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760493

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have contractually guaranteed a minimum level of energy production from the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station that consumers or the National Grid will buy in 2030, even if that energy is not needed due to the growth of renewable energy and home energy storage; and, if so, what that level is.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not contractually agreed a minimum level of energy production from the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. The Contract for Difference (CfD), agreed on October 2016, is an agreement to pay the generator the difference between the wholesale market price and a “strike price” for every megawatt hour of electricity they generate. It is the generator’s responsibility to sell their power in the wholesale market.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/09/2017 10:28:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

760494

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have contractually guaranteed a minimum level of subsidy to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station for providing back-up energy capacity; and, if so, (1) what that level is, and (2) whether this will be funded by taxes or by users through their energy bills.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not contractually agreed a minimum level of subsidy to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station for providing back up energy capacity. System balancing decisions are for the system operator, who may choose to contract with HPC in the 2020s as with any other system user, but no such contracts are currently in place.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/09/2017 10:18:55 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

760495

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether consumers and households who do not use grid electricity will have to pay for any of the electricity produced by Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>No, consumers and households who do not use grid electricity will not pay for any of the electricity produced by Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/09/2017 10:27:51 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

760632

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	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 the role of Companies House is in combatting money laundering.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Companies House’s role is to incorporate and dissolve limited companies. It registers the information that UK companies are required to disclose and makes it available to the public. Companies House does not have a front-line role in combatting money laundering but it can support and assist law enforcement in their investigations.</p><p>Company House carries out a number of checks on all information received, ensuring it is valid, complete, and in compliance with company filing requirements. When it detects or receives intelligence relating to suspicious actions, including possible money laundering, Companies House will report the information to the relevant enforcement body.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/10/2017 11:03:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760766

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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: Females
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 13 September 2017 to Question 9015, how many women work in the Industrial Strategy Team.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	105132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>As of 17<sup>th</sup> September 2017, the core Industrial Strategy Team within BEIS is led by Alexandra Jones, and employs 20 men and 18 women.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/10/2017 16:37:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

760767

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	British Standards Institution
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 to the funding and responsibilities of the British Standards Institute will be made when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	105144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) are not EU bodies, although they have a special status in the EU. We are working with BSI, the UK’s national standards body and the UK member of CEN and CENELEC, to ensure that our future relationship with CEN and CENELEC continues to support a productive, open and competitive business environment in the UK and to ensure that funding provided to BSI by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy also supports this goal.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/10/2017 16:34:54 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

760768

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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: Females
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 13 September 2017 to Question 9015, how many and what proportion of (a) civil servants and (b) advisors working directly on the industrial strategy are women.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	105131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave her on 13 September 2017, to Question 9015:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-06/9015/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-06/9015/</a>.</p><p>We are unable to provide an answer as this information is not centrally held and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/10/2017 16:35:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

760769

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Infrastructure: Ownership
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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure the delivery of (a) utilities, (b) communications, (c) transport and (d) energy infrastructure in the event of foreign ownership of such infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government will shortly bring forward proposals to ensure that foreign ownership of companies controlling important infrastructure does not undermine British security or essential services. These proposals will consolidate and strengthen Government’s powers to protect national security.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2017 11:03:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760770

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Companies: 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 checks his Department carries out to ensure that dividends paid by companies do not exceed their distributable reserves.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department is not responsible for carrying out checks on dividends paid by companies to ensure that they do not exceed their distributable reserves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/10/2017 14:03:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760771

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Financial Reporting Council
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 appoint an independent committee to examine the governance of the Financial Reporting Council.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to appoint such a committee. The work of the Financial Reporting Council has been reviewed by committees in both Houses of Parliament and we would expect this to continue.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/10/2017 11:05:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins