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535151

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Engineering and Science
	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 outcome of the referendum on UK membership of the EU, if he will take steps to help the UK retain its leading scientists and engineers.
	tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
	uin	42300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The UK has a long established system that supports, and therefore attracts, the brightest minds, at all stages of their careers. We fund excellent research wherever it is found, and ensure there is the freedom to tackle important scientific questions. The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing the strength of our research base, which is why at the Spending Review we committed to protect the science budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion per annum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has said that there will be no immediate changes in circumstances for EU citizens working or studying in the UK - this includes scientists and engineers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/07/2016 16:04:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

539725

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Digital Technology
	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 responsibility for digital consumer rights sits within his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	43222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Responsibility for digital consumer rights sits with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Protecting consumer rights is an important issue and will remain a priority for the department.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2016 16:08:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

539727

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Digital Technology
	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 responsibility for the Digital Single Market and the digital economy sits within his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	43223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the Digital Single Market sits with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and responsibility for the Digital Economy sits with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2016 16:06:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

539730

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
	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, following the recent machinery of government changes, the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines is still based in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	43210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for International Trade.</p><p>Under the machinery of government changes announced recently the UK NCP will now be located in the Department for International Trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/07/2016 16:55:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

533858

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2016
	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	Solar Power: Redundancy
	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 estimate he has made of the change in the number of jobs in the UK solar sector since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	42253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold estimates of the number of jobs in the UK solar sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:38:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

535130

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Natural Gas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether in negotiating the UK’s exit from the EU they plan to seek for the UK to be included in any EU regulations on the security of gas supply in times of crisis, as set out in the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
	uin	HL1126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>While the UK remains a member of the EU the existing rules apply and new legislation that applies to the UK will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the new Prime Minister to decide on our future relationship with the EU, including on matters of energy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/07/2016 13:13:52 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

535148

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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 Councils
	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 postpone the reorganisation of UK Science Research Councils until the UK has renegotiated its relationship with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
	uin	42296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government will continue taking forward the important legislation that was set before Parliament in the Queen’s Speech, including the Higher Education and Research Bill. This includes the formation of the new body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Now, more than ever, we need a strong and unified voice to represent the interests of UK research and innovation across Europe and around the world which UKRI will provide.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 42297 question first answered 25/07/2016 14:31:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

535149

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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 Councils
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of UK negotiations with the EU resulting from the outcome of the referendum on the planned reorganisation of UK Science Research Councils proposed by Sir Paul Nurse.
	tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
	uin	42297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government will continue taking forward the important legislation that was set before Parliament in the Queen’s Speech, including the Higher Education and Research Bill. This includes the formation of the new body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Now, more than ever, we need a strong and unified voice to represent the interests of UK research and innovation across Europe and around the world which UKRI will provide.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 42296 question first answered 25/07/2016 14:31:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

535218

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Renewable Energy: Investment
	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 assessment of the potential effect on investment in renewable energy of the UK withdrawing from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	42390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Since the EU referendum, the Government has been engaging with our key energy stakeholders, including investors in the renewable energy sector, to make it clear that we are open for business.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains an attractive environment for investors in energy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:40:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

535219

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Wind Power: Tees Valley
	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 electricity has been generated by Teesside Wind Farm in each year since it opened.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	42410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Teesside Offshore Wind farm has generated the following amounts of electricity in each year since it opened;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013 (July to December):</strong></p></td><td><p>79,405 MWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>121,808 MWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>210,057 MWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 (January to March)</strong></p></td><td><p>57,729 MWh</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is publically available on the Ofgem website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:40:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley