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1002118

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in the (a) Serious Fraud Office, (b) Government Legal Department, (c) Crown Prosecution Service and (d) HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	188197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The contracted minimum hours (including meal breaks) for the highest paid member of staff from the Serious Fraud Office, the Government Legal Department, and Crown Prosecution Service are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This is in line with the terms and conditions of SCS appointments.</p><p> </p><p>The highest paid member of staff from HM Crown Prosecution service is contracted to work 36 hours a week, not including meal breaks, plus additional hours as may, from time to time, be reasonable and necessary.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/11/2018 17:03:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1002593

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Wind Power
	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 proportion of UK energy consumption is provided by (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	188741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the proportion of UK electricity demand<sup> (1)</sup> met by (a) onshore wind was 8.2 per cent and (b) by offshore wind was 5.9 per cent<sup> (2)</sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>UK electricity demand was met by UK electricity generation and net imports.</p><p><sup>(2) </sup>Data is taken from the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2018 from tables DUKES 5.1 for demand and DUKES 6.4 for wind generation: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/11/2018 17:38:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1002093

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
	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 Answer of 1 November 2018 to Question 182295 on Renewable energy: feed-in tariffs, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to consumer bills from (a) photovoltaic and (b) non-photovoltaic installations through the export tariff of the feed-in-tariff in the financial year 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	188176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Figures are not yet available for 2017/18, and are not split by technology. Total deemed export payments under the Feed-in Tariff scheme in 2016/17 were £48,790,253.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found in Ofgem’s annual reports on the FIT scheme: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-annual-report-2016-17" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-annual-report-2016-17</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/11/2018 17:40:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1002656

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Renewable Energy: EU Law
	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 he has plans to transpose the provisions of the EU Renewable Energy Directive II into UK law when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	188863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Leaving the EU will not affect the UK's commitment to domestic and international efforts to tackle climate change. Renewable technologies now form a very significant part of the UK’s energy mix and will continue to do so into the future. Renewable energy will have a key role to play in delivering our ambitious Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p>The UK will consider the extent of our longer term cooperation with the EU on renewable energy as part of the wider EU Exit negotiations on our future energy partnership.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/11/2018 17:37:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1002543

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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: Acton
	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 information his Department holds on (a) the average weekly number of customers and (b) revenue generated at Acton Post Office in the six months prior to its closure on 24 October.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	188894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>I have been informed that Acton Post Office has closed as the site is being redeveloped and that unfortunately the Post Office has not been able to establish an alternative service so far. As this is an operational matter for the Post Office I have asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to you on this matter setting out what steps the Post Office is doing to restore the service as soon as possible. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/11/2018 17:27:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1000278

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Plastics: Commonwealth
	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 funding the Government plans to allocate to research to help Commonwealth countries prevent plastic waste from entering the oceans.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>In April, the Government set out its intention to work with other Commonwealth countries to develop a Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework and announced up to £25 million as part of the UK’s contribution. In addition, the Government announced several other Commonwealth programmes, totalling up to £41.4 million, that support capacity building, including research activities, to prevent plastic entering the world’s oceans and rivers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000234

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Manufacturing Industries
	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 his Department has made of the number of manufacturing companies that have (a) shortened their supply chains and (b) relocated their production to the UK from abroad in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	187311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>No such estimates are available from official sources. Our ambitious Industrial Strategy comprises policies to build an economy fit for the future, helping to foster a competitive environment where businesses can have the confidence to invest in UK manufacturing and thrive.</p><p> </p><p>Around 20% of the 2,072 new inward FDI projects in 2017/18 were in the areas of advanced manufacturing and life sciences. Across the Automotive, Aerospace, and the Advanced Engineering Supply Chain over the same period, DIT supported 320 inward investments into the UK, creating or securing 7,500 jobs in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1000270

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Iron and Steel: USA
	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 effect the US Steel tariffs have had on the UK steel sector since they came into place.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	187382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with affected companies across the UK steel industry to fully evaluate the impact of these measures on the UK. The total value of US imports of steel from the UK in 2017 was £360m which amounts to 7% of UK steel exports.</p><p> </p><p>We remain deeply disappointed that the US has decided to apply tariffs to steel and aluminium imports from the EU on national security grounds. The UK and other European Union countries are close allies of the US and should be permanently and fully exempted from the tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work closely with the EU and US Administration to seek a constructive, permanent resolution to avoid further escalation that would harm businesses and consumers in both the US and EU.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:26:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1001920

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Iron and Steel: Tees Valley
	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 the potential merits of providing support to to steel companies for the construction of electric arc furnaces on Teesside; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	188118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with Mayor Ben Houchen and the Tees Valley Combined Authority to promote new investment in the Tees Valley, including in the materials sector. Discussions with potential investors are at various stages of maturity and remain commercially sensitive. Any proposals that request public funding will be assessed for their robustness and the value for money it would represent.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:26:26 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1000228

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	INEOS: Tees Valley
	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 support the Government plans to provide to Ineos for choosing the South Tees Development Corporation site as the manufacturing location of that company’s Projekt Grenadier 4x4 vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	187360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government has a long-standing programme of support to maintain the competitiveness of the UK automotive sector. This includes the Automotive Sector Deal. This is a joint strategic vision for how government and industry will work together to respond to the Grand Challenges of the Industrial Strategy, such as Clean Growth and the Future of Mobility.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has maintained close engagement with INEOS throughout their process and has met with the company and members of the South Tees Development Corporation on several occasions. We continue to promote UK options with INEOS, and stand ready to support in any way we can.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:26:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley