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1464384

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: Mining
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 help encourage (a) domestic critical minerals exploration and (b) mining finance in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government will publish a UK Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, setting out our approach to securing technology-critical minerals and metals. This will take into account the types of support offered by other nations and input from the Critical Minerals Expert Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Funds such as the Automotive Transformation Fund, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, UK Infrastructure Bank, UK Export Finance, and R&amp;D via the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research are available to support investments at various points along the critical minerals value chain in specific sectors. For example, Cornish Lithium has received support via the Getting Building Fund (2020) and Automotive Transformation Fund (2021) and British Lithium has received grant funding from Innovate UK (2020) and the Sustainable Innovation Fund (2021).</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 5514 5515 5516 question first answered 25/05/2022 09:18:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464385

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: 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, what steps he is taking to help ensure the competitiveness of the UK's critical minerals legislative framework compared with that of competitor countries.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government will publish a UK Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, setting out our approach to securing technology-critical minerals and metals. This will take into account the types of support offered by other nations and input from the Critical Minerals Expert Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Funds such as the Automotive Transformation Fund, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, UK Infrastructure Bank, UK Export Finance, and R&amp;D via the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research are available to support investments at various points along the critical minerals value chain in specific sectors. For example, Cornish Lithium has received support via the Getting Building Fund (2020) and Automotive Transformation Fund (2021) and British Lithium has received grant funding from Innovate UK (2020) and the Sustainable Innovation Fund (2021).</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 5513 5515 5516 question first answered 25/05/2022 09:18:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464386

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: Exploration
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 plans to take steps to assist domestic critical minerals exploration through grants as its predecessor, the Department of Trade and Industry, did via the MEIGA and MRP programmes.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government will publish a UK Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, setting out our approach to securing technology-critical minerals and metals. This will take into account the types of support offered by other nations and input from the Critical Minerals Expert Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Funds such as the Automotive Transformation Fund, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, UK Infrastructure Bank, UK Export Finance, and R&amp;D via the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research are available to support investments at various points along the critical minerals value chain in specific sectors. For example, Cornish Lithium has received support via the Getting Building Fund (2020) and Automotive Transformation Fund (2021) and British Lithium has received grant funding from Innovate UK (2020) and the Sustainable Innovation Fund (2021).</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 5513 5514 5516 question first answered 25/05/2022 09:18:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464387

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: Exploration
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 grants awarded by other countries to assist domestic critical minerals exploration on that sector in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government will publish a UK Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, setting out our approach to securing technology-critical minerals and metals. This will take into account the types of support offered by other nations and input from the Critical Minerals Expert Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Funds such as the Automotive Transformation Fund, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, UK Infrastructure Bank, UK Export Finance, and R&amp;D via the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research are available to support investments at various points along the critical minerals value chain in specific sectors. For example, Cornish Lithium has received support via the Getting Building Fund (2020) and Automotive Transformation Fund (2021) and British Lithium has received grant funding from Innovate UK (2020) and the Sustainable Innovation Fund (2021).</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 5513 5514 5515 question first answered 25/05/2022 09:18:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464132

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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	Nuclear Power: 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, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 133181 on Private sector: nuclear energy, what the (a) purpose, (b) application process, (c) application criteria, (d) timescale and (e) launch date is for the Nuclear Fuel Fund.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	4704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021 Comprehensive Spending Review, the Government confirmed a £75 million Nuclear Fuel Fund, to be used alongside private sector co-investment, to preserve and develop the UK’s nuclear fuel production capability. The Fund’s scope and approach is in development, including the eligibility criteria, application process and evaluation criteria. A market engagement exercise will inform the Nuclear Fuel Fund design ahead of its launch later this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/05/2022 15:20:26 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1464152

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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 his Department plans to publish the Critical Minerals Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	4737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Critical Minerals Strategy is expected to be published this year and will review how the existing funding landscape and other policies support the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Existing funds such as the Automotive Transformation Fund, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, UK Infrastructure Bank, UK Export Finance and R&amp;D via the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research are available to support investments at various points along the critical minerals value chain in specific sectors. For example, Cornish Lithium has received support via the Getting Building Fund (2020) and Automotive Transformation Fund (2021) and British Lithium has received grant funding from Innovate UK (2020) and the Sustainable Innovation Fund (2021).</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 4738 question first answered 25/05/2022 15:03:49 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1464165

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
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: Exploration
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 funding (a) his Department, (b) the Government and (c) other UK entities provide for domestic critical mineral exploration in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	4738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Critical Minerals Strategy is expected to be published this year and will review how the existing funding landscape and other policies support the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Existing funds such as the Automotive Transformation Fund, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, UK Infrastructure Bank, UK Export Finance and R&amp;D via the National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research are available to support investments at various points along the critical minerals value chain in specific sectors. For example, Cornish Lithium has received support via the Getting Building Fund (2020) and Automotive Transformation Fund (2021) and British Lithium has received grant funding from Innovate UK (2020) and the Sustainable Innovation Fund (2021).</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 4737 question first answered 25/05/2022 15:03:49 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1463567

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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	Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance
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 support the manufacturing sector in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	3770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Manufacturing is a bedrock of our country’s resilience and there is significant work underway to strengthen our industrial base, including substantial funding for projects in important sub-sectors such as aerospace, automotive and life sciences. Furthermore, we have committed over £150 million of taxpayer subsidy for Made Smarter, the national industrial digitalisation programme to help UK manufacturers to capitalise on new digital technologies.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year we will launch the UK’s new manufacturing investment prospectus so we can promote the UK as the destination of choice for investment in manufacturing and help the sector make the most of what support is already available.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/05/2022 10:26:28 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1463714

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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	CF Fertilisers UK: Subsidies
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 CF Fertilisers UK Ltd is in receipt of subsidies for maintaining production of CO2 for use in the food and drink industry.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>No, CF Fertilisers UK Ltd is not currently in receipt of a Government subsidy to maintain production of CO2. A market-led agreement to supply CO2 is in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/05/2022 16:48:58 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1462796

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
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	Aluminium: 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 his Department has made of the impact on British businesses of rising aluminium costs.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	1506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly engages with industry to discuss impacts and opportunities for UK businesses. Whilst aluminium prices increased in March, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they have since returned to pre-conflict levels.[1]</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] Prices peaked on 7th March and in steady decline since, and as at 17<sup>th</sup> May, are at $2,800/t (Source – LME Aluminium)</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/05/2022 16:49:39 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds