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1125315

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Fiskars Group: Regional Growth Fund
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 last assessed that Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton was compliant with the terms of its £5.1million grant from the Regional Growth Fund.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	252034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>As the project remains in monitoring until 2022, the Regional Growth Fund team continue to monitor and discuss project developments with WWRD UK Ltd, as they do with all Regional Growth Fund awards.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:27:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1125316

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Regional Growth Fund: Grants
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 he has reclaimed grant funds from a successful applicant to the Regional Growth Fund that has been found not to comply with the terms of the grant.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	252035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Regional Growth Fund awards are monitored to ensure the agreed outcomes of the project are delivered.</p><p> </p><p>Any project being undertaken using investment from the Regional Growth Fund must be delivered in full. If a project fails to deliver on what was first proposed, we would recover the appropriate level of grant payment.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that this has happened on some successful Regional Growth Fund awards.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1125318

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Fiskars Group: Regional Growth Fund
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 the provisions in the Regional Growth Fund grant to Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton (WWRD) to maintain manufacturing jobs on site and the recent announcement of 103 job losses at WWRD, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that grant award to WWRD.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	252036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Regional Growth Fund award to WWRD UK Ltd is monitored for a ten year period until 31 March 2022, as such the Regional Growth Fund team continue to discuss project developments with the Company, as they do with all Regional Growth Fund awards.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1125322

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Fiskars Group
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 discussions he has had with Wedgwood Waterford Royal Doulton on (a) their restructure and (b) the effect of that restructure on (i) the UK ceramics manufacturing sector and (ii) their Regional Growth Fund grant award.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	252037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Regional Growth Fund team have been in discussions with WWRD UK Ltd regarding the restructure and the effect of the restructure in relation to the Regional Growth Fund grant award.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Global restructuring of WWRD UK Ltd and the associated job losses at the Barlaston facility is disappointing, with a consequential impact on individual employees and the local economy, I understand high end products, design, product development and global marketing of products will continue to be based in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1125362

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme and Mineworkers' Pension 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, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of the (a) Mineworkers Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	252054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme valuation conducted by the Government Actuary concluded last year. The market value of the scheme’s assets on 30 September 2017 was £12,241 million.</p><p> </p><p>A similar valuation for the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme concluded recently. The market value of the Scheme’s assets on 31 March 2018 was £9,367 million.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1125416

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Parental Leave
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 support shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	251985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Government Equalities Office funded a £1.5m campaign to raise awareness of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme amongst parents. This was followed by further communications activity, aimed at employers, in 2019. Both campaigns were underpinned by improved tools and guidance for parents which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/shared-parental-leave-and-pay-guidance-and-tools-for-parents.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:27:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1125444

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 guidance is available to wind farm developers and operatives to help minimise impact on marine life of off shore wind farms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	252104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Policy Statements for Energy (EN-1) and Renewable Energy (EN-3) set out how the developers of offshore wind farms should consider their impacts on marine life in any applications for development consent for them. Issue specific guidance on minimising the potential impacts of offshore wind farms on marine life is available from the relevant statutory nature conservation bodies [Natural England, Natural Resources Wales and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee] throughout the planning and development cycles of an offshore wind farm. The potential impacts of proposed projects on marine life and on other relevant issues will be considered in a public examination of any development consent application that is made.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1124939

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
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 his Department has plans to undertake a further investigation into the safety of Whirlpool tumble dryers.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	251339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Office for Product Safety and Standards met senior Whirlpool officials in Birmingham on 2nd May to discuss their response to the requirements placed upon them by OPSS following the review of Whirlpool’s tumble dryer modification programme. He advised them on steps necessary to fulfil their obligations. The investigation remains on-going as Whirlpool address these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:26:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1124940

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Trading Standards: Finance
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 effect of recent trends in the level of local authority funding on the ability of trading standards bodies to enforce product safety measures.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	251340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Government identified the need for national leadership and co-ordination of the product safety system and established the Office for Product Safety and Standards in January 2018 to fulfil this role. The Office has built capability to lead on scientific and technical issues, including commissioning a research programme; set up arrangements to deal with national product safety incidents; and formed a trading standards co-ordination unit to support the work that Local Authorities carry out on product safety in their local areas.</p><p> </p><p>We value the important role that Local Authority Trading Standards carry out in enforcing product safety measures, protecting consumers and providing advice to businesses at a local level. Local Authorities are independent from central government and are responsible for their own finances and funding decisions, accountable to their local electorates. As part of its support for Local Authority Trading Standards, OPSS has made available £500,000 per annum to Local Authorities for product safety testing, trained over 650 trading standards staff from 211 Local Authorities and provided scientific and technical support in responding to incidents to increase their capability on product safety regulation.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:49 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1125011

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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 and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
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 8 April 2019 to Question 239920, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on proposed changes to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	251261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department will publish its response to the 2016 consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p>This is a complex issue and it is absolutely vital that the Government gets this right: we are committed to reviewing these regulations to ensure that the highest levels of fire safety are maintained while minimising risks to health and the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon