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711552

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
	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 the status of the UK will be in discussions for the next 9th EU RTD Framework Programme once the Government has triggered Article 50.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	68206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>As my Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU research programmes, including Horizon 2020 and successor programmes.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68193 68194 question first answered 24/03/2017 13:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

711553

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	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	European Research Area
	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 his Department has made of the feasibility of the UK becoming an associate member of the European Research Area after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	68193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>As my Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU research programmes, including Horizon 2020 and successor programmes.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68194 68206 question first answered 24/03/2017 13:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

711554

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
	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 role the UK will have in discussions and preparations for the 9th EU RTD Framework Programme during the process of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	68194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>As my Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with specific EU research programmes, including Horizon 2020 and successor programmes.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68193 68206 question first answered 24/03/2017 13:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756166

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
	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 potential merits of extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover support for small businesses and farmers that supply supermarkets.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	6863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of analysing the responses to the Call for Evidence to extend the Groceries Code Adjudicator remit. We will publish the outcome to the Call for Evidence, jointly with Defra, in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:25:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756167

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
	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 his Department plans to publish its response to its call for evidence on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	6864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to publish the Government response to the Call for Evidence on extending the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s remit in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:19:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

782220

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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	Fracking
	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 representations he has received from the general public expressing concerns on fracking for shale gas.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	110839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department receives many letters from the general public regarding a wide range of issues. The Government continues to work closely with regulators and with the shale industry to ensure that any concerns the general public may be experiencing are appropriately addressed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2017 14:16:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

675643

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	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	Post Offices: Closures
	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 (a) post offices and (b) sub post offices have closed in each year since 2010 in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) the York Local Authority area, (iii) North Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) England.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	60717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The provision of its post office branches is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/01/2017 14:11:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

693410

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	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	Post Offices: Closures
	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 Post Office branches were classed as (a) temporarily closed and (b) permanently closed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	65096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The provision of post offices is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/02/2017 17:34:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

708912

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux
	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 assess the adequacy of the level of Government funding for Citizens Advice services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	66780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides core funding to Citizens Advice, the umbrella body for the local Citizens Advice service in England and Wales. That core funding allows for the provision of essential central services to the network including IT, information, training and the recruitment of volunteers and the auditing of bureaux to ensure they retain their capability and capacity to deliver.</p><p> </p><p>Central Government does not fund individual Citizens Advice offices (formerly referred to as bureaux) who receive funding from a variety of public, charity and private sources, with core funding typically provided by the Local Authority in which they are located.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2017 15:32:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712542

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received funding from local enterprise partnerships in each year since 2010-11; and how much funding did each of those receive.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	68509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available at a national level. Through their management of local business growth capital programmes, Local Enterprise Partnerships and their accountable bodies are responsible for providing funding directly to business beneficiaries and for collecting relevant management information. I can confirm however that the Government has provided Regional Growth and Local Growth Funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships to run their business growth capital programmes as follows: -</p><p> </p><p>Regional Growth Funds (RGF)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Contracted Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£30m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>3 and 4</p></td><td><p>£25.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>3 and 4</p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNYER)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£4m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, £32m was provided to Lancaster University in RGF Round 4 to help boost economic growth in twenty large English cities (“Tier 2 Cities”), including in Yorkshire and the Humber, by supporting businesses to grow through better and more effective business growth services.</p><p> </p><p>Growth Deal</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Growth Deal Rounds (covering financial years 2015-2021)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>1 and 3</p></td><td><p>£12m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>1 to 3</p></td><td><p>£57.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>1 and 2</p></td><td><p>£52m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>YNYER LEP is making up to £10.6m available to support businesses in its area through flexibilities over the management of its Growth Deal Programme.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided the following Growing Places Funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships in Yorkshire and the Humber, which could be used to support business investment projects to unlock economic growth and create jobs: -</p><p> </p><p>Growing Places Fund</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Award </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>£8.098m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>£33.481m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>£17.167m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YNYER</p></td><td><p>£8.663m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/03/2017 13:57:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell