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1419096

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
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: Money Laundering
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 ensure strict anti-money laundering and identity checks for directors are in place at the point of company formation on Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	116999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has already committed to introduce identity verification for all directors at the point of incorporation with Companies House. Third parties that seek to form companies are already required to be supervised for anti-money laundering purposes. Under the reforms announced by the Government in September 2020, third parties will be required to register with Companies House and have their supervision confirmed before they will be permitted to request company formations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/02/2022 15:07:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1418218

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Business: 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, if he will provide a full list of the lenders to the (a) Bounce Back Loan Scheme, (b) Covid Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (c) Covid Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme; and which lenders have made a disproportionately high number of loans to (i) dissolved entities or (ii) entities incorporated since the outbreak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	114820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department and the British Business Bank continue to work with lenders to identify and address all types of fraud perpetrated through the Covid Loan Schemes. For example, under the Bank’s Guarantee Assurance Analytics programme, BBLS lenders are investigating several thousand facilities with potential data inconsistencies, including regarding incorporation dates.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to disclose the rates of indicators of suspected fraud by individual lender at this time due to the commercially sensitive nature of this information.</p><p> </p><p>Full lists of all accredited lenders as at scheme closures on 31 March 2021 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CBILS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BBLS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CLBILS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABN AMRO</p></td><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldermore</p></td><td><p>Barclays</p></td><td><p>Barclays</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ART Business Loans</p></td><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Banks</p></td><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AskIf</p></td><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of Ireland UK</p></td><td><p>HSBC</p></td><td><p>HSBC UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barclays</p></td><td><p>NatWest</p></td><td><p>NatWest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BCRS Business Loans</p></td><td><p>RBS</p></td><td><p>RBS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Enterprise Fund</p></td><td><p>Santander</p></td><td><p>Santander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calverton Finance</p></td><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber Acorn Fund</p></td><td><p>TSB</p></td><td><p>Coutts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Bank</p></td><td><p>AIB</p></td><td><p>Greensill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compass Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Starling Bank</p></td><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Finance Group</p></td><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td><td><p>OakNorth Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CWRT</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (UK)</p></td><td><p>Secure Trust Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td><td><p>Skipton Business Finance</p></td><td><p>ThinCats</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DSL Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Tide</p></td><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enterprise Answers</p></td><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td><td><p>HSBC Bank plc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance for Enterprise</p></td><td><p>Paragon Bank</p></td><td><p>Silicon Valley Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Enterprise</p></td><td><p>JCB Finance</p></td><td><p>BBVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GC Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Investec</p></td><td><p>Investec</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genesis Asset Finance</p></td><td><p>Arbuthnot Latham</p></td><td><p>Mercedes Benz Financial Services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haydock Finance</p></td><td><p>Coutts</p></td><td><p>AIB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hitachi Capital</p></td><td><p>Adam &amp; Co</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HSBC UK</p></td><td><p>Capital on Tap</p></td><td><p>RBC Capital Markets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Let's Do Business Group</p></td><td><p>Funding Circle</p></td><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td><td><p>Conister</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (Governor &amp; Company of)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td><td><p>GC Business Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MSIF</p></td><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NatWest</p></td><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newable</p></td><td><p>Barclays</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RBS</p></td><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Banks</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Owen Community Banking</p></td><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Santander</p></td><td><p>HSBC</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skipton Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWIG Finance</p></td><td><p>NatWest</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TSB</p></td><td><p>RBS</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKSE</p></td><td><p>Santander</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arkle Finance Limited</p></td><td><p>TSB</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td><td><p>AIB</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coutts</p></td><td><p>Starling Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynergy Bank</p></td><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OakNorth Bank</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (UK)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Trust Bank</p></td><td><p>Skipton Business Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Starling Bank</p></td><td><p>Tide</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding Circle</p></td><td><p>Paragon Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AIB</p></td><td><p>JCB Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGF</p></td><td><p>Investec</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paragon</p></td><td><p>Arbuthnot Latham</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thincats</p></td><td><p>Coutts</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1pm</p></td><td><p>Adam &amp; Co</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adam &amp; Co</p></td><td><p>Capital on Tap</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assetz Capital</p></td><td><p>Funding Circle</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atom bank</p></td><td><p>Conister</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ebury</p></td><td><p>GC Business Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Investec</p></td><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Investment Business</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Leasing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultimate Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Oak UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank Leumi / Leumi ABL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital on Tap</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MarketFinance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shawbrook Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberis</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Finance Ireland (previously Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT))</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iwoca</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scania Financial Services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Triodos Bank UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodsford TradeBridge</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FSE Group, The</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FW Capital</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercia Asset Management</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiterock Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arbuthnot Commerical ABL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shire Leasing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Silicon Valley Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth Lending</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Invocap</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEL Fund Managers</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Triple Point</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4Syte</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Finance Partners</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JCB</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merchant Money</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Trust Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Previse</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Handelsbanken</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lending Crowd</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nucleus Commercial Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maven Capital Partners</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of India</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiduciam</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simply</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regency Factors</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLG Development Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conister</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RM Funds</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Union Business Solutions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LendInvest</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Interbay</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyan Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ortus Secured Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greensill</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding 365</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire Trust Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingsway Asset Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRYDG Capital</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet Leasing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West One</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KSEYE</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aspen Bridging</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pluto Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/02/2022 13:35:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1364879

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
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	Audit: Standards
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 White Paper on Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, what assessment he has made of whether managed shared audit is the most effect method of audit reform to improve resilience in the FTSE350.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	67207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper on “Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance: Proposals for Reform” was published in March this year and proposed the introduction of managed shared audit as part of a package of measures, which together aim to improve corporate governance, quality of accounting, auditing and their regulation, and competition and resilience in in the FTSE 350 audit market, for the UK’s largest companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering all submissions from stakeholders, in response to the White Paper and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 67208 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:15:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1364880

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
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	Audit: Standards
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 effectiveness of the introduction of a market share cap, as opposed to managed shared audit, on preventing further corporate failures.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	67208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper on “Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance: Proposals for Reform” was published in March this year and proposed the introduction of managed shared audit as part of a package of measures, which together aim to improve corporate governance, quality of accounting, auditing and their regulation, and competition and resilience in in the FTSE 350 audit market, for the UK’s largest companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering all submissions from stakeholders, in response to the White Paper and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 67207 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:15:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1364881

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
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	Company Law: Standards
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 new Audit Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA) will take to work in partnership with investors, boards, auditors and other regulators to develop a world-class system of corporate governance in practice.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	67209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has since December 2019 been undertaking a transformation programme to prepare for its transition to the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA). As part of this, the FRC has established a dedicated stakeholder engagement team to enable more extensive engagement and dialogue with investors, boards, auditors and other stakeholders on how the UK’s corporate governance and stewardship frameworks can continue to improve and embed good practice. Further details of this expanded outreach programme can be found in section 6 of the regulator’s latest Annual Report published in July 2021:</p><p><a href="https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/985d9c2a-8a6d-4c8b-8172-06858edfabab/FRC-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2020-21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/985d9c2a-8a6d-4c8b-8172-06858edfabab/FRC-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2020-21.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The new ARGA will take forward this dialogue and partnership working in line with new statutory objectives, as set out in the Government’s White Paper on ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restoring-trust-in-audit-and-corporate-governance-proposals-on-reforms" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restoring-trust-in-audit-and-corporate-governance-proposals-on-reforms</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/11/2021 17:13:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1352685

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Heating
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 he plans to publish the Heat and Buildings Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	42002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is planning to publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course. The strategy will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings, as well as our approach to the key strategic decisions needed to achieve a mass transition to low-carbon heat.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2021 16:15:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1308623

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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	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, whether he has plans to create a single, independent regulatory body for insolvency practitioners before his power to do so expires in 2022 in accordance with the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	180554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has conducted a call for evidence on Insolvency Practitioner regulation, which included seeking evidence and views on possible reforms of the regulatory framework. The Government will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2021 15:59:09 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1306645

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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	Disclosure of Information
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 improvements he has made to the whistleblowing regime; when he plans to begin his review of whistleblowing legislation; and what plans he has for a public consultation once that review has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	175940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to reviewing the UK whistleblowing framework and will carry this out once sufficient time has passed for there to be the necessary evidence available to assess the impact of the most recent reforms. The scope and timing of such a review will be confirmed in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent change introduced in 2017 was a new legislative requirement for most prescribed persons to produce an annual report on whistleblowing disclosures made to them by workers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/04/2021 16:41:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1304950

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	What steps his Department is taking to increase renewable energy production.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	913810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government aims to deliver up to double the renewable electricity capacity at the next Contracts for Difference round at end of this year compared to AR3, while spending an estimated £1billion in 2020/21 to encourage the deployment of low carbon heating in homes and businesses through the Renewable Heat Incentive. We have also announced the Clean Heat Grant, the Green Heat Network Fund and will launch the Green Gas Support Scheme later this year.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/03/2021 13:11:57 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1302508

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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	Post Offices
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 effect of the increase in (a) temporary closures and (b) part-time opening of post offices on communities and community access to essential services across the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	168978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>While the Post Office is publicly owned, it is a commercial business that operates independently of the Government. With a network of over 11,500 branches across the UK, it is inevitable there will be variations in the number of branches open at any one time. Where branches do temporarily close, the Post Office strives to find solutions, like mobile vans and other types of outreach services, before reinstating a bricks-and-mortar service offer.</p><p><br> I am committed to ensuring that everyone in the country can access essential services via the Post Office conveniently and locally. That is why Post Office Limited must ensure Network Access Criteria are met. These ensure that 99% of the population are within three miles of their nearest post office and 90% are within one mile, with additional requirements set for rural, urban and deprived urban customers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/03/2021 15:40:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake