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1580596

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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	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, what steps he is taking with his Cabinet colleagues to support businesses with energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	132544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges that businesses are facing and is committed to helping ensure they are able to thrive. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible businesses that receive their energy from licensed suppliers, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, will run from April until March 2024, and continue to provide a discount to eligible businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 09:21:19 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1580403

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	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, what steps he is taking to help support households with their energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	131457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>In order to support households with energy bills, the Government has set up the Energy Bills Support Scheme which is delivering a £400 non-repayable government discount this winter.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Price Guarantee reduces the amount a household is charged per unit of gas or electricity, to an annual equivalent of around £2,500 for a typical household in Great Britain from 1 October 2022 to end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For households that use alternative fuels such as biomass, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or heating oil, the Alternative Fuel Payment scheme will deliver an additional £200.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 16:55:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1546276

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
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	Minerals: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will make an assessment of the potential contribution of onshore UK critical mineral supply chains to the levelling up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	902481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>A secure supply of critical minerals is fundamental to supporting almost all other UK manufacturing industries – such as automotive, aerospace, defence, energy and electronics. Without a reliable supply of critical minerals, the health of these industries, and the communities in which they operate would be adversely affected.</p><p> </p><p>The Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the Government’s ambition to increase domestic capabilities in critical mineral supply chain, which has the potential to create well-paid jobs and boost productivity, particularly in areas such as Cornwall, Merseyside and Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/11/2022 14:12:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1544484

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Rural Areas
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 ensure that support for energy bills is available to rural households that are not on the gas and electricity grids.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	93715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Alternative Fuel Payment scheme will provide a one-off payment to UK (GB and NI) households that use alternative fuels for heating, such as heating oil or LPG, instead of mains gas. This will ensure that those who do not benefit from the Energy Price Guarantee for fuel they use to heat their homes receive support for the cost of the fuel they do use.</p><p> </p><p>£400 of EBSS Alternative Funding will be made available for those who do not have a direct contract with an electricity supplier or an electricity meter and will therefore not receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme directly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 93716 question first answered 30/11/2022 17:09:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1544485

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Rural Areas
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 recent steps his Department has taken to help support off-grid consumers with their energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	93716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Alternative Fuel Payment scheme will provide a one-off payment to UK (GB and NI) households that use alternative fuels for heating, such as heating oil or LPG, instead of mains gas. This will ensure that those who do not benefit from the Energy Price Guarantee for fuel they use to heat their homes receive support for the cost of the fuel they do use.</p><p> </p><p>£400 of EBSS Alternative Funding will be made available for those who do not have a direct contract with an electricity supplier or an electricity meter and will therefore not receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme directly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 93715 question first answered 30/11/2022 17:09:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1330643

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
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, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to support the development of covid-19 vaccines (a) in the UK and (b) throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	12350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has worked at pace to find safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 as quickly as possible. We have supported the development of COVID-19 vaccines in the UK through a number of investments, including:</p><ul><li>£20 million to fund clinical trials of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.</li><li>Over £40 million for the development of Imperial College London’s vaccine.</li><li>£33.6 million for the Human Challenge Programme.</li><li>£22 million for a world-leading study to test the effectiveness of combinations of different COVID-19 vaccines. This will also fund the world’s first study assessing the effectiveness of a third dose of vaccine to improve the response against current and future variants of COVID-19.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government has also funded the NHS Registry, developed by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), to enable individuals to sign up to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials. This has made the UK well-suited to facilitate clinical trials that are essential to the development of any vaccine. As of 9 June 2021, over 502,000 people had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also joined COVAX, an international initiative to support the discovery, manufacture, and fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the world. This includes contributing £548 million, as one of the largest donors, to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, which has already helped over 72 low- and middle-income countries to receive vaccine doses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Government has invested over £300 million to secure and scale-up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic, as well as any future pandemics.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/06/2021 13:17:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1282385

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Renewable Heat Incentive 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 plans his Department has to replace the non-domestic renewal heat incentive scheme; and when he will publish those plans.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	147098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>From April to July 2020, the Department consulted on “Future support for low carbon heat”, setting out proposals for future schemes to follow the closure of the Renewable Heat Incentive. A government response to this consultation will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also planning to publish a<em><sup> </sup>Heat and Buildings Strategy </em>in due course, which will set out the immediate actions we will take to reduce emissions from buildings.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/02/2021 11:14:26 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan previous answer version 80277 answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1282386

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
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	Geothermal 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential of geothermal energy to contribute to the UK's net zero target.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	147099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>The most promising use of geothermal energy in the UK is for low temperature applications such as district heating schemes. We have been providing support to the deployment of district heat networks from geothermal through the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) and the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).</p><p> </p><p>The £270m Green Network Heat fund is still at an early stage of scheme development, and we will be issuing a consultation response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also funded the £31m UK Geoenergy Observatories which will provide a world class infrastructure for a wide range of geoenergy related research including geothermal.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/02/2021 11:12:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan previous answer version 80280 answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1273253

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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	Business: Disclosure of Information
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 (a) enforce and (b) ensure businesses' compliance with the requirements of Regulation 28 of The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	133303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>If Companies House are made aware of a company whose trading disclosures do not comply with Companies Act requirements, they will contact the company concerned to clarify the position. If necessary, they will advise the company that it is committing an offence and request that it updates any non-compliant information.</p><p> </p><p>The primary aim is to seek compliance. If the company refuses to comply, Companies House will consider taking prosecution action as a last resort.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/01/2021 15:53:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1236495

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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
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 is being made on the development of a covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	91740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is leading efforts to find and manufacture a vaccine, working with industry and experts, both here in the UK and internationally to ensure we are in the best position possible to support the discovery, manufacture and mass-deployment of a successful vaccine should a candidate prove successful. A number of agreements to procure millions of doses of vaccines have been made, ensuring the greatest possible chance of securing access to a safe and effective vaccine. The UK has now secured access to 6 different candidates, across 4 different vaccines types, including University of Oxford’s vaccine being developed with AstraZeneca and agreements with BioNTech/Pfizer alliance, Valneva, Novavax, Janssen and GSK/Sanofi Pasteur.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 22/09/2020 15:14:07 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan