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1060792

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date	13/02/2019
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	Land Registry: Cybercrime
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 Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 151096 on Land Registry: Cybercrime, what the outcomes relating to the use of (a) blockchain and (b) artificial intelligence are of the HM Land Registry's Digital Street project.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	221007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The HM Land Registry’s research and development ‘Digital Street’ project is ongoing. The findings of the project are incorporated into HM Land Registry’s forward strategy on a continuing basis.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/02/2019 15:26:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1047007

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Timber: Construction
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 timber used for structural construction purposes in (a) England and (b) Great Britain in each year from 2010 was (i) imported and (ii) domestically grown.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	211876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Sales by UK manufacturers have seen particularly large increases in the last two years of the period. The Department does not hold information about domestically grown timber. The information is not available for England or Great Britain. The following table provides aggregate information for the value of sawn wood, densified wood, particle board, laminated wood and fibreboard (i) imported into the UK and (ii) sold by UK manufacturers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m, current prices</p></td><td><p>Imports into UK</p></td><td><p>UK Manufacturers Sales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>939.3</p></td><td><p>646.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>852.5</p></td><td><p>652.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>835.7</p></td><td><p>719.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>937.5</p></td><td><p>733.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,097.7</p></td><td><p>769.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,043.5</p></td><td><p>777.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,249.7</p></td><td><p>861.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,371.1</p></td><td><p>1,219.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p>UK Manufacturers Sales – Office for National Statistics <em>UK Manufacturers' Sales by Product (PRODCOM)</em></p><p>Imports into UK – Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy <em>Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components</em></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/01/2019 15:35:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1047009

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Timber: Enforcement
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 proportion of enforcement action by the Office for Product Safety and Standards related to illegally sourced timber in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	211877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) uses a variety of tools to improve compliance with technical and environmental regulations including those governing trade in timber. A significant amount of this activity is focussed on working with businesses to improve their compliance systems. Where appropriate statutory notices and other formal actions are used and a summary of all those issued by OPSS is published on gov.uk every six months.</p><p> </p><p>In the last two years, OPSS has taken two prosecutions and issued 26 notices of remedial action and 37 warning letters under the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 211878 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:29:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 97878 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1047010

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Timber: EU Law
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 breaches there have been under the UK’s implementation of the EU Timber Regulation for placing illegal timber products on the UK market in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	211878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) uses a variety of tools to improve compliance with technical and environmental regulations including those governing trade in timber. A significant amount of this activity is focussed on working with businesses to improve their compliance systems. Where appropriate statutory notices and other formal actions are used and a summary of all those issued by OPSS is published on gov.uk every six months.</p><p> </p><p>In the last two years, OPSS has taken two prosecutions and issued 26 notices of remedial action and 37 warning letters under the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 211877 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:29:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 97880 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes