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1384357

registered interest
date	02/12/2021
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	Hydrogen
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 finalise hydrogen business models; and when he plans to publish those models.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	86099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>Alongside its world-leading Hydrogen Strategy, the Government has consulted on a business model to provide revenue support to low carbon hydrogen production plants. Revenue support is needed to close the cost gap, between producing low carbon hydrogen and counterfactual higher carbon fuels, to unlock investment in hydrogen projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is analysing stakeholder responses to the consultation and aims to publish the Government response in Q1 2022, alongside indicative Heads of Terms for the business model contract. The Government aims to finalise the business model in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2021 10:39:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 37566 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1381834

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf
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 offshore oil and gas workers were employed on installations on the UK Continental Shelf in (a) January 2020, (b) January 2021 and (c) in the latest month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of workers employed on offshore oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf. However, industry does compile statistics on the offshore workforce and these figures are provided in the Oil and Gas UK Workforce and Employment Insight Report 2021 (<a href="https://oguk.org.uk/product/workforce-insight-report-2021/" target="_blank">https://oguk.org.uk/product/workforce-insight-report-2021/</a>), which shows the total number of offshore oil and gas workers (personnel on board) at approximately 10,000 in July 2021. This is an increase from around 7,000 offshore oil and gas workers in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/11/2021 18:07:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 35540 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1381835

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Babcock International: CHC Helicopter
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 Competition and Markets Authority plans to reach a decision on whether to launch a phase two investigation of CHC’s takeover of Babcock International’s offshore oil and gas crew transportation services.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is responsible for assessing the risks and benefits of mergers and acquisitions in relation to competition in the UK, is a non-ministerial department which works independently from BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 80987 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:25:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1381838

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Babcock International: CHC Helicopter
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 Civil Aviation Authority has participated in the investigation into CHC’s takeover of Babcock International’s offshore oil and gas crew transportation service which was launched by the Competition and Markets Authority in March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is responsible for assessing the risks and benefits of mergers and acquisitions in relation to competition in the UK, is a non-ministerial department which works independently from BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 80984 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:25:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1361929

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Employment Tribunals Service
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 October 2021 to Question 52489 on Employment Tribunals Service, and with reference to the minutes of the May 2021 meeting of the National Employment Tribunal User Group, published on 2 July 2021, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Law Commission's April 2020 report on Employment Law Hearing Structures.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	59782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Law Commission’s report on Employment Law Hearing Structures, and the detailed consideration the Commission has given to this important topic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering these recommendations and expect that the full responses will be available on the Law Commission website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/10/2021 16:02:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1360770

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Carbon Emissions: Finance
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 funding required to meet the Government's carbon capture 2030 targets.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	58388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>In the Net Zero Strategy published on the 19<sup>th</sup> October, the Government reaffirmed the commitment to supporting Carbon Capture Usage &amp; Storage (CCUS) via the £1 billion CCUS Infrastructure Fund. This will provide industry with the certainty required to deploy CCUS at pace and at scale and will form part of a package of government support, which will also include the Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen Revenue Support (IDHRS) scheme and the £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund supporting both CCS-enabled ‘blue’ and electrolytic ‘green’ hydrogen.[1]</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Sixth-Carbon-Budget-The-UKs-path-to-Net-Zero.pdf" target="_blank">CCC (2020) The Sixth Carbon Budget - The UK's path to Net Zero, Chapter 2, page 126</a></em></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/10/2021 12:30:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 25982 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1360771

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Carbon Capture and Storage: Investment
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 cost effectiveness of investing in carbon, capture, utilization and storage technology.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	58389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>For the UK to keep options open to accommodate the different potential outcomes in 2050, then by 2035 BEIS whole system modelling suggests that for any given level of the sixth carbon budget there should be deployment of low carbon hydrogen, CCS and greenhouse gas removal technologies at scale.[1] This assessment is supported by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) who in their Sixth Carbon Budget advice classified the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a “critical and cost-effective means of meeting the UK’s 2050 Net Zero target”. [2]</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://gateleyhamer-pi.com/filer/sharing/1627550230/10160/#:~:text=The%20Climate%20Change%20Act%20requires%20Parliament%20to%20set%20the%20level,net%20zero%E2%80%9D)%20by%202050." target="_blank">Impact Assessment for the sixth carbon budget</a></em></p><p><em>[2] <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Sixth-Carbon-Budget-The-UKs-path-to-Net-Zero.pdf" target="_blank">CCC (2020) The Sixth Carbon Budget - The UK's path to Net Zero, Chapter 2, page 90</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/10/2021 12:31:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 25980 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1360796

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential financial benefits of investing in carbon, capture, utilization and storage technology.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	58393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>As highlighted in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, investing in carbon, capture, usage and storage will create transformative ‘SuperPlaces’ in areas such as the Humber, North East, North west and southern England, as well as in Scotland and Wales, bringing with it a range of financial benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of CCUS clusters from the mid-2020s will also be a strong enabler for UK exports globally, building UK CCUS expertise and driving international demand for UK CCUS goods and services.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 16:56:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1360797

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of investing in carbon, capture, utilization and storage technology.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	58394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>As outlined within the recently published Net Zero Strategy, carbon, capture, usage and storage will be an exciting new industry to capture the carbon we continue to emit and revitalise the birthplaces of the first industrial revolution. It has the ability to capture CO<sub>2</sub> from power generation, hydrogen production and industrial processes to store it underground or reuse it. In addition, carbon, capture, usage and storage could help support up to 50,000 jobs in 2030, split across industry, power and the transport and storage network.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 16:57:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1357311

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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	Employment Tribunals Service
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 report by the Law Commission, Employment law hearing structures, published in April 2020, whether he has plans to implement the recommendation in that report that the employment tribunal time limit for claims be extended to six months for all types of claim.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	52489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>A claim to an Employment Tribunal must usually be made within three months. For certain claims, redundancy pay or equal pay, the claim must be made within six months. The Employment Tribunals already have the discretion to allow claims submitted out of time, on a case by basis.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/10/2021 14:16:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham