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1109003

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Permitted Development Rights in allowing installation of infrastructure to develop the (a) existing and (b) proposed 5G mobile phone network.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	239975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:00:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1104793

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Airbnb: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of AirB&B on tourism in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	236410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has made no assessment as to the effect of AirBnB on tourism in the North East. AirBnB publish an insights document every year, which looks at the platform’s impact on the tourism sector. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.airbnbcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AirbnbUKInsightsReport_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.airbnbcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AirbnbUKInsightsReport_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Government supports tourism through initiatives such as the Discover England Fund which aims to develop quality, innovative tourism products across the country. Products such as the East of England Touring Route will take visitors from London up to Northumberland, developing their own individual itineraries for their journey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/03/2019 17:00:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1088530

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	British Business Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase funding for the British Business Bank to match the £2.1 billion invested by the European Investment Bank in the UK in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	232011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Businesses and infrastructure projects raise finance from the private market, with important UK government support.</p><p> </p><p>The European Investment Bank Group provides finance alongside other market participants. In 2017, the European Investment Bank, which predominantly invests in infrastructure projects, invested EUR 1.84bn in the UK. Its SME risk-finance focused subsidiary, the European Investment Fund, invested EUR 61.05m in UK operations in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As we leave the EU, we continue to actively explore options for a future relationship with the European Investment Bank Group, and the government has a range of existing tools in place to support infrastructure and SME finance, including the £40 billion UK Guarantees Scheme for infrastructure projects. At Spring Statement, the government published a consultation on its existing tools for supporting infrastructure finance and the way they are delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank supports access to finance for smaller businesses. Its programmes are supporting more than £5.9bn of finance to over 82,000 businesses. The British Business Bank has capacity to make venture capital commitments this year exceeding the combined average annual commitments from the European Investment Fund and British Business Bank in the three years preceding the referendum. In addition, at Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced if no future relationship with the EIB Group is in place when the UK leaves the EU, the government will provide the British Business Bank with new resources to enable it to make up to £200m additional investment in venture capital and growth finance in 2019/20. The government stands ready to deliver its commitment in all circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/03/2019 13:21:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1110208

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Company Accounts: Research
	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 made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies to publish reports on on their R&D spend.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	242131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The ONS publish annual R&amp;D statistics, including Business Enterprise R&amp;D (BERD). BERD statistics are based on a business survey and include analysis of regional and sectoral trends. We use the ONS statistics to track progress towards our commitment of increasing overall investment in R&amp;D to 2.4% of GDP by 2027 and 3% in the longer-term.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/04/2019 13:08:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1088529

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Construction: Finance
	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 the Construction Sector Deal funding will be disbursed; and how he plans to assess the effect of that funding on that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	232010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Construction Sector Deal, £170m has been allocated through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, to support three sets of activity, Firstly, £72m for a Construction Innovation Hub, which will develop and commercialise digital and offsite manufacturing technologies. Secondly, £36m for an Active Building Centre which seeks to integrate innovative energy generation and storage technologies into buildings. Finally, £59m will be disbursed to a number of university led research and industry led R&amp;D projects, through a series of competitions. The approach to evaluating the Programme funding is being developed. However, we will be publishing an update on the implementation of the Construction Sector Deal later this year.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/03/2019 15:11:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1105998

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to help protect businesses from cyber attack after the cyber attack on Metro bank in February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	238338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Protecting UK businesses from cyber attacks is a key priority within the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) works with a wide range of partners to provide advice and support to businesses and organisations across the UK, enabling them to put measures in place to protect against cyber attacks. Up to date guidance - such as the Small Business Guide for SMEs - is freely available on NCSC’s website and is underpinned by NCSC’s insights into cyber threats. The NCSC has also published its Board Toolkit to help company boards better understand cyber security.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to engage with businesses of all types and through multiple channels to raise awareness of cyber security best practice. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published the FTSE350 Cyber Governance Health Check for the UK’s leading firms; Ministers have recently undertaken a series of industry roundtables to drive action on cyber security, and DCMS has worked with Home Office to deliver the Cyber Aware campaign for businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/04/2019 14:23:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1088532

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	European Bioinformatics Institute: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Spring Statement 2019, whether NPIF funding to the European Bioinformatics Institute refers to the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	232013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The £45m investment in the European Bioinformatics Institute is funded from the additional £7bn committed for research and innovation from the National Productivity Investment Fund. This will deliver a 20% uplift to government R&amp;D investment between 2017 and 2022 – the largest increase for 40 years.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/03/2019 11:17:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1104794

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the taxation rate for online accommodation booking businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	236411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>There is no difference in the VAT treatment of business activity based on the mode of delivery. UK VAT rules apply equally to accommodation bookings, whether made online or not.</p><p> </p><p>The government also announced a new Digital Services Tax at Budget 2018. From April 2020 this will apply a 2% tax to the UK revenues of search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces, and is forecast to raise £1.5bn over four years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/03/2019 17:06:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1104792

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Hotels: Competition
	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 he will ask the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the level and effectiveness of competition in online hotel booking.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	236409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority has investigated and taken enforcement action against six major online hotel booking sites for alleged breaches of consumer protection legislation. It is also writing to other hotel booking sites setting out expectations, particularly regarding pressure selling, transparency of ordering of search results, discounts and charges so that competition enables consumers to find the best deal for them.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/04/2019 12:12:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 110838 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1088225

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to re-house refugees in respect of the notice period refugees are given to vacate premises.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	232009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Successful asylum seekers who are granted refugee status are eligible to be allocated social housing and to receive homelessness assistance. Where they apply for social housing, they will have their housing needs considered on the same basis as other eligible applicants in accordance with the local council’s housing allocation scheme.</p><p>Households moving from Home Office Asylum support comprised 0.2 per cent of new local authority lettings in 2017/18 with less than 200 households.</p><p>Households with a refugee lead tenant comprised 0.8 per cent of new local authority housing lettings in 2017/18 at less than 700 households.</p><p>(Source: CORE lettings data 2017/18)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/03/2019 15:44:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah