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672219

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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: Scotland
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 value of the Green Investment Bank's assets in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank (GIB) publishes a full details of the value of its assets on the GIB website. The following links will provide the Hon Member with the information he requires:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/news-and-insights/2016/investing-in-a-greener-scotland/" target="_blank">http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/news-and-insights/2016/investing-in-a-greener-scotland/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/media/155175/gib_tt_2212.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/media/155175/gib_tt_2212.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 14:32:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

670891

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 UK will submit its mid-century low greenhouse gas emission development strategy to the UN as required under Article 4, paragraph 19, of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	59435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK has committed to submit a mid-century low greenhouse gas emission strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change well ahead of the 2020 deadline. We are currently working towards our emissions reduction plan, which will set out how the UK intends to remain on course for meeting its legally binding target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:50:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

670900

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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, with reference to his Department's report to Parliament on the proposed disposal of shares in the UK Green Investment Bank plc, Cm 9214, published in March 2016, whether the assurances received from the Government's preferred bidders for that bank will apply to any future owner of that bank and its subsidiary companies.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 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. This includes the commitments we are asking potential bidders to make on GIB’s green values and how they propose to protect them.</p><p>Details of negotiations with potential bidders are commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:49:06 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

670902

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 will report progress against actions as set out in the 2011 Carbon Plan and publish it on the Number 10 website; and for what reason no such progress has been reported since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	59376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>We report progress against carbon budgets through the annual statement of emissions, our energy and emissions projections, and the Government’s response to annual progress reports from the Committee on Climate Change, fulfilling our statutory requirement. Taken together these documents set out an assessment of the actions Government is taking to meet carbon budgets, independent advice on potential further action and the Government’s response to that advice.</p><p>We are now looking ahead to our emissions reduction plan, which will set out how we will decarbonise all sectors of the UK through the 2020s.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 14:01:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

670904

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Privatisation
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 make an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank on its existing investment portfolio and strategy.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is confident that by moving the Green Investment Bank into the private sector and freeing it from the constraints of Government ownership, the bank will be able to increase in a wider range of green sectors, furthering its role in supporting the UK green economy.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:49:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

670905

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Edinburgh
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 make an assessment of the potential effect on staffing levels at the Green Investment Bank premises in Edinburgh of the proposed privatisation of that bank; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>It is the Department’s intention to sell the Green Investment Bank (GIB) as a going concern along with its business and staff. The GIB’s commercial value lies in its unique green specialism, including its staff who are specialists in green investment.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:46:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

670906

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Privatisation
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 make an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank on future levels of investment in businesses by that bank.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 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>Moving GIB into private ownership will enable the bank to have greater access to capital and be free of the constraints of Government ownership including state aid restrictions. This means GIB will be able to play more of a role in supporting green investment.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:47:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

670907

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Assets
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 value of Green Investment Bank assets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank publishes a full annual report and accounts which includes detail of the value of its assets. The report can be found on the Green Investment Bank website.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:47:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

670908

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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: Edinburgh
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 estimate the potential effect on (a) the level of staffing at, (b) the level of expertise at and (c) relationships with the financial sector in Edinburgh of the Green Investment Bank headquarters in Edinburgh of the proposed privatisation of that Bank; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the areas in which that bank will invest of that privatisation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	59259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank’s Chairman, the noble Lord Smith of Kelvin, is strongly committed to the Edinburgh office and the plans for privatisation. The Government sees no reason why levels of expertise or relationships would be compromised in the event of a sale.</p><p>By moving the Green Investment Bank (GIB) into the private sector and freeing it from the constraints of Government ownership, GIB will be able to increase in a wider range of green sectors, furthering its role in supporting the UK green economy.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/01/2017 14:48:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

670910

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Technology
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 his Department is taking to promote the technology sector in (a) Manchester, (b) Birmingham and (c) Edinburgh.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	59332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>We are investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale by delivering on the £6.9 billion science capital commitment in our manifesto, and at Autumn Statement 2016 we announced that we will make the UK the global go-to nation for scientists, innovators and tech investors, by investing an extra £2 billion a year in R&amp;D by the end of this Parliament.</p><p>As part of this, there will be a new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) to back priority technologies - such as robotics and biotechnology - where the UK has the potential to turn strengths in research into a global industrial and commercial lead.</p><p>Examples of Government investment in the technology sector in the three cities in question are set out below.</p><p>In Greater Manchester, the Citylabs development is a flagship redevelopment of Manchester’s former Royal Eye Hospital into 94,000 sq ft of bespoke-built biomedical facilities. Located on Oxford Road, it sits within Europe’s largest clinical and academic campus, made up of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Manchester. Citylabs opened in September 2014 and is the first phase of a health innovation campus. The second phase will include a private hospital and health/well-being centre. The Citylabs project received just under £1million ERDF for enabling works and £3.75million ERDF for the main works.</p><p>In Birmingham, Growth Deal funding will be used to create a Virtual Reality and Robotics Development Centre, developing the skills required to create and work within virtual reality environments, as well as the programming languages used in robotics. Growth Deal funding has also supported an extension of the incubator building at the Innovation Birmingham Campus providing an state of the art enterprise space enabling local universities to collaborate with business start-ups, many of which work in the technology sector.</p><p>In Edinburgh, the EPSRC has funded The Li-Fi R&amp;D Centre, which conducts internationally leading research in collaboration with, and on behalf of industry. It aims to accelerate society’s adoption of Li-Fi and emerging wireless technology through engagement with major industrial partners, to fully harness the commercial and innovative potential of Li-Fi, and to help establish a major new £5 billion ($8.5 billion) Li-Fi industry by 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 14:01:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell