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1683179

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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	Employment: Rother Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help increase (a) levels of manufacturing and (b) the number of jobs in Rother Valley.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	10330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Manufacturing plays an important role in the Rother Valley making up ~15% of jobs compared with ~10% for the UK as a whole, according to the ONS Business Registers and Employment Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently published its Advanced Manufacturing Plan aiming to make the UK the best place in the world to start and scale up a manufacturing business – backed by £4.5 billion of funding and business environment measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan expands our Made Smarter Adoption Programme – currently available in Rother Valley – supporting manufacturing SMEs to grow through digital technologies. Over 390 companies have already received the programme’s support in the Yorkshire and the Humber region.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2024 11:34:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1542468

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Minerals
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 including hafnium on the list of critical minerals.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Many minerals, such as Hafnium, have important uses but, by necessity of focus, only some are “critical”. These “critical minerals” are not only vitally important: they are also experiencing major risks to their security of supply. These risks can be caused by combinations of factors including, but not limited to, rapid demand growth, high concentration of supply chains in particular countries, or elevated levels of price volatility.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, BEIS commissioned the British Geological Survey to carry out the UK’s first criticality assessment and it defined 18 critical minerals with the highest supply risk and economic importance; it did not identify Hafnium as a critical mineral on this basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the impact of rising prices of Hafnium on UK superalloy producers. However, we recognise that the UK need on critical minerals and its international markets can change, and therefore the assessment will be reviewed regularly through the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC). The next review will be completed in Spring 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For many minerals, we will continue to rely upon and champion an effective and efficient market. Where the market already provides a responsible and resilient supply, we see no case to interfere. Where the markets are less developed, are less transparent or have issues, we want to work with business and international partners to make markets more resilient for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 88039 88040 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:07:02 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1542469

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Hafnium: Prices
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 impact of rising prices of hafnium on UK superalloy producers.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Many minerals, such as Hafnium, have important uses but, by necessity of focus, only some are “critical”. These “critical minerals” are not only vitally important: they are also experiencing major risks to their security of supply. These risks can be caused by combinations of factors including, but not limited to, rapid demand growth, high concentration of supply chains in particular countries, or elevated levels of price volatility.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, BEIS commissioned the British Geological Survey to carry out the UK’s first criticality assessment and it defined 18 critical minerals with the highest supply risk and economic importance; it did not identify Hafnium as a critical mineral on this basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the impact of rising prices of Hafnium on UK superalloy producers. However, we recognise that the UK need on critical minerals and its international markets can change, and therefore the assessment will be reviewed regularly through the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC). The next review will be completed in Spring 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For many minerals, we will continue to rely upon and champion an effective and efficient market. Where the market already provides a responsible and resilient supply, we see no case to interfere. Where the markets are less developed, are less transparent or have issues, we want to work with business and international partners to make markets more resilient for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 88038 88040 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:07:02 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1542470

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Minerals
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 the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre plans to update the list of critical minerals; and whether it will include hafnium on that list.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Many minerals, such as Hafnium, have important uses but, by necessity of focus, only some are “critical”. These “critical minerals” are not only vitally important: they are also experiencing major risks to their security of supply. These risks can be caused by combinations of factors including, but not limited to, rapid demand growth, high concentration of supply chains in particular countries, or elevated levels of price volatility.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, BEIS commissioned the British Geological Survey to carry out the UK’s first criticality assessment and it defined 18 critical minerals with the highest supply risk and economic importance; it did not identify Hafnium as a critical mineral on this basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the impact of rising prices of Hafnium on UK superalloy producers. However, we recognise that the UK need on critical minerals and its international markets can change, and therefore the assessment will be reviewed regularly through the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC). The next review will be completed in Spring 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For many minerals, we will continue to rely upon and champion an effective and efficient market. Where the market already provides a responsible and resilient supply, we see no case to interfere. Where the markets are less developed, are less transparent or have issues, we want to work with business and international partners to make markets more resilient for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 88038 88039 question first answered 23/11/2022 17:07:02 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1538158

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Metals: Recycling
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 progress he has made on ensuring that the UK recovers more critical metals produced in this country to support the UK Critical Minerals Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	76152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>As part of the commitment to improve critical mineral supply chain resilience, the Government will look at ways to promote recycling and recovery by exploring regulatory interventions to promote re-use, recycling, and recovery of critical minerals. The Government plans to consult on reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations and end-of-life batteries next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also access public R&amp;D funding for recycling, reuse, resource efficiency and substitution of critical minerals and explore how Government funding mechanisms such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) can support it. The £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme includes a centre on technology metals supporting companies developing domestic capabilities in the circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>In line with WTO rules, the Government does not have any plans to restrict the export of metal waste from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 76153 76154 76155 76156 question first answered 09/11/2022 17:41:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1538159

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Metals: Recycling
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 mechanisms he has identified to improve domestic critical metals recovery which are more (a) accessible and (b) short-term than the recovery of metals from electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	76153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>As part of the commitment to improve critical mineral supply chain resilience, the Government will look at ways to promote recycling and recovery by exploring regulatory interventions to promote re-use, recycling, and recovery of critical minerals. The Government plans to consult on reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations and end-of-life batteries next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also access public R&amp;D funding for recycling, reuse, resource efficiency and substitution of critical minerals and explore how Government funding mechanisms such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) can support it. The £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme includes a centre on technology metals supporting companies developing domestic capabilities in the circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>In line with WTO rules, the Government does not have any plans to restrict the export of metal waste from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 76152 76154 76155 76156 question first answered 09/11/2022 17:41:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1538160

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Metals: Recycling
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 efficacy of the end of waste classification in facilitating the domestic recovery of critical metals.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	76154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>As part of the commitment to improve critical mineral supply chain resilience, the Government will look at ways to promote recycling and recovery by exploring regulatory interventions to promote re-use, recycling, and recovery of critical minerals. The Government plans to consult on reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations and end-of-life batteries next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also access public R&amp;D funding for recycling, reuse, resource efficiency and substitution of critical minerals and explore how Government funding mechanisms such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) can support it. The £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme includes a centre on technology metals supporting companies developing domestic capabilities in the circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>In line with WTO rules, the Government does not have any plans to restrict the export of metal waste from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 76152 76153 76155 76156 question first answered 09/11/2022 17:41:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1538161

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Metals: Recycling
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 projects he has identified for Government support to help aid greater recovery of key critical metals in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	76155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>As part of the commitment to improve critical mineral supply chain resilience, the Government will look at ways to promote recycling and recovery by exploring regulatory interventions to promote re-use, recycling, and recovery of critical minerals. The Government plans to consult on reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations and end-of-life batteries next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also access public R&amp;D funding for recycling, reuse, resource efficiency and substitution of critical minerals and explore how Government funding mechanisms such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) can support it. The £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme includes a centre on technology metals supporting companies developing domestic capabilities in the circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>In line with WTO rules, the Government does not have any plans to restrict the export of metal waste from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 76152 76153 76154 76156 question first answered 09/11/2022 17:41:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1538162

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Metals: Waste
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 prevent critical metals waste from being exported and recovered abroad rather than in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	76156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>As part of the commitment to improve critical mineral supply chain resilience, the Government will look at ways to promote recycling and recovery by exploring regulatory interventions to promote re-use, recycling, and recovery of critical minerals. The Government plans to consult on reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations and end-of-life batteries next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also access public R&amp;D funding for recycling, reuse, resource efficiency and substitution of critical minerals and explore how Government funding mechanisms such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) can support it. The £30 million National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) Programme includes a centre on technology metals supporting companies developing domestic capabilities in the circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>In line with WTO rules, the Government does not have any plans to restrict the export of metal waste from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 76152 76153 76154 76155 question first answered 09/11/2022 17:41:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1538163

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Metals: Shortages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which critical metals he has identified as being in short supply and pose a challenge to the UK's security of supply of critical minerals.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	76157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>Earlier this year, BEIS commissioned the British Geological Survey to carry out the UK’s first criticality assessment, and it defined 18 critical minerals with the highest supply risk and economic importance. However, the Government recognises that UK needs and international markets can change, and therefore the assessment will be reviewed regularly through the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC).</p><p> </p><p>The Critical Minerals Strategy sets out plans to improve the resilience of critical minerals supply chains by boosting domestic capability, enhancing global markets, and playing a leading role in solving global challenges with our international partners.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 76158 76161 question first answered 09/11/2022 17:42:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford