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855967

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Natural Gas: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Business and Industry of 27 June 2017, Official Report, column 446, what the results of the weekly monitoring of the UK’s gas supply indicate for the recent cold weather period.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	131133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s ongoing monitoring of the UK gas supply indicates that, despite temperatures falling well below their seasonal average at the end of February and beginning of March 2018, UK gas supplies remain responsive, and able to meet demand even during prolonged periods of extreme weather. The UK benefits from a highly diverse and flexible system of supply sources, including indigenous production, imports from Norway and the continent, storage and liquefied natural gas imports, all of which contribute to a diverse and liquid market.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor our security of gas supply.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 13:52:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

855995

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Limited Liability: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on the review of limited partnership law, published in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	131161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is actively considering options for reform and will announce next steps shortly.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/03/2018 12:11:11 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

856011

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
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 safety, environment and social impact programmes his Department has undertaken as part of G8 Global Partnership initiatives, since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	131177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials ‍Destruction (the Global Partnership) was launched at the G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada in 2002 with a mandate to prevent terrorists and those that harbour them from acquiring weapons and materials of mass destruction and their means of delivery. The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office holds the overall policy responsibility for the UK’s participation in the Global Partnership. Under the Global Partnership, the Ministry of Defence has managed the chemical weapon destruction and international biological security elements of the UK’s contribution, while the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy delivers work, through the UK’s Global Threat Reduction Programme, to provide assistance overseas to strengthen nuclear and radiological security. None of the programmes undertaken since 2010 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and its predecessors, under the Global Partnership have had safety, environment or social impact as their primary purpose.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/03/2018 14:26:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

856012

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Emergencies
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 his Department spent on civil emergency planning in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	131178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and it’s predecessors has spent the following on civil emergency planning in each financial year since 2011/2012, from when data is available:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£6,273,862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£9,113,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£10,061,333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£12,577,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£12,175,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£14,407,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018 (Current figure spend until end of Jan)</p></td><td><p>£13,749,151</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These costs include both staff administrative and programme spend. Administrative spend includes salaries for those employed to work on emergency planning. Programme spend relates projects preparing for civil emergencies, including training, exercising and resourcing for emergency response.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/03/2018 12:12:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

856074

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
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 fines have been levied against Scottish Limited Partnerships for failing to register a Person of Significant Control in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	131240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the duty came into force on 26 June 2017, there have been no prosecutions for offences relating to the non-disclosure of Persons of Significant Control of Scottish Limited Partnerships. Accordingly there have been no convictions or fines as yet.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/03/2018 13:50:53 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

856076

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
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 value was of fines levied against Scottish Limited Partnerships for failing to register a Person of Significant Control in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	131242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the duty came into force on 26 June 2017, there have been no prosecutions for offences relating to the non-disclosure of Persons of Significant Control of Scottish Limited Partnerships. Accordingly there have been no convictions or fines as yet.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/03/2018 13:51:40 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

856157

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Drugs: 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 has been made of the extent to which pharmaceutical research grants from the Research Councils are used to develop drugs which are then manufactured by for-profit companies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	131323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) support research grants via the Research councils and Innovate UK. BEIS does not impose conditions neither does the Research Councils or Innovate UK as part of their terms and conditions.</p><p>Research Councils invest in basic research into the development of new drugs and treatments to the point where other organisations, often industry, fund further development.</p><p> </p><p>Neither BEIS nor the Research Councils have undertaken an assessment.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 130962 question first answered 12/03/2018 13:59:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

855517

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Ceramics: Manufacturing Industries
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 his Department has to reduce the incidence of ceramic manufacturers experiencing gas price spikes.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	130824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>It is normal and necessary for wholesale gas prices to fluctuate in response to changes in demand. The resulting price signals encourage a flexible supply response, and help ensure that even when the system is stressed, consumer demand is met. This is a sign of a well-functioning commodity market. Consumers in the wholesale market can benefit from price fluctuations, with companies that flexibly increase or decrease their supply of gas maximising their profit by reacting to the price signals.</p><p>There is already a liquid forward market which allows large consumers to buy gas at a pre-agreed price and minimise their exposure to price spikes. This price is historically very stable.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/03/2018 16:05:13 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

855555

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Wind Power
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 increase the production of electricity from onshore wind.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	130862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply given to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-12-11/118634/" target="_blank">118634</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/03/2018 15:22:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

855557

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: 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 steps is his Department taking to promote energy efficiency in households.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	130864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, published in October last year, set out a number of policies and proposals to promote energy efficiency in households. For example:</p><ul><li>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) places an obligation on energy suppliers to deliver household energy efficiency measures such as cavity wall insulation and loft insulation. Under ECO around 2.2 million energy efficiency measures had been installed in around 1.8 million properties by the end of December 2017</li><li>Government implements minimum energy efficiency standards for many energy using products including lighting, white goods, and boilers. We estimate that these standards, along with product energy labelling, will save around £100 a year on energy bills for the average dual-fuel household in 2020.</li><li>For privately rented homes, new legislation in force from April 2018 means that landlords of the least energy-efficient properties will need to improve those properties to a minimum of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band E before they can be let, lowering bills for some of the most vulnerable private tenants while ensuring costs of improvements are reasonable and affordable. The Government is consulting on steps to make these regulations more effective.</li><li>Alongside the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government published a Call for Evidence on building a market for energy efficiency, which includes additional measures to reduce the cost of investment required to improve homes. This Call for Evidence has now closed and we will publish an action plan on additional market-based measures later in 2018.</li><li>The Government is replacing the existing, telephone-only Energy Saving Advice Service with a digitally-led service, which will be launched in spring 2018. This will offer tailored advice to consumers on improving the energy performance of their homes.</li></ul> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/03/2018 15:04:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin