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1301794

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Blackmore Bond: Insolvency
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 specific steps his Department is taking in response to the statutory report filed with his Department by the Joint Administrators of Blackmore Bond plc on the conduct of the Directors of Blackmore Bond plc during the three years immediately prior to the company going into administration.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	167260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The content of the joint administrators’ report on the conduct of the directors of Blackmore Bond Plc is currently being investigated by the Insolvency Service.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:49:23 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1301810

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Home Energy and Lifestyle Management
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 information his Department holds on the number of appeals to the First Tier Tribunal as a result of sanction notices issued in response to complaints which do not concern mis-selling as their subject matter but which are related to the activities of Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS).
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	167253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>To date, no appeals have been made to the First Tier Tribunal in relation to complaints which are related to HELMS but do not concern mis-selling.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 16/03/2021 17:15:43 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1301811

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal 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 the total cost to the public purse is of expenditure by his Department on (a) Government Legal Department costs and (b) external legal advice on complaints related to the sale of Green Deal plans by Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS).
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	167254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Since 2017, the Department has incurred £309,992 on external legal advice in relation to Green Deal activity. This figure cannot easily be disaggregated to give a total for purely HELMS-related costs. The Department has also incurred £79,787 in fees from the Government Legal Department on First Tier Tribunal litigation related to the sale of Green Deal plans by HELMS. The Department gave external legal instructions for a small amount of work prior to 2017 but the details of costs are not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 16/03/2021 17:17:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1301821

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Restart Grant 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 estimate he has made of the number businesses eligible in each local authority for restart grants; and how much funding each local authority area will receive through those grants.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	167208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is using information on eligible businesses, held by the Valuation Office Agency, to help determine the level of support each Local Authority requires.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that over 680,000 businesses will benefit from the new £5bn Restart Grant scheme, and in the coming weeks we will be communicating the level of funding each Local Authority will receive, including publishing on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:50:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1301822

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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: Grants
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 restart grants announced in the Budget 2021, how much funding each local authority will receive to administer those grants; and what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that will be eligible for that grant in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	167209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is using information on eligible businesses, held by the Valuation Office Agency, to help determine the level of support each Local Authority requires.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that over 680,000 businesses will benefit from the new £5bn Restart Grant scheme, and in the coming weeks we will be communicating the level of funding each Local Authority will receive, including publishing on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:44:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1301916

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Re-employment
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 ACAS has completed its work into fire and rehire practices; on what date ACAS shared its insights with officials at his Department; if he will publish the ACAS report’s findings; and on what date he plans to publish the Government’s response to that report’s findings.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	167213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department engaged ACAS to gather evidence of how fire and rehire is being used and they have concluded their work.</p><p> </p><p>ACAS engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are now giving this evidence due consideration, and the Government will communicate our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:47:51 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1301925

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Burlington House: Rents
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 effect of rent increases at Burlington House on (a) STEM skills, (b) scientific research and (c) international scientific collaboration.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	167153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government appreciates the great work of the UK’s many great Learned Societies, including those located at Burlington House. They have made vast contributions to their respective fields over their long histories, and are vital to the networking, visibility, and overall health of the disciplines they represent.</p><p>We recognise the proposed rent increases do introduce a challenge to their current level of operations. Learned Societies are independent of government and will be best placed to make decisions on how they can best move forward and adapt to changing circumstances. We hope they will continue to make the contributions that they do to STEM skills, Scientific Research, and International Collaboration. I am aware that the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government, along with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, are exploring whether there is a solution that can deliver value for taxpayers and help the Learned Societies to remain at New Burlington House.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/03/2021 15:22:40 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1302003

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Paula Vennells
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 Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 160543 on Paula Vennells, for what reason his Department made a different judgement on whether the costs of publishing the correspondence were disproportionate for (a) January to June 2013 and (b) July to December 2013.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	167167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials consider several factors when assessing whether a request can be obtained at proportionate cost. One such factor is the time a request is made. A request made close to the time it is requesting information from is easier to process and respond to. A request sent a significant time after an event is much more difficult to process in a timely way, as it involves a recall of historic records by the records team.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:46:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1302010

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery 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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the deadline for the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme on the development of sustainable jobs and skills.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	167341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) scheme which supports energy efficiency and low carbon heat projects for low-income households is being delivered in three phases:</p><p>- Phase 1A; over £74million was allocated to 55 Local Authorities in October 2020 to be delivered by June 2021.</p><p>- Phase 1B:  around £126million has been allocated to 81 Local Authorities for delivery by September 2021.</p><p>- Phase 2: funding of £300m has been allocated to the five Local Energy Hubs, who will work with Local Authorities in their region to deliver projects by December 2021.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS estimates the LAD Scheme will support on average 8,000 jobs per annum over the years 2020/21 and 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 16/03/2021 17:14:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1302015

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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 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, when the results of the consultation entitled, Aligning UK international support for the clean energy transition, which concluded on 8 February 2021, will be published.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	167272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government is now considering the information received and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 16/03/2021 17:12:37 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook