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833179

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle rising energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	903632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We are bringing forward the Price Cap Bill, an intelligent intervention to protect consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem is already capping tariffs for 1 million households this year, and consulting on protection for another 2 million next winter. This is in addition to the 4 million households protected under the pre-pay cap.</p><p> </p><p>That is not all, smart meter rollout, focusing of ECO money on fuel poor households and working with Citizens Advice and the Energy Saving Trust to get people switched to better deals.</p><p> </p><p>All this will help keep bills down for households.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/01/2018 15:11:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

833180

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What representations he has received on the attempted takeover of GKN by Melrose.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	903635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>This is a commercial matter for the companies involved. I have spoken to the Chief Executives of GKN and Melrose to understand their intentions, and will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The Government can intervene in mergers on certain public interest grounds concerning national security, financial stability or media plurality.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/01/2018 15:11:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

832919

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Energy: Meters
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 SMETS2 meters have been installed as part of the smart meter roll-out programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The rollout of smart meters is making good progress, with nearly 400,000 meters installed every month and a total of 8.6 million meters already operating as of 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Industry information shows there are now around 450 SMETS2 meters connected to the DCC system. Most of these are being operated in test conditions and around 80 have been installed in the live environment.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are continuing to test their systems ahead of a controlled ramp up on SMETS2 meters in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 125236 question first answered 01/02/2018 09:37:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

832920

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Energy: Meters
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 SMETS2 meters have been successfully connected to the DCC system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	125236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The rollout of smart meters is making good progress, with nearly 400,000 meters installed every month and a total of 8.6 million meters already operating as of 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Industry information shows there are now around 450 SMETS2 meters connected to the DCC system. Most of these are being operated in test conditions and around 80 have been installed in the live environment.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are continuing to test their systems ahead of a controlled ramp up on SMETS2 meters in the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 125235 question first answered 01/02/2018 09:37:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

831109

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
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	Voting Rights: 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, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	125117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department will support and publicise a number of events being held across government to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918. In addition, the Suffragette Flag will be raised on Tuesday, 6 February at 1 Victoria Street to mark the occasion and show support for this important anniversary.</p><p>The Department, in collaboration with Parliament, will also host this year’s cross-Whitehall International Women’s Day celebrations on the 8<sup>th</sup> March. We will celebrate the impact of women in public service over the last 100 years; consider how women in public service can take action to increase their impact today; and challenge attendees to dream big and increase impact over the next decade.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/02/2018 11:48:48 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 38570 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

831193

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
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	Research: Expenditure
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 much money has been spent in the UK on (a) basic research (b) applied research and (c) experimental development as defined in the Frascati Manual in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	125201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) provides gross expenditure on R&amp;D split by basic research, applied research and experimental research for OECD countries, including the UK based on ONS data. The latest data covers the period 2007 and 2014. It shows that the split of funding has been stable over time, at around 17% on basic research, 45% on applied research and 38% on experimental development. Further information can be found at <a href="http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=RD_ACTIVITY" target="_blank">http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=RD_ACTIVITY</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 31/01/2018 16:17:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

830401

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Galileo System
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 the Government is giving to UK companies involved with the Galileo project who already have to deicide where they will locate their supply chains after March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	124967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 16 January 2018 to Question 122184. The principle set out in the Joint Report issued by the UK and EU negotiating teams on 8 December was that UK entities would be able to continue to participate in all EU programmes financed by the current Multiannual Financial Framework which ends in 2020. There will be further discussions on the individual programmes during Phase 2 of the negotiations. My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State and I continue to engage regularly with the UK space sector companies involved in the Galileo programme.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 124969 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:49:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

830402

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Galileo System
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 meetings he has had and with which companies on investment uncertainties in respect of the Galileo project after March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	124968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State, my predecessor (Jo Johnson) as Minister for Space, and the UK Space Agency have engaged with many UK space companies and the UK space trade association to discuss issues relating to business and space, including the EU Galileo Programme. These views are informing Government’s approach to the ongoing EU exit negotiations.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 17:39:05 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

830403

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	Galileo System
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 advice his Department has given to UK companies involved in the Galileo Project who are already having to decide where they will locate their supply chains after March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	124969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 16 January 2018 to Question 122184. The principle set out in the Joint Report issued by the UK and EU negotiating teams on 8 December was that UK entities would be able to continue to participate in all EU programmes financed by the current Multiannual Financial Framework which ends in 2020. There will be further discussions on the individual programmes during Phase 2 of the negotiations. My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State and I continue to engage regularly with the UK space sector companies involved in the Galileo programme.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 124967 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:49:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

830404

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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	European Space Agency
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 the Government is providing to UK companies that have already been excluded from bidding for projects from the European Space Agency on the basis that the UK is leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	124970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Space Agency (ESA) is independent of the European Union. Therefore our support for the European Space Agency is largely unaffected by the decision to leave the European Union. Indeed we made subscriptions of €1.4 bn at the ESA Ministerial meeting in Lucerne in December 2016 which is allowing UK companies to bid for ESA grants and contracts.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 17:38:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford