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1436535

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Bereavement 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 he is taking to help ensure that workplaces provide statutory bereavement leave to both parents after baby loss.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	131360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that losing a child or a much-wanted baby at any stage is deeply upsetting and we expect employers to respond with compassion and understanding.</p><p> </p><p>Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay provides parents with a statutory right to two weeks off work following the death of their child or the loss of a baby stillborn after 24 weeks of pregnancy. The policy establishes a statutory baseline for employers, and it is the Government’s hope that employers will go beyond this minimum in supporting employees who suffer this kind of loss.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also commissioned guidance from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) on managing a bereavement in the workplace. This guidance has been updated to include new sections on supporting employees after the loss of a baby and to highlight employers’ good practice.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/03/2022 14:45:09 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1436554

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Vaccination: Manufacturing Industries
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 strengthen and secure vaccine production in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	131051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Vaccine Taskforce (VTF) continues to work to strengthen UK resilience for the COVID-19 response and potential future health emergencies. The VTF has invested over £380 million to secure and scale up the UK’s vaccine manufacturing capabilities to respond to the pandemic and is actively engaging with market participants to seek to further strengthen our domestic capabilities and capacity in vaccines.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a further £354 million for UK life sciences manufacturing. This includes funding to increase the UK’s health emergency responsiveness and capability in vaccine production. Areas of focus will include mRNA capability following the success of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, and investments which will strengthen the resilience of the UK’s vaccine supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/03/2022 14:46:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1436676

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Energy: Conservation
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 and encourage households to improve energy efficiency.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	131355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to spend more than £6.6 billion in this Parliament to decarbonise heat and buildings, including across all housing tenures. Support is especially targeted at lower-income households through schemes such as the Home Upgrade Grant, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Local Authority Delivery Scheme. In addition to this, the Government has committed to a four-year £4 billion extension to the Energy Company Obligation. This aims to accelerate efforts to improve lower-income homes to meet fuel poverty targets.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, the new Boiler Upgrade Scheme will support homeowners with the cost of installing new lower-carbon heating systems, such as heat pumps, in their homes. The Government is also working with lenders to ensure homeowners can access green finance to improve their homes through measures such as insulation and new heating systems. As part of this work, the £1.8million Green Home Finance Innovation Fund will be complete by March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/03/2022 17:17:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1436686

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Eligibility
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 potential merits of including people who claim disability benefit in the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	131356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022" target="_blank">consulted</a> on reforming the Warm Home Discount scheme to better target fuel poverty and to provide the rebates automatically to households, as announced in the Energy White Paper. The reforms include focusing support on households in receipt of qualifying means tested benefits and with high energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>Disability benefits like the Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment are not means tested. The incomes of Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment recipients therefore tend to be higher than the incomes of the intended beneficiaries of the reformed Warm Home Discount. The Government’s analysis shows that around 62% of these recipients are also in receipt of a qualifying means-tested benefits and so would be considered low income under the new criteria. Introducing disability or other non-means-tested benefits would mean that households on lower incomes and in deeper fuel poverty would lose out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/03/2022 17:16:57 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1436697

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Training
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 training times required to achieve basic certification to work in the offshore (a) oil and gas and (b) wind sector of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	131286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.</p><p> </p><p>Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 131287 131288 131289 question first answered 03/03/2022 17:19:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1436698

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Training
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 North Sea Transition Deal, published on 24 March 2021, what progress the Energy Skills Alliance has made in developing training and standards for all offshore energy industries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	131287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.</p><p> </p><p>Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 131286 131288 131289 question first answered 03/03/2022 17:19:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1436699

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Training
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 North Sea Transition Deal, published on 24 March 2021, when he plans to publish the Integrated People and Skills Plan.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	131288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.</p><p> </p><p>Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 131286 131287 131289 question first answered 03/03/2022 17:19:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1436700

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Energy Skills Alliance
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 the membership of the Energy Skills Alliance is.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	131289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.</p><p> </p><p>Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 131286 131287 131288 question first answered 03/03/2022 17:19:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1436809

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
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 Scottish Limited Partnerships failed to register a Person of Significant Control in each year since the requirement to register came into force.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	131219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>Companies House considers 8,126 of the Scottish Limited Partnerships (‘SLPs’) on the register to be active as at 31st January 2022. Of these, 203 had no PSC information. This compares to 213 SLPs in October 2021, 828 in January 2021, 948 in January 2020, 2,019 in January 2019 and 7,078 in January 2018 who had failed to register PSC information.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/03/2022 14:33:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1436811

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
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 Scottish Limited Partnerships have been fined for failing to register a Person of Significant Control in each year since the requirement to register came into force; and what the value of those fines was.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	131220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>One fine has been levied against a Scottish Limited Partnership for failing to register people with significant control since the register came into force. That fine was levied in the 2021/2022 Financial Year. A fine of £210 was imposed by the court.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/03/2022 14:34:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss