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registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 242927, how the Government is ensuring the exclusion of regulatory provisions from the Business Impact Target in relation to the safety of (a) tenants (b) residents and (c) occupants in buildings as a result of the Government’s response to the Grenfell tragedy, reviews, inquiries or working groups; which regulatory objects and subjects have been excluded in this way; and which units within the Government and regulators are responsible for ensuring this exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	247780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Written Statement of 20 June 2018, departments and regulators are legally responsible for certifying if their regulatory provisions are covered by the Business Impact Target exemption relating to the safety of tenants, residents and occupants in buildings that stem from, or relate to, Government’s response to the Grenfell tragedy, reviews, inquiries or working groups. Any measures which have been certified by the individual departments or regulators under the Grenfell exclusion are listed in the Better Regulation annual report. The 2018/19 annual report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:02:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 115894 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1122744

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Furniture: Regulation
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 publish the responses to the September 2016 Consultation on Updating the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	246981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>We intend to publish the responses received to the Consultation alongside the Government’s response, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:03:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 115581 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1122843

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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 Office: Civil Proceedings
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 times official in his Departmental have met with (a) directors and (b) officials of the Post Office to discuss the ongoing group litigation order taken by subpostmasters against the Post Office.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Officials in the Department meet with the directors and officials of Post Office on a regular basis to discuss a number of issues including the ongoing group litigation case. These include senior officials from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and senior officials from UKGI acting on behalf of BEIS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:02:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122844

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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 Office: Corporate Hospitality
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 Ministers in his Department have accepted (a) gifts and (b) hospitality from the Post Office in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	246967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Ministers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have not accepted gifts or hospitality from the Post Office in the last 12 months</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:03:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122403

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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: Innovation
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 viability of peer-to-peer energy sharing; and whether his Department plans to support this technology.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	246550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Innovative technologies such as peer-to-peer energy trading could provide many new opportunities and there are a number of ongoing trials in this field, some of which are supported by InnovateUK and Government innovation funding. There are over 120 future systems projects across the UK, including those as part of the newly announced Government funded ‘Prospering from the Energy Revolution’.</p><p> </p><p>The joint Government and Ofgem Future Energy Retail Market Review is reviewing the design of the energy retail market to promote competition and drive innovation by introducing further flexibility into the regulatory framework. This will consider the barriers preventing innovative business models entering the market, including peer-to-peer.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:02:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1122447

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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	Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242191 on Green Deal Scheme: Appeals, how many of the 99 outstanding cases that have been referred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been with his office for (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine, (j) 10, (k) 11 and (l) 12 months or longer without a final decision having been made.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	246545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>At 25<sup>th</sup> April 2019 there are 107 outstanding appeals, relating to the company Home Energy &amp; Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS), which have been referred to my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State. The table below provides details of the age of the outstanding appeals.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242191, the Secretary of State has now issued Intention Notices in respect of a total of six HELMS cases. These are subject to representations from relevant persons prior to a final decision. Progress is being made on the remaining appeals and we expect a growing number of Notices to be issued in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Months outstanding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 or under</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Longer than 12 months</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:02:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown