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1524604

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	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	Iron and Steel
	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 help deliver a (a) modern and (b) green steel sector by 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	67889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Decarbonisation pathways are a commercial decision for companies. The Government is working closely with steel producers as they decide on the optimum route for their sites.</p><p> </p><p>Support for the sector includes over £780 million in electricity costs relief. The sector can also apply for over £1 billion available in competitive funding to support industry with energy efficiency and decarbonisation, including:</p><ul><li>Access to up to £66 million through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and the £289 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.</li><li>Long-term work at the Materials Processing Institute.</li><li>The opportunity to bid into industrial fuel switching innovation programmes.</li><li>The Carbon Capture Usage and Storage Fund and the Net Zero Hydrogen Fund.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2022 16:09:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 27389 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1524606

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	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	Iron and Steel: Finance
	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 he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of establishing a fund to help develop the UK steel industry, following the return of money from the EU Research Fund for Coal and Steel.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	67891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer my Hon. Friend. the then Minister of State for Industry gave on 31st March 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-17/141980" target="_blank">141980</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since taking up his role as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, my Rt. Hon. Friend has prioritised engaging with my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, steel companies, local MPs and other interested parties from the steel sector. As a priority, we are now carefully considering the best way we can work together over the coming period to secure the best outcomes for our steel industry.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2022 16:08:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 27392 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1524689

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	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	Construction: Mental Health
	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 research by the Chartered Institute of Building entitled Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment, published on 11 May 2020, and the research by Mates in Mind and The Institute for Employment Studies entitled Supporting the mental health of self-employed construction workers, published in June 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of procurement demands on the mental health of workers in (a) construction industry supply chains and (b) other parts of the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	uin	67965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working to improve health and safety, as well as mental and occupational health in the construction sector, to enable the sector to recruit and retain the workforce that it needs in future. This work is being taken forward through the Construction Leadership Council’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group, which brings together the Health and Safety Executive, industry representatives and trade unions to develop and circulate best practice and practical guidance for the industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also aware that procurement and contractual practices in the sector can have an impact on mental health. The Government has set out its commitment to improving procurement processes, and ensure there are fair and transparent payment and contractual provisions in relation to government construction projects and programmes in the Construction Playbook.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2022 16:02:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 27397 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist