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33137

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) laundering plants and (b) millions of litres of fuel were seized in the UK by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	183466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Figures are only available for the years 2010-11 and onwards. The number of laundering plants and millions of litres of fuel seized in those years was as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Laundering Plants</p></td><td><p>Fuel (millions litres)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>23 (20 NI 3 GB)</p></td><td><p>2.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>29 (NI figure only)</p></td><td><p>2.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13 to Dec 13</p></td><td><p>26 (22 NI 4 GB)</p></td><td><p>2.63</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. HMRC has also recently concluded the evaluation of a possible new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC uses several avenues to tackle fraud: criminal prosecution, civil action (such as seizing fuel or pumps), civil penalties and strong regulatory controls.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1641493

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Overseas Trade: Cyprus
	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 potential impact of commencing direct maritime shipping routes from the UK to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on levels of trade with that country.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	187124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for East Antrim to the answer given to him by my Hon. Friend for Aldershot, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Europe) at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on 4<sup>th</sup> April 2023, UIN: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-28/175568" target="_blank">175568</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business and Trade refer all north of Cyprus trade enquiries from UK companies to the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce for further information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 12/06/2023 15:56:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1685297

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	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	Cyprus: Investment and Overseas Trade
	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 produce a trade and investment factsheet for trade with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	11597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared &quot;Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus&quot; as an independent state. </ins>UK trade statistics from the Office for National Statistics, which provide most of the headline information shown in the trade and investment factsheets, do not include figures identifying UK trade with the<ins class="ministerial"> north of Cyprus</ins> <del class="ministerial">self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</del>. It is therefore not possible to produce a separate trade and investment factsheet.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/02/2024 16:27:10 question first ministerially corrected 13/02/2024 10:48:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 15568 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1725450

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	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	Consumer Goods: UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU General Product Safety Regulations on the ability of GB firms to trade with customers in the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	2796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The updated GPSR largely formalises the reality of how businesses are already operating and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact in practice. However, where businesses do require some support, we are exploring ways in which the Government can help. We are providing more guidance in this area, will keep this under review and continue to engage businesses directly to ensure we are supporting them to trade freely with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 09/09/2024 15:18:30 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1124309

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Fracking: Earthquakes
	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 how many occasions the Government guidelines on earth tremors have been breached by fracking operations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	250015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Traffic Light System for monitoring induced seismicity was introduced after consideration of advice from three scientists, following operations at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in 2011. The level of magnitude 0.5 at which operators must pause operations, was set in consultation with industry as an appropriate precautionary measure. These regulations have been working as intended and there are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p><p> </p><p>Three seismic events, equal or greater than magnitude 0.5, were recorded during pumping operations at Preston New Road between October and December 2018. Following these red traffic light events the operator temporarily paused operations, reduced pressure and monitored for any further seismic events.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:29:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1124311

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Fracking: Earthquakes
	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 plans the Government has to review the guidelines on earth tremors caused by fracking operations.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	250017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member the answer I gave the hon. Member for Lewisham East on 1 May 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-04-24/247160/" target="_blank">247160</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:29:55 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1124313

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Fracking: Earthquakes
	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 his Department has received from (a) fracking companies, (b) environmental groups and (c) the shale gas commissioner on the appropriateness of current guidelines on tremors caused by fracking.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	250018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department routinely receives correspondence from a wide range of stakeholders in relation to the regulatory regime for shale gas extraction, including the traffic light system.</p><p> </p><p>The Traffic Light System for monitoring induced seismicity was introduced after consideration of advice from scientists, following operations at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in 2011. The level of magnitude 0.5 at which operators must pause operations, was set in consultation with industry as an appropriate precautionary measure. These regulations have been working as intended and there are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:30:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1124314

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Drax Power Station: 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, what sums have been paid in subsidy in each of the last five years to Drax power station for burning wood pellets.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	250019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Over the last five years, Drax’s renewable electricity generation from the co-firing of biomass and the conversion of coal-fired units to 100% biomass has been supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme. From 21 December 2016, Drax’s 3rd Conversion Unit (Unit 1) has received support under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. Units 2, 3 and 4 remain under the RO.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not available on support under the RO specifically for burning wood pellets. Therefore, the figures in the table below give the value of support for all of Drax’s renewable electricity generation under the scheme, to the nearest million pounds.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables Obligation[1]</p></td><td><p>£181m</p></td><td><p>£399m</p></td><td><p>£548m</p></td><td><p>£548m</p></td><td><p>£399m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Payments to individual projects are not reported separately under the CfD scheme. The total value of payments to all the CfD supported projects is available in the annual reports from the Low Carbon Contracts Company, the CfD scheme administrator, at: <a href="https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/publications?f%5B0%5D=field_publications_category%3A29" target="_blank">https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/publications?f%5B0%5D=field_publications_category%3A29</a></p><p>[1] The Renewables Obligation figures are the notional value of support, based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 01/05/2019 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2019 15:00:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1192138

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	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	Aluminium: Industry
	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 have been taken to support the aluminium industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	42255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is in regular contact with the aluminium industry; I recently spoke to representatives of the Aluminium Federation alongside other industry leaders to discuss the impact of COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that it is crucial for the aluminium sector to continue providing essential materials to support the economy, and I am grateful to those working in the industry for their contributions to the national effort during this time of extraordinary disruption.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place an unprecedented package of Government support to help with business continuity and to give manufacturers - including businesses in the aluminium sector - the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/05/2020 15:12:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1192140

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	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	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
	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 have been taken to enable the aluminium industry to access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	42241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) is open to eligible businesses with annual turnover of under £45m operating in most sectors, including the aluminium industry.</p><p> </p><p>To be eligible for the CBILS, businesses must:</p><ul><li>be UK-based in their business activity, with turnover of no more than £45 million per year;</li><li>have a borrowing proposal which, were it not for the current pandemic, would be considered viable by the lender; and</li><li>self-certify that they have been adversely impacted by the Coronavirus (Covid-19).</li></ul><p> </p><p>For more information on the scheme, businesses should visit the British Business Bank website: <a href="http://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-schemes/clbils/" target="_blank">www.british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-schemes/clbils/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has responded to feedback to ensure that companies feel the full benefits of available support through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) by:</p><ul><li>Extending the scheme so that all viable small businesses affected by Covid-19;</li><li>Removing previous restrictions on the following groups to enable them to access the CBILS, subject to other eligibility criteria being met: Employer, professional, religious or political membership organisations and trade unions;</li><li>Removing the ability for lenders to ask for personal guarantees for loans under £250,000, and reducing the personal guarantee for loans over £250,000 to 20% of the outstanding balance after recoveries;</li><li>Introducing technical changes to ensure that applications will be processed faster;</li><li>Removing the forward-looking viability test; and</li><li>Removing the per lender portfolio cap.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) facilitates access to finance for medium-sized and larger businesses with annual turnover of above £45 million, affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. This is also open to eligible businesses operating in most sectors, including the aluminium industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the schemes.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/05/2020 09:27:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson