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1105126

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 25 of the table on page 39 of his Department's publication, 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a description of spending under the heading Heat.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The spending under the heading of ‘Heat’ relates to the FY 2018-19 capital budget (£137.5 million) for the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP). This scheme will provide £320 million of capital funding (across the life of the programme) to gap fund heat network projects in England and Wales. The scheme is open to the public, private and third sectors. Following confirmation by HMT in October 2018, the FY 2018-19 budget was reprofiled.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the scheme are available on gov.uk, the HNIP page is at <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fheat-networks-investment-project-hnip-scheme-overview&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cfinance.foipq%40beis.gov.uk%7C8c66eccdcf8e41c5a0c208d6b3045040%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636893228453167457&amp;sdata=Yi3yjzBvzHuDtD5wew9xZ%2BT8bucuVz7GgCUtCYMT56g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">hnip-scheme-overview</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:19:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 111305 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105127

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 12 of the table on page 39 of his Department's publication 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a description of spending under the heading International Climate Finance.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>BEIS annual accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a> , include a section on the department’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure including International Climate Finance spend.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS International Climate Finance spend forms part of the Government’s annual ODA statistics at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-aid-spend-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-aid-spend-2017</a> . and is elaborated in reporting to both the EU and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: <a href="http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/gb/eu/mmr/art16_finance/envw6tyfq/Final_2018_UK_MMR_climate_finance_report.xlsx/manage_document" target="_blank">http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/gb/eu/mmr/art16_finance/envw6tyfq/Final_2018_UK_MMR_climate_finance_report.xlsx/manage_document</a> . BEIS individual programme documents such as business cases are published on the Development Tracker website at <a href="https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/department/BEIS" target="_blank">https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/department/BEIS</a> .</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:19:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 111307 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105129

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 13 of the table on page 36 of his Department's publication, 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a description of spending under the heading British Energy Liabilities.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As a result of the restructuring of British Energy (BE) in January 2005, the Government assists BE (now EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited) in meeting its contractual historic fuel liabilities. It is forecast that payments relating to this liability will be made up until 2029, as set out in the waste processing contracts agreed between BE, British Nuclear Fuels Limited and the Department.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:19:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 111308 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105332

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 12 of the table on page 35 of his Department's 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Low Pay Commission.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure of spending under the heading Low Pay Commission is as shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff Costs</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purchase of Goods and Services</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Low Pay Commission)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:20:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 111309 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105333

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to rows 25,26 and 27 of the table on page 36 of the his Department's 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Capability: Core and Agency Admin, Centrally held/unallocated and Other Programmes.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Capability Resource DEL is as shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wages and salaries</p></td><td><p>186.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purchase of goods and services</p></td><td><p>106.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rentals</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Depreciation and Amortisation</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Rates</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transfers into Committee on Climate Change</p></td><td><p>(1.3)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sales of goods &amp; services/fees &amp; charges income</p></td><td><p>(32.4)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Core and Agency Admin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>316.7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrally held/unallocated Programme budget including Invest to Save</p></td><td><p>151.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Centrally held/unallocated</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>151.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy Resilience</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estates</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compensations Payments Programme</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy Statistics Research &amp; Analysis</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff Exit Provision</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Departmental Security</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assurance Reviews and PPM Capability</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction: Statistics and Other Sponsorship Activities</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income from Other Government Departments</p></td><td><p>(19.2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Other Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:20:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 111310 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105334

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 8 of the table on page 37 of his Department's 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Government as a Shareholder: Other Programmes.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of spending under the heading Government as a Shareholder: Other Programmes is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Companies House: Administration of the Late Filing Penalties Regime</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Environment: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Business Bank: Enable Funding Interest Income (Loans to SME’s)</p></td><td><p>(2.2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Companies House: Annual Dividend Receivable</p></td><td><p>(4.0)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Other Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(1.2)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:20:53 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105335

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 16 of the table on page 37 of his Department's 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Financial Reporting Council Admin.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>There was no admin spend required against Part II, sub-head K for the Financial Reporting Council in the BEIS 2018/19 Main Estimate. As it was identified the budget was not actually required it was removed at the Supplementary Estimate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:20:59 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1105336

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 15 of the table on page 37 of his Department's 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Competition Service Programme.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	237201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure of spending under the heading Competition Service Programme is as shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff Costs</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purchase of Goods and Services</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Depreciation/Amortisation</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Competition Service Programme)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1104792

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Hotels: Competition
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 ask the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the level and effectiveness of competition in online hotel booking.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	236409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority has investigated and taken enforcement action against six major online hotel booking sites for alleged breaches of consumer protection legislation. It is also writing to other hotel booking sites setting out expectations, particularly regarding pressure selling, transparency of ordering of search results, discounts and charges so that competition enables consumers to find the best deal for them.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/04/2019 12:12:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 110838 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1104835

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	New Businesses: Families
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 support his Department is providing to entrepreneurs with family care responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	236313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all entrepreneurs to start and grow a business and is a key aspect of our ambitious Industrial Strategy. The Government supports diversity in all its forms in business and recognises the valuable contribution they make to our economy.</p><p>On 6th March BEIS launched the Young Entrepreneurs Review, independently led by the Prince’s Trust. The Review will close in September 2019 and will seek to better understand young entrepreneurs, the specific barriers and opportunities they face, and what more can be done to support them to start and grow a business, including young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p><p>The Department ensures that the Shared Parental Leave and Pay Scheme enables eligible couples to share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay, in the first year.    We are currently evaluating the scheme and have commissioned both quantitative and qualitative data on the level of take-up; barriers to take-up; and how the scheme is being used in practice. Last year, GEO and BEIS ran a joint £1.5m campaign to promote awareness and take-up of Shared Parental Leave and Pay and a campaign to raise awareness launched last month. We are exploring options for improving tools and guidance for parents.</p><p>Pregnant women and new mothers who are self-employed may qualify for Maternity Allowance (a benefit which is administered by the Department for Work and Pensions). Where they do not intend to use their full entitlement to Maternity Allowance they can ‘create’ up to 50 weeks of Shared Parental Leave and up to 37 weeks of Statutory Shared Parental Pay for an employed father or partner to take (subject to eligibility conditions).</p><p>Employed directors can qualify for a range of employment rights including Maternity Leave and Pay (or Maternity Allowance), Paternity Leave and Pay, Adoption Leave and Pay and Shared Parental Leave and Pay. Maternity and Adoption Leave are ‘day 1’ rights. Other family related employment entitlements are subject to eligibility conditions.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/04/2019 12:12:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 110835 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly