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882238

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Space Technology
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 using local enterprise (a) zones and (b) partnerships to help support the UK's space launch industry.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK Space Agency is leading on the development of new commercial markets for small satellite launch and sub-orbital flight in the UK. As part of this it is working with Enterprise Zones (EZs) and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) across the UK to support growth in their local space economies</p><p> </p><p>In addition the UK Space Agency has commissioned the UK Knowledge Transfer Network to provide an independent assessment of the current and potential strengths of UK companies that could supply space launch related goods and services. It is also supporting a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy sponsored science and innovation audit which will include an assessment of current UK space launch industry capabilities and the potential to develop the new capabilities required to play a leading role in this emerging market.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/04/2018 10:57:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865198

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	National Grid
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 discussions his Department has had with National Grid on its superfast charging network; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Provision of rapid charging infrastructure at Motorway Service Areas will be an important part of the future electric vehicle charging network. The Office for Low Emission Vehicles has met with National Grid on three occasions in recent months as one of a number of stakeholders that we talk to regularly to ensure our electricity system is prepared for the rollout of electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/03/2018 13:00:41 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865199

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 the Government is taking to ensure the adequacy of motorway electric vehicle infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Across the UK, almost all Motorway Service Areas already have at least one rapid chargepoint, and some have several. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill currently going through Parliament contains new regulatory powers to require the installation of chargepoints at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers if there are insufficient levels of infrastructure at these locations to support growing numbers of electric vehicles. Highways England has committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/03/2018 16:27:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

847768

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Forests: North of England
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on ensuring that the new Northern Forest ameliorates the aesthetic effect of national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	129444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers from this Department have had no discussions with Ministers from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 16:10:44 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

825690

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Space Technology: Mining
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 is taking steps to attract the asteroid mining industry to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	123758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK Space Agency is supporting the British Space Sector including exciting new commercial ideas such as the robotic assembly and servicing of satellites in space and aligning UK leadership in small satellite manufacture with our ambition to enable commercial small satellite launch from UK spaceports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/01/2018 13:22:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

809768

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Manufacturing Industries
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) encourage domestic investment and (b) raise productivity in the manufacturing sector.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	120388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we will make sure that we are using all the tools we have to boost local growth, encouraging domestic investment and productivity.</p><p>We need credible long-term strategies to help local economies, which is what local industrial strategies will do. Based on rigorous analysis, they will identify local strengths, future opportunities and the action needed in each area to boost productivity and competiveness.</p><p>We will increase the National Productivity Investment Fund from £8 billion to £31billion and extending it to 2022-23. We are launching an action plan to unlock over £20 billion of patient capital investment to finance growth in innovative firms over 10 years. As part of this, we will establish a new £2.5 billion Investment Fund in the British Business Bank. We are increasing R&amp;D tax credits for large businesses from 11% to 12% from January 2018, as part of the drive to increase R&amp;D investment to 2.4% by 2027.</p><p>We will invest a further £725m in a second wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund across the UK to respond to some of the greatest global challenges and opportunities and support sector productivity. We are also continuing to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapults, which we have invested £300 million over the past 5 years, to support commercialisation of the innovation of new technologies that will be crucial to UK manufacturing success.</p><p>The new Industrial Strategy Council will be tasked with taking a long term view and will be responsible for putting the right evaluation and reporting structures in place to assess the progress of our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/12/2017 15:40:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

809769

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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: Meters
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 the Government has made on meeting the 2020 target for the roll out of smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	120389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to the roll-out of smart meters being delivered by the end of 2020. It is a vital upgrade to national infrastructure that will make the energy market work better for consumers, taking £300m off domestic energy bills in 2020 alone and provide the platform for a smart energy system.</p><p> </p><p>As of 30 September 2017, there are over 8.6 million smart and advanced meters operating in households and small businesses and around 350,000 are being installed every month, helping people to save money and take control of their energy use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/12/2017 10:39:56 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

809771

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Electronic Equipment: Counterfeit Manufacturing
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 stop the sale of fake branded electronics which may cause fires.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	120391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government works in partnership with industry and law enforcement to reduce the supply to consumers of all forms of counterfeit goods.</p><p> </p><p>The Intellectual Property Office’s intelligence hub supports intellectual property (IP) enforcement activity undertaken by regional Trading Standards teams, the Police IP Crime Unit and Border Force. Recent work has focussed on tackling the supply of illicit streaming devices, which are known to present a substantial fire and electrical shock risk.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/12/2017 10:45:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

802200

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Accountancy
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 the accurate accounting of (a) AI Programs, (b) Blockchain and (c) other Fin Tech, a report of a company's business model.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	117887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>For the purposes of company reporting these items (i.e. AI Programs, Blockchain and other Fin Tech) would be treated as intangible assets.</p><p>The Companies Act 2006 requirements for Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups, includes a balance sheet heading “Intangible Assets” to be included on the face of the balance sheet as well as a specific sub-heading for, “concessions, patents, licences, trademarks, and similar rights and assets”. We would expect AI programs, Blockchain and Fin Tech to be accounted for under this heading.</p><p>For additional clarity UK generally accepted accounting practices (GAAP) also require detailed disclosures on intangible assets, where they are material to the company’s financial position, to be included in the notes attached to the financial statements.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2017 16:03:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

797535

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
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	Post Offices: Bank 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, whether his Department is taking steps to raise awareness of the banking services that Post Office branches provide.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	116498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing universal banking access for all consumers and small businesses in the UK - 99% of UK personal bank customers and 95% of small business accounts can withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK’s network of 11,600 post offices.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the Post Office is working to increase public awareness of its banking services. There is a series of ongoing in-branch campaigns, a recent one seeing 7,000 post office branches advertising banking services nationwide. The Post Office is also working in conjunction with UK banks to launch a series of campaigning initiatives through the next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/12/2017 11:18:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy