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1125513

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 20:25:00
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 20:25:58 16/05/2019 15:39:03
	hansard heading	House of Lords Terrace: Smoking
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15608
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/05/2019 15:07:10
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of smoking on the Lords’ Terrace.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15608
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15608
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. Smoking is permitted on the Lords’ Terrace in the designated smoking area adjacent to the House of Commons and on the Peers’ smoking table, which is located near the top of the ramp and is currently outside the designated smoking area. The Services Committee will consider a paper on this matter at its meeting in June.</p> question first answered 16/05/2019 15:07:10 answering member 2079
	creator	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1127480

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:54:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 21:05:40 29/05/2019 13:45:05
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	256198
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:13:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials in his Department have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on the effectiveness of his Department.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256198
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256198
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the run-up to the 29<sup>th</sup> of March deadline, the Department temporarily reprioritised 532 people to further support critical EU-exit work. In light of the Article 50 extension to the 31<sup>st</sup> of October, the Department has revaluated its portfolio work and is in the process of deprioritising these people. Of the original 532 people, 167 continue to support this critical EU-Exit work as of the 28<sup>th</sup> of May. During this time BEIS continued, and still continues, to deliver on its diverse portfolio.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:13:51 answering member 4044
	creator	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1127621

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 21:01:19
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 16:45:08 29/05/2019 13:45:03
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	identifier	256236
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:14:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of tonnes of coal required to produce steel at current levels in the next five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256236
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256236
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Finished steel products are produced in the UK through a mixture of the blast furnace route, which requires coal and iron ore, and through the electric arc furnace route, which does not require coal. We have not estimated the tonnes of coal required for current production of UK finished steel products.</p><p>The Government has long supported the UK steel industry to exploit opportunities and plan for future demand with wide-ranging action.</p><p>For the first time this year we have published information from departments and their arm’s-length bodies on how much steel they have procured over the last financial year and how they have applied the steel procurement guidance.</p><p>The Government has also published details of upcoming steel requirements for national infrastructure projects. The data shows how the Government plans to use over three million tonnes of steel until 2021 on infrastructure projects such as the construction of Hinkley Point, and the maintenance and upgrading of the UK’s motorway network.</p><p>We recently as a Department signed up to the UK Steel Charter. We want to acknowledge and support this initiative from industry. We have been encouraging the UK steel sector to strengthen their engagement with all existing and potential domestic steel consumers, maximising opportunities to benefit from the £3.8 billion a year by 2030 high market value opportunities we have identified.</p><p>The Government has provided more than £291m in compensation to the steel sector since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive, including over £53 million during 2018. And last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, worth up to £315 million, to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:14:00 answering member 4044
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1127646

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 21:02:27
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 21:12:31 29/05/2019 14:10:01
	hansard heading	Companies: Registration
	house id	1
	identifier	256394
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:38:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the Companies House SR01 form fee for the removal of a home address from public record on grounds of public safety.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256394
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256394
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to introduce an exemption to the fee for removing a home address from the public record. Companies House operates on the basis of cost recovery.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:38:56 answering member 4487
	creator	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1127579

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:59:28
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 21:09:42 23/05/2019 14:24:02
	hansard heading	Post Offices
	house id	1
	identifier	256370
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/05/2019 13:52:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the sustainability of the Post Office Network.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256370
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256370
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. 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> </p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business.</p><p>The operation and management of the Post Office Network are operational matters for Post Office Limited.</p><p>I have therefore asked Alisdair Cameron, the Group interim Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> question first answered 23/05/2019 13:52:50 answering member 4487
	creator	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1127494

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:55:30
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 21:06:14 28/05/2019 12:14:03
	hansard heading	Energy Company Obligation: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	256227
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 11:42:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households have been fitted with (a) cavity wall and (b) loft insulation under the Energy Company Obligation since the beginning of the ECO3 obligation period on 3 December 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256227
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256227
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since the start of the ECO3 obligation, 14,983 cavity wall insulations and 10,951 loft insulations have been installed in homes up to the end of March 2019.</p> question first answered 28/05/2019 11:42:14 answering member 4021
	creator	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

1127493

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:55:27
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 21:06:11 28/05/2019 12:14:05
	hansard heading	Housing: Energy
	house id	1
	identifier	256226
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 11:42:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of progress towards its ambition of ensuring that all homes achieve an Energy Performance Certificate rating of Band C by 2015, as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256226
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256226
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>For the purpose of this response, I assume that the question is referring to the ambition for homes to reach Band C by 2035, rather than 2015. Good progress has already been made improving the energy performance of our housing stock, with 30% of homes in England at Band C or above, with a further 51% already at Band D, according to the 2017 English Housing Survey. This is up from 7% and 40% respectively in 2007.</p><p>Since the publication of the Clean Growth Strategy we have:</p><ul><li>Reformed the Energy Company Obligation to focus on those households in or at risk of fuel poverty</li><li>Issued a call for evidence on building a market for energy efficiency, on which we will set out more detail in the forthcoming Green Finance Strategy and Energy White Paper</li><li>Introduced regulations on 1st April 2018 which require landlords to bring their properties to EPC Band E or above, and amended these further to require a contribution of up to £3,500 from landlords towards the cost of improvements from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2019.</li><li>Launched supply chain pilots in six local areas focusing on building capacity and reducing costs</li><li>Launched a new digital service, Simple Energy Advice, to provide impartial and tailored advice to homeowners and tenants.</li><li>Worked with industry to launch a new quality mark for home energy improvements, implementing the recommendations of the independent Each Home Counts review</li><li>Established a £10 million innovation project to reduce the cost of whole house retrofit.</li></ul> question first answered 28/05/2019 11:42:06 answering member 4021
	creator	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

1127492

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:55:24
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 14:55:25 28/05/2019 12:13:01
	hansard heading	Energy Company Obligation: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	256225
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 11:41:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the rate of delivery of insulation measures under the Energy Company Obligation.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 256225
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	256225
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department keeps delivery progress in constant review. ECO3 is a three and a half year scheme and obligated suppliers may deliver the obligation at any time during the obligation period. Historically, delivery has been low at the start of each scheme while suppliers end one obligation period and start to build up momentum under the new scheme rules.</p><p>The scheme allows participating Local Authorities to determine eligibility and refer households to obligated suppliers, and in those cases removing the need for suppliers to target eligible households. This is a voluntary mechanism for suppliers to use, and it equates to up to 25% of ECO.</p><p>The regulations have been in force for less than six months, and there is time for suppliers to increase delivery rate up to the end of the scheme in March 2022.</p><p>Almost 2.5m insulation, heating and other measures have been delivered since ECO began in 2013. Of those 66% were for insulation. Under ECO3, so far over 54k measures have been installed. Of those, 55% were for insulation.</p> question first answered 28/05/2019 11:41:58 answering member 4021
	creator	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

1125500

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 20:24:43
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 20:25:32 20/05/2019 16:39:04
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15595
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 16:07:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 10 April (HL15067), in the event that any and all “other appropriate parties”, including other licensees or landowners, failed to decommission and return a fracking site to its former state, who would ultimately bear the financial burden.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15595
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15595
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no precedent for the scenario above arising, in respect of hydraulically fractured wells in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the responsibility for decommissioning lies with the licensee and has sought to reinforce this principle. For example, as set out in the Written Answer of 10 April (HL15067) that as part of the associated application for Hydraulic Fracturing Consent, the Government looks at the financial resilience of all companies wishing to carry out hydraulic fracturing operations, including their ability to fund decommissioning costs. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will not issue Hydraulic Fracturing Consent unless he is satisfied this has been appropriately demonstrated.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there have only been two hydraulically fractured shale gas wells in the UK. The first, at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in Lancashire, has been fully decommissioned and the land restored to its previous use. The second, Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road well-1z, is still operational.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 16:07:34 answering member 2616
	creator	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1125501

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 20:24:45
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 20:25:34 20/05/2019 16:40:03
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15596
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 16:08:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 10 April (HL15067), what assessment they have made of the potential liabilities for local authorities in the event that an operator and “other appropriate parties” do not decommission and return a fracking site to its former state.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15596
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15596
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no precedent for hydraulically fractured shale gas well decommissioning costs being borne by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the responsibility for decommissioning lies with the licensee and has sought to reinforce this principle. For example, as set out in the Written Answer of 10 April (HL15067) that as part of the associated application for Hydraulic Fracturing Consent, the Government looks at the financial resilience of all companies wishing to carry out hydraulic fracturing operations, including their ability to fund decommissioning costs. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will not issue Hydraulic Fracturing Consent unless he is satisfied this has been appropriately demonstrated.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Mineral Planning Authorities may require that bonds or other financial guarantees are taken to underpin a planning condition.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there have only been two hydraulically fractured shale gas wells in the UK. The first, at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in Lancashire, has been fully decommissioned and the land restored to its previous use. The second, Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road well-1z, is still operational.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 16:08:10 answering member 2616
	creator	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb