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1355282

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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 Supply: Costs
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 make representations to Ofgem on ensuring that its supplier licensing proposals do not cause significant mutualisation costs for consumers.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	49296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>Ofgem has been clear that their supplier licence reforms aim to ensure suppliers have the capacity and capability to effectively serve their customers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 16:13:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1355293

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Housing: 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, if he will tackle gaps in consumer protections for people making energy efficiency improvements to homes and installing low-carbon heating in the forthcoming Net Zero Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	49093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that improvements meet high standards and provide appropriate consumer protection.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy will look to further address consumer protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 16:14:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1355299

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Air Pollution: Scotland
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 sources his Department uses when reporting gaseous emissions allocated to Scotland prior to those statistics being integration within the statistics for the UK as a whole.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	49286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory estimates annual air quality and greenhouse gas pollutant emissions for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 16:16:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1355302

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Listed Buildings
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 10 September 2021 to Question 44165 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Listed Buildings, if he will publish a list of the (a) properties classified as heritage assets owned by his Department, (b) the most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) the annual income derived from those properties as opposed to the details of the body responsible for advising him on those properties' management.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	49013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The following table provides a list of heritage assets recorded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, alongside valuation and income data where available:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Property</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Annual Income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Valuation 31.03.21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pelham House (ID 1356190), <br>Pelham House North Lodge (ID 1086590), <br>Pelham House South Lodge (ID 1356193)</p></td><td><p>£120,051</p></td><td><p>£1,045,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calder Farm Stangs Cottage (ID 1068621)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seascale Hall (ID 13360641)</p></td><td><p>£16,000</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkeley Summerhouse (ID 1274730)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seascale Farm stone circle</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bushy House (ID 1089870)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dounreay Castle (ID SM6401)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cnoc-na-h’Uiseig Chambered Cairn (ID SM444)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knock Stanger Cairn (ID SM458)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dragon Square Garden (ID 422271)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Sylvia Crowe Garden (ID 422272)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cestyll Garden (ID 301555)</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/09/2021 15:32:47 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1355348

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	New Businesses: Scotland
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 financial total of Start Up Loans issued in the Scottish Borders is as at 14 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	49231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>Start Up Loans, offered by the Government’s British Business Bank, provide government-backed loans and support for businesses who struggle to access other forms of finance. Since the scheme launched in 2012 to the end of July 2021, the total value of Start Up Loans issued in the Scottish Borders was £796,381, with 95 loans issued.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/09/2021 16:50:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1355358

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Sick Leave: Coronavirus
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 prevent companies using the Bradford Factor from penalising employees who are forced to self-isolate.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	49295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Government guidance is clear that employers should support employees who have to self-isolate. It is also clear that they should exercise discretion about the need for medical evidence where an employee is advised to self-isolate in accordance with public health advice.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/09/2021 15:25:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 22421 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1355394

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Business: Subsidies
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 estimate he has made of the total value of reported Government subsidies to businesses as at 14 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	49082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>According to the most recent available State Aid Scoreboard, the total reported subsidies between 2010 and 2019 in the United Kingdom was €80.1bn for non-agricultural subsidies. Data covering 2020 will be included in the next annual report of the State Aid Scoreboard.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the period from 01 January 2021 is held on the UK’s publicly-accessible subsidy Transparency Database.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/09/2021 17:01:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1355421

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Post Offices: Access
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 his Department has made on meeting Post Office Access Criteria that (a) 90 per cent of the population are within one mile of the nearest Post Office branch and (b) 99 per cent of the population are within three miles of the nearest Post Office branch.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	49173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>POL operates the largest and most dispersed retail network in the UK, with more than 11,500 branches offering a portfolio of services across: mails &amp; parcels, cash &amp; banking, financial services, identity and telecoms markets.</p><p> </p><p>Apart from during the pandemic when agreed waivers were in place, since 2013/14 Post Office has consistently met the access criteria and remains committed to meeting the access criteria and minimum branch numbers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/09/2021 16:48:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 22420 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1355441

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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 placed advance purchase orders for (a) next-generation universal coronavirus or (b) nasal-spray covid-19 vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	49110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK government has secured early access to 332 million vaccines doses through supply agreements with five separate vaccine developers. This includes agreements with:</p><ul><li>Pfizer/BioNTech for 135​ million doses</li><li>University of Oxford/AstraZeneca for 100 million doses</li><li>Moderna for 17 million doses</li><li>Novavax for 60 million doses</li><li>Janssen for 20 million doses.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We have not purchased any next-generation universal coronavirus or nasal-spray covid-19 vaccines; however, the Vaccine Taskforce keeps our portfolio and emerging vaccines under review.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/09/2021 16:41:14 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1355456

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Business: Ventilation
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 has taken to inform businesses in the (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure sectors of the role of ventilation in inhibiting the spread of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	49115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Working Safely <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank">guidance</a> encourages businesses to ensure that their ventilation is adequate as a mitigation against COVID-19. We have amplified messages around ventilation through our wider engagement with businesses including regular discussions with sector bodies and meetings with business representatives.</p><p> </p><p>Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has also used existing communication routes to direct members of their Hospitality Industry Liaison Forum to their ventilation guidance. To increase messaging impact, BEIS added a link to a HSE video on ventilation to our Working Safely guidance. Our guidance is kept under constant review and is updated when new evidence arises.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/09/2021 16:32:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker