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832917

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Energy: Price Caps
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 16 January 2018 to Question 122980, on Energy: prices, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a right for energy companies to appeal decisions of Ofgem on the setting of the energy price cap to the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	125233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>In setting the cap the Bill requires Ofgem, among other things, to have regard to the need to set the cap at a level that enables effective competition for domestic supply contracts, the need to maintain incentives for domestic customers to switch and the need to ensure that energy suppliers who operate efficiently are able to finance their activities. There is a requirement for Ofgem to consult on the methodology for the cap and on the licence modification that will introduce the price cap.</p><p>Energy companies would be able to challenge Ofgem’s decisions by way of judicial review. The availability of judicial review to scrutinise whether Ofgem has properly implemented the will of Parliament, and had proper regard to the matters Parliament had required Ofgem to consider when setting the cap, is an appropriate appeal route. The Government does not believe it is necessary to produce an assessment of the potential merits of an alternative route of appeal.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 17:25:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

832919

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS2 meters have been installed as part of the smart meter roll-out programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The rollout of smart meters is making good progress, with nearly 400,000 meters installed every month and a total of 8.6 million meters already operating as of 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Industry information shows there are now around 450 SMETS2 meters connected to the DCC system. Most of these are being operated in test conditions and around 80 have been installed in the live environment.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are continuing to test their systems ahead of a controlled ramp up on SMETS2 meters in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 125236 question first answered 01/02/2018 09:37:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

832920

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS2 meters have been successfully connected to the DCC system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The rollout of smart meters is making good progress, with nearly 400,000 meters installed every month and a total of 8.6 million meters already operating as of 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Industry information shows there are now around 450 SMETS2 meters connected to the DCC system. Most of these are being operated in test conditions and around 80 have been installed in the live environment.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are continuing to test their systems ahead of a controlled ramp up on SMETS2 meters in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 125235 question first answered 01/02/2018 09:37:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

833064

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which sector deals are currently in development; and when he expects those deals to be published.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	125380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy White Paper announced Sector Deals covering Artificial Intelligence, Construction, Life Sciences and Automotive, and we are in advanced discussions with the Creative Industries, Nuclear, and Industrial Digitalisation sectors.</p><p> </p><p>We will prioritise further negotiations with sectors that submit proposals that best meet the expectations we set out in the White Paper in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/02/2018 11:52:07 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

833115

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Gratuities
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 prevalence of employer-mandated policies on the retention of tips in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	125431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government collected evidence on the treatment of tips and other discretionary payments in a call for evidence. The Government’s response to the evidence collected in that exercise was included in a consultation document published which sought further evidence on the same issue.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/02/2018 17:17:54 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

831109

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
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	Voting Rights: Females
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 mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	125117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department will support and publicise a number of events being held across government to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918. In addition, the Suffragette Flag will be raised on Tuesday, 6 February at 1 Victoria Street to mark the occasion and show support for this important anniversary.</p><p>The Department, in collaboration with Parliament, will also host this year’s cross-Whitehall International Women’s Day celebrations on the 8<sup>th</sup> March. We will celebrate the impact of women in public service over the last 100 years; consider how women in public service can take action to increase their impact today; and challenge attendees to dream big and increase impact over the next decade.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/02/2018 11:48:48 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 38570 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

830415

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Renewable Energy: 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 he has made of the UK's contribution to the global growth in investment in renewable energy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Our support for clean energy has produced world leading results.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing investment has ensured that we have the largest installed offshore wind capacity in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s leadership in financing clean growth is already emerging, with more than 60 green bonds listed on the London Stock Exchange, raising over $20 billion across seven currencies.</p><p> </p><p>Globally the UK is among the largest contributors of climate finance, committing to provide at least £5.8 billion from 2016 to 2020, to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change and support cleaner economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>Data recently released by the Office for National Statistics shows continued strong growth for our low carbon businesses - turnover was up 5% in 2016, employee numbers grew more than 3% and exports are up 1.4%. It is yet more proof of the importance of our clean tech sector to the British and global economy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 17:18:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830480

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Financial Reporting Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 22 January (HL4627), why the penultimate paragraph of the fact sheet accompanying the request for payment by the Financial Reporting Council expressly states that the amount is required to be paid, refers to 20 per cent and 50 per cent discounts in certain cases, but does not refer to the payment either before or after discount being voluntary.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL5095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council’s Preparers Levy fact sheet (attached) makes clear that the payment is voluntary. The paragraph referred to in the question explicitly requests rather than requires payment. The section above this in the fact sheet contains the text referred to in my written answer on 22<sup>nd</sup> January 2018 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2018-01-11/HL4627/" target="_blank">HL4627</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:37:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL5095.pdf title Factsheet
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

830482

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Audit: Fines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 16 January (HL4543), how much in fines has been received under the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/649); how much in fines was received and passed on to other bodies from schemes prior to those Regulations coming into force in (1) 2012, (2) 2013, (3) 2014, (4) 2015, and (5) 2016; and to which organisations those fines were passed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL5096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>No fines have been received under the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We are informed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) that the following fines were imposed under the FRC’s accountancy scheme from 2012 to 2016 and passed to the participating body which met the related case costs. (The table does not include the costs that were awarded to the bodies in relation to specific cases or the contributions to case costs by the participating bodies overall.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total fines Received</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Fines passed to the accountancy bodies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICAEW</p></td><td><p>CIMA</p></td><td><p>CAI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><strong>NIL</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><strong>£815k</strong></p></td><td><p>£815k</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><strong>£1,038k</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,025k</p></td><td><p>£13k</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><strong>£4,688k</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,688k</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>£6,712k</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,552k</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£160k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Key</strong></p><p>ICAEW: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales</p><p>CIMA: The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants</p><p>CAI: Chartered Accountants Ireland</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/02/2018 15:32:01 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

830546

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Industrial Strategy Challenge 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, what assessment he has made of the geographical spread of recently announced spending commitments drawn from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>We announced an additional investment of £725m in the second wave of challenges in the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund at the Autumn Budget 2017. The technologies and future industries that these challenges support will need to combine the strengths of businesses and researchers across the UK. Wherever they are, they will be able to compete for ISCF funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/02/2018 15:22:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah