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641168

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Green Investment Bank
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 potential revenue to be obtained from the proposed sale of Green Investment Bank shares.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	54041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has set out its plans for the sale of the Green Investment Bank in the document “Green Investment Bank: sale of shares” laid before Parliament on 3 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>One of the primary objectives of the sale is to achieve value for money for the taxpayer. The revenue from the sale will depend on the outcome of discussions with investors, which are commercially confidential at this stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 13:59:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

641169

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Green Investment Bank
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 stake the Government plans to retain in the Green Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	54042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has set out its plans for the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) in the document “Green Investment Bank: sale of shares” laid before Parliament on 3 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in that document, Government intends to sell a majority of GIB, with the final size of the stake in GIB to be sold depending on the outcome of confidential commercial discussions with investors and driven by what best achieves our objectives for the sale, particularly ensuring value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 14:01:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

641170

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Green Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date he expects the sale of shares in the Green Investment Bank to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	54046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government launched the sale process on 3 March 2016 and expects it to be complete before the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 14:02:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

641171

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Green Investment Bank
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 criteria are being applied to potential buyers of the Green Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	54047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has set out its plans for the sale of the Green Investment Bank in the document “Green Investment Bank: sale of shares” laid before Parliament on 3 March 2016. This includes the Governments objectives for the sale.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 14:04:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

641384

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in what areas under which spending headings the £2 billion post office transformation and modernisation fund has been spent; and how much of that funding has been spent on redundancies.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	53990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The £2 billion Government subsidy has been provided to maintain and protect a network of at least 11,500 post offices across the country and to invest in modernisation and transformation of that network, so that it can offer the customer environments, opening hours and efficiency of operation for postmasters which are needed to succeed in the competitive mails, financial services, government services and telecom markets in which the Post Office operates.</p><p> </p><p>The arrangements for redundancy payments are the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited. I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:20:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

641387

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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: Brexit
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 projects in operation in his Department are related to the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Officials in the Department’s Europe Directorate work both on preparations for our future relationship with the EU and ongoing negotiations on ‘live’ business. The team works with the Department for Exiting the European Union and other Departments on these issues. Officials in other teams in the Department also carry out EU exit-related work as part of their broader responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 13:54:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

641393

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Post Offices: Franchises
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 his Department monitors the accessibility of franchised post offices for people with (a) mobility impairments, (b) learning disabilities and (c) other disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	53994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The provision of post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited. I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:22:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

641394

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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: Civil Servants
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 most recent estimate is of the number of civil servants working in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	53942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 October 2016, there were 3,189 civil servants who were employed and working in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and being paid via our payroll.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:17:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

641395

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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 Energy and Climate Change: Redundancy
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 staff of the former Department for Energy and Climate Change have not had their contracts renewed since the creation of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	53943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 14 July 2016, there have been five members of staff on Short or Fixed Term Appointments whose contracts have ended.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:15:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

641396

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Cadbury: Mondelez International
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 plans to meet any of the companies involved in the takeover of the Cadbury's biscuit licence by Mondalez/Craft.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	54004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>This is a commercial matter for the parties concerned. No such meetings are planned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 13:57:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott