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1277460

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on that country's distribution of covid-19 vaccines to neighbourhood vaccination centres and remote sites.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	Brendan Clarke-Smith
	uin	139140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has had no specific discussions.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/04/2021 12:32:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 77401 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith

1190551

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons version 2 of the Construction Leadership Council’s guidance Site Operating Procedures Protecting Your Workforce During Coronavirus (Covid-19) stated that no construction work should be carried out on site if social distancing could not be enforced; and for what reasons that instruction has been relaxed in version 3 of that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	40698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has developed Site Operating Procedures (SOP), which align with Public Health England (PHE) guidance on social distancing. The SOP provide practical advice to those seeking to implement the guidance on construction sites.</p><p> </p><p>Following consultation with the industry, the CLC has updated the SOP to align with the latest PHE guidance and provide more detailed advice on safe working. This approach is based on the Health and Safety Executive Hierarchy of Controls for work planning to mitigate risks.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/05/2020 09:05:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 18632 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1149448

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Professions: Qualifications
	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 mutual recognition agreements for professional qualifications (a) the UK has signed with EU member states and (b) plans to sign by 31 October 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has encouraged UK and EU regulators to sign mutual recognition agreements that provide routes for recognition for qualifications of UK and EU professionals in the event of leaving the EU without a deal. This will ensure UK professionals are able to practise in other parties’ jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/10/2019 11:07:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 704 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1190749

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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	Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Coronavirus
	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 money has been claimed under the Coronavirus Small Business Grants Fund (a) by second home owners and (b) for holiday lets in Suffolk.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	40562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made £12.3 billion available to businesses under the Small Business Grants Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund. Local authorities are contacting businesses directly to deliver these grants.</p><p> </p><p>As of 26 April, over 610,000 business premises have received grants across the two schemes, totalling over £7.59 billion. We do not receive management information from local authorities broken down by sector. However, we have published a full breakdown of grant funding allocated to and distributed by each local authority at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-localauthority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-localauthority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses</a>. This breakdown is being updated regularly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/05/2020 09:09:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 18629 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1190726

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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	Small Business Grants Fund
	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 allow local authorities to retain any surplus funding allocated for the business support grant to distribute further grants to local businesses that did not qualify under that scheme’s initial criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	40584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with local government to understand how the Small Business Grant Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund are rolling out, as well as the impact they are having on businesses. The main priority of the Government is that funding can get out to eligible businesses as quickly as possible.</p><p>On 1 May 2020, the Business Secretary announced the Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund, which is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs - not linked to the business rates system. Where local authorities have surplus funding from their original allocations, they can use up to 5% of their allocation to provide these discretionary grants. Local authorities that have used, or expect to use, all of their allocation will receive an additional 5% to meet the cost of these discretionary grants.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/05/2020 09:08:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 18630 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1170770

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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	Nissan: Import Duties
	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 she will publish the guarantees offered to Nissan with respect to tariffs upon the UK's exit from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	3200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Political Declaration establishes the parameters for an ambitious and flexible partnership across trade and economic cooperation through a Free Trade Agreement with the EU<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> A key objective is to ensure that there are no tariffs, fees or quantitative restrictions across sectors, with modern and accompanying Rules of Origin, and ambitious customs arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We have not offered guarantees to Nissan specifically with respect to tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/01/2020 16:39:38 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2020 17:21:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 1694 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1151909

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	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	Regulatory Policy Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what occasions the Regulatory Policy Committee has not rated a regulatory proposal following its assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	4309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The better regulation framework sets out the grounds on which the independent Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) can rate an impact assessment. The RPC has only published an assessment without a rating once (for the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill). Relating to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, the independent Regulatory Policy Committee noted that it appreciates the assessment the Government has provided and recognises that the analysis undertaken is the best possible in the time available.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/11/2019 17:02:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 2291 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1183140

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
	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 2 March 2020 to Question 20598, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on developing Welsh manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle batteries.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	25713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly speak with the Welsh Government on issues such as the transition to zero emission vehicles and the impact on the wider supply chain, including batteries, to support vehicle electrification.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2020 18:00:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 11693 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1196346

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2020 to Question 5366, when his Department plans to update its publications entitled (a) Steel procurement pipeline and (b) Steel Public Procurement: Compliance with the steel procurement guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	47239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The data used for the publication of the steel procurement pipeline, and the compliance data on the steel procurement guidance, has been shared with UK Steel and the steel producers. These stakeholders have helped to quality assure the information prior to publication, which we intend to publish soon.</p><p>Data on steel procurement in the UK, including the origin, as well as information on infrastructure projects with significant steel content, is published annually at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsteel-public-procurement&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPhil.Bennett%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc83f94be8ea648ee071b08d7fb4516e3%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637254147347778222&amp;sdata=CRTmhtJ%2FPf7WoxRuvuUpZGtKW1jB5gxu%2FJnYnadrrkc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The next iteration of this data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2020 15:35:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 23124 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1201294

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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	Manufacturing Industries: 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 additional (a) support and (b) funding the Government plans to provide to the manufacturing industry sector to help that sector achieve carbon neutral status.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	56205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>While we are rightly focusing on taking action to tackle the immediate Covid-19 crisis, we continue to prioritise efforts to deal with the serious challenges of climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. We will continue backing this objective by funding programmes that accelerate the shift to electrification. For example, the Faraday Challenge is providing £274 million to ensure the UK leads the world in the design, development, and manufacture of batteries for the electrification of vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017 Made Smarter Review highlighted the economic <del class="ministerial">(£455bn GVA + 175,000 jobs)</del><ins class="ministerial">and</ins> environmental opportunities <del class="ministerial">(4.5% reduction in CO2 emissions)</del> for the UK’s manufacturing sector until 2027. This includes £455 billion Gross Value Added, the creation of 175,000 jobs, and a 4.5% reduction in CO2 emissions. The development of low carbon technologies will benefit the UK economy, as well as reduce carbon emissions, including through the creation of new jobs.</p><p> </p><p>We will establish the world’s first net zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040 and at least one low carbon cluster by 2030. This is the second mission under the Clean Growth Grand Challenge, launched in December 2018, and is the most relevant to those manufacturing industries that often co-locate in clusters. UK Research &amp; Innovation is delivering up to £170 million to support the deployment of low carbon technologies in one or more clusters.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/06/2020 15:49:47 question first ministerially corrected 16/06/2020 17:26:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 29396 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford