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date	22/10/2018
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	Renewable Energy: Medway
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 support the renewable energy sector in (a) Medway and (b) Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	182151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>a) Two renewable electricity generation sites in Medway receive government support through the Renewables Obligation; Shakespeare Farm Landfill, and Malmaynes Solar.</p><p> </p><p>b) The government is not aware of any such sites in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The RHI scheme currently supports 47 renewable heating systems in Medway, this includes Gillingham and Rainham.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there are 103,123 Feed-In Tariff accredited sites in the South East region.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 17:01:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

984601

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 steps his Department is taking to support the self-employed in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	177274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy sets out our long-term plan to support entrepreneurs starting and growing a business.</p><p> </p><p>The Kent and Medway Growth Hub provides a range of support for people looking to start and grow their business. Through the 38 local Growth Hubs, self-employed business people can access tailored advice and support - including learning about improving business planning, accounting, marketing and procurement. For example, Medway Council fund a free three-day workshop that provides people with the key things you need to know about starting their own business.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Access to finance is also important. Since March 2012, the Start Up Loans Company, part of the Government-owned British Business Bank, has provided over 1,000 loans worth just under £7 million to start-up businesses in Kent and over £800,000 to businesses in Medway.</p><p> </p><p>Government are supporting the self employed more broadly, such as self-employed mothers who qualify for Maternity Allowance are also now able to share parental leave and pay with an employed father or partner. In addition, the Government has increased the personal allowance from £11,500 to £11,850 (benefiting employed and self-employed taxpayers) and self-employed people are now able to build their entitlement to the new State Pension at the same rate as employed people.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/10/2018 15:43:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

932242

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
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: Gillingham and Rainham
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 support small and medium-sized businesses in Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	158735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy aims to make Britain the best place to start and grow a business. Programmes operated by the Government-owned British Business Bank are currently supporting over £4.6bn of finance to over 70,000 SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>GOV.UK, the Business Support Helpline and Growth Hubs provide access to advice and support who want to start their own business. The Kent and Medway Growth Hub has helped almost 5,000 small and medium-sized businesses. And since 2010, the number of small and medium-sized businesses in Kent and Medway has grown by over 11,000.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing £31 billion in the National Productivity Investment Fund until 2023 to improve physical and digital infrastructure, which will directly benefit small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our approach to improving the business environment, which was set out within the Industrial Strategy White Paper, we are currently consulting on the actions that could be most effective in improving the productivity and growth of small and medium-sized businesses.</p><p> </p><p>We are also spending up to £26.6 million on Business Basics and the industry-led Be the Business initiative and programme, to help SMEs take practical steps to improve their productivity by adopting best-practice management techniques and modern technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 06/07/2018 13:18:40 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

759505

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Productivity: Training
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 he has taken to develop skills and technical education to encourage productivity growth.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	900801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>My hon. Friend will know that, at its heart, our modern Industrial Strategy will be about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to improve their skills, particularly through reforming technical education. Investing in skills and ensuring people have the right information to make choices on their career options in all parts of the country, is one of the most powerful things we can do to boost individual earning power and business productivity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/09/2017 15:22:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti