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1123098

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Passenger Ships
	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 the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential effect of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older UK passenger boats on (a) businesses (b) investment and (c) skilled engineering jobs in boatyards.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	247691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>BEIS officials remain closely engaged with DfT on the delivery of the recently published Maritime 2050 strategy and to support growth ambitions across the maritime sector. BEIS and DfT officials speak regularly about a range of topics.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/04/2019 13:54:05 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1123040

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Economic Growth: Environment Protection
	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 inform young people of progress of the Government's Clean Growth Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Our progress in delivering the Clean Growth Strategy is set out in detail in the Government Response to the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report to Parliament, which includes an assessment of progress against key actions and milestones.</p><p> </p><p>‘Delivering Clean Growth’, our response to the CCC’s 2018 Progress Report, highlighted our achievements in 2018 while establishing new stretching milestones for 2019 to continue to drive progress on our commitments. This can be read at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2018-progress-report-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2018-progress-report-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes and shares young people’s enthusiasm for tackling climate change. We engage with young people on these issues through a variety of channels, including as part of the first ever Green GB Week, which was held in October 2018 to showcase the benefits, opportunities and challenges of tackling climate change and driving clean growth. We look forward to engaging with young people when Green GB Week returns for a second week of clean growth action on 4 November 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:01:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1123043

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 targets the Government has set for the UK to reduce carbon dioxide emissions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK was the first country to introduce long-term, legally binding emission reduction targets through the Climate Change Act 2008, which set a 2050 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% relative to 1990 levels. The Act also introduced carbon budgets which cap emissions over successive 5-year periods and must be set 12 years in advance.</p><p> </p><p>The UK carbon budgets already set in legislation are among the most stringent in the world. The level of each Carbon Budget is set out in the table below. Carbon budgets cover a range of greenhouse gas emissions including carbon dioxide, measured in million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2028-32</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Budget Level</strong> <strong>(MtCO2e)</strong></p></td><td><p>3,018</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td><td><p>2,544</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on the impact of global warming of 1.5°C in October 2018, the Government commissioned its independent experts, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), to provide their advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, including on setting a net-zero target. The CCC’s advice is due on 2 May and we will consider it carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:01:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1123044

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Climate Change: International Cooperation
	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 last met international counterparts to discuss climate change; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to demonstrate the strong leadership needed to tackle climate change, both at home and abroad. As an issue of significant public and international importance my rt. hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth regularly meet with their international counterparts to discuss a range of issues including climate change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/05/2019 12:59:38 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1123045

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Climate Change: International Cooperation
	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 next plans to meet international counterparts to discuss climate change; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to demonstrate the strong leadership needed to tackle climate change, both at home and abroad. As an issue of significant public and international importance my rt. hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth regularly meet with their international counterparts to discuss a range of issues including climate change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/05/2019 11:04:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1123170

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	247552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>In the financial year 2017/18, BEIS was allocated an additional £35.1m for EU exit work by HM Treasury. In the financial year 2018/19, BEIS received a final allocation of £139.5m. The allocation for 2019/20 is £190m.</p><p> </p><p>No-deal funding is aggregated as part of the Department’s overall spend and therefore cannot be reported separately.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777880/supplementary_estimates_2018-19_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777880/supplementary_estimates_2018-19_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 01/05/2019 11:15:30 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1123260

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Females: Directors
	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 increase the number of women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds at the highest level of business.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	247760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with business to achieve inclusive and diverse workplaces and supporting the independent, business-led diversity reviews in this area – the Hampton-Alexander Review (FTSE Women Leaders) and the Parker Review (Ethnic Minorities on Boards) - that have set ambitious targets for FTSE350 companies. The Hampton-Alexander Review aims for women to hold at least 33% of senior leadership and board positions by 2020. The Parker Review is campaigning for FTSE100 boards to have at least one director “of colour” by 2021, and FTSE250 boards to have the same by 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We have seen the representation of women on FTSE100 boards rise from 12.5% in 2011 to 31.4% today, and on FTSE350 boards from 9.5% to 28%; and all-male boards in the FTSE350 have gone down from 152 to 2 in the same period. These reviews form part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy that works for all.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government published its response to the Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship in March. The Rose Review shed light on the barriers faced by women starting and growing businesses, including: lower access to finance; a perceived lack of skills and experience; disproportionate childcare responsibilities; different risk appetite; and a lack of sponsorship and role models.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs, and HM Treasury is working with UK Finance to establish a new Code, Investing in Women, that will see banks and other financial institutions adopt a set of best practices that will benefit female business owners across the country. This work complements ongoing wider initiatives to address gender imbalances, like tackling the gender pay gap (at a record low), the Women in Finance Charter, and the Government’s forthcoming Gender Equality and Economic Empowerment Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:01:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 115893 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1123062

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Post Offices: Costs
	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 16 April 2019 to Question 242045 on Post Offices: Costs, what the strategic parameters set by the Government are.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	247610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government requires the Post Office to maintain a national network of branches meeting minimum access criteria and delivering minimum services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches and with 99.7% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch. There are no plans to change these strategic parameters, which received widespread public support in a 2017 consultation. ICT and the costs of running its business are operational matters for Post Office.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 247611 question first answered 02/05/2019 13:00:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1123063

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Post Office: ICT
	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 the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242042 on Post Office: ICT, what plans he has to change the strategic parameters set by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	247611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government requires the Post Office to maintain a national network of branches meeting minimum access criteria and delivering minimum services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches and with 99.7% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch. There are no plans to change these strategic parameters, which received widespread public support in a 2017 consultation. ICT and the costs of running its business are operational matters for Post Office.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 247610 question first answered 02/05/2019 13:00:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1123064

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Post Office
	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 times Ministers in his Department met the Senior Independent Director of Post Office Limited in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	247612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>As the Special Shareholder of Post Office Limited, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State appoints a Non-Executive Representative to the Post Office board to provide shareholder oversight of the company. In their independent role, it would not be appropriate for Ministers to regularly meet with the Senior Independent Director of Post Office Limited. Generally, ministers have engaged with Post Office Limited, but they have not met the Senior Independent Director of Post Office Limited in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:31:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish