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819801

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	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, for what reasons his Department's impact assessment on the Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill does not include a clear description of what constitutes conditions for effective competition.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The draft Bill requires Ofgem, as the expert regulator, to carry out a review into whether the conditions for effective competition are in place. The review must consider, among other things, the progress in installing smart meters and it will be for Ofgem to determine the relevant factors in carrying out that review.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:06:06 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819811

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Employment: Disadvantaged
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 ensure that people who live in socially deprived areas are aware of their employment rights.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) provides free and impartial information and advice to employers and employees on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. Where Acas identifies a potential complaint in relation to National Minimum Wage (NMW), agency workers, working time, gangmasters and agricultural wages rights, it will forward calls to the relevant enforcement body.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government does work to support and promote use of this service, and increase workers’ awareness of their rights. For example, the Government is developing a targeted communications campaign to ensure workers are aware of their rights to the NMW. This will follow the £1.75 million campaign we ran over Spring 2017 to achieve the same ends.</p><p> </p><p>To increase accessibility, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have also worked with the Romanian and Bulgarian Embassies to produce a leaflet in these respective languages, detailing what the minimum standards workers should expect from employment businesses and agencies are. The same leaflet is also available in English and provides contact numbers for agency workers to raise concerns or complaints. HMRC also carry out risk based enforcement using risk modelling and intelligence that they receive to enforce the NMW on behalf of workers who may not be aware of their rights, and are therefore less likely to complain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 17/01/2018 13:21:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819831

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Nuclear Safeguards
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 to public purse of the (a) set-up of a domestic nuclear safeguards regime and (b) ongoing running of a domestic nuclear safeguards regime.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Current estimates of set-up and running costs are set out in paragraph 49 of the Explanatory Notes to the Nuclear Safeguards Bill (Bill 109) published on 11th October 2017. The Department will allocate to the Office for Nuclear Regulation the funding necessary, estimated at potentially up to £10 million, to set up the regime, and is likely to involve an on-going cost of around £10 million a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/01/2018 14:34:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819832

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Nuclear Safeguards
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 to public purse of (a) procuring IT and (b) recruitment to set up a domestic nuclear safeguards regime.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The cost estimates provided in the answer to Question UIN 121903 include procurement of a safeguards IT system and recruitment and training of safeguards inspectors, together with strengthening the Office for Nuclear Regulator’s institutional capacity to deliver the project.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/01/2018 14:27:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819833

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Euratom
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 discussions he has had with his counterparts at Euratom on (a) the future ownership of Euratom’ s inspectors and equipment in the UK, (b) future arrangements for special fissile materials and (c) future arrangements for used fuel and radioactive waste.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has held a number of rounds of discussions with the European Commission on legal issues related to nuclear material and safeguards as part of the first phase of EU Exit negotiations. These issues have included the future ownership of Euratom safeguards equipment, the ownership of special fissile materials, and the legal responsibility for spent fuel and radioactive waste. Progress in these discussions was set out in the ‘Joint Report On Progress During Phase 1 Of Negotiations Under Article 50 TEU On The UK’s Orderly Withdrawal From The EU’, published on 8 December 2017:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665869/Joint_report_on_progress_during_phase_1_of_negotiations_under_Article_50_TEU_on_the_United_Kingdom_s_orderly_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/665869/Joint_report_on_progress_during_phase_1_of_negotiations_under_Article_50_TEU_on_the_United_Kingdom_s_orderly_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The next phase of negotiations is expected to commence shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/01/2018 13:22:21 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819834

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Nuclear Safeguards
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 had recent discussions with counterparts in the Governments of (a) Australia, (b) Kazakhstan, (c) Canada, (d) the US, (e) Japan and (f) South Korea to progress new nuclear safeguards cooperation agreements ahead of the UK's departure from the Euratom in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>In the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-01-11/HCWS399/" target="_blank">Written Ministerial Statement</a> on Energy published on 11th January, the Government confirmed that it is pursuing as a priority bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreements with four international partners where such agreements are crucial for continuity of nuclear trading: USA, Japan, Canada and Australia. These discussions are progressing well and significant progress has been made.</p><p> </p><p>There are also a number of additional countries with whom we will wish to discuss our ongoing nuclear co-operation to ensure that appropriate arrangements are in place to allow continuity in civil nuclear trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/01/2018 14:37:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819835

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Nuclear Safeguards
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 progress his Department has made on work to replace the UK's voluntary offer safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency to remain compliant with its obligations under international law when the UK leaves Euratom in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has begun formal negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency on future arrangements for the application of civil nuclear safeguards in the UK, in light of the UK’s withdrawal from Euratom. The UK is seeking to conclude a new Voluntary Offer Agreement and a new Additional Protocol and our intention is for these agreements to follow the same principles as the current ones.</p><p> </p><p>These discussions began in September: they have been constructive and fruitful, and substantial progress has been made. It is expected that these new agreements will be put to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for ratification at some point in 2018. The UK has emphasised its continued commitment to the IAEA and to international standards for nuclear safeguards and nuclear non-proliferation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/01/2018 14:35:41 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819863

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Biofuels: Subsidies
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 Clean Growth Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of subsidising biomass conversion.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	121935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Biomass conversions play an important transitional role in decarbonising the grid and helping to meet carbon targets. 2.98 GW of capacity is currently supported under the Renewables Obligation or has been awarded a contract under the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/01/2018 14:39:57 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

819872

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Parental Leave and Parental Pay
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 letter of 21 December 2017 from Minister for Small Businesses, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, whether his Department intends that evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheduled to take place in 2018 will include mothers who are eligible for Maternity Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	121944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to evaluate the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme in 2018 and the intention is that the evaluation will include mothers who are eligible for Maternity Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:59:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

819892

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Energy: Storage
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 the development of the battery storage industry.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	121964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan set out a range of measures that are being taken to support the development of storage in our energy system by removing policy and regulatory barriers, opening markets and committing £70 million of innovation funding for smart systems, including storage. This innovation funding is on top of the £246 million Faraday Battery Challenge to help the UK become a world leader in the research, development and manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/01/2018 14:39:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous