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1289678

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Additional Restrictions Grant
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 much has been allocated to local authorities through the Additional Restrictions Grant; how much of that funding has (a) been spent and (b) remains unspent to date; and what the timeframe is for local authorities to be allocated that grant funding.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	158071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) is a discretionary scheme aimed at supporting businesses, including those that have not been mandated to close but have had their trade adversely affected by the nationalised restrictions. Local Authorities have been allocated a further £500m in discretionary funding via the ARG, in addition to £1.1bn already allocated in November 2020. Local Authorities can use the ARG to support businesses in their local area, as they see fit. We expect Local Authorities to use this additional resource quickly to support businesses in their area. Local Authorities are able to use the Additional Restrictions Grant until the end of the financial year 2021/2022.</p><p>This data relates to allocations and grant payments made by Local Authorities to businesses up to 17 January 2021:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/03/2021 17:48:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1258672

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
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	Wind Power
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 support deployment of infrastructure at ports to facilitate an increase in offshore wind capacity.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	126049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister recently announced on £160 million of new funding towards investment to upgrade ports and infrastructure, to ensure UK ports have the necessary facilities and capabilities to meet the future needs of offshore wind developers.</p><p>The expected rapid deployment of offshore wind across the UK, Europe and globally over the next decade, together with the increasing size of turbines, means that there is a need for a major expansion in manufacturing capacity in the coming years.</p><p>The ‘Offshore wind manufacturing investment support scheme’ aims to accelerate the development of large-scale manufacturing portside hubs, which could see financial support to strengthen the UK’s offshore wind manufacturing capability, creating employment and investment in both coastal communities and the wider supply chain.</p><p>Following the Request for Information in October 2020, the Department has now launched a formal competitive process on a single large coastal manufacturing site for the offshore wind industry. This would generate manufacturing clusters where several large-scale producers can co-locate.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/12/2020 16:44:28 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1256292

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
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	Shipping: Living Wage
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 planned timescale is for seafarers to receive the National Minimum Wage, announced on 1 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	121850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 came into force on 1 October 2020. It extended the National Minimum Wage (NMW) to all seafarers working domestically in the UK territorial waters. Changes apply regardless of where the vessel is registered or the nationality of the seafarers, provided they are working domestically in the UK territorial waters. <br></p><p>If seafarers believe they are not being paid the NMW, they should contact HMRC who will consider every complaint they receive, call the ACAS helpline (0300 123 1100), or use the online helpline tool for free, confidential advice about their rights and entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 02/12/2020 17:58:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1233006

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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 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 the timescale is for the introduction of the Government's proposed Home Upgrade Grants.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	87557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Under the £2 billion Green Homes Grant funding announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8th July to save households money, cut carbon and create green jobs, £500 million has been earmarked for Local Authority delivery in England to improve the energy efficiency of low-income households.</p><p> </p><p>The first phase of this funding, launched on 4th August, will see up to £200 million available to Local Authorities directly through a bidding process. The remaining £300 million will be allocated to the five regional Local Energy Hubs later this year to procure services that support upgrading eligible homes.</p><p> </p><p>This funding represents a significant and accelerated down payment on decarbonising buildings to help stimulate the economic recovery and create green jobs.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 15:12:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1233007

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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	Social Rented Housing: Carbon Emissions
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 timescale is for the introduction of the Government's proposed social housing decarbonisation programme.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	87558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>On 8 July 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Summer Economic Update announced the £50m UK-wide Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator (SHDF Demonstrator) to start the decarbonisation of social housing over 2020/21, and to support green jobs as part of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan. The £50m project is a down payment towards the £3.8 billion Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in our Manifesto, allocations for which will be determined in due course. This is a 10-year scheme, running to 2030, beginning with the Demonstrator phase in 2020. This will mean warmer and more energy efficient homes and could reduce annual energy bills by hundreds of pounds for some of the poorest households in society, as well as lowering carbon emissions.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 12:16:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1233008

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fuel poverty debt relief programme for winter 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	87559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with Ofgem to assess the level and impact of domestic consumer energy debt this winter and we will continue to review options to support energy customers in debt, including those in or at risk of fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem rules require energy suppliers to offer customers at risk of, or in debt, the facility to repay their debt in instalments. Suppliers are also required to take all reasonable steps to take into account a customers ability to pay when calculating this. Ofgem issued an open letter in June, stating they would “not tolerate sharp practice or aggressive debt collection and suppliers could face enforcement action where this is the case”.</p><p> </p><p>The Department secured an agreement with energy companies on 19th March 2020 to support their customers impacted by Covid-19, that, based on the circumstances could include reassessing, reducing or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress. Companies have also agreed to refer customers who are struggling to pay their bills to third party debt advisors.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 12:20:35 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1187567

registered interest
date	24/03/2020
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	Conditions of Employment: Kidney Donors
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 employment protections are in place for kidney organ donors.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	34349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully supportive of all types of donation whether by living donors or not.</p><p> </p><p>Most employees are entitled to employment protection such as statutory sick leave, protection from unfair dismissal and protection from unlawful discrimination. We would generally expect employers to be sympathetic when, for example considering requests for extra leave, which may be needed in these circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will also reimburse living donor patients in order to ensure that the financial impact on the donor is cost neutral. Through this scheme, living donors can receive a refund for loss of earnings and some other costs such as travel.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on reimbursement was revised in 2018 in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant and is published on the NHS England website - <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F08%2Fcomm-pol-reimbursement-expenses-living-donors-v2.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGurpreet.Chana%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd9be41b1041f4f81663708d7e12c2d84%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637225452161868312&amp;sdata=9On0VogBqKQvJE7iy%2FCrCYMIyMiRQ1Ucn4GCnPHaseE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/comm-pol-reimbursement-expenses-living-donors-v2.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2020 08:51:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1187168

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Newsagents: Prices
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 regulate pricing of stock in small newsagents to prevent fluctuations on essential items during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	33564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government condemns exploitative pricing practices in the light of the Covid-19 outbreak. The Competition and Markets Authority has created a Covid-19 taskforce to address concerns that some businesses are exploiting consumers through their pricing practices. The taskforce has already been in contact with traders about excessive hand sanitiser prices. Enforcement authorities will take action against companies that have broken competition or consumer protection law, and the Government continues to monitor these practices closely.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2020 08:49:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1177806

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving workers on zero-hours contracts the right to a contract with guaranteed minimum hours.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to making the UK the best place in the world to work and grow a business. As announced in the Queen’s Speech we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years.</p><p>These reforms include taking firm action to tackle what Matthew Taylor termed one-sided flexibility, where some businesses have transferred too much business risk to the individual, sometimes at the detriment of their financial security and personal well-being.</p><p>We will also give all workers the right to request a more stable contract, which aims to encourage conversations between employers and businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/02/2020 14:51:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1064096

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Apprentices
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 proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	223507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy currently employs 80 apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 25/02/2019 11:48:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck