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446705

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
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, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government's proposal to sell the Green Investment Bank (GIB) will include provision for the (a) sale of all GIB assets and (b) future of the GIB team.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	23550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>It is the Department’s intention to sell GIB as a going concern. The assets and staff are an inherent part of that company.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:31:07 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

446706

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
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, Innovation and Skills, what consultation process took place in respect of the (a) establishment and (b) proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	23551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The answers to the hon. Member’s questions can be found in the policy document entitled “Future of the Green Investment Bank plc” that was published on 18 November on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-investment-bank-the-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-investment-bank-the-future</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:33:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

446708

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
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, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library any external advice given to his Department on green reporting to be undertaken by the privatised Green Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	23584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department has not received any external advice on green reporting to be undertaken by the privatised Green Investment Bank.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:36:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

446716

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
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, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2016 to Question 22689, when his Department plans to report to Parliament its detailed plans for the sale of the Green Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	23623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government has introduced provisions to the Enterprise Bill which require a report to be laid before Parliament once a decision to undertake a sale has been made. The report must set out the type of sale, the expected timescale, and the Government’s objectives for the sale.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:46:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

446724

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department monitors the use of UK-manufactured arms by those countries to which they are sold.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	23714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>All export licence applications are carefully assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all relevant factors at the time of application. We draw on all available information, including checks using both open and classified sources, reports from non-government organisations and our overseas network, involving Desk and Post in the Foreign Office, when considering licence applications.</p><p /> <p>Foreign Office posts and departments in London monitor conditions in the respective countries – including human rights, regional tensions and the risk of exports being diverted to unintended end use – and advise on developments that might affect licensing policy.</p><p /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:38:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

446189

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations the Government has received from the Welsh Government on the steel industry in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	23244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Government has had discussions and corresponded with the Welsh Government on a number of occasions over the last five years on issues of importance to the steel industry in Wales. The Minister for Economy, Science and Transport in the Welsh Government attended and made representations at the Steel Summit in Rotherham on 16 October 2015. More recently, I spoke with the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport on 25<sup>th</sup> November, 15th December and on 14th January about the situation in the steel industry and progress on the “five asks” of the UK steel sector.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:49:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

446193

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
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, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to include an undertaking to retain the staff of the Green Investment Bank as a condition when privatising that body.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	23262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 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 green specialist staff. Any investor spending large sums investing in this bank will be investing precisely in this green specialism and staff.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:43:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

446206

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Green Investment Bank: Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding the Green Investment Bank has invested in fracking projects in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	23436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank has not invested in any fracking projects.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 14:26:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

446209

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Business: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses were compensated for the indirect costs of the (a) EU Emissions Trading System and (b) carbon price floor; what the average award per eligible business was; and what the total monetary value of such compensation was in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15 and (iii) 2015-16 to date.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	23405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Since the compensation schemes for indirect costs of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and the Carbon Price Support (CPS) mechanism began, the total number of businesses compensated is 60 and 58 respectively. The table below sets out the amounts of compensation paid from 2013 to 2015 in calendar years. CPS compensation payments began in 2014. The average award per business over that period can be calculated from the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015 <em>(to 21 January 2016)*</em></p></td><td><p>TOTAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(£)</p></td><td><p>(£)</p></td><td><p>(£)</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU ETS</p></td><td><p>31,707,192.00</p></td><td><p>19,632,228.00</p></td><td><p>18,130,331.00</p></td><td><p>69,469,751.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>33,247,349.00</p></td><td><p>44,811,626.00</p></td><td><p>78,058,975.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>31,707,192.00</p></td><td><p>52,879,577.00</p></td><td><p>62,941,957.00</p></td><td><p>147,528,726.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>(* Claimants have until 31 March 2016 to submit Quarter 4 2015 applications).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 16:28:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

446214

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
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, Innovation and Skills, what the proportion of (a) public and (b) private investment was in each project in which the Green Investment Bank has invested.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	23449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the Transaction Table on the Green Investment Bank website.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/01/2016 14:22:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan