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1581589

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
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 profitability of the services carried out by Royal Mail Group under the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	133957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Postal Services Act 2011 designates Ofcom as the independent regulator for the postal sector with a duty to ensure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal postal service.</p><p> </p><p>Under its duty, Ofcom monitors the service provided by Royal Mail and its financial performance and publishes its findings in an Annual Monitoring Update. This is focused on Royal Mail’s ‘Reported Business’, which includes all universal services, as well as other services which are delivered over the universal service network, namely access products and retail bulk mail.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom’s Annual Monitoring Update 2021-22 is available at: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2023 13:08:46 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1581590

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Royal Mail: Vesa Equity Investment
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 impact of acquisition of Royal Mail by Vesa Equity on the future of the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	133958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Universal Service Obligation is a legally binding commitment on the designated universal service provider and its ongoing provision would be required irrespective of ownership of the business.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2023 13:10:00 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1567241

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2022 to Question 110605 on Heating: Technology, how much funding his Department has provided to research nanotechnology in heat pipes through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund scheme in each year between 2009 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	123877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Heat pipes are heat-conduction devices that employ phase transition of materials to remove heat from hot bodies. The use of nano-boron technology in heat pipes is in early-stage research which has not been demonstrated on a large scale. Consequently, there are no plans for a UK-wide roll out of heat pipes utilising nano-boron technology.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has not funded any work through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund specifically on heat pipes and expects that other projects funded will improve solutions such as heat pipes. One example is the £806,000 project by Oxford Nanosystems Ltd to develop nano technology coatings for heat exchangers, funded through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 123878 123879 question first answered 24/01/2023 14:45:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1567242

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2022 to Question 110605 on Heating: Technology, if his Department will take steps to provide grants to companies looking to establish facilities in the UK to manufacture heat pipes utilising nano-boron technology.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	123878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Heat pipes are heat-conduction devices that employ phase transition of materials to remove heat from hot bodies. The use of nano-boron technology in heat pipes is in early-stage research which has not been demonstrated on a large scale. Consequently, there are no plans for a UK-wide roll out of heat pipes utilising nano-boron technology.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has not funded any work through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund specifically on heat pipes and expects that other projects funded will improve solutions such as heat pipes. One example is the £806,000 project by Oxford Nanosystems Ltd to develop nano technology coatings for heat exchangers, funded through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 123877 123879 question first answered 24/01/2023 14:45:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1567243

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2022 to Question 110605 on Heating: Technology, whether his Department plans to take steps facilitate a UK-wide roll out of heat pipes utilising nano-boron technology.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	123879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Heat pipes are heat-conduction devices that employ phase transition of materials to remove heat from hot bodies. The use of nano-boron technology in heat pipes is in early-stage research which has not been demonstrated on a large scale. Consequently, there are no plans for a UK-wide roll out of heat pipes utilising nano-boron technology.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has not funded any work through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund specifically on heat pipes and expects that other projects funded will improve solutions such as heat pipes. One example is the £806,000 project by Oxford Nanosystems Ltd to develop nano technology coatings for heat exchangers, funded through the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 123877 123878 question first answered 24/01/2023 14:45:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1564405

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
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	Natural Gas: Storage
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 improve gas storage capacity in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	117497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Energy Security is a priority for this government. Gas storage has been an effective source of system flexibility.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works with storage operators, as well as the regulatory community, to explore options around the role storage can play in supporting future gas system resilience.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the decision taken by Centrica to reopen the Rough gas storage site at its own cost and has engaged with the company to understand its plans. Rough, at current capacity, will provide an approximately 50% increase in British gas storage capacity over this winter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/01/2023 15:24:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1552576

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Natural Gas: Storage
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 improve gas storage capacity.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	112048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2022 answer text <p>Energy Security is a priority for this government. Gas storage has been an effective source of system flexibility.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works with storage operators, as well as the regulatory community, to explore options around the role storage can play in supporting future gas system resilience.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the decision taken by Centrica to reopen the Rough gas storage site at its own cost and has engaged with the company to understand its plans. Rough, at current capacity, will provide a 50% increase in British gas storage capacity over this winter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/12/2022 13:32:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1551763

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Heating: 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, whether he has a strategy for the roll-out of nano-boron technology in heat pipes and heat exchange technologies across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	110605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The use of nanotechnology in heat pipes and heat exchange is an early stage research which has the potential to improve the efficiency of low carbon heat pumps and thereby reducing the resulting demand on the electricity system. The Department is funding some promising research through its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund scheme and hopes to see this leads to improvements in the technology in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 110606 110607 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:11:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1551764

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Heating: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of nano-boron heat transfer technology in lowering the UK's overall energy use.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	110606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The use of nanotechnology in heat pipes and heat exchange is an early stage research which has the potential to improve the efficiency of low carbon heat pumps and thereby reducing the resulting demand on the electricity system. The Department is funding some promising research through its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund scheme and hopes to see this leads to improvements in the technology in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 110605 110607 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:11:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1551765

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Heating: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of nano-boron heat transfer technology for lowering the UK's overall carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	110607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The use of nanotechnology in heat pipes and heat exchange is an early stage research which has the potential to improve the efficiency of low carbon heat pumps and thereby reducing the resulting demand on the electricity system. The Department is funding some promising research through its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund scheme and hopes to see this leads to improvements in the technology in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 110605 110606 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:11:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell