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1697624

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department has paid by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act n982 in compensation for indirect costs of the (a) UK Emissions Trading System and (b) Carbon Emissions Tax and Carbon Price Support mechanism to (i) INEOS Chemical Grangemouth Ltd and (ii) INEOS ChlorVinyls Ltd in each year since January 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	19720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The total compensation these companies have received for indirect costs of the (a) UK Emissions Trading System and (b) Carbon Emissions Tax and Carbon Price Support mechanism is as follows: (i) Jan-2021 to March-2022: £165,174,750, (ii) April-2022 to March-2023: £ 114,934,773, (iii) April-2023 to present: £100,952,928.</p><p>We are unable to provide the spending for individual companies or under section 8 alone as this would lead to commercially sensitive information being released.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 19721 question first answered 26/03/2024 22:13:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1697626

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department has paid by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 in compensation for indirect costs associated with the (a) UK Emissions Trading System and (b) Carbon Emissions Tax and Carbon Price Support mechanism to (i) British Steel Ltd, (ii) Celsa Manufacturing UK Ltd, (iii) CF Fertilisers UK Ltd, (iv) DS Smith Paper Ltd, (v) Kimberly Clark Ltd, (vi) Outokumpu Stainless Ltd, (vii) Palm Paper Ltd, (viii) Runcorn MCP Ltd, (ix) SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd, (x) Tata Steel UK Ltd and (xi) UPM-Kymmene UK Ltd in each year since January 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	19721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The total compensation these companies have received for indirect costs of the (a) UK Emissions Trading System and (b) Carbon Emissions Tax and Carbon Price Support mechanism is as follows: (i) Jan-2021 to March-2022: £165,174,750, (ii) April-2022 to March-2023: £ 114,934,773, (iii) April-2023 to present: £100,952,928.</p><p>We are unable to provide the spending for individual companies or under section 8 alone as this would lead to commercially sensitive information being released.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 19720 question first answered 26/03/2024 22:13:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1697628

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Industry: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Scottish Government has made a formal request for the transfer of the (a) powers and (b) associated budget to provide financial assistance to industry under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	19723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The power under s.8 so far as it is exercisable in or as regards Scotland, was transferred to Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998, effective from 01/07/99. As such, no formal request for transfer of powers or associated budget is required. The power remains exercisable in Scotland by the UK Secretary of State by virtue of section 56(1)(h) of the 1998 Act; and can also be exercised concurrently by the Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers in relation to financial assistance for shipping services carrying passengers between the Highlands and Islands and Northern Ireland by virtue of S.I. 2002/1630(S. 6).</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/03/2024 16:54:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1694958

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Overseas Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which overseas companies registered in the UK per industry have received funding from her Department in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	17928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. To provide an accurate breakdown of funding would incur a disproportionate cost. In its capacity as the UK’s export credit agency, any support provided by UK Export Finance (UKEF) to exporters takes the form of loans, guarantees or insurance provided at commercial rates. UKEF does not provide direct funding to, or make equity investments in, the businesses that it supports.’ A summary of the support provided by UKEF for each financial year is provided in the annual report and accounts, which are available online at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fuk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts&amp;data=05|02|parly.pqs%40businessandtrade.gov.uk|214946b222d14a7ca21c08dc43887ef7|8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86|0|0|638459500718785990|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|0|||&amp;sdata=%2Bq7CHEfsfwLEzVwp5KN5CE6AXxF2IljP1JY3Du3G5HQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK Export Finance annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/03/2024 17:23:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1694960

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department invested in UK-based energy businesses in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	17930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade does not directly invest in businesses of any kind but does support companies or projects seeking financial investment from third parties. In its capacity as the UK’s export credit agency, any support provided by UK Export Finance (UKEF) to exporters takes the form of loans, guarantees or insurance provided at commercial rates. UKEF does not provide direct funding to, or make equity investments in, the businesses that it supports. A summary of the support provided by UKEF for each financial year is provided in the annual report and accounts, which are available online at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fuk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts&amp;data=05|02|danny.dunne%40businessandtrade.gov.uk|f7d5b1f71e374fbab1b708dc428d9b35|8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86|0|0|638458423158342285|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D|0|||&amp;sdata=e85Q4k%2Frx62C8OP6LcnX6mm34Ia6eTyVbWzNElw0gck%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">UK Export Finance annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/03/2024 17:58:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1613175

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Minerals: Energy Supply and Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what UK minerals his Department accepts as critical to clean technology and energy security.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	182195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 the British Geological Survey (BGS) carried out its first criticality assessment and, according to economic vulnerability and supply risk, defined a cohort of minerals with high criticality for the UK: <a href="https://www.bgs.ac.uk/download/uk-criticality-assessment-of-technology-critical-minerals-and-metals/" target="_blank">https://www.bgs.ac.uk/download/uk-criticality-assessment-of-technology-critical-minerals-and-metals/</a>. The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) – led by the BGS – will evaluate the criticality of minerals on a regular basis, with the next assessment scheduled later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the industry-led Task and Finish Group on Critical Mineral Resilience, announced as part of the Critical Minerals Strategy Refresh on 23<sup>rd</sup> March, is investigating critical mineral dependencies, vulnerabilities, and opportunities across UK industry sectors, including manufacturers for clean energy technologies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/04/2023 15:39:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1613176

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her Department's strategy is for the mining of UK minerals through clean technology for energy security.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	182196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2023 answer text <p>To help secure the supply of critical minerals, as well as increase confidence in the UK’s energy transition, government has published a Critical Minerals Refresh, setting out our refreshed approach to delivering the Critical Minerals Strategy. The UK has pockets of mineral wealth and as home to major global mining companies has unique strengths in mineral and mining expertise, R&amp;D, finance, and standards.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/05/2023 14:48:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1612429

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Raw Materials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the British Geological Survey for UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre on Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK, published on 17 April.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	181719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>“Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK” was a study undertaken by the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, a programme sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade and delivered by the British Geological Survey. This report delivers on the Critical Minerals Strategy’s commitment to collate geoscientific data and identify target areas of potential for critical minerals within the UK. It is a preliminary assessment, and its findings do not mean that the prospective areas identified will necessarily be targeted for exploration and mining. The Government is working with the British Geological Survey to understand next steps.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/04/2023 12:36:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1612430

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Raw Materials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre holds accountability to the Scottish (a) Government and (b) Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	181720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government launched the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) in July 2022. It is a research programme, delivered via the British Geological Survey, to provide data and analysis on supply, demand, and market dynamics of critical minerals. Funding is provided by the Department for Business and Trade. CMIC does not hold legal status as an organisation and is not accountable to either the Scottish or UK Parliaments. A Memorandum of Understanding between Government and the British Geological Survey sets out the programme’s rationale, objectives, spend profile, deliverables and governance.</p><p>Further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-first-critical-minerals-intelligence-centre-to-help-build-a-more-resilient-economy .</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/04/2023 12:27:50 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1586316

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Batteries: Factories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to provide financial support to the UK battery industry to help that industry compete with international competitors, including those in the US.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	147170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports the development of an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain through the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF). Investment through the ATF will help to develop a high-value end-to-end electrified automotive supply chain in the UK by unlocking private investment, including in gigafactories. Government is also working internationally to minimise any harmful impacts on British business and has provided a response to the US Treasury consultation on the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/02/2023 14:14:34 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill