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780341

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Minimum Wage: Publicity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the details of their awareness-raising campaign to promote compliance with National Minimum Wage legislation as it relates to internships; what assessment they have made of the impact of HMRC's Promote programme on reducing the number of unpaid internships; and what other action they are taking to reduce the number of unpaid internships.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government launched a £1.75m communications campaign in January 2016, which aimed to raise awareness among employers and to encourage workers who are entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage – including interns - to check their pay. The campaign ran across radio, billboards, digital and print media and directed workers to a dedicated campaign website.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works with a broad range of employers, agents and worker groups to support compliance and raise awareness of worker rights through a combination of webinars, targeted mail shots, face to face contact, digital contact and project work with sector specific bodies. As part of their Promote programme, HMRC has written to employers who advertise unpaid internships, reminding them of their obligations to comply with NMW legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, Matthew Taylor completed his independent review into the UK’s modern employment practices. The Government will give careful consideration to his recommendation to improve the interpretation of the law and to increase enforcement action relating to unpaid internships. We will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:47:28 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

780355

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Overseas Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 18 September (HL1398), whether they have plans to review the corporate governance of UK-registered companies operating outside the UK, including through subsidiaries and other connected persons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Primarolo
uin	HL2719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>UK-registered companies are subject to UK company law, which includes a statutory requirement under the Companies Act 2006 for medium sized and large companies to produce an annual strategic report. Parent companies that prepare group accounts must produce a consolidated strategic report relating to the undertakings included in the consolidation.</p><p>In the case of UK-registered quoted companies, the strategic report must include information about the company’s employees, and social, community and human rights issues, including any policies in relation to those matters and the effectiveness of those policies, to the extent necessary to assess the development, performance or position of the company’s business.</p><p>Additionally, large companies which are public interest entities that employ 500 or more employees must include in the strategic report a non-financial statement containing information on employees and respect for human rights, to the extent necessary for an understanding of the company’s development, performance and position and the impact of its activities.</p><p>As such, where a UK registered company operates outside of the UK, including through subsidiaries, its strategic report will, to the extent required by the reporting requirement, contain information in relation to its activities abroad.</p><p>The Government Response to the Corporate Governance Reform green paper consultation, published on 29<sup>th</sup> August 2017, announced a number of reforms to further strengthen and improve transparency in corporate governance at UK-registered companies, including to introduce secondary legislation requiring companies of a significant size to explain how their directors comply with the existing duty under Section 172 of the Companies Act to have regard to employee and other stakeholder interests.</p><p>The Government has no other current plans to review the corporate governance of UK-registered companies operating in the UK or overseas.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:50:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	217 label Biography information for Baroness Primarolo

780470

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Antarctic: Snow and Ice
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 information his Department holds on ice reduction in the Antarctic in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on changes in Antarctic ice is held by British Antarctic Survey, which includes datasets collected using satellite techniques, airborne and in situ radar methods, ice drilling, seismic measurements and GPS (Global Positioning Systems).</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18<sup>th</sup> September to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-11/9992/" target="_blank">9992</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/11/2017 13:55:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

780633

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Tidal Lagoons Independent Review
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 was spent on commissioning and supporting the Hendry review.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	110379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy estimates that, excluding the salaries of seconded civil servants, the costs incurred by the Hendry Review were approximately £120,000.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/11/2017 15:51:41 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

780662

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Land: Registration
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 he has made of the cost per digital transaction of updates to the land register in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Land Registry will estimate costs per digital transaction for the financial year 2018/19 as part of its annual business and budget planning.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/11/2017 14:56:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

780663

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Fracking: Ryedale
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 October 2017 to Question 109369, on what date officials met Third Energy to discuss its application for hydraulic fracturing consent for the KM8 wellsite in Ryedale, North Yorkshire; what the purpose of that meeting was; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	110293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials periodically meet the shale gas industry (including Third Energy) to discuss progress; part of those discussions have included applications for hydraulic fracturing consent, which were framed around the Department’s guidance document on the matter[1]. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will respond appropriately to Third Energy’s application in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591631/Hydraulic_Fracturing_Consent_Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591631/Hydraulic_Fracturing_Consent_Guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2017 10:39:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

780664

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Electricity Generation
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 generating units that have signed capacity agreements list their primary fuel type as diesel.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	110224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Since the most recent Capacity Auctions (Winter 2016/17), Capacity Market Units have been required to specify their primary fuel type.</p><p>In both Winter 2016/17 auctions (the four-year-ahead (T-4) Auction and the Early Auction), Capacity Market Units identifying as ‘diesel’ accounted for just over 1% of the total capacity secured, but only a tiny fraction (55MW, 0.05%) were new projects.</p><p>A further breakdown of this figure is outlined as such (all figures in this table have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17 T-4 Auction</p></td><td><p>2016/17 Early Auction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total capacity of generating units listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>702 MW</p></td><td><p>724 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of new build diesel units</p></td><td><p>20 MW</p></td><td><p>35 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of Open Cycle Gas Turbine units listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>605 MW</p></td><td><p>566 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of Reciprocating engines listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>89 MW</p></td><td><p>78 MW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capacity of Demand Side Response listed as diesel</p></td><td><p>8 MW</p></td><td><p>23 MW</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Some Capacity Market Units specify their primary fuel type as ‘gas or diesel’ – these are not included in the above figures.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2017 16:07:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

780665

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Energy: Prices
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 recent estimate his Department has made of the average spend on domestic energy bills by household Energy Performance Certificate rating in the last 12 months for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s latest assessment of the cost of households’ energy requirements, split by their EPC rating, is contained within the Clean Growth Strategy:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf</a> </strong>(see page 73).</p><p>To derive these costs, these estimates make standardised assumptions about the temperature a home is heated to, its hot water use and lighting patterns (these assumptions are consistent with those contained within EPCs). Households’ actual energy use may differ - for example where households heat their home to different levels, or use more or less hot water than assumed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/11/2017 16:07:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

780666

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Energy: Profits
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 his Department has made of the amount of profit made by distribution network operators in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>According to Ofgem, the energy regulator, the forecasted Return on Regulatory Equity for electricity Distribution Network Operators across the sector is 9.03%, and this ranges between 7.26% and 11.5% for individual companies. These figures are an eight year average over the current price control (2015-2023). Further information is available at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/02/riio-ed1_annual_report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/02/riio-ed1_annual_report_2015-16.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2017 10:27:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

780667

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	National Grid
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 discussions his Department had with National Grid plc on reducing the time its takes for new electricity generating infrastructure to be connected the grid.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	110281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy meets with National Grid on a regular basis on a range of issues concerning the operation of the electricity networks, including in relation to connecting to the network. Since 2010, grid access reforms have reduced transmission connection times for new generation projects by an average of five years. These reforms are now a standard part of the grid connection arrangements in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2017 16:08:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown