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1582096

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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: South Tyneside
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 24 January 2023 to Question 127774, on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: South Tyneside, where his Department records information on grant money returned from Councils.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	135370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>BEIS policy relates to each grant scheme being run by its own Senior Responsible Owner who will manage reconciliations and money returned by local authorities to BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 02/02/2023 14:35:28 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1568688

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: South Tyneside
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 money have South Tyneside Council returned to his Department from grants allocated over the last two years as of 19 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	127774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/01/2023 15:06:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1564771

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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	Business: South Tyneside
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 of the money allocated for Covid Business Grants have South Tyneside Council returned to his Department; and for what reasons this money was returned.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	119060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>Across the COVID-19 business grant schemes South Tyneside Council was allocated £59.8 million. Of this £51.5 million was reported as disbursed to eligible businesses with £8.3 million due to be returned to BEIS at the end of scheme reconciliation.</p><p> </p><p>Initial funding allocations were based on estimates of the eligible local business population, with local authorities required to return unallocated funding to BEIS. Further allocation and spend data for each scheme, including guidance on the methodologies of the initial allocations, can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSophie.Wild%40beis.gov.uk%7Cce888d0437544145c9f108daf30f5005%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638089544327210823%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HtrbSUzRUq3852Q6MNYoRhfFe0ORJ7pH23litqomTj4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/01/2023 17:06:45 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1433923

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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	Re-employment
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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent businesses using fire and rehire tactics.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	905688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>Using threats to ‘fire and rehire’ as a tactic to pressure workers during negotiations is unacceptable. Employers should refer to Acas’ guidance, which sets out that dismissal and re-engagement should only be considered an option of last resort.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/02/2022 13:37:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1378796

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to extend employment rights to (a) workers in the gig economy and (b) all workers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	904254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has one of the best records on workers’ rights in the world - going further than the EU in many areas – and we believe the UK’s current three-tiered employment status framework strikes the right balance between the flexibility our economy needs and protections for workers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/11/2021 13:32:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1378602

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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	Energy: 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, when the Government plans to implement proposals for households to switch automatically onto the cheapest energy tariffs.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	75000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a competitive retail energy market, which delivers choice and value for money for customers. When we came to office in 2010 the number of suppliers had fallen to just six, which meant that market competition was seen to be insufficient.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure the market can facilitate competition and helping households on more expensive tariffs make energy savings. We will undertake extensive qualitative research and testing to understand how consumers might experience and respond to the intervention.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/11/2021 17:47:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1345520

registered interest
date	09/07/2021
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	Space Technology
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 the publication of a timetable for the delivery of the national space strategy.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	30363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to making the UK a global science and technology superpower and a meaningful actor in space. This will be achieved through the UK’s first comprehensive national space strategy that unleashes growth and innovation in the UK space sector. The strategy is progressing and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 14/07/2021 10:44:59 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1307221

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 has plans to import the plant-based covid-19 vaccine produced by Medicago in Canada; and whether his Department has plans to make a vegan-friendly covid-19 vaccine available in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	179138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to take a portfolio-based approach to Covid-19 vaccine procurement, which monitors the landscape of vaccines in development in the UK and internationally. Although we continue to investigate further potential vaccine candidates worldwide, we are currently not able to give any further information on these candidates owing to commercial sensitivity. If we enter into further agreements, we will publish details of those in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/04/2021 16:06:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck