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1455223

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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 Intensive Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support his Department is providing to energy intensive industries operating in the UK in the context of energy price rises.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	906350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We recognise this continues to be a worrying time for businesses due to the significant increases in global energy prices.</p><p> </p><p>Extensive engagement is happening across Government at both an official and ministerial level on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 29/03/2022 11:54:19 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1455224

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Baglan Energy Park: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will invoke section 400 of the Insolvency Act 1986 to direct the official receiver to ensure that the power supply for Baglan Energy Park remains connected until a permanent connection to the National Grid is secured.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	906351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We understand this is a concerning time for those impacted by the liquidation of the Baglan Group. We cannot offer any further comment at this stage in view of ongoing legal action.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 29/03/2022 11:54:55 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1455225

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the impact of the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme on local authorities' ability to improve the energy efficiency of homes of low-income households.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	906352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>BEIS commissioned an independent evaluation of Phases 1 and 2 of the Local Authority Delivery scheme in October 2020. This evaluation includes impact analysis of the scheme’s core objectives to improve energy efficiency in low-income households and will report findings following scheme completion.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/03/2022 11:55:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1455226

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Research: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support research and development in South Yorkshire as part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	906355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We are growing R&amp;D clusters around the country and I recently had the pleasure of visiting the BioYorkshire cluster. The Levelling Up White Paper set a new mission to increase domestic public investment in R&amp;D outside the Greater South East by at least one third over the Spending Review period and at least 40 percent by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/03/2022 11:56:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1455227

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Companies House
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress he has made on reforming Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	906357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Reform is already underway, with a further £63 million to be invested over the Spending Review period. We will legislate for new powers for Companies House in the Economic Crime Bill to come early in the next session.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/03/2022 11:57:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1455228

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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: Price Caps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of raising the energy price cap on standards of living.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	906359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is very aware of the difficulties that consumers are experiencing as a result of higher energy prices. This is why we are giving a package of support worth £9.1 billion, which will help over 28 million households.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 29/03/2022 11:58:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1455229

registered interest
date	29/03/2022
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	Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the growth of the hydrogen sector in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Jacob Young
uin	906360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>We are delivering on the Hydrogen Strategy and will soon be launching our £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, providing up to £100 million for our first allocation round for electrolytic hydrogen projects and publishing our Sector Development Action Plan. <br></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 29/03/2022 11:59:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young

1454008

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
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 Prime Minister's oral answer on 23 March 2022, Official Report, column 325, whether he is taking legal action against P&O Ferries under the (a) Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and (b) Employment Rights Act 1996.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	146644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has formally commissioned the Insolvency Service to urgently undertake a thorough enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the recent redundancies made by P&amp;O Ferries.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has asked them to determine whether the law has been complied with and consider prompt and appropriate action where it has not, including any scope to take legal action against the company directors.</p><p> </p><p>We will not hesitate to take further action if we find evidence of wrongdoing.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/03/2022 16:05:39 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1453988

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
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	Foreign Companies: Property
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 provisions within the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 relating to the public register of beneficial owners of non-UK entities that own or buy land in the UK, for what reason her Department provided for an 18-month transition period for those provisions.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	146705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas companies already owning land in England and Wales, and Scotland, to register their beneficial owners within six months. The six-month transitional period gives existing owners of property, with the vast majority legitimately holding property through overseas entities, time to understand and comply with the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/03/2022 15:35:52 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1453990

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant the Answer of 17 March 2022 to Question 141972 on Teachers: Re-employment, whether he has made an assessment of the overall success of the initial call for volunteers to re-enter the teaching profession.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	146605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The department’s priority continues to be to maintain high-quality, face-to-face education for all children and young people. Temporary staff, including supply teachers, have played a key role in this as schools have faced higher workforce absence rates, particularly over Winter, due to the Omicron variant. We remain hugely grateful to all school and college staff for their work, which has consistently kept over 99.9% of schools open this term.</p><p>The department is extremely grateful to all the teachers who responded to the campaign. Our ambition was for as many teachers as possible to make themselves available and return to the classroom as supply teachers, supporting schools to maintain face-to-face education. Each one is making a difference to the education of their pupils and makes a valuable contribution to our aim of maintaining face-to-face education in schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 29/03/2022 16:43:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson