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1455478

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 floating offshore wind industry on the potential economic benefits of setting a target of 15GW of floating wind by 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	149282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department holds regular discussions with representatives of the offshore wind industry. The Government has a world-leading target of 40GW by 2030 including 1GW of floating wind and anticipates further rapid expansion of both fixed and floating offshore wind through the 2030s and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/04/2022 14:10:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1455479

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 has met with representatives of the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Welsh Government to discuss floating offshore wind.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	149283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with the Devolved Administrations on matters of mutual interest. The Government will work with the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, and industry to build a sustainable, competitive UK based floating wind supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/04/2022 14:13:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1455481

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 ensure grid infrastructure is developed to support further deployment of floating offshore wind.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	149284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>Network regulation, including ensuring security of supply, is a matter for Ofgem, the independent energy regulator. Ofgem uses the RIIO price control framework to incentivise electricity network companies to invest efficiently in the grid – providing a safe, secure and reliable network for all consumers at the lowest possible cost.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the BEIS-led Offshore Transmission Network Review, National Grid Electricity System Operator will shortly publish a Holistic Network Design (HND) which brings together the coordinated planning of wider onshore network reinforcements and the connections for around 23GW of offshore wind, including over 3GW of floating wind.</p><p> </p><p>The objective of the OTNR is to ensure that the transmission connections for offshore wind generation are delivered in the most appropriate way, considering the increased ambition for offshore wind to help achieve net zero. This will be done with a view to finding the appropriate balance between environmental, social and economic costs.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/04/2022 14:08:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1415715

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legislation
	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 legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	110380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>In the last five years, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy have undertaken the following Post Implementation Reviews (PIR) on primary and secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total PIRs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary PIRs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary PIRs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><ul><li>An individual PIR can cover several pieces of legislation within the same review.</li><li>Primary PIRs tend to refer to an evaluation of specific clauses within an Act, and not a review of the full Act.</li><li>This information is only held for internal administrative reasons and may not be exhaustive, for example, due to machinery of government changes to departmental structure in the past decade.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/02/2022 12:20:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1415733

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legislation
	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 and what proportion of the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their predecessor Department has undergone a post legislative review in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	110397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The number, and proportion, of post legislative reviews the Department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last ten years is not held within the Department. However, the number of PIRs undertaken in the last five years is available as follows.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy have undertaken the following Post Implementation Reviews (PIR) on primary and secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total PIRs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary PIRs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary PIRs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong>:</p><ul><li>An individual PIR can cover several pieces of legislation within the same review.</li><li>Primary PIRs tend to refer to an evaluation of specific clauses within an Act, and not a review of the full Act.</li><li>This information is only held for internal administrative reasons and may not be exhaustive, for example, due to machinery of government changes to departmental structure in the past decade.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/02/2022 12:16:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1405220

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legislation
	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 pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	109237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The information on primary legislation is only held for internal administrative reasons and may not be exhaustive, for example, due to machinery of government changes to departmental structure in the past decade.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was founded in 2016, through a merger between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The information for primary legislation therefore includes predecessor departments. Due to the nature of primary legislation spanning calendar years, information has been provided per Parliamentary Session.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Departmental sponsored Government Bills</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021 - 2022 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019 - 2021 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 - 2019 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 - 2017 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015 - 2016 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 - 2015 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 2014 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 - 2013 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010 - 2012 Session</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of pieces of secondary legislation sponsored by Government departments could be calculated utilising publicly available information. This information is not held within the Department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 27/01/2022 16:36:00 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1348273

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	Hydrogen
	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 reasons are for the delay in publication of the Hydrogen Strategy; and when that strategy will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	35681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The first ever UK Hydrogen Strategy will be published shortly and will set out the key steps needed in the 2020s to deliver our 5GW production ambition and set the context for further scale up on the way to net zero.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 22/07/2021 15:43:40 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1348274

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	Biofuels
	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 a Biomass Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	35682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>In the Energy White Paper we outlined our plans to publish a Biomass Strategy in 2022. On 20<sup>th</sup> April this year, we launched a Call for Evidence to inform the strategy. The Call for Evidence is now closed, and we are reviewing the responses received.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 22/07/2021 15:42:27 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1134255

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Business: Billing
	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 making the Prompt Payment Code compulsory for large businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	268619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In the recent Government Response to the Creating a Responsible Payment Culture Call for Evidence we announced that responsibility for the voluntary Prompt Payment Code (the ‘Code’) is to move to the Small Business Commissioner and that the Code will be reformed, following engagement with existing Code signatories.</p><p> </p><p>Turning a voluntary code into a compulsory code would be further legislation respect of payment terms. UK legislation already establishes maximum 30-day payment terms for transactions with public authorities and 60-day payment terms between businesses, unless they agree longer terms and those terms are not grossly unfair to the supplier.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/07/2019 14:10:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1134256

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Business: Billing
	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 reducing the maximum payment terms of the Prompt Payment Code from 60 days to 30 days.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	268620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Prompt Payment Code (‘the Code’) encourages businesses to aim for 30-day payment terms as the norm, with 60 days as the maximum. Signatories commit to paying 95% of invoices within 60 days, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In the recent Government Response to the Creating a Responsible Payment Culture Call for Evidence we announced that responsibility for the Code is to move to the Small Business Commissioner and that the Code will be reformed, following engagement with existing Code signatories. We are also keen to increase the number of businesses signed up to the Code.</p><p> </p><p>UK legislation already establishes maximum 30-day payment terms for transactions with public authorities and 60-day payment terms between businesses, unless they agree longer terms and those terms are not grossly unfair to the supplier.</p><p> </p><p>Government has worked closely with trade bodies and businesses to develop this. Mike Cherry, FSB National Chairman, said of the recent announcement: “Small businesses will be delighted with today’s announcement” and “the measures today could finally see an end to poor payment practice. Changing our business culture will boost the small business community, productivity and growth.”</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/07/2019 14:10:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman