a4019908d6934e8acc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636858362871826514&amp;sdata=QPoeIoU4Hy5Q0QejJLtBthzHsXfznTY1ZctSMTSm5jM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thorium-and-uranium-fuel-cycles-comparison-by-the-national-nuclear-laboratory</a>.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has considered these views and drawn on the expertise of its national laboratories to model nuclear scenarios that include the use of thorium. These are used to inform R&amp;D needs on thorium nuclear fuel cycles. An overview of these are included in the document “Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap: Future Pathways”, which is available from:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fnuclear-energy-research-and-development-roadmap-future-pathways&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csmrteam%40beis.gov.uk%7Cdd05f6eb801e49a4019908d6934e8acc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636858362871836519&amp;sdata=GRPFBxd0yYpQvfucFPtnBU6IAzWcxW8H3QTEo1LJM2E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-energy-research-and-development-roadmap-future-pathways</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been supporting research and development into the use of thorium nuclear fuels since such fuels were used in the Dragon reactor at Winfrith in the 1960s and 1970s. Examples of current activity on thorium and related technologies include academic research into thorium fuelled reactor systems and fuel cycle processes through Research Council grants to UK universities; collaboration on thorium fuels, via the UK Research Councils’ Energy Programme, with national nuclear energy programmes of other countries on safety, performance and non-proliferation; experimental development of thorium fuels through the NNL and private sector organisations, as part of international consortia, and thorium fuel modelling and fuel cycle scenario analysis by the NNL. These activities cover UK, EU and worldwide initiatives and receive either financial or strategic support from the Government.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2019 15:24:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1122410

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 7 of the table on page 250 of his Department's publication, Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, if he will publish a breakdown of the figures under the heading entitled, Taking action on climate change and decarbonisation (ALB) net for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, and (d) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	246533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 under the heading Taking action on climate change and decarbonisation (ALB) net is as shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear Decommissioning Authority</p></td><td><p>Bad debts</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Depreciation/amortisation</p></td><td><p>64,863</p></td><td><p>54,350</p></td><td><p>29,000</p></td><td><p>43,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Impairment/revaluation</p></td><td><p>-3,081</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>262,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Purchase of goods and services</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>92,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Take up of provision</p></td><td><p>5,573,765</p></td><td><p>89,751,230</p></td><td><p>2,821,509</p></td><td><p>70,768,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Take up of provision (Change in pensions liability)</p></td><td><p>8,806</p></td><td><p>-7,648</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (pensions)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (provisions)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-1,255,331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Nuclear Decommissioning Authority</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>5,644,353</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89,797,932</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,850,516</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69,911,856</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2019 15:29:39 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1122411

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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 Decommissioning Authority: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 12 of the table on page 250 of his Department's publication, Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, if he will publish a breakdown of the figures under the heading, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	246534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 under the heading Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is as shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear Decommissioning Authority</p></td><td><p>Bad debts</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Depreciation/amortisation</p></td><td><p>64,863</p></td><td><p>54,350</p></td><td><p>29,000</p></td><td><p>43,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Impairment/revaluation</p></td><td><p>-3,081</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>262,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Purchase of goods and services</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>92,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Take up of provision</p></td><td><p>5,573,765</p></td><td><p>89,751,230</p></td><td><p>2,821,509</p></td><td><p>70,768,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Take up of provision (Change in pensions liability)</p></td><td><p>8,806</p></td><td><p>-7,648</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (pensions)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (provisions)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-1,255,331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Nuclear Decommissioning Authority</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>5,644,353</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89,797,932</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,850,516</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69,911,856</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2019 15:29:46 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1122412

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 8 of the table on page 250 of his Department's publication, Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, if he will publish a breakdown of the figures under the heading, Managing our energy legacy safely and responsibly (ALB) net, for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	246535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 under the heading Managing our energy legacy safely and responsibly (ALB) net is as shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Nuclear Police Authority</p></td><td><p>Take up of provision</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>-317</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (provisions)</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Utilisation of provisions</p></td><td><p>-693</p></td><td><p>-554</p></td><td><p>-284</p></td><td><p>-267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Civil Nuclear Police Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-511</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-826</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-268</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal Authority</p></td><td><p>Bad debts</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Depreciation/amortisation</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Impairment/revaluation</p></td><td><p>6,676</p></td><td><p>5,290</p></td><td><p>4,911</p></td><td><p>5,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Take up of provision</p></td><td><p>-66,867</p></td><td><p>1,907,875</p></td><td><p>43,801</p></td><td><p>1,555,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (provisions)</p></td><td><p>11,579</p></td><td><p>10,503</p></td><td><p>-23,799</p></td><td><p>-26,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Utilisation of provisions</p></td><td><p>-16,712</p></td><td><p>-16,378</p></td><td><p>-23,002</p></td><td><p>-26,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Coal Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-65,324</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,907,290</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,061</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,507,374</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and Gas Authority</p></td><td><p>Notional Costs</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Take up of provision</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unwinding of discount rate (provisions)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Utilisation of provisions</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Oil and Gas Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Managing our energy legacy safely and responsibly (ALB) net </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>-65,835</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,906,630</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,507,140</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2019 15:30:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1122509

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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: Billing
	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 proportion of his Department's payments to (a) businesses and (b) SMEs were made within his Department's prompt payment target in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	246541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) complies with the Prompt Payment Code which the Chartered Institute of Credit Management administers on our behalf.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was formed on 14 July 2016 so we are unable to provide data prior to that date. The data we hold applies to payments of valid invoices for goods and services and cannot be sub-divided into those made to general business and those made to SMEs. The data in the table below applies to all businesses:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Valid invoices paid within 30 days</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>99.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>99.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Links: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf" target="_blank">BIES Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2016-17</a> (page 77)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725808/BEIS_Web_accessible_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2017_18.pdf" target="_blank">BEIS Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2017-18</a> (page 37)</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2019 15:22:43 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows