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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

1639800

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2023
	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: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre on (a) the amount of critical mineral deposits available in Wales and (b) the value of those deposits.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	186386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>“Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK” was a study undertaken by CMIC, 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 UK geoscientific data and identify areas of geological potential for critical mineral extraction. It is a preliminary assessment, and its findings do not mean prospective areas identified will necessarily be targeted for exploration and mining. The</p><p>Government is working with the British Geological Survey to understand next steps and will engage with Devolved Administrations when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 186390 question first answered 05/06/2023 16:09:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1639828

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2023
	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 she has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on the implications for her policies of the report by the British Geological Survey for the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre entitled Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK, published on 17 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	186390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>“Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK” was a study undertaken by CMIC, 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 UK geoscientific data and identify areas of geological potential for critical mineral extraction. It is a preliminary assessment, and its findings do not mean prospective areas identified will necessarily be targeted for exploration and mining. The</p><p>Government is working with the British Geological Survey to understand next steps and will engage with Devolved Administrations when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 186386 question first answered 05/06/2023 16:09:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1037798

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private bus companies whose vehicles are charged to enter charging Clean Air Zones do not pass that cost onto customers through increased ticket prices.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	206402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>£40 million was awarded in February 2018 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund, to support bus operators whose vehicles will be charged to enter Clean Air Zones to retrofit their fleet to the minimum emissions standard, so that they do not pass these costs on to customers. The £220 million Clean Air Fund is also available for local authorities with NO2 exceedances, which can fund measures to support bus operators such as retrofitting. Bus operators and local authorities were also able to bid for the £48 million Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, supporting the purchase of new ultra-low emission buses which will not be charged to enter Clean Air Zones. Winning bidders are due to be announced in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>£40 million was awarded in February 2018 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund, to support bus operators whose vehicles will be charged to enter Clean Air Zones to retrofit their fleet to the minimum emissions standard, so that they do not pass these costs on to customers. The £220 million Clean Air Fund is also available for local authorities with NO2 exceedances, which can fund measures to support bus operators such as retrofitting. Bus operators and local authorities were also able to bid for the £48 million Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, supporting the purchase of new ultra-low emission buses which will not be charged to enter Clean Air Zones. Winning bidders are due to be announced in January 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 12:15:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1037797

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private bus companies required to upgrade their fleets in order to meet stricter emissions standards in charging Clean Air Zones do not pass those costs onto customers through increased ticket prices.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	206401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>£40 million was awarded in February 2018 through the Clean Bus Technology Fund, to support bus operators required to upgrade their fleets so that they do not pass these costs on to customers. The £220 million Clean Air Fund is also available for local authorities with NO2 exceedances, which can fund measures to support bus operators such as fleet upgrades. Bus operators and local authorities were also able to bid for the £48 million Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, supporting the purchase of new ultra-low emission buses which will not be charged to enter Clean Air Zones. Winning bidders are due to be announced in January 2019<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/01/2019 12:28:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1128878

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing government support to subsidise bus services in Staffordshire.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>£250m of Bus Services Operators Grant (BSOG) payments have been made to bus companies and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Bus operators in Staffordshire were paid a total of £1,016,186 BSOG in 2018-19 to help meet some of their fuel costs in running local bus services.</p><p> </p><p>Staffordshire County Council received a total of £174,967 in BSOG during 2018-19 to support subsidised local bus services.</p><p> </p><p>BSOG spend figures are published on Gov.uk and can be found via this link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider whether to make any changes to BSOG as part of the forthcoming spending review.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/06/2019 09:56:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1676847

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2023
	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	Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which firms (a) based in China and (b) based outside China and with Chinese owners have been subject to restrictions on trade and investment under the (i) Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954, (ii) Export Control Act 2002, (iii) Export Control Order 2008, (iv) Procurement Act 2023, (v) Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 and (vi) National Security and Investment Act 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	6087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>i. The Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954, together with licences made under it, do not make Chinese-origin firms the subject of any restrictions on trade and investment.</p><p>ii. Export controls apply to anyone exporting controlled items from the UK, regardless of country of origin. The Government assesses all export licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. We will not licence the export of equipment where to do so would be inconsistent with these Criteria.</p><p>iii. None. The Procurement Act is not due for commencement until Autumn 2024.</p><p>iv. Huawei</p><p>v. Eight final orders (which imposed conditions on, or blocked or unwound deals) issued involved acquirers linked to China. All notices of final orders are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/12/2023 09:17:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1056891

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Euston Station and Old Oak Common Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) the names of the companies that made successful bids to build (i) Old Oak Common station and (ii) Euston station, (b) the dates on which the contracts for that work are expected to be signed and (c) the scope of the works in those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	218138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>a. The names of the companies that made the successful bids are as follows: Euston: a Joint Venture between Mace Limited and Dragados S.A.; Old Oak Common: a Joint Venture between Balfour Beatty Group Ltd, VINCI Construction UK Ltd, VINCI Construction Grands Projets SAS and SYSTRA Ltd.</p><p>b. The standstill period is due to conclude at 23:59 on 15<sup>th</sup> February. HS2 Ltd intends to sign the Construction Partner Contracts shortly thereafter.</p><ol><li><p>The role of the Construction Partner will be to work with HS2 Ltd and the station designers to procure, integrate and manage the supply chain for each of the station construction projects.</p><p> </p></li></ol> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/02/2019 15:09:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1060597

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Buckinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the tunnelling works for High Speed Two in Buckinghamshire will pass through earth classified by the British Geological Survey as (a) white chalk subgroup, (b) grey chalk subgroup and (c) any other soils.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	220718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>a) approximately 14,200 metres of the tunnels pass through a white chalk sub-group</p><p> </p><p>b) approximately 1,000 metres of the tunnels pass through a grey chalk sub-group</p><p> </p><p>c) approximately 200 metres of the tunnels pass through other soils (clay with flints)</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 17:50:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1060606

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) HS2 Ltd personnel and (b) staff in his Department working on High Speed 2 have accommodation away from home paid for by HS2 Ltd or his Department for more than two nights per month.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	220720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>a) There were a small number of HS2 Ltd personnel who stayed away from home for a minimum of 2 nights each month through 2018.</p><p>b) There were no DFT staff working on HS2 that had hotel accommodation for a minimum of 2 nights each month paid for by the Department through 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 17:47:24 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan