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1535618

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Medicine: Research
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 support medical research charities.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	901822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>I recognise the important role medical research charities play in saving lives.</p><p> </p><p>We announced £20 million in 2021/22 to support the vital work of medical research charities and develop a pipeline of early career researchers in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/10/2022 11:45:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1535619

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Hydrogen: Research
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 implications for his policies of research at Swansea University on the production of green hydrogen from off-peak renewables and recycled plastic.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	901824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government welcomes research into waste-to-hydrogen technologies. We have stretching ambitions for low carbon hydrogen production in the UK and our innovation and deployment support is designed to bring forward multiple production technologies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/10/2022 11:46:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1535620

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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
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 (a) encourage entrepreneurship and (b) support small business expansion.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	901825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting SMEs through exemption of new regulations where possible. This exemption was recently extended to businesses with up to 500 employees, potentially reducing red tape and bureaucracy for up to 40,000 more businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank is supporting over £12.2bn of finance to over 96,000 SMEs. Schemes include Start-Up Loans and the Recovery Loan Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also acted to reverse the National Insurance rise, which will save small businesses £4,200 on average.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 11:47:07 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1535621

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Small Businesses: Inflation
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 help small and medium-sized enterprises manage the impact of high inflation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	901826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has reversed the National Insurance rise, which will save small businesses approximately £4,200, cut fuel duty for 12 months and brought in the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to protect small business’ high energy bills over the winter.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 11:47:57 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1524035

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 launch a public consultation on the issuing of new licenses for oil and gas in the North Sea to the north of 55.81 degrees north.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	67071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government completed an Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (OESEA4) of a draft plan/programme for licensing and leasing areas for future offshore energy developments including offshore oil and gas, offshore gas and carbon dioxide storage, offshore renewables, and offshore hydrogen, in relevant waters of the UK Continental Shelf.</p><p> </p><p>Public consultation on the OESEA4 Environmental Report took place between 17 March and 27 May 2022. The Government response to the OESEA4 consultation was published in September 2022 and the plan/programme was adopted in September 2022.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fuk-offshore-energy-strategic-environmental-assessment-4-oesea4&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C410421073f4b4e7fc69d08dab5a97efe%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638022036817623065%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ga3FYAUZmkHmRDQTZlsdyHFFJlxRxY%2B6ZkCxzI5mqHc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-offshore-energy-strategic-environmental-assessment-4-oesea4</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1524144

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Veterans: Bankruptcy
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 veterans were declared bankrupt in each month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	67279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of veterans declared bankrupt is not available.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:47 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1524195

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Energy: Prices
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 cost to consumers in (a) Lancashire and (b) England of gas transmission costs as a proportion of total energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	67073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Gas transmission charges for the North West region under the Ofgem price cap for October 2022 are £14.32 per domestic customer per year based on typical gas consumption levels (excluding VAT). This compares to a Great Britain-wide average of £15.75. Gas transmission charges represent less than 1% of a typical domestic dual fuel energy bill.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1524295

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Electricity: Housing
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 support his Department is providing for (a) electricity-only households and (b) those with inefficient Economy 7 storage heaters which require upgrades.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	67280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) is delivering a £400 non-repayable government discount. Electricity suppliers are delivering this support to British households with a domestic electricity meter over six months from October 2022. The Department will closely monitor the impact of prices on consumption over the months ahead and is actively considering how storage heaters are affected by the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1524297

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Help to Grow Schemes: Digital 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 the expected annual (a) current and (b) capital expenditure on Help to Grow: Digital will be in each financial year of that scheme; and if he will place that information in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	66988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>We intend to publish data on costs of both the Help to Grow programmes on the GOV.UK website by Spring 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 66989 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:21 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1524298

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Help to Grow Schemes
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 expected annual (a) current and (b) capital expenditure on Help to Grow: Management will be in each financial year of that scheme; and if he will place that information in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	66989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>We intend to publish data on costs of both the Help to Grow programmes on the GOV.UK website by Spring 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 66988 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:21 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds