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1015416

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Hunterston B Power Station: 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, whether he has had discussions with the Office for Nuclear Regulation on (a) restarting Hunterston Nuclear Reactor and (b) reported cracks in that Reactor's graphite core; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	196236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Operational discussions relating to the Hunterston Nuclear Reactor are a matter for the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the commercial provider. Hunterston will only return to service when the ONR is satisfied that it is safe for it to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/12/2018 16:20:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1015467

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Employment: Electronic Tagging
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 26 November 2018 to Question 191454 on employment: Electronic Tagging, what the Government's policy is on employers microchipping their employees.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	196266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26th November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2018 17:50:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 89690 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1015475

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Fuel Poverty
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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of fuel poverty in each region.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	196270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Fuel poverty figures by region can be found in Table 6 of the fuel poverty detailed tables: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-detailed-tables-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-detailed-tables-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/12/2018 10:38:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1015476

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Fuel Poverty: North West
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 his Department has made of the level of fuel poverty in (a) the North West and (b) Blackburn constituency.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	196271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest sub-regional fuel poverty statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/12/2018 10:41:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1015483

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
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 3 September 2018 to Question 168999, if he will expedite the completion and publication of the investigation into the collapse of Carillon by the Official Receiver.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	196121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>A specialist investigation team was set up by the Official Receiver on the making of the winding-up order and, at the request of the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, the investigation into the company including analysis of company records, interviews with directors and close liaison with other investigating authorities is being expedited.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2018 17:56:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1015495

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: Publications
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 economic impact assessment was conducted by his Department before United Kingdom Research and Innovation signed up to Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Plan S is a set of high-level principles which are in line with current UK Government policy and ambitions for Open Access (OA), and identify common ways to accelerate the implementation of OA to meet the European Competitiveness Councils target, set by ministers in 2016, of making all publicly funded research Open Access by 2020. For these reasons, an economic impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI was committed to a Review of OA policies before the announcement of Plan S, as part of its practice of monitoring and improving implementation of the policy. The purpose of the UKRI OA Review is to support delivery of UK government policy on OA to achieve the associated economic and social benefits and ensure the taxpayer secures maximum value for money from investment in publishing research. UKRI will consider Plan S principles within the broader aspects of the OA Review and where they support the delivery of UK OA policy.</p><p> </p><p>Any implementation of Plan S principles by UKRI will be subject to the OA Review. This includes the Plan S principle around the standardisation of publication fees and funding across Europe. Costs and benefits around OA models and impacts arising from proposed changes will be considered as part of the OA Review, including sustainability, with wider economic impacts considered by BEIS. The OA Review will report in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 27<sup>th</sup> November, the Coalition of funders that are working on Plan S issued further guidance and clarifications. In this they stated that they will be commissioning an independent study on publications costs and fees. The new implementation details and guidance to clarify Plan S principles are open for public feedback.</p><p><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/" target="_blank">https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 196278 196279 196309 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1015496

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: Publications
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 has conducted an impact assessment of standardising and capping open access publication fees on an EU-wide basis as part of the implementation of Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Plan S is a set of high-level principles which are in line with current UK Government policy and ambitions for Open Access (OA), and identify common ways to accelerate the implementation of OA to meet the European Competitiveness Councils target, set by ministers in 2016, of making all publicly funded research Open Access by 2020. For these reasons, an economic impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI was committed to a Review of OA policies before the announcement of Plan S, as part of its practice of monitoring and improving implementation of the policy. The purpose of the UKRI OA Review is to support delivery of UK government policy on OA to achieve the associated economic and social benefits and ensure the taxpayer secures maximum value for money from investment in publishing research. UKRI will consider Plan S principles within the broader aspects of the OA Review and where they support the delivery of UK OA policy.</p><p> </p><p>Any implementation of Plan S principles by UKRI will be subject to the OA Review. This includes the Plan S principle around the standardisation of publication fees and funding across Europe. Costs and benefits around OA models and impacts arising from proposed changes will be considered as part of the OA Review, including sustainability, with wider economic impacts considered by BEIS. The OA Review will report in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 27<sup>th</sup> November, the Coalition of funders that are working on Plan S issued further guidance and clarifications. In this they stated that they will be commissioning an independent study on publications costs and fees. The new implementation details and guidance to clarify Plan S principles are open for public feedback.</p><p><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/" target="_blank">https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 196277 196279 196309 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1015498

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: Publications
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 his Department has made of the effect on UK academic publishing exports of UK Research and Innovation signing up to Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Plan S is a set of high-level principles which are in line with current UK Government policy and ambitions for Open Access (OA), and identify common ways to accelerate the implementation of OA to meet the European Competitiveness Councils target, set by ministers in 2016, of making all publicly funded research Open Access by 2020. For these reasons, an economic impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI was committed to a Review of OA policies before the announcement of Plan S, as part of its practice of monitoring and improving implementation of the policy. The purpose of the UKRI OA Review is to support delivery of UK government policy on OA to achieve the associated economic and social benefits and ensure the taxpayer secures maximum value for money from investment in publishing research. UKRI will consider Plan S principles within the broader aspects of the OA Review and where they support the delivery of UK OA policy.</p><p> </p><p>Any implementation of Plan S principles by UKRI will be subject to the OA Review. This includes the Plan S principle around the standardisation of publication fees and funding across Europe. Costs and benefits around OA models and impacts arising from proposed changes will be considered as part of the OA Review, including sustainability, with wider economic impacts considered by BEIS. The OA Review will report in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 27<sup>th</sup> November, the Coalition of funders that are working on Plan S issued further guidance and clarifications. In this they stated that they will be commissioning an independent study on publications costs and fees. The new implementation details and guidance to clarify Plan S principles are open for public feedback.</p><p><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/" target="_blank">https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 196277 196278 196309 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1015579

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: Publications
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 implement all 10 principles of Science Europe’s Open Access Coalition Plan S.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	196309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Plan S is a set of high-level principles which are in line with current UK Government policy and ambitions for Open Access (OA), and identify common ways to accelerate the implementation of OA to meet the European Competitiveness Councils target, set by ministers in 2016, of making all publicly funded research Open Access by 2020. For these reasons, an economic impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI was committed to a Review of OA policies before the announcement of Plan S, as part of its practice of monitoring and improving implementation of the policy. The purpose of the UKRI OA Review is to support delivery of UK government policy on OA to achieve the associated economic and social benefits and ensure the taxpayer secures maximum value for money from investment in publishing research. UKRI will consider Plan S principles within the broader aspects of the OA Review and where they support the delivery of UK OA policy.</p><p> </p><p>Any implementation of Plan S principles by UKRI will be subject to the OA Review. This includes the Plan S principle around the standardisation of publication fees and funding across Europe. Costs and benefits around OA models and impacts arising from proposed changes will be considered as part of the OA Review, including sustainability, with wider economic impacts considered by BEIS. The OA Review will report in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 27<sup>th</sup> November, the Coalition of funders that are working on Plan S issued further guidance and clarifications. In this they stated that they will be commissioning an independent study on publications costs and fees. The new implementation details and guidance to clarify Plan S principles are open for public feedback.</p><p><a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/" target="_blank">https://www.coalition-s.org/implementation-guidance-on-plan-s-now-open-for-public-feedback/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 196277 196278 196279 question first answered 04/12/2018 14:46:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1015833

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Copyright
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of introducing an international copyright exhaustion regime on the publishing industry if the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL11835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering all options for the future and therefore no final assessment has been made. Any potential change to the UK’s exhaustion of rights regime, IPO officials would need to carry out research and stakeholder engagement, which is currently ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/12/2018 15:28:12 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones