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1467629

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date	06/06/2022
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	Quantum 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 steps he is taking to help ensure UK capability for the manufacture of quantum (a) devices and (b) systems.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	13111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The National Quantum Technologies Programme, which is set to see £1 billion of public and private funding through its 10 year lifetime (2014-2024), is a collaboration between government, industry, and academia to drive the development of transformative research, products, and services in quantum. As part of this, UK Research and Innovation’s £173 million Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge (part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund) includes dedicated funding for projects to remove the obstacles to scale up and to support manufacturing and system or service development. UK academia and industry have been further supported by bodies such as the Compound Semiconductor Catapult and the National Physical Laboratory’s Quantum Metrology Institute to test and validate quantum technologies. In order to build on these existing initiatives, the UK Government is developing a national strategy to be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/06/2022 13:13:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1467668

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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	Park Homes: 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 take steps to ensure that park home residents receive the full benefit of the support available to households to help meet the rise in the cost of energy.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	13025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aware that not all households have electricity provided through a domestic electricity supply contract, such as mobile home residents. The Government raised this in its technical consultation on the Energy Bills Support Scheme. Households without a domestic electricity supply contract are not eligible for the scheme and the Government is exploring options for other ways in which they might receive similar support. The responses to this consultation are being analysed and a response will be published later in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/06/2022 14:18:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1467689

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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	Warm Home Discount 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, whether support is available to people who fall within the Broader Group eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme but who cannot receive a payment as a result of the limit on the number of customers who can benefit.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	13095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Energy suppliers participating in the Warm Home Discount scheme have discretion over the criteria they use to determine which households qualify for support under the Broader Group. They are given minimum targets for Broader Group payments set by the Government, but suppliers can make further payments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/06/2022 14:18:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1467711

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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	Fuels: County Durham
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 a recent assessment of the level of disparity in prices for petrol and diesel across County Durham.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	13241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government publishes weekly national average pump prices for both petrol and diesel online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices</a>. The Government does not collect data at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>The difference in retail prices largely reflects a difference in traded wholesale prices for the two fuels. The wholesale cost of diesel is often higher than for petrol. This is because UK and European refineries were historically set up at a time when petrol was the dominant fuel in demand. Consequently, the UK is a net importer of diesel but a net exporter of petrol.</p><p> </p><p>The Government analysis shows that petrol and diesel prices are mainly driven by the price of crude oil (priced in US$) and exchange rates. These are also influenced by a range of factors, which can create small price differences in the short term. This includes balance of demand and supply for individual fuels, levels of oil stocks, changes to the costs of biofuels, and distribution and retail costs.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 13242 question first answered 09/06/2022 14:19:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1467712

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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	Fuels: County Durham
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 assessment he has made of trends in the price of petrol and diesel in County Durham.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	13242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government publishes weekly national average pump prices for both petrol and diesel online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices</a>. The Government does not collect data at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>The difference in retail prices largely reflects a difference in traded wholesale prices for the two fuels. The wholesale cost of diesel is often higher than for petrol. This is because UK and European refineries were historically set up at a time when petrol was the dominant fuel in demand. Consequently, the UK is a net importer of diesel but a net exporter of petrol.</p><p> </p><p>The Government analysis shows that petrol and diesel prices are mainly driven by the price of crude oil (priced in US$) and exchange rates. These are also influenced by a range of factors, which can create small price differences in the short term. This includes balance of demand and supply for individual fuels, levels of oil stocks, changes to the costs of biofuels, and distribution and retail costs.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 13241 question first answered 09/06/2022 14:19:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1467377

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
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 funding his Department plans to allocate to local authorities to enable (a) the development of local retrofit supply chains and (b) insulation of local authority housing stock.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	11828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>In 2020 and 2021, the Government spent almost £6 million on the BEIS Skills Training Competition scheme which delivered around 7000 training opportunities for energy efficiency and low carbon heating supply chains. The Government is exploring options for further funding but at present has no plans to directly fund local authorities for supply chain development.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has allocated £800m to Wave 2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, which is planned to be open to all registered providers of social housing, including private and local authority providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/06/2022 16:40:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1467379

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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: Insulation
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 establish an insulation programme that offers grant funding for people who are not able to afford the up-front costs of home insulation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	11830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £6.6 billion over this parliament to improve energy efficiency, supporting schemes such as the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, Home Upgrade Grant, and Local Authority Delivery scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also published the consultation response for the next Energy Company Obligation, helping low-income households across Great Britain benefit from insulation and heating measures.</p><p> </p><p>For those not eligible for funding, the Government recognises long-term finance will be essential. The Government is working with mortgage lenders to support homeowners improve the energy performance of their properties, and with the UK Infrastructure Bank as it considers investment opportunities including those to improve energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/06/2022 16:24:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1467393

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board
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 17 May 2022 to Question 298 on the Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Board, what plans he has to publish the (a) agendas, (b) minutes and (c( papers for the meetings of that Board.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	11713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Oxford East on 6th June 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-26/9997" target="_blank">9997</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/06/2022 15:59:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1467407

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Directors: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on how many occasions the Official Receiver has issued legal proceedings against a disqualified director for the recovery of assets in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	11672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Information on the issuing of legal proceedings by the Official Receiver against disqualified directors is not collated and is not readily available. As part of their duties, where the Official Receiver is liquidator, they may instruct solicitors to take recovery action against directors, whether disqualified or not. Many cases are resolved without the need to issue legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/06/2022 13:46:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1467408

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Directors: Disqualification
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 average (a) cost is incurred by the Insolvency Service of each director disqualification it has undertaken and (b) length of time taken by the Insolvency Service to secure a director disqualification, from the date at which the office holder's report on the director's conduct is submitted to the Insolvency Service, for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	11673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service does not currently record the average cost of a disqualification, however where a case goes to court, the Insolvency Service’s costs are calculated on individual cases for the purpose of seeking costs.</p><p>The Insolvency Service records the average time from the date of insolvency to disqualification. The average time for each of the last five years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>2021-22</em></p></td><td><p><em>22.1 months</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2020-21</em></p></td><td><p><em>21.7 months</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2019-20</em></p></td><td><p><em>19.8 months</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2018-19</em></p></td><td><p><em>19.9 months</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2017-18</em></p></td><td><p><em>20.4 months</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/06/2022 13:47:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green