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176323

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Local Government: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will conduct an evaluation of the progress of City Deals in (a) England and (b) Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	222498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a full and robust process for monitoring and implementing and evaluating all city deals which is overseen by the Local Growth Committee chaired by my Rt Hon Friend the Deputy Prime Minister.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 14:23:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

176406

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children in (a) Halton and (b) the UK are currently in debt to their energy companies.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	222549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many families are in debt with their energy companies.</p><p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic electricity and gas accounts holders in Great Britain, but they do not publish data relating to families with children or constituency areas. At the end of 2013, latest data available, 1.5 million domestic electricity account holders and 1.4 million domestic gas account holders were in debt to their energy supplier, Ofgem’s Domestic Suppliers’ Social Obligations: 2013 Annual Report:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:28:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf title Domestic Suppliers Social Obligations: 2013 Report
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

176019

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Business: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received financial support to date under the Direct Lending scheme; and on what dates such support was provided.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	222353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>On 5 October 2014, my Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the first Direct Lending Facility loan, which helped Carillion secure a significant contract with the Dubai World Trade Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is now a pipeline of 40 potential loans ranging from £5m to over £1bn</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 14:15:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

176020

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have received financial support to date under the Passport to Export scheme in each month of the present financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	222354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The number of companies receiving financial support, under the Passport to Export Scheme in each month of the present financial year are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Passport Companies</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 14:25:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

176021

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many companies have been accepted to receive support under the Gateway to Global Growth scheme in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	222355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The number of companies that have been accepted to receive support under the Gateway to Global Growth scheme in each of the last 12 months is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gateway companies recruited in 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Companies</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>1656</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 14:22:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

176073

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to simplify regulations applying to deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification projects.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>DECC has established a Working Group to co-ordinate our interests in deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification and review the current licensing processes. This group is considering the regulatory process and will provide advice shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:28:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176074

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Gasification: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on (a) deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification and (b) developing access rights for that gasification technique following the recommendation in the Smith Commission report on devolving powers on shale gas mineral access rights to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have had no recent discussions with Scottish Ministers on these issues.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:20:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176075

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department's Working Group on Underground Coal Gasification last met; and what the conclusions were of that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The fourth meeting of the Group took place on 1<sup>st</sup> December 2014. The minutes of that meeting and all previous meetings of the Group will shortly be posted to the Government web site.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:20:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176076

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the Coal Authority to discuss the potential development of a deep Underground Coal Gasification sector in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>I last met with the Coal Authority on 6<sup>th</sup> January 2015 as part of its core role and strategy in managing c£1bn of environmental and safety liabilities associated with coal mining. The Coal Authority’s role in relation to Underground Coal Gasification is the granting of licenses to access coal reserves for potential exploitation. They are a member of the Department’s Working Group on UCG which is examining licensing policy in this area.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:29:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176079

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will update his Department's estimates of the UK coal resource which could be suitable for deep underground coal gasification development in (a) onshore and (b) offshore locations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>No licences have been granted by the Coal Authority for onshore UCG projects and we do not have any estimates for onshore UCG resource.</p><p>At present there are 20 current conditional offshore licences granted by the Coal Authority for potential underground coal gasification (UCG) projects. The licensees’ estimates of the coal resource suitable for UCG in these licence areas equates to some 4.1 billion tonnes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:21:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham