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733060

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Borough Market: Terrorism
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 he will meet Borough Market traders affected by the recent terrorist attack to discuss their business needs.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 June 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-06-23/1002/" target="_blank">1002</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 12:13:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

732519

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Beer: Small Businesses
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 information his Department holds on the number of microbreweries in the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	1143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>While we do not hold information on the number of microbreweries (which are typically identified by the limited amount of beer they produce), data is collected on the number of manufacturers of beer split by employee size-band. As displayed in the table below the number of breweries has increased by over 120%, with the vast majority of this increase being among those enterprises with less than 10 employees.</p><p><strong>Number of Beer Manufacturing Enterprises </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0 to 9 employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UK Business- Activity Size and Location (ONS)</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2017 12:56:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

732570

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Muscular Dystophy
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 ensure that the UK maintains its role in Europe-wide research collaboration into muscular dystrophy after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 June 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-06-21/185/" target="_blank">185</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/06/2017 12:08:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732584

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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: Finance
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 his Department plans to publish a Contract for Difference allowing non-UK renewable energy projects to compete for funding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department is focussed on running competitive auctions to award contracts for difference (CFD) to UK-based renewable electricity projects. There are currently no plans to open the UK CFD scheme to non-UK projects.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/06/2017 10:30:34 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

732598

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Poverty: Consumer Organisations
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 page 56 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to support consumer organisations with funding, capacity and statutory rights, to enable them to analyse data to identify areas of detriment to people in poverty.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The department provides £22.3 million to Citizens Advice and £2.9 million to Citizens Advice Scotland annually in core funding enabling those organisations to use their data to undertake further research to help those most in need, including the vulnerable and those in poverty.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2017 14:18:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732634

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Regional Growth Fund
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 assistance from the Regional Growth Fund is available to companies based in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) was established in 2011 and ran over six competitive rounds supporting a wide range of individual company projects, as well as both national and regional business support schemes. The RGF is on track to deliver £16bn of private sector investment and 557,000 jobs by the mid-2020s.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 14:26:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

732694

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Tidal Lagoons Independent Review
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 he plans to respond to the Hendry Review.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the recommendations of the Hendry Review and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 12:12:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

732713

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
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 his Department will publish its response to the consultation Coal generation in Great Britain, published in November 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	1050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>On 9 November 2016, we launched a consultation on world-leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025. The consultation ended on 8 February and we are currently considering the contributions received. A response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:55:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

732271

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Fracking
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 Government's policy is on fracking.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Shale gas could create a new British industry, provide more jobs and make us less reliant on imports from abroad. The UK has over 50 years’ experience regulating the onshore oil and gas industry, and the Government supports safe and environmentally sound exploration to determine the potential of the UK’s shale gas resources.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:57:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732280

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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, whether the Government intends to introduce a cap on energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to extending price protection currently in place for some vulnerable customers to more customers on the poorest value tariffs. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has written to the CEO of Ofgem to ask what action the regulator intends to take to safeguard customers on these tariffs. I will consider how to proceed in light of their response.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:56:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West