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1582811

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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 Bills Discount Scheme: Iron and Steel
	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 25 January 2023 to Question 127746, if he will make an estimate of the average saving the Energy Bills Discount Scheme will provide to steel producers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will support steel producers facing high energy prices through issuing a per-unit discount to their energy bills. The calculated discount will depend on the terms of their contract and the future price of energy.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an average estimate, but for steel firms eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support, for electricity the maximum discount on 70% of usage will be £89 per megawatt hour (MWh) with a price threshold of £185 per MWh. For gas, the maximum discount will be £40 per MWh with a price threshold of £99 per MWh, also on 70% of usage. The remaining 30% of usage will be supported at the same level as non-domestic customers who do not qualify for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the steel sector more than £800m since 2013 to help with energy costs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 137788 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:25:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582812

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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 25 January 2023 to Question 127746 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will make an estimate of the value of the Government support to the steel sector with energy costs since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will support steel producers facing high energy prices through issuing a per-unit discount to their energy bills. The calculated discount will depend on the terms of their contract and the future price of energy.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an average estimate, but for steel firms eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support, for electricity the maximum discount on 70% of usage will be £89 per megawatt hour (MWh) with a price threshold of £185 per MWh. For gas, the maximum discount will be £40 per MWh with a price threshold of £99 per MWh, also on 70% of usage. The remaining 30% of usage will be supported at the same level as non-domestic customers who do not qualify for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the steel sector more than £800m since 2013 to help with energy costs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 137787 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:25:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582813

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 January 2023 to Question 129769 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will publish the outcomes of the meeting with steel trade union representatives held on 24 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>This was an informal conversation in which Community Union set out their ambitions for the steel industry and all parties discussed current issues.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2023 10:26:34 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582825

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 30 January 2023 to Question 131201 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, If he will publish the outcome of the call with members of the steel sector on 6 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>This was an informal roundtable discussion, part of a regular series, to discuss the current issues facing the steel sector. The meeting covered a number of topics, including energy costs, decarbonisation support, Government procurement, and trade remedies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2023 10:24:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582826

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 31 January 2023 to Question 132361 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the difference in the quantity of steel produced in (a) the UK and (b) Germany in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of the reasons for the difference in the quantity of steel produced in the UK and Germany in 2021. Any differences will be a result of commercial decisions taken by firms in the two countries.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2023 15:29:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582447

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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	Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
	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 support he is providing to businesses in the pharmaceutical sector to (a) expand their premises and (b) manufacture more products.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	136593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the Government published the Life Sciences Vision, which set out an ambition to create a globally competitive environment for Life Science manufacturing investments. To help meet these ambitions and incentivise globally mobile manufacturing investments in the UK, the Office for Life Sciences launched the £60 million Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) in March 2022. The LSIMF will provide capital grants for investment in the manufacture of human medicines (drug substance and drug product), medical diagnostics and medical technology products. The fund has received a large number of high-quality applications and we expect to announce the successful grant awards from spring 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/02/2023 15:38:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1581904

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	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	Construction: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new scheme to support the training of scaffolders, in addition to the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme; and if he will publish the eligibility criteria for grants funded by his Department for the training of scaffold instructors.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	135304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government supported the 2015 decision of the construction industry to adopt the SKILLCard scheme, following research commissioned by the HSE and Construction Industry Training Board, to ensure those working on construction sites possess a relevant qualification for their occupation. Whilst the Government is supportive of CSCS, the Government does not have the power to intervene in the operation of the CSCS, as an industry-led scheme. BEIS does not provide grant funding for the training of scaffolding instructors.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 02/02/2023 14:40:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1582042

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	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	Procurement
	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 a policy on the stockpiling of critical materials.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	135233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to make critical mineral supply chains more resilient. The Department of International Trade’s Supply Chains Resilience framework highlighted stockpiling as one of five possible areas to explore when building resilience in supply chains. We are analysing the pros and cons of stockpiling, including engagement of stakeholders and international partners, before making commitments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/02/2023 15:05:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1582045

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	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	Minerals: Foreign Relations
	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 publication of the Critical Mineral Strategy, what steps is his Department taking to engage with mineral-rich countries.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	135236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>We work collaboratively with mineral producing countries, putting environmental, social and governance considerations at the heart of our engagement. In recent months the UK has signed a Partnership on Minerals for Future Clean Energy Technologies with South Africa and agreed to deepen collaboration on critical minerals with Saudi Arabia. To support this work, I will be travelling to the Mining Indaba in South Africa, where I will meet with my ministerial counterparts to strengthen UK ties with key producer countries, attend the Minerals Security Partnership Ministerial, and promote the UK’s key role in global critical mineral supply chains</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/02/2023 15:01:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1581123

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Innovation and Research
	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 the potential effect of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing Access on (a) global R&D investment decisions and (b) access to medical innovation.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	133601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working to better understand the impacts the operation of the current Voluntary Scheme on investments in the UK and access to medicines. We are therefore in direct conversations with companies to understand these impacts. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is in close discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department responsible for the Voluntary Scheme, about the business environment for life sciences and its impact on investment and patient access.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2023 14:29:06 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner