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1566393

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	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, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on plans to support residents without a domestic energy supply with rising energy bills.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	122154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular conversations with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/01/2023 17:47:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1562867

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Carbon Emissions: Taxation
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 merits of introducing a carbon pricing system.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	113283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Emissions Trading Scheme – a ‘cap and trade’ carbon pricing scheme – came into force on 1 January 2021, replacing the UK’s participation in the EU ETS. It is run by the four administrations of the UK, collectively making up the UK ETS Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Establishing the UK ETS demonstrates the UK's commitment to carbon pricing as an effective tool that will help fulfil its climate change objectives. The UK ETS covers the UK’s power sector, energy-intensive industries, and emissions from domestic flights, flights from the UK to the European Economic Area (EEA) and flights between the UK and Gibraltar and UK and Switzerland. The Government is exploring expanding the scheme to other sectors.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/01/2023 13:45:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1525045

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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	Hospitality Industry: Energy
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy costs on hospitality businesses; and what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) pubs, (b) restaurants and (c) other hospitality venues with rising energy costs.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	68557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The costs of gas and electricity that energy suppliers buy on customers’ behalf is forecast to remain high. The Government is taking immediate action on a scale similar to the measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme to support non-domestic energy customers this winter, including pubs, restaurants, and other hospitality venues on eligible contracts. The scheme will initially run for 6 months covering energy use from 1st October 2022 until 31st March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/10/2022 17:03:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1522025

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Parental Pay: Adoption
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 was the total number of claimants of Statutory Adoption Pay in each financial year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	62861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Information provided by employers to HMRC show the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP). This data provides a broad indication of SAP take-up but does not include anyone taking unpaid Statutory Adoption Leave.</p><p><em><strong>Table 1: Individuals in receipt of SAP, 2015/16 to 2021/22 (the latest year for which full year data is available)</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year (April to March)</em></p></td><td><p><em>No. of individuals in receipt of SAP</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><em>Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></li></ol><p><em>Figures are based on the total number of individuals in a given year, irrespective of when the payment first started. Some individuals will be counted across two years.</em></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 13:34:40 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1506284

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Diseases: 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 estimate he has made of the number of researchers in the UK researching (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) coronary heart disease in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	49702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect this data.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/09/2022 08:30:18 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1485176

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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 Supply: Park Homes
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 17 June 2022 to Question 14454 on Energy Supply: Park Homes, what avenues the Government is exploring to help provide support to those people; and if he will make a statement before the Summer recess.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	28427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on 20th June 2022 to Question <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-06-15%2F18990&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cenergy.bills.rebate%40beis.gov.uk%7C5c6a003d3fae4fe71e8608da5aa8ecd7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637921979094053443%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Q47YTht897zisJSWMnit6noINMUUQJzLpXhpseOKyQo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">18990</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/07/2022 15:07:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1484303

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Parental Leave: Fathers
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 oral evidence from the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility to the Women and Equalities Committee on 22 November 2017, HC 358, when he expects take-up of Shared Parental Leave to reach (a) 10 per cent, (b) 20 per cent and (c) 25 per cent of eligible fathers.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	26783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Pay scheme remains important for the Government, and we will publish our report in due course. This will include an up-to-date estimate of take-up.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/07/2022 09:46:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1483602

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Parental Leave
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 contribution by the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets to the Westminster Hall debate on Parental Leave and Pay on 22 March 2022, Official Report, cols 98-102 WH, when he will bring forward proposals to extend redundancy protection to those applying for adoption leave and shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to extending redundancy protections during pregnancy and after maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.</p><p> </p><p>We will introduce these measures when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:44:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1483604

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Parental Leave
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 and what proportion of new mothers who started on statutory paid maternity leave used the Shared Parental Leave scheme to transfer some of their leave to the child's father during fiscal years (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Information provided by employers to HMRC show the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP). This provides a broad indication of Shared Parental Leave take-up but excludes anyone taking unpaid Shared Parental Leave.</p><p><em><strong>Table 1: Individuals in receipt of ShPP, 2019/20 and 2021/22</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2019-20</em></p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2021-22</em></p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><em>Data uses HMRC Real Time Information which is subject to revision.</em></li><li><em>Figures count individuals irrespective of when the payment started. Some individuals will be counted across two years.</em></li><li><em>Figures do not include those who take unpaid SPL.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:43:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1483606

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Parental Leave
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 19 July 2021 to Question 32423 on Parental Leave, when he plans to publish the findings of the surveys and consultation conducted as part of the evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	25901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>As part of the evaluation, we commissioned large, representative surveys of parents and employees which asked about a range of parental leave and pay entitlements as well as their experience of Shared Parental Leave specifically. We also consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering this information and will publish our findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:42:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald