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539730

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
	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, following the recent machinery of government changes, the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines is still based in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	43210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for International Trade.</p><p>Under the machinery of government changes announced recently the UK NCP will now be located in the Department for International Trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/07/2016 16:55:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

631287

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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	Overseas Companies: Turkey
	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 reports he has received or requested on child refugees working in UK registered companies' factories in Turkey.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	52133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not received or requested any such reports.</p><p> </p><p>UK listed companies are required to publish an annual strategic report that must – to the extent necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the company’s business – include human rights issues. For other UK registered companies, there is no legal obligation to publish such reports.</p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Act 2015 includes a provision that requires all businesses operating in the UK, with an annual turnover of more than £36 million, to produce a slavery and human trafficking statement that sets out the steps they have taken during the financial year to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chains or its own business. While this provision does not explicitly oblige businesses to report on child refugees, guidance accompanying the provision does make several references to children’s rights. This policy and legislation is the responsibility of my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2016 16:38:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

788695

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Drugs: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that levels of investment in research and development in medicines is maintained after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	112623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing the strength of our research base. This is why we are increasing research and development investment by £4.7 billion over the period 2017-18 to 2020-21, an increase of around 20% to total government R&amp;D spending, more than any increase in any parliament since 1979. This is in addition to our commitment to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015-2021.</p><p>While we remain a member of the EU, UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds, and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. This includes awards that are bid for before exit that are successful after exit. This guarantee gives British participants and their EU partners the assurance and certainty needed to plan ahead for collaborative projects that can run over many years. We are committed to ensuring that the UK continues to be a world leader in international science and research, including in the development of medicines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/11/2017 14:19:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

809578

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	Research: Finance
	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 mechanisms his Department uses to share best practice with other Government Departments on including provisions on affordable access in research and development grants.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	120236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government supports open access to research publications, following the Finch Report in 2012, and further advice from Professor Adam Tickell in 2016. It is for the Research Councils and Funding Councils (and, soon, UK Research and Innovation) to implement open access within their arrangements for grants and other instruments. The Research Councils make available block grants to enable universities to make publications arising from their research open access.</p><p> </p><p>Best practice in this regard is for research publications to be open access, that is, freely available for all to read on the internet, and for research data to be “FAIR”. We support the recent G7 communique that proposes that “research data should adhere to the FAIR principles of being findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable”. This does not mean that such data should always be open, as there are circumstances in which that would not be appropriate, for example where personal confidentiality or national security might be put at risk. Best practice is shared with other Government departments, primarily through the work of the Government Office for Science, and the Chief Scientific Advisors in Government departments across Whitehall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/01/2018 14:40:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

809577

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	Medicine: 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 his Department's total spend on health research and development was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	120235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold data for total Departmental spend on health research and development. However, the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) have published their 2014 UK health research analysis at <a href="http://www.ukcrc.org/research-coordination/health-research-analysis/uk-health-research-analysis/" target="_blank">http://www.ukcrc.org/research-coordination/health-research-analysis/uk-health-research-analysis/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/01/2018 14:42:06 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

831109

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	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	Voting Rights: Females
	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 mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	125117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department will support and publicise a number of events being held across government to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918. In addition, the Suffragette Flag will be raised on Tuesday, 6 February at 1 Victoria Street to mark the occasion and show support for this important anniversary.</p><p>The Department, in collaboration with Parliament, will also host this year’s cross-Whitehall International Women’s Day celebrations on the 8<sup>th</sup> March. We will celebrate the impact of women in public service over the last 100 years; consider how women in public service can take action to increase their impact today; and challenge attendees to dream big and increase impact over the next decade.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/02/2018 11:48:48 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 38570 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

873639

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	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	Aviation: Noise
	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 and encourage aviation companies to research and develop new aircraft and engine technologies to reduce noise emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	134753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides strong support for the UK aerospace sector through the Aerospace Growth Partnership. As part of this we have created a more certain environment to drive increased investment in R&amp;D, through a £1.95billion Government commitment over 13 years to 2026, matched by industry, to fund new R&amp;D projects. This funding, guided by the Aerospace Technology Institute, supports investment in new technologies to reduce aircraft noise.</p><p>A large proportion of the 206 projects contracted so far, worth over £1.8billion, are concerned with new technologies to reduce noise from aircraft engines, propellers, rotors, wings and landing gear.</p><p>These projects are focused on delivering demanding international noise reduction goals and ensure UK aerospace companies are leading the technological evolution to achieve these.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/04/2018 13:52:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

910188

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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	Parental Leave: Grandparents
	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 implement extended shared parental leave to grandparents.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	147297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We are currently evaluating the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes. This will look at the take up of leave and pay, barriers to take-up, and how Shared Parental Leave and Pay are being used in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will improve the evidence base and inform future policy development in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/06/2018 14:42:22 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1178576

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Fuel Poverty: Greater London
	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 estimate she has made of the number of households living in fuel poverty in (a) Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Southwark.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	14935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Parliamentary constituency data can be found in table 5 of the Fuel Poverty Sub-regional tables at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019</a>. Data for Southwark can be found in table 2 of the same set of tables.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/02/2020 11:34:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1178582

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	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 steps she is taking to end household fuel poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	14936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Improving energy efficiency is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty. The Energy Company Obligation, worth £640m per year, provides energy efficiency upgrades to low income and vulnerable households. Over 2 million households have received measures since the scheme began in 2013.</p><p>Tenants living in energy inefficient properties are some of the most at risk of fuel poverty. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards now require landlords spend up to £3500 improving their properties to energy efficiency Band E before renting them out.</p><p>In addition to support to improve energy efficiency the Warm Home Discount provides support to more than 2 million low income and vulnerable households each year through a £140 rebate. Over £2.7 billion has been provided by the scheme over the last nine years.</p><p>Our 2020 Fuel Poverty Strategy will set out further detail around our future plans to tackle fuel poverty.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/02/2020 11:34:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman