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990379

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps have been taken to attract international investment in the Northern Powerhouse.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	181263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 the Department for International Trade (DIT) established a dedicated taskforce to deliver bespoke activity to attract foreign investment into the Northern Powerhouse. This activity includes: full profiling of the offer in key sectors for the region and showcasing these at events overseas; working with DIT’s overseas network, and local partners across the North, to deliver bespoke activity to promote the region as a destination for investment; international promotion of a portfolio of Northern capital investment opportunities; and provision of funding for the account management of existing foreign investors by local partners.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/10/2018 16:50:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1088608

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to mark the centenary of UK Export Finance.
	tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
	uin	909804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>We will celebrate UK Export Finance’s centenary throughout the year, notably at the UK Trade &amp; Export Finance Forum in June. I am delighted that in its centenary year UK Export Finance was awarded ‘Best Export Credit Agency’ at the 2019 International Trade Finance Awards. As the world’s first export credit agency, UK Export Finance will continue to innovate as it has done for the past 100 years.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/03/2019 14:47:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

1088374

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the (a) white list of countries to which UK companies can ship Category C military goods under OGTC licences, (b) number of licences granted each year since 2010 and (c) names of the countries in which the end user for those licences is based.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	232089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Open General Trade Control Licence (Category C Goods) is published online at <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fopen-general-trade-control-licence-category-c-goods&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstav.georgiou%40trade.gov.uk%7C4c332cb4660a4d553ffe08d6a861e167%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C636881535671779620&amp;sdata=PbhygQX%2BM1u6jW7k8SR5oEmkoY1%2BotAjA29Th3UTXcc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-general-trade-control-licence-category-c-goods</a></p><p> </p><p>The destinations to which Category C goods may be shipped under the licence are specified in paragraph 1 and schedule 2 of the licence itself.</p><p> </p><p>Traders do not apply for general licences; instead they register via DIT’s online licensing system known as SPIRE. The number of registrations in each quarter for each open general licence are published as Official Statistics, as part of the Government’s quarterly licensing data and is available on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/03/2019 16:47:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1289740

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Department’s trade policies on UK farmers.
	tabling member constituency	West Dorset
	tabling member printed	Chris Loder
	uin	912446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Our trade policies will open global markets for UK farmers and lower their input costs. We have successfully rolled over EU FTAs but now want to give farmers enhanced access to countries with whom the EU could not or would not do a deal. We are giving farmers a stronger voice in trade policy, putting the Trade and Agriculture Commission on a statutory footing and we have just launched a major promotion campaign for the industry.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/02/2021 14:12:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1345494

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with industry representatives on (a) the cancellation of the Tradeshow Access Programme and b) any replacement scheme for the Tradeshow Access Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
	uin	30416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Birkenhead to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Durham today, UIN: 28980.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 30417 question first answered 15/07/2021 10:13:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1345447

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support her Department is providing to enable UK maritime businesses to attend overseas trade shows.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
	uin	30017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Birkenhead to the answer I gave to the Rt Hon. Member for North Durham on 16 July 2021, UIN: 28979.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/07/2021 13:32:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1505606

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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 Bills Rebate: Travellers
	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 20 June 2022 to Question 18990 on Energy Bills Rebate, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that Gypsies, Travellers and other nomadic households will receive the £400 energy bills rebate; and if he will hold discussions with voluntary sector organisations on identifying groups that could be excluded from the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	48494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>On 29 July the Government set out further details of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) and confirmed that further funding will be available to provide equivalent support of £400 for energy bills for the small percentage of domestic energy consumers not reached by EBSS. This will include those who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an energy supplier. The government will be announcing details later in the autumn on eligibility and on how these households will receive the £400 payment.</p><p> </p><p>This support will be provided alongside the ‘Energy Price Guarantee’ which will mean a typical UK household will pay, on average, no more than £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/09/2022 08:08:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1507829

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	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: 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, with reference to the Government's announcement on plans to help cut energy bills for businesses on 21 September, for what reasons he decided (a) to provide an additional payment of £100 to households across the UK who are not able to receive support for their heating costs through the Energy Price Guarantee and (b) that £100 was a suitable value for that additional support.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	55111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2022 answer text <p>The additional support, including the level at which it is set, provided to households not eligible for the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) is intended to ensure that they do not face a higher rate of growth in their heating costs since last autumn, compared to those on gas supported by the EPG.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/10/2022 16:39:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1507633

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	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	Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish his decision on Government support for an interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has had early stage discussions with Xlinks about their proposal to import clean power from Morocco to the UK. There are currently no plans to publish a decision.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:43:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1507642

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	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	Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project
	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 make an estimate of the (a) earliest potential start date and (b) potential peak capacity as a proportion of grid requirement of the proposed Xlinks interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	uin	54479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Xlinks has indicated that the project can supply 3.6 GW of capacity, approximately 8% of GB transmission demand (or approximately 6% of peak underlying – transmission and distribution – demand), from 2030. The Department has not verified the feasibility of proposed capacity of the project and project timelines.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 13:44:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison