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1050394

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Renewable Energy
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 the Government has to support community energy generation after the closure of the feed-in-tariff scheme in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	214049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is considering its future approach and what measures might be taken to support the efforts of community organisations who want to invest in low-carbon energy installations as part of its consultation on a Smart Export Guarantee which was published on 8 January. The consultation is open until 5 March and can be assessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/02/2019 14:53:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1050426

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Iron and Steel
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 assessment he has made of the effect on the UK steel sector of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	214010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants a smooth and orderly exit from the EU, with a deal that protects our union, gives us control of our borders, laws and money, and means that we have an independent trade policy.</p><p> </p><p>On 28<sup>th</sup> November 2018 the Government laid before Parliament the following document intended to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny ahead of the Meaningful Vote on the final deal: “EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis”.</p><p> </p><p>This has been published on GOV.UK. The Government has therefore delivered on its commitment to provide Parliament with a robust, objective assessment of how exiting the EU may affect the economy of the UK, sectors (including steel), nations and regions in the long run.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has and will continue to undertake extensive stakeholder engagement to understand the implications of the impacts of different no deal scenarios on different sectors including the steel sector.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/02/2019 13:12:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1050450

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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: Brexit
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 16 January 2019 to Question 207549 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit, how much of the £375 million allocated to his Department for Brexit preparations in 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been allocated to preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	213893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£286m of additional funding for 17/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 17/18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.)</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 18/19. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, made on the 13th March, 2018:</li></ul><p>(<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><ul><li>Over £2bn of additional funding for 19/20. A full breakdown of the allocations can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, made on the 18th December, 2018: (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>)</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the financial year 2018/19, BEIS was allocated an additional £185.1m for EU exit work by HM Treasury. The equivalent figure for 2019/20 is £190m. No-deal funding is aggregated as part of the Department’s overall spend and therefore cannot be reported separately.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/02/2019 13:10:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1050508

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Telecommunications: National Security
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 39 of the Government white paper entitled National Security and Investment, published in June 2018, whether the proposed Government powers will permit the exclusion of a company supplying UK telecoms critical national infrastructure with equipment on national security grounds.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	214092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The proposed regime described in the National Security and Investment White Paper will ensure that we have the right powers to protect national security from hostile actors using ownership of, or influence over, businesses and assets to harm the country. The proposed regime is not designed to enable the Government to intervene in existing relationships between suppliers. The Government does however have a comprehensive range of powers to protect national security.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is leading a cross-government review into the supply chain arrangements for the UK’s telecoms infrastructure. The review will consider the full UK market position, including economic prosperity, corporate and consumer effects, and quality, resilience and security standards of equipment.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/02/2019 13:13:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1050509

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Companies: National Security
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 39 of the Government white paper entitled National Security and Investment, published in June 2018, who he plans to consult when determining whether to exclude a company on national security grounds.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	214093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The proposed regime described in the National Security and Investment White Paper, would require the Minister to take in account all relevant considerations when making a decision. This will include consulting other departments, where relevant, to enable an informed decision to be made.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/02/2019 13:13:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1050528

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Innovation and Science
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 18 December 2018 to Question 203356 on Innovation and Science, what the reason is for the delay in publication of the third wave of Science and Innovation Audits.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	214098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The wave three reports were completed in late summer and the consortia are already using them, for example in helping to develop the Local Industrial Strategies. They will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/02/2019 15:15:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1050553

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Electrical Goods: Import Controls
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 effectiveness of Safety at Ports and Borders to prevent counterfeit electrical goods from entering the UK (a) currently and (b) after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	214110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>This is done independently by National Trading Standards, and is publicly available here: <a href="https://www.nationaltradingstandards.uk/uploads/annual%20report%202017-18%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nationaltradingstandards.uk/uploads/annual%20report%202017-18%20final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/02/2019 14:31:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1050561

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Electrical Goods: Sales
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 merits of introducing legislative proposals for further regulation to tackle online (a) platforms and (b) retail sites that allow the sale of counterfeit and substandard electrical goods.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	214116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes the existing legislative framework is robust and enables the appropriate action to be taken against online platforms and retail sites that allow sales of counterfeit and substandard electrical goods.</p><p>The UK was ranked 3rd in the world for its overall IP system by Taylor Wessing in their latest Global IP Index (GIPI) in 2016.</p><p>The UK’s IP enforcement regime specifically was ranked 2nd in the world in the US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) IP Index 2018.</p><p>The UK is regularly ranked among the top couple of countries in the world for IP protection. Online platforms that fall under UK law have clearly defined responsibilities to take down listings for illegal goods once notified, and the leading platforms have been proactive in developing systems to assist IP rights holders to request takedowns effectively. Examples include the eBay VeRO system, the Amazon Brand Registry, and Ali Baba’s AliProtect.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/02/2019 17:20:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1050562

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Electrical Goods: Import Controls
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 merits of providing additional funding to Safety at Ports and Borders to prevent counterfeit and substandard electrical goods from being imported.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	214117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is providing increased support for local authority led teams at ports and borders, including the National Trading Standards Safety at Ports project. This aims to improve the capacity and capability of local Trading Standards conducting checks on goods entering the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 06/02/2019 17:43:12 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1050563

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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	Electrical Goods: Sales
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 his Department will make an estimate of the (a) number of fulfilment houses that are operating in the United Kingdom that are selling counterfeit and substandard electrical goods and (b) cost to the UK economy of such fulfilment houses.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	214118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Electrical goods must meet essential safety requirements before they can be placed on the UK market, whoever has done so.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards is improving its intelligence gathering and sharing on fulfilment houses and is working closely with partners to support operational activity targeting and addressing any non-compliances identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 05/02/2019 12:10:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris