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867361

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Private Sector: 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 assessment his Department has made of the number of companies, restaurant chains and shops that require staff to organise their own cover before taking leave to which they are entitled.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	133336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made such an assessment</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/03/2018 16:36:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

867370

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
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 recommendations directed towards the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate arising from the Cabinet Office's Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate is currently working with the Health &amp; Safety Laboratory (HSL) - part of the Health &amp; Safety Executive - on developing HSL’s Find-IT tool to link a number of datasets together. This will help EAS further develop its intelligence functionality whilst also improving its ability to maximise its resources.</p><p> </p><p>EAS are also working with HSL and other Government Departments on developing a wider information sharing protocol. This work is on-going.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/03/2018 15:51:08 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

867391

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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, what his policy is on a further extension of the smart meter SMETS1 end date.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to further extend the SMETS1 end date.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:20:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867392

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
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 progress he has made on finding a business model for carbon capture storage and utilisation which goes beyond enhanced oil recovery to date.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out the Government’s new direction on carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS). This included a commitment to review the delivery and investment frameworks for CCUS. This is now underway and a report examining the business models for transporting and storing carbon dioxide was published in January 2018[1].</p><p>Further to this, the CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce, established in February 2018 and comprising over forty industry representatives, will also consider possible business models for CCUS. The Taskforce will deliver their report by summer 2018.</p><p><em><sup><strong><sup>[1]</sup></strong></sup></em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-carbon-capture-and-storage-government-funding-and-support" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-carbon-capture-and-storage-government-funding-and-support</em></a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:25:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867393

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
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 the Committee on Climate Change on the advancement of carbon capture storage and utilisation.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Officials in the Department hold regular discussions with the Committee on Climate Change, on subjects including carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:22:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867394

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Carbon Capture and Utilisation
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 Government plans to respond to the Oxburgh Report on carbon capture storage and utilisation.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Henley) responded in a letter to Lord Oxburgh on 15 January 2018 on the recommendations made in the Parliamentary Advisory Group’s report on carbon capture and storage. A copy of the letter was deposited in the Library of the House and is available at:</p><p><a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-0025/Lord_Oxburgh_KBb_Carbon_Capture_Usage_and_Storage.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-0025/Lord_Oxburgh_KBb_Carbon_Capture_Usage_and_Storage.pdf</a></p><p>As set out in Lord Henley’s letter, the recommendations made in the report have been considered in the development of our new approach to CCUS, as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, and will continue to be a consideration in the shaping our ongoing work.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:21:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867395

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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 Heat Incentive 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, whether he has plans to re-target the Renewable Heat Incentive towards lower carbon forms of heating; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has always been focussed on low carbon heating. The government is reforming the RHI to ensure it focusses better on long-term decarbonisation – through technologies such as biomethane and heat pumps - and offers better value for money. These reforms were set out in December 2016 in the response to the consultation ‘The Renewable Heat Incentive: A Reformed and Refocused scheme’. The first stage of the reforms were enacted in September 2017 and further regulations are currently in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:28:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867396

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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 Heat Incentive 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 discussions he has had with the Committee on Climate Change on re-targeting the Renewable Heat Incentive towards lower carbon forms of heating.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>BEIS ministers and officials are in regular contact with the Committee on Climate Change on a range of issues including the contribution of low carbon heat from the Renewable Heat Incentive towards the UK’s carbon budgets.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:27:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867397

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	District Heating
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 plans to establish a public database of UK heat networks; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Heat Metering and Billing Regulations 2014 require heat suppliers to notify the Secretary of State if they have an existing heat network and how it is complying with the Regulations. An initial set of aggregated statistics on a small sample of notification data that had been quality assured were published in February 2017 and can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593899/Copy_of_Final_HMBR_Publication_Feb_2017.xlsx" target="_blank">here.</a> Summary statistics on a much larger portion of quality assured data are planned to be released as part of Energy Trends on 29 March 2018. There are no plans to establish a public database containing details of individual existing UK heat networks.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Heat Networks Delivery Unit has recently started to publish quarterly reports on heat networks projects in the development pipeline, which will act as public database of potential future heat networks. These reports can be found at this <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hndu-pipeline" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:21:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

867421

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Housing Improvement: Landlords
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 estimate he has made of the number of people who will benefit from the landlords' liability fund for improving dwellings being set at (a) £2,500 and (b) £5,000.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	133396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The recent consultation on the domestic <em>Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015</em> proposed to introduce a capped landlord funding contribution.</p><p> </p><p>The Department estimates the policy to affect 280,000 properties across England and Wales that will all benefit from some energy efficiency improvements. If the landlord contribution is capped at £2,500 per property, 85,000 homes will reach Energy Performance Certificate band E, whereas if the cap is set at £5,000, 118,000 homes will achieve band E. The remaining properties under both options will receive some energy efficiency improvements but will not achieve band E.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of the policy options under considerations and the complete consultation stage impact assessment are available via the gov.uk consultation hub.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:22:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies