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1276742

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date	14/01/2021
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	Business: Recruitment
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 (a) funding and (b) incentives are available to support businesses to recruit new members of staff.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	137868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has set out a plan for recovery that focusses on backing business, improving skills, and creating jobs. For example, the £30 billion Plan for Jobs provides new funding to ensure more people will get tailored support to help them find work. This includes launching the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme fund and investing £2.9 billion in the Restart programme over 3 years to support and encourage the UK’s labour market. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is also doubling the number of jobcentre Work Coaches to provide intensive support for both young people and the newly unemployed.</p><p> </p><p>Additional measures include committing £8 million for digital skills boot camps, increasing apprenticeship opportunities, expanding sector-based work academies programme (SWAPs), launching the Job Finding Support Service, and increasing the funding for the Flexible Support Fund by £150 million in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses can also access tailored advice through our Freephone Business Support Helpline, online via the Business Support website or through their local Growth Hubs in England. Furthermore, the Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the Government and hosted on the Enterprise Nation website, offers small firms access to free, one-to-one advice with an expert adviser to help them through the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for long-term recovery. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 17:24:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1223866

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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	Coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund
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 businesses that are registered at a domestic residential address are eligible for the Local Authority Discretionary Grant; and what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the distribution of the Local Authority Discretionary Grant to businesses registered at a domestic residential address.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	72745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>On 1 May, the Government announced that up to £617 million has been made available to local authorities in England to allow them to provide discretionary grants. The Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund (LADGF) is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs that are not liable for business rates or rates reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>We are asking local authorities to prioritise the following types of businesses for grants from within this funding pot:</p><ul><li>Small businesses in shared offices or other flexible workspaces. Examples could include units in industrial parks, science parks, and incubators which do not have their own business rates assessment.</li><li>Regular market traders with fixed building costs, such as rent, who do not have their own business rates assessment.</li><li>Bed &amp; breakfasts which pay Council Tax instead of business rates.</li><li>Charity properties in receipt of Charitable Rate Relief, which would otherwise have been eligible for Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Rate Relief.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for defining the precise eligibility for this Fund and may choose to make payments to other businesses based on local economic need, subject to those businesses meeting the specific eligibility criteria. Guidance for Local Authorities was published 13 May: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-business-support-grant-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-business-support-grant-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We appreciate that there is substantial demand for the LADGF. Local Authorities will need to manage their scheme to stay within their funding allocation and will have to make choices about which businesses to prioritise.</p><p> </p><p>Where businesses are registered at a domestic residential address, tax and insurance details should identify the separate costs of a home-based business. Local Authorities should take steps to understand the specific costs of the business.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are keeping in close contact with Local Authorities to understand how the scheme is rolling out and advising ministers on any additional support which could be offered to help businesses and support local economies.</p><p> </p><p>Any enquiries or appeals regarding the provision of, or eligibility for, grant funding should be directed in the first instance to the relevant local authority.</p><p> </p><p>The grant funding schemes are part of the Government’s wider package of support for business. For further information on what support you might be eligible for, please visit: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/07/2020 16:34:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1188196

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Housing: Energy
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 23 March 2020 to Question No 28671 on Housing: Energy, if he will publish those impact assessments in which the benefits to householders’ health from improving their homes thermal performance have been included.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	37369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does include the health benefits of energy improvements to the householders’ health in published Impact Assessments, although the methodology has not yet been incorporated into the net present value calculation. Two of the latest are the most recent impact assessments for ECO and Private Sector Regulations (see below):</p><p> </p><p>Page 29 <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F749638%2FECO_3_Final_Stage_IA__Final.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHouseholdenergyefficiencycomms%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce28ce16c5e4a4034d0e208d7e5f77a71%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637230723378018796&amp;sdata=qHJ%2B%2B2M%2B9g2OJHAhAtDTlyMIOEaQVUQlK6dPIEbUkRU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749638/ECO_3_Final_Stage_IA__Final.pdf</a></p><p>Page 16 <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F760313%2FIA_-_Energy_Efficiency__Private_Rented_Property___England.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHouseholdenergyefficiencycomms%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce28ce16c5e4a4034d0e208d7e5f77a71%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637230723378028751&amp;sdata=fZ2kefcB077GXpp3xkYFGMXstG1LYfpl35qGhyFDnHc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760313/IA_-_Energy_Efficiency__Private_Rented_Property___England.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:24:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1188197

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Housing: Energy
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 23 March 2020 to Question 28671 on Housing: Energy, who is undertaking the study to quantify the cost savings to the health service of improving the energy efficiency of homes; and when that study will be published.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	37370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is the lead organisation undertaking the study to quantify the cost savings to the health service of improving the energy efficiency of homes. BEIS is in the process of applying for access to NHS Digital hospital records and, if this application is approved and relevant data provided to BEIS, analysis will be undertaken, peer reviewed and published.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:26:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1146775

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	Animal Experiments: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report entitled, Attitudes to Animal Research 2018 published in May 2019, what her policy is on the use of dogs in medical research.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	291517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Public Attitudes to Animal Research report is published every two years and presents the findings of a survey on public awareness of, and attitudes towards, the use of animals in scientific research. The report is commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and supports policy development and public engagement across government and the life science sector on this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the concerns that many people have about the use of animals such as dogs for research purposes. For this reason, dogs are given special protection under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that regulates their use in scientific procedures.</p><p> </p><p>Advances in biomedical science and technologies – including stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques – are all providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research, including dogs. The Government supports these developments through funding for the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/10/2019 14:17:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess