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1467415

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date	01/06/2022
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 viability of modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	11626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s £385m Advanced Nuclear Fund includes funding for an Advanced Modular Reactor Research, Development &amp; Demonstration Programme which aims to enable a High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) demonstration by the early 2030s to understand the potential of the technology. The Government’s decision to pursue HTGR technology was informed by publicly available reports and a <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fadvanced-modular-reactors-amrs-technical-assessment%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThis%2520research%2520paper%2520from%2520the%2Cclimate%2520change%2520targets%2520by%25202050.&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csmrteam%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce480af681e134d736f1708da4875773d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637901966581580779%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rdjk4uVaHizRzimNjsvY4L0alWtXHeuFIXaL%2BbDP%2BTk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">technical assessment of advanced modular reactors</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced £210m of funding to support development of the Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor design. This has been matched by private investment. The work will further develop the design and enable it to undergo the first two of three stages of regulatory assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 13:50:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1467416

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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: 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 plans he has to remove green levies for the short term to help consumers with energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	11627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Environmental and social policy costs currently represent 8% of the average dual fuel bill, however, they have actually saved consumers money on their energy bills overall over the past 10 years.</p><p>The Government’s investments in renewables and energy efficiency have led to a 26% fall in UK demand for natural gas since 2010, helping to reduce our exposure to global price volatility.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government has announced a package of support measures, totalling over £37 billion this year, including a £400 grant to households to help with their energy bills when it will be needed most.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 13:51:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1435294

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 ensure that the UK maintains the infrastructure needed to (a) develop second-generation covid-19 vaccines and (b) build its pandemic-readiness resilience.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>In order to strengthen UK domestic vaccine capacity, as part of our response to COVID-19 and indeed potential future health emergencies, the Vaccine Taskforce (VTF) is actively working with industry to explore opportunities to build upon the £380 million the Government has already invested in UK vaccine manufacturing infrastructure and skills.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a further £354 million for UK life sciences manufacturing. This includes specific funding to increase the UK’s responsiveness and ability to manufacture vaccines, in particular mRNA capability following the success of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Funding has also been provided for the VTF to strengthen the resilience of the UK’s vaccine supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/03/2022 08:32:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1250007

registered interest
date	06/11/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 (a) cafes and (b) restaurants open for takeaways can also sell non-essential items during the second covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	91861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>In England, cafes and restaurants can remain open for takeaway and deliveries. This means that customers can enter the premises to place and collect their order. COVID-secure businesses can continue to sell goods online or via click-and-collect. If a business is able to trade goods in a COVID-secure manner while following the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november" target="_blank">new national restrictions</a>, and all of the other trade requirements behind selling another good, they can. For example, a cafe could sell ceramic mugs to customers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/11/2020 17:16:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1248351

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	Beer: Small Businesses
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 breweries will be permitted to sell alcohol for home delivery under the new national covid-19 lockdown restrictions in operation from 5 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	110761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Off licenses and licensed shops selling alcohol, including breweries, are permitted to remain open during the new national restrictions in place from 5 November.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/11/2020 11:57:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967825

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Small Businesses: Billing
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 recent trends in the proportion of late payments to SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands how important tackling late payment is, especially for smaller businesses. In due course, the Department will be publishing a call for evidence to understand the current trends and evidence on how late payments are affecting SMEs and to seek views on how the Government could go further to tackle the problem.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967826

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Self-employed
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 recent trends in the number of self-employed individuals.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relies on published labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850745

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that smart meters are on schedule to be installed in every household by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all homes and small businesses are offered smart meters by the end of 2020. The Programme is well underway with around 400,000 being installed every month.There are now over 8.6 million smart and advanced meters operating across homes and businesses across Great Britain. The rollout of smart meters is on track to deliver significant benefits, including putting an end to estimated bills, and is set to save consumers £300m in 2020 alone.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are responsible for planning and delivering the roll-out of smart meters, working within the legal framework established by the Government. Energy suppliers’ licence conditions require them to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to roll-out smart meters to all their domestic and small business customers by 31 December 2020. Ofgem is responsible for regulating energy suppliers against this obligation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2018 16:43:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850746

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	3D Printing
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 he make an assessment of the potential contribution of 3D printing to UK GDP by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The industry backed Additive Manufacturing strategy identifies that the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Sector can capture over £3.5bn per year (Gross Value Added) for the UK of the rapidly growing global market for additive manufacturing products (3D printing) and services by 2025, supporting 60,000 jobs in the knowledge economy and generating new, highly skilled employment opportunities. The industry led Made Smarter Review also identifies the contribution of digitally enabled technologies to manufacturing-including additive manufacturing- to the UK economy to be as much as £455 billion over the next decade.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Industrial Strategy, we are working closely with UK industry to create the right conditions for competitive, world leading manufacturing businesses to flourish and grow across the UK. Government recognises the importance of 3D printing and additive manufacturing and since 2012 The UK’s EPSRC and Innovate UK’s combined investment in additive manufacturing R&amp;D, including capital grants, has been well over £200 million, helping to develop and maintain UK capability in additive in the UK. In addition we have invested over £300m in the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, including establishing the National Centre for Net Shape and Addictive Manufacturing housed in the Manufacture Technology Centre in Coventry. Its aim is to develop production-ready additive manufacturing processes, to overcome barriers to wide-scale adoption, and to work on legislative and standardisation issues to support the commercialisation of the innovation and new technologies such as 3D printing.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/03/2018 14:28:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850748

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Data Processing
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 make an estimate of the potential contribution of machine learning to UK GDP by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Machine Learning is a significant technology within Artificial Intelligence (AI) more broadly.</p><p>One estimate published by PWC in 2017 proposed that AI could add £232bn to the UK economy by 2030 [1]. Analysis by Accenture predicts that AI alone could add an Additional £630bn to the economy by 2035 increasing the annual growth rate of GVA from 2.5 to 3.9% [2].</p><p>The Industrial Strategy sets Grand Challenges to put the UK in the vanguard of the industries of the future, ensuring that the UK takes advantage of major global changes, improving people’s lives and the country’s productivity. First among these is the AI and Data-driven Economy Grand Challenge.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em><a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/artificial-intelligence-could-add-232bn-to-UK-gdp.html" target="_blank">https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/artificial-intelligence-could-add-232bn-to-UK-gdp.html</a></em></p><p><strong><em>[2] </em></strong><em><a href="https://newsroom.accenture.com/subjects/technology/artificial-intelligence-poised-to-double-annual-economic-growth-rate-in-12-developed-economies-and-boost-labor-productivity-by-up-to-40-percent-by-2035-according-to-new-research-by-accenture.htm" target="_blank">https://newsroom.accenture.com/subjects/technology/artificial-intelligence-poised-to-double-annual-economic-growth-rate-in-12-developed-economies-and-boost-labor-productivity-by-up-to-40-percent-by-2035-according-to-new-research-by-accenture.htm</a></em></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/03/2018 16:18:25 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie