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1698422

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Trade Promotion: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what advertising campaigns directed at local businesses have been undertaken by her Department's trade hub in Northern Ireland since 1 January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	20203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Engaging with businesses in Northern Ireland (NI) is a key priority for the Department for Business and Trade. The “<em>Made in the UK, Sold to the World</em>” campaign continues to raise awareness of export benefits and the free UK government support available to help businesses grow internationally.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the department’s Northern Ireland team has promoted specific opportunities to NI businesses through the Australia and New Zealand Roadshow and the Food and Drink Export Council’s Peer-to-Peer event in Cookstown. Businesses are encouraged to use the department’s services like the UK Export Academy and provide peer support via our Export Champion programme.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/04/2024 16:16:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681507

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Performing Arts: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many touring (a) artists and (b) musicians sought advice from the Export Support Service in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	9171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Our Export Support Service (ESS) answers practical exports related questions, including support for touring professionals. Across the previous two years, the ESS provided guidance to 46 touring artists and musicians in 2022, and 13 in 2023. Exporters, including touring artists and musicians can continue to access ESS support through great.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/01/2024 17:03:13 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1671719

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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	Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of free trade agreements signed with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand on businesses in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	2788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department's impact assessments of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreements were published on 16th December 2021 and 28th February 2022 respectively. These impact assessments set out the potential long-run incremental economic impact of these FTAs, including the impact on Northern Ireland, and are available on gov.uk.</p><p>As the agreements only entered into force on 31st May 2023 it would not be credible or proportionate to assess the impact to date, including on businesses in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/11/2023 14:44:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1487898

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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 Supply
	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 number of energy suppliers that have ceased trading in each of the last two years; what estimate he has made of the number of consumers that have been transferred to alternative energy suppliers as a result; and what estimate he has made of the total additional estimated cost to consumers of those transfers.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	33720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on energy suppliers that have ceased trading, and their customer base, is published by the regulator Ofgem at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/check-whos-taken-over-your-energy-supply" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/check-whos-taken-over-your-energy-supply</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers can make a claim for the unrecoverable costs of acting as the supplier of last resort. The individual claims and decisions can be found on <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/search?keyword=supplier%20of%20last%20resort" target="_blank">Ofgem’s website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2022 15:03:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1386224

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2021
	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	Lithium: China
	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 take steps to ensure that companies listed in the UK which are engaged in lithium mining in the UK do not fall under the control of the Government of the People's Republic of China.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	89510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Mergers and takeovers are primarily commercial matters for the parties involved. The Government has powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in transactions which raise national security concerns. The Government has recently strengthened those powers through the National Security and Investment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/12/2021 16:26:41 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1382441

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	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: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to Question 60360 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points tabled by the hon. Member for East Londonderry on 21 October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	81873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Hon. Member received a <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-21/60360" target="_blank">response</a> on 27<sup>th</sup> October.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 01/12/2021 17:19:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 35911 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1362228

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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	Heat Pumps: Publicity
	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 steps he is taking to promote energy efficient heat pump systems to (a) domestic and (b) commercial markets.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	60359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Through its Heat and Buildings Strategy the Government has set out a policy framework to support the development of the heat pump market towards 600,000 installations per year by 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced grants of up to £6,000 for installing heat pumps in homes and small commercial properties, through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. Support for heat pumps in domestic properties is also available via the Home Upgrade Grant and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also consulting on a on a new market-based incentive for heating system manufacturers to be introduced from 2024 and options to phase out new installations of fossil fuel heating in off-gas grid non-domestic buildings from 2024 and homes from 2026.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/10/2021 16:33:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27809 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1362307

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	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 estimate of the number of additional public facing charging points that will be required for electric vehicles in the next eight years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	60360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Building on the £1.9bn from Spending Review 2020, the Government has committed an additional £620m to support the transition to electric vehicles. The additional funding will support the rollout of charging infrastructure, with a particular focus on local on street residential charging, and targeted plug-in vehicle grants.</p><p> </p><p>Government and industry have supported the installation of almost 26,000 publicly available charging devices. This includes more than 4,900 rapid devices – one of the largest networks in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year Government will publish an EV Infrastructure Strategy to set out the vision and action plan for charging infrastructure rollout needed to achieve the 2030/35 phase out successfully. It will also discuss possible ranges for the numbers of chargepoints required, recognising that charging habits are likely to evolve over time, and that needs will differ between local areas.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/10/2021 16:20:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27808 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1346493

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in trade in agri-food exports from Northern Ireland to Japan by 2024 under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	32296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s published impact assessment shows that every region and nation of the UK is estimated to benefit from the UK-Japan agreement compared to a situation where the UK does not have an agreement with Japan. In 2020 Northern Ireland's agri-food exports to Japan were worth £8.6 million, an increase of 33% from 2019 levels.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/07/2021 12:02:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell