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1378887

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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	Enterprise Zones
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 undertake a review of Enterprise Zones to date to establish whether further steps can be taken to increase their effectiveness.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	75824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Enterprise Zones have been a very successful government policy. They drive growth in local economies, by attracting and supporting businesses, which increases investment and employment to the area. There are no current plans to review Enterprise Zones; however, the experience of delivering Enterprise Zones has informed the development of the Government's new Freeports programme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/11/2021 16:29:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 33417 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1362228

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
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	Heat Pumps: Publicity
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 promote energy efficient heat pump systems to (a) domestic and (b) commercial markets.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	60359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Through its Heat and Buildings Strategy the Government has set out a policy framework to support the development of the heat pump market towards 600,000 installations per year by 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced grants of up to £6,000 for installing heat pumps in homes and small commercial properties, through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. Support for heat pumps in domestic properties is also available via the Home Upgrade Grant and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also consulting on a on a new market-based incentive for heating system manufacturers to be introduced from 2024 and options to phase out new installations of fossil fuel heating in off-gas grid non-domestic buildings from 2024 and homes from 2026.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/10/2021 16:33:54 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27809 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1362307

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
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	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, whether he has made an estimate of the number of additional public facing charging points that will be required for electric vehicles in the next eight years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	60360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Building on the £1.9bn from Spending Review 2020, the Government has committed an additional £620m to support the transition to electric vehicles. The additional funding will support the rollout of charging infrastructure, with a particular focus on local on street residential charging, and targeted plug-in vehicle grants.</p><p> </p><p>Government and industry have supported the installation of almost 26,000 publicly available charging devices. This includes more than 4,900 rapid devices – one of the largest networks in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year Government will publish an EV Infrastructure Strategy to set out the vision and action plan for charging infrastructure rollout needed to achieve the 2030/35 phase out successfully. It will also discuss possible ranges for the numbers of chargepoints required, recognising that charging habits are likely to evolve over time, and that needs will differ between local areas.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/10/2021 16:20:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27808 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1353031

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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	Fraud
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 many people (a) signed up to and (b) have been actively involved with the National Trading Standards' Friends Against Scams initiative in the past twelve months.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	43398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Trading Standards Annual Report (2020-21) states that between April 2020 and March 2021, 324,296 ‘Friends’ have signed up and pledged their action as part of the initiative, which has recently celebrated its fourth anniversary. This brought the total number of ‘Friends’ to 738,440 by the end of March 2021. The initiative gained an additional 292 ‘SCAMchampions’, who drive the initiative forward for example by running in person awareness sessions to recruit ‘Friends’, bringing the total to 2,088. The initiative also gained 5 ‘SCAMbassadors’, who are MPs and senior officials who use their influence to raise the profile of the work and highlight scams at a national level, bring that total to 211. A further 31 national and local organisations have pledged their support to the initiative across the UK, bring that total to 269. Finally, an additional 400 ‘Scam Marshals’ have signed up, who are former targets of scams who help to fight back using their own experiences, bringing that total to 1920.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/09/2021 13:52:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1347628

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 he has made on the North Sea Transition Deal.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	34460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Immediately following the publication of the Deal in March this year, we met with industry, government and regulator members of the North Sea Transition Forum in April to agree our approach to implementing and overseeing the Deal. We have established governance mechanisms to identify near term and longer-term priorities, and to drive progress. As committed in the Deal, we have set up a government-led group to address barriers to electrification of oil and gas platforms. We continue to make progress on the business case for the Global Underwater Hub in Aberdeen and on proposals for spending the £2m allocated in the Budget for the Deal.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/07/2021 13:52:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1347633

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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	Retail Trade: 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 assessment he has made of the long term viability of town centre retailing in response to changes in purchasing behaviour during the covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	34461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises and values the diversity of the retail sector and is clear that it wants to see the sector continue to thrive in all forms and settings, including town centres.</p><p>Retail remains a key part of the high street and thriving town centres will need a strong retail offering. While the trend towards online shopping has been accelerated by Covid-19, 72% of retail sales in 2020 took place in stores and physical retail will remain an important route to consumers.</p><p>The Retail Sector Council remains a key part of working to address the challenges the sector faces and on 15 July. The Government published the Build Back Better High Streets Strategy, which sets out our long-term plan to support the evolution of high streets into thriving places to work, visit and live. The report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/build-back-better-high-streets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/build-back-better-high-streets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2021 13:51:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1347285

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
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 Jobs Taskforce
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 budget is of the Green Jobs Taskforce in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	33860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The independent Green Jobs Taskforce has concluded its work, with the publication of its recommendations to government, industry and skills sector on the 14th July 2021. Government will now consider these recommendations as part of the development of our Net Zero Strategy, building on the work already underway to deliver the skills for net zero.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already invested in a variety of initiatives that will boost green skills and jobs across the country, including a wide range of green apprenticeships; Green Skills Bootcamps; the Emerging Skills Electrification Project; and, Free Courses for Jobs, backed by £95 million from the National Skills Fund, to allow adults to take a Level 3 qualification for free. Additionally, as part of our initial response to the Taskforce's independent report, we have announced a cross-cutting delivery group to oversee the development and delivery of the Government’s plans for green jobs and skills.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/07/2021 16:24:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1346762

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Nursing and Midwifery Council: 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 changes have been introduced as a result of the investigation by the Financial Reporting Council into NMC Health’s insolvency in 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	33131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council’s investigation into the audit of the accounts of NMC Health for the year ended 31 December 2018 was launched in May 2020 under the FRC’s Audit Enforcement Procedure and is ongoing. The Government is committed to restoring trust in audit and corporate governance as set out in the white paper published in March this year. The Government will consider the findings of the Financial Reporting Council’s investigation when it is concluded.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/07/2021 16:29:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1345801

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
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	Minimum Wage: Young People
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 of young people who will benefit from the increase in the national minimum wage announced in April 2021.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	31330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>Through the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage, the Government protects the lowest paid within our society. On 1 April 2021, the Government increased the minimum wage rates for all age groups. Young people and apprentices saw above inflation increases in the National Minimum Wage rates of between 1.5% and 3.6% on 1 April 2021. In addition, the reduction in the National Living Wage age threshold from 25+ to 23+ gave an extra 71p per hour to those aged 23 and 24 – the largest individual increase for this group ever.</p><p> </p><p>Our best estimates suggest that over 300,000 workers aged 16-24 benefitted from the rise in the National Minimum Wage. This consists of under 100,000 23-24 year olds, over 100,000 21-22 year olds, approximately 90,000 18-20 year olds and around 20,000 16-17 year olds. Furthermore, around 30,000 Apprentices of all ages also received a pay rise as a result of the April 2021 uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on the impact of the rate increases on young people are contained in the 2021 Impact Assessment <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348219586/impacts" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/07/2021 13:13:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1345978

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
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	Innovation: Northern Ireland
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 funding from the public purse the Government plans to disburse in Northern Ireland through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	31331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>The Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) is open to all regions of the UK, including Northern Ireland. The Government’s £1bn investment in innovation through the NZIP will support levelling-up and will support the best ideas and organisations, wherever they are based.</p><p> </p><p>All grants through the programme will be awarded on the basis of fair and open competition. As a result, we cannot determine how much grant funding will go to any particular region.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 15/07/2021 12:55:47 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell