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680970

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Power Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their reported plans to subsidise power stations which provide guaranteed emergency electricity supply when needed on winter weekday evenings, what estimate they have made of the length of time it will take coal and nuclear power stations to reach guaranteed output capacity; and how much notice these power stations will be given of the additional demand.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Where capacity margins narrow beyond a pre-determined threshold, automated Capacity Market Notices are issued to the market providing 4 hours advance notice that additional capacity may be required.</p><p>Before bidding into the Capacity Market, participants must ensure they would be able to meet all the obligations that would fall to them in the event of successfully securing a Capacity Market agreement. Failure to fulfil these obligations during a stress event would result in clear and pre-determined penalties.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/02/2017 14:25:22 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

680971

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Euratom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the effect of the Government's decision to leave Euratom on the cost, safety and regulatory processes associated with existing and planned nuclear power stations.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining the UK’s ability to trade in nuclear materials and equipment will be a key objective in negotiations to allow the uninterrupted progress of the UK’s nuclear programme, which includes existing and planned nuclear power stations. Those negotiations have not yet started, but officials and Ministers are in regular contact with industry stakeholders and will continue to work closely with them as the negotiations progress.</p><p>The Government remains committed to the highest standards of nuclear safety, safeguards and support for the industry, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation will continue to be the independent regulator for the civil nuclear sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/02/2017 15:43:27 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

681275

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cleaning Services
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 hourly pay-rate is for his Department's cleaning staff.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>On average the hourly rate for a cleaning operative is £8.04.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/02/2017 15:24:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

681276

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Environment Protection
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 government funding has been invested in the Capital Markets Climate Initiative since the launch of that initiative.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	62251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>To date, we have invested £2.57million in the Capital Markets Climate Initiative. This was set up to help us understand the barriers to investment in renewable energy projects in developing countries and facilitate the quick transition of such projects from talk to action, with a particular focus on unlocking flows of private finance. The CMCI programme includes the Global Innovation Lab (the ‘Lab’), which has been endorsed by the Leaders of G7 countries. The Lab has so far catalysed $600million of investments through the instruments it has developed.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/02/2017 15:20:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

681277

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 contribution of the Minister for Climate Change and Industry of 11 January 2017, Official Report, column 320, what assessment he has made of the nature of the market failure that the Green Investment Bank was set up to rectify; and if he will publish that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	62145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out the rationale for moving the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to the private sector in its policy statement “Future of UK Green Investment Bank plc” published on 18 November 2015, including the Government’s assessment of the role GIB has played in unlocking private investment in the green economy. The strong market interest in acquiring a stake in GIB since the sale process was launched on 3 March 2016 further demonstrates the positive impact GIB has had in the market.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/02/2017 15:17:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

681278

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Employment: Disability
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 financial support his Department has made available in 2016-17 to assist employers supporting disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	62184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pension’s (DWP) Access to Work scheme provides financial awards to disabled people in order to fund additional support above the level of an employer’s statutory duty to make reasonable adjustments. This supports disabled people to retain work or take up new opportunities, but does not replace employers’ duties under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>In addition, Disability Confident supports this Government’s commitment to halve the employment gap between disabled and non-disabled people by engaging with employers, who have a crucial role to play in ensuring disabled people are recruited, retained and developed in their careers. The scheme gives employers the opportunity to assess how Disability Confident their business is and sign up at one of three levels. They complete each level before moving on to the next.</p><p>DWP is currently trialling a Small Employer Offer, which provides small employers with a personalised package of support, including adaptations and advice and a payment of £500 after three months when they take on new employees who have a health condition or disability.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/02/2017 11:11:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 33896 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

681279

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Industry: Disability
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 meetings and discussions he has had with disability organisations on his Department's industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	62185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The industrial strategy green paper, <em>Building our Industrial Strategy</em>, is part of a consultative approach to developing our strategy and seeks views from organisations across the country, including disability organisations. I look forward to further engagement with them, building on engagement with my officials to date.</p><p>The Government is clear that the industrial strategy is part of our work to deliver an economy that works for everyone, including disabled people. In particular, the Government’s green paper <em>Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper </em>considers how we can improve employment outcomes for disabled people. Many employers are already creating healthy, inclusive workplaces, but more needs to be done so that employers provide the support needed for employees with disabilities and long-term health conditions, to help them get into and stay in work.</p><p>The <em>Improving Lives</em> consultation closes on 17th February, and we will be working to ensure its outcomes are aligned with our industrial strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 62186 question first answered 02/02/2017 14:48:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

681280

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Industry: Disability
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 provision he has made in his Department's industrial strategy for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	62186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The industrial strategy green paper, <em>Building our Industrial Strategy</em>, is part of a consultative approach to developing our strategy and seeks views from organisations across the country, including disability organisations. I look forward to further engagement with them, building on engagement with my officials to date.</p><p>The Government is clear that the industrial strategy is part of our work to deliver an economy that works for everyone, including disabled people. In particular, the Government’s green paper <em>Improving Lives – the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper </em>considers how we can improve employment outcomes for disabled people. Many employers are already creating healthy, inclusive workplaces, but more needs to be done so that employers provide the support needed for employees with disabilities and long-term health conditions, to help them get into and stay in work.</p><p>The <em>Improving Lives</em> consultation closes on 17th February, and we will be working to ensure its outcomes are aligned with our industrial strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 62185 question first answered 02/02/2017 14:48:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

681281

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Euratom
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 he has made of the potential effect of leaving the European Atomic Energy Community on the construction of Hinkley Point C.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	62219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining the UK’s ability to trade in nuclear materials and equipment will be a key objective in negotiations to allow the uninterrupted progress of the UK’s nuclear programme, which includes the construction of Hinkley Point C. Those negotiations have not yet started, but officials and Ministers are in regular contact with industry stakeholders and will continue to work closely with them as the negotiations progress.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2017 16:36:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33851 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

681282

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Euratom
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 he has made of the potential effect of leaving the European Atomic Energy Community on projects that require the co-operation of American nuclear energy companies.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	62220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>Withdrawal from the Euratom Treaty will not diminish the UK's nuclear ambitions for its new build nuclear programme, and the Government remains committed to delivering a world leading nuclear programme in close collaboration with international counterparts, including the USA.</p><p>Non EU countries that have a relationship with Euratom do so mainly through international nuclear cooperation agreements (NCA) with the Euratom Community. These provide frameworks for cooperation in the civil nuclear sector, but are not an absolute requirement for trade in civil nuclear material or goods with every country, and in many cases trade continues without being covered by an NCA.</p><p>We will maintain continuity of cooperation and develop new arrangements as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/02/2017 11:28:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33853 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop