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1047100

	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	Wylfa Power Station
	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 contingency plans his Department is putting in place in the event that work on Wylfa Newydd Power Plant is not resumed.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>As my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State said to the House on 17 January, the Government will continue to discuss with Hitachi bringing forward new nuclear at Wylfa. He also said that the Government will set out a new approach to financing new nuclear in the planned energy White paper in the summer. Furthermore, the Wylfa project was not due to be operational until the late 2020s and there are a range of options for generating this capacity over that time-frame.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/01/2019 15:35:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

830080

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who the lead non-executive director and other non-executive director board members are in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	124777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Our Lead Non-Executive Board Member is Archie Norman.</p><p>Our Non-Executive Board Members are Professor Dame Ann Dowling DBE, Stephen A. Carter, Dame Carolyn McCall, Kathryn Parsons, Stuart Quickenden and Charles Randell CBE.</p><p> </p><p>Information on our Non-Executive Board Members can be found on the gov.uk website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy</a>) under ‘Our Management’.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can also be found in the BEIS Annual Report and Accounts (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf</a>) from p.44.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/01/2018 15:44:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847061

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Fairtrade Initiative
	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 his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 10:12:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847100

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
	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 organisations his Department has outsourced functions to since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is the amalgamation of the former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and was created in July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Since the creation of BEIS the following functions have been outsourced:</p><p>CGI IT UK Limited – Payroll Services;</p><p>Capita Business Services Limited – Recruitment;</p><p>Clarity Travel Management – Business Travel;</p><p>My Civil Service Pension - Pensions Advice;</p><p>UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) - Financial Transaction Services;</p><p>UK SBS – Procurement Services;</p><p>Engie UK - Facilities Management Services;</p><p>Shared Services Connect Limited – Financial Transaction Services;</p><p>Iron Mountain – Document Storage;</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 15:27:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847120

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Trade Unions
	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 percentage of workers employed by his Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) were merged to create this new department.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS does not hold data on the number of workers employed by the department that belong to a trade union.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 10:35:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847145

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Zero Hours Contracts
	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 (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were directly employed on zero-hours contracts by his Department in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>As the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created in July 2016, eight years data is not available. In the period since then, BEIS has not directly employed its staff using zero-hours contracts.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 11:12:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847185

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Flexible Working
	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 and what percentage of employees in his Department worked (a) in departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) at any other location in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available. The majority of staff will work in departmental accommodation. Staff can work from other locations and from home to support flexible working where appropriate to do so. These arrangements are made at local level within the business so data is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 16:58:18 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

969122

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Health
	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 uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national well-being in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	171303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department uses a range of surveys and data on well-being when formulating and evaluating its policies. The Office for National Statistics personal well-being questions are also included as measures for the wider Measuring National Well-being programme, which began in November 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced several policies that have a positive impact on national well-being. This includes the Industrial Strategy White Paper, published in November 2017, which aims to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase the earning power of people throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy’s Grand Challenge Missions bring government, businesses and organisations across the country together to make a real difference to people’s lives. The Ageing Society Mission is to ensure that people can enjoy at least 5 extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035, while narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest; and the Clean Growth Mission is to at least halve the energy use of new buildings by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Good Work plan, announced in February 2018, set out how for the first time the government will be accountable for good quality work as well as the quantity of jobs, and that government recognises well-being as one of the five principles that underpin quality of work. In addition we have increased the National Living Wage to £7.83, whilst the UK has experienced the lowest unemployment rate since 1975.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/09/2018 13:51:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

999739

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Society
	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 incorporate (a) big society and (b) civic society considerations into its policy formulation process.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	186969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 8<sup>th</sup> November to Question 186968:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-01/186968/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-01/186968/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:29:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141645

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: 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, how many applications for research into mindfulness-based therapies were (a) accepted and (b) rejected by the Medical Research Council in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	281632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>In the last three years the Medical Research Council has funded one project relevant to mindfulness-based therapies. £149k was awarded in 2018 to researchers based at the University of Bristol for two years to evaluate a multi-stage intervention to improve foster carers mental health and well-being.</p><p> </p><p>The number of applications and success rates for projects relevant to mindfulness-based therapies cannot be provided. All applications to UK Research and Innovation are submitted in confidence and when research topics are specialised in nature, releasing information on the number of applications may result in Research Organisations and applicants potentially being identified.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2019 13:35:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane