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1439409

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2022
	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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
	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 many Scottish Limited Partnerships have failed to provide a Person of Significant Control.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	137299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the reply I gave the Hon. Member for Glasgow Central on 3 March 2022 to Question UIN <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-02-28%2F131219&amp;data=04%7C01%7CDavid.Leitch%40beis.gov.uk%7C15859a0e78da4ed92c1d08da03513f76%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637825944728108299%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=U37sFIg8CDv7Fg3KWDPnaZQRNBX7lYmvqpRVS2jFheY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">131219</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/03/2022 16:41:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1433683

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Scotland
	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 the Warm Homes Discount will continue to apply in full to individuals and organisations in Scotland after 31 March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	126617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to extending the Warm Home Discount to at least 2025/26 and expanding the scheme spending envelope from the current £350 million to £475 million (in 2020 prices) per year. This will enable the Government to provide around 3 million rebates each winter across Great Britain, which is an increase of a third compared to the current scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has consulted on apportioning a fair amount of the overall £475 million annual funding to Scotland for a Warm Home Discount scheme in Scotland from the 2022/23 scheme year. The Government is agreeing a position with the Scottish Government on the future scheme. Any scheme in Scotland would be consulted on. Should the UK Government implement a scheme for Scotland, the intention would be to have consulted and have Regulations in place in advance of the summer Parliamentary recess.</p><p> </p><p>The current scheme is continuing to operate across Great Britain for 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/02/2022 17:29:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1417248

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	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	INTERREG programme
	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 continued membership of Interreg programmes will be possible for UK-based organisations following the UK's departure from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	113088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement January 2020 it was agreed that the UK would remain in European Structural and Investment Fund (ESIF) programmes in the Multiannual Funding Framework (MFF) 2014-2020. This includes Interreg programmes also known as European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) programmes. Spending on these programmes will continue until December 2023 and after this they will be closed.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will not be participating in ESIF programmes in the next MFF 2021-2027, including ETC programmes, except for the Peace Plus programme in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has policy responsibility for Peace Plus.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/02/2022 16:25:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1365655

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	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	Carbon Capture and Storage
	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 the total cost of the Government's Carbon Capture and Storage programme is to 2030; and what the funding allocation is to each of the two successful bidders from the Track one process.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	68209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) clusters will have the opportunity to negotiate for capital support from the £1bn CCS Infrastructure Fund, as well as from the twin-track £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund. In addition, further capital support may be brought forward in future spending review period, based on government’s assessment of need and value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>No funding allocation has yet been decided on track 1 cluster. Track-1 clusters will now enter a process of negotiations and further due diligence, where the government will confirm where it is appropriate to provide financial support, and the level of support required to facilitate cluster deployment by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/11/2021 13:39:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 30896 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1362660

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2021
	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	Tidal Power: 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, if he will create a ring-fenced pot in the Contracts for Difference AR4 process for tidal energy.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	61140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department published the draft parameters for Allocation Round 4 of the Contracts for Difference scheme on 13 September 2021. The Department has not set out a specific ringfence for tidal projects. However, as a less established renewable technology, tidal stream will be eligible to compete in Pot 2 in the next auction round in December.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 61138 question first answered 28/10/2021 16:31:25 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1362658

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	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	Tidal Power: Scotland
	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 his Department has made of the potential merits of ring-fenced support from the Contracts for Difference AR4 process for Scottish renewable tidal energy.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	61138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department published the draft parameters for Allocation Round 4 of the Contracts for Difference scheme on 13 September 2021. The Department has not set out a specific ringfence for tidal projects. However, as a less established renewable technology, tidal stream will be eligible to compete in Pot 2 in the next auction round in December.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 61140 question first answered 28/10/2021 16:31:25 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1362659

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	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	Renewable Energy: Scotland
	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 potential merits of using the provisions laid out in section 185 of the Energy Act 2004 to make an order to reform the UK transmission charge regime to assist Scottish renewable energy generators; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	61139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s assessment of the potential use of powers under Section 185 of the Energy Act 2004 to adjust transmission powers is set out in the ‘Policy Response’ section at page 7 of Government Response of June 2018 to a consultation on proposed amendments to the Contracts for Difference scheme. It is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/contracts-for-difference-cfd-proposed-amendments-to-the-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/contracts-for-difference-cfd-proposed-amendments-to-the-scheme</a>.</p><p>The assessment points to transmission charging as a matter for Ofgem, the value of cost-reflective charges, and Contracts for Difference contracts as the focus of Government support for renewable energy generation projects.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/10/2021 16:33:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1361962

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	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	Retail Trade: Scotland
	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 discussions he has had with representatives of Scottish retail, tourism and hospitality industries in response to their concerns about a lack of footfall in Scotland’s major cities.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	59775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Ministers engage regularly with various representatives of the business, hospitality, retail and tourism industries in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland including local Chambers of Commerce, and branches of the Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Business and Institute of Directors on business and economic issues. In addition, DCMS Ministers who are responsible for tourism engage with Scottish tourism industry representatives via the Tourism Industry Council.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/10/2021 15:35:03 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1359916

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Copyright
	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 discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the publishing industry on ensuring the strength of the UK’s copyright laws following the UK's departure from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	56972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government holds regular discussions with stakeholders about the copyright framework to ensure it remains fit for purpose. This includes engagement with representatives from the publishing industry.</p><p> </p><p>Any change to UK copyright legislation following its exit from the EU would come only after detailed consideration and assessment, including consultation with stakeholders, and would need to be driven by the evidence. This approach will help ensure that the UK’s IP and enforcement framework continues to be rated as one of the best in the world.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2021 10:50:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1344150

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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	Renewable Energy: 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, what his Department’s latest estimate is of the savings that will be delivered for consumers from the successful projects in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 3 in each of the 15 years of their Contracts for Difference.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	28149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>As part of the evaluation of Contracts for Difference (CfD), we have carried out some analysis on the estimated saving of successful projects in CfD Allocation Round 3 in comparison to the Renewables Obligation. This analysis will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 12/07/2021 15:19:34 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray