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823506

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Energy: Price Caps
	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 his Department made an assessment of the operation of energy price caps in other countries prior to publishing the draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	122977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Many countries in the world regulate retail energy prices, but unlike Great Britain their markets were not previously liberalised. The Government is clear that the price cap should be temporary and that, in setting the cap, Ofgem must regard must be given to, among other things, the need to protect consumers and ensure that efficient suppliers can finance their activities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2018 13:49:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

824631

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
	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 estimate he has made of the amount of funding for research has been allocated by the EU to UK institutions in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, and (c) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	123432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly publish statistics on UK participations in Horizon 2020, the main EU programme for research and innovation funding. As part of Horizon 2020, between 2014 and 2017 UK organisations have been allocated €4.0 billion research funding. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uks-participation-in-horizon-2020-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uks-participation-in-horizon-2020-september-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission publishes data on the 2014-20 European Structural and Investment Funds programmes. Over €1.6bn has been allocated for research and innovation to the UK. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/countries/UK" target="_blank">https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/countries/UK#</a> .</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/01/2018 16:45:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

823491

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Beverage Containers
	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 estimate has been made of the number of hot drink cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	122963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department was created in July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s catering supplier, Baxter Storey, purchased the following disposable cups for use in the staff restaurants and coffee shops:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of cups</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>60,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>48,912</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department makes provision for recycling and has specially marked recycling bins throughout the Department.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/01/2018 16:41:02 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

825451

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Post Offices: Bank Services
	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 the Government has made of whether the post office network will have the capacity to meet any increase in demand for banking services after the closure of a number of RBS and NatWest bank branches; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	123592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving access to financial services for all consumers and small businesses in the UK.</p><p>99% of UK personal bank accounts and 95% of small business accounts can be accessed to withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK’s network of over 11,600 post offices. It is the operational responsibility of the Post Office to meet its contractual obligations under the agreement it has with the banks to provide banking services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/01/2018 16:44:23 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

824722

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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	Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
	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 his Department has made of the level of fuel poverty of households which are off the gas grid.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	123523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, households in England off the gas grid were more likely to be in fuel poverty (15.2%) compared to those on the gas grid (10.4%) and the depth of their fuel poverty was more severe - households off the gas grid had an average fuel poverty gap of £607 compared to £296 for those that were on the gas grid.</p><p> </p><p>Households off the gas grid made up 18.5 per cent of the total number of fuel poor households, whereas, households on the gas grid made up 81.5 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The data in the attached document is from Table 10 of our fuel poverty detailed tables which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-detailed-tables-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-detailed-tables-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2018 13:48:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name Attachment to 123523.pdf title Table 10 previous answer version 36012 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

825483

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Minimum Wage: Arrears
	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 11 January 2018 to Question 121446, how many of the 169 employers owed arrears, including those for which they were named and shamed, to (a) more than 250 workers and (b) more than 500 workers.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	123622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Of the 169 employers who were instructed to self-correct further arrears in naming rounds 10-13:</p><ul><li>17 employers owed arrears to more than 250 workers, of which 12 employers owed arrears to more than 500 workers.</li></ul><p>This breakdown represents the arrears owed by a business to its workers, not the employer size.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/01/2018 16:45:47 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

825464

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
	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 the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that post offices provide free access to ATMs when there is no other ATM within 1km of that post office.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	123605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p>LINK, the main scheme behind the UK’s ATM network, has assured us that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p><p>The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at <a href="https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network" target="_blank">https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network</a>.</p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p>99% of UK personal bank accounts and 95% of small business accounts can be accessed to withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK’s network of over 11,600 post offices.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/01/2018 16:44:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen