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registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Plastics
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 has taken to reduce its use of single-use plastics .
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	138541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has made a commitment to eradicate single use plastics by 2020. We are working with our contractors to realise this goal as speedily as possible.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/05/2018 15:33:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849983

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on Government support for (a) local authorities and (b) communities to meet the UK's targets for carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and the UK Government is committed to tackling it. The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We continue to engage with Departments on implementing the strategy, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both Departments, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will provide support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities to help them implement energy projects which benefit their communities. To date, £7m has been committed to this. Additionally a further £16m has been provided to Local Authorities by the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) and £24m through the pilot phase of the £320m Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). Local Authorities can also bid for funding in the main scheme of HNIP.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:50:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849985

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Wind Power
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 increase the production of electricity through community wind projects.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government leads on, encourages local authorities and neighbourhood planning bodies to set out positive policies to support community-led initiatives for renewable and low carbon energy. The NPPF also encourages authorities to identify opportunities where developments can draw their energy supply from decentralised, renewable or low carbon energy supply systems.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with delivery partners to consider how communities wanting renewable projects can be best supported to deliver these cost-effectively. Community wind projects can be supported through the Feed In Tariff (FIT). We have reintroduced FIT pre-accreditation, including an extra six months’ validity period for community energy projects. Additionally the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) provides support to community groups in rural areas for development and implementation of energy projects, including wind. RCEF is jointly funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), and is managed on behalf of Government by DEFRA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/03/2018 14:23:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849995

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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: Local Government
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 guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) communities on the steps that can be taken to meet the Government's targets for carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We worked across Whitehall to ensure the Clean Growth Strategy is as robust and ambitious as possible.</p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both departments. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will support the work of that unit and the excellent work already being achieved by local authorities and community groups.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/03/2018 15:38:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

849999

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Cars
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 his Department has made of the number of people employed by (a) producers of kit cars and (b) the supply chain for kit cars.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Production of kit cars is a small sub-sector of the automotive sector and it is not possible to isolate this sub-sector using the data sources available on employment numbers.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 16:11:07 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

850000

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Cars
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 make an estimate of the contribution to the public purse made by kit car sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Kit cars are a small sub-sector of the automotive sector, which cannot be isolated using the data sources available.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/03/2018 16:18:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker