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829801

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	Insolvency: EU Law
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 plans the Government has to implement the EU Insolvency, Restructuring and Second Chance Directive.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	124583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The proposed Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and insolvency measures is currently still under negotiation in Brussels. Given this stage of the process and the ongoing negotiations on withdrawal from the EU, it is not possible to say whether, if adopted, the provisions would be implemented in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/02/2018 15:18:45 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

829879

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: Presidents Club
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 any Ministers from his Department attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner run by the Meller Educatonal Trust in an official capacity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	124638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>There were no Ministers from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy present at this event.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 31/01/2018 16:13:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

829885

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	Renewable Energy: 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, with reference to the Clean Growth Strategy, published on 12 October 2017, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing funding to biomass conversion and increase the resources available for wind and solar energy exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	124642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Renewable technologies now form a significant part of the UK’s energy mix, and the recent Clean Growth Strategy sets out policies to continue the expansion of the low carbon electricity sector. Coal to biomass conversions are a transitional technology in the decarbonisation of electricity, with all support under the renewables obligation and contracts for difference (CfD) schemes ending in 2027. We are improving the route to market for renewable technologies such as offshore wind by making up to £557m available for further CfD auctions, and working with industry to develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity. No decisions have been made on further CfD auctions for the Pot 1 technologies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 11:48:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

829914

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	Energy: Housing
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 Government and supplier obligation energy efficiency investment there was in each year between 2012-13 to 2016-17; and how many homes were insulated under Government programmes in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	124663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Data are published for the number of measures installed and the total investment in supplier obligations prior to the start of the Energy Company Obligation in 2013 but the data are not readily available to determine the number of homes insulated, nor investment by year, in those years.</p><p> </p><p>Investment under ECO (from 2013-14) is shown in the table below [1], [2].</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> Supplier spend in the year (2017 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,690,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,000,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£540,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£480,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of homes insulated under ECO (from 2013-14) meanwhile is provided below [3]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> Homes insulated in the year </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>381,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>463,593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>216,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>158,304</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Note that suppliers front loaded delivery against their ECO obligations, meaning spending was higher than BEIS estimated for 13-14 and 14-15, but lower in the subsequent years. Had suppliers not front loaded delivery (i.e. delivered at a constant rate over this period), supplier spend would have been around £1.4bn during 13-14 and around £860m pa between 14-15 and 16-17</p><p>[2] Source <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-september-2017</a> (note the figures have been adjusted for inflation)</p><p>[3] Source: as above. These figures differ from published data in table 1.2.1a since the question asks for the number of homes insulated in a year whereas table 1.2.1a will only count a home once regardless of the number of times it received an insulation measure post May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 11:49:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

829923

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	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of investment required each year to meet the target for as many homes as possible to be brought up to EPC Band C by 2035.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	124669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not made an official estimate of the amount of investment required each year to meet the target for as many homes as possible to be brought up to EPC Band C by 2035. The amount of investment will depend on the measures installed to achieve this energy efficiency level, which will also depend on the policies to encourage their uptake, and the impact of innovation investment on driving down cost and bringing forward new technologies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently undertaking this analysis and will publish these estimates in due course. The forthcoming call for evidence on EPCs will be a valuable addition to the evidence of how we can reach this target.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 11:51:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

829928

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	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, how many and what proportion of people his Department estimates to have lived in fuel poverty in each parliamentary constituency in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	124673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Estimates on the number and proportion of households in fuel poverty in each parliamentary constituency are available for 2011-2015 data. These can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2014-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2014-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2013-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2013-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2011-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2011-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/01/2018 15:13:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

829956

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	Biofuels
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 Ofgem's Biomass Sustainability dataset 2015-2016, published on 22 March 2017, what assessment he has made of the effect of UK biomass production on deforestation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	124693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Reporting under Ofgem's Biomass Sustainability dataset 2015-2016, published on 22 March 2017, is a requirement on biomass generators to demonstrate compliance with UK biomass sustainability standards. The Department have not made an assessment of the effect of UK biomass production on deforestation.</p><p> </p><p>The “Biomass Feedstock Availability Report”, also published in 2017, shows that the large majority of woody biomass fuels in the UK are sourced from agricultural and forestry residues, arboricultural arisings, waste woods and sawmill products.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 31/01/2018 17:58:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

829959

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	Biofuels
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 made an assessment of the number of virgin forests that have been affected by biomass production in the past three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	124695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the number of virgin forests that have been affected by biomass production in the past three years.</p><p> </p><p>However to receive government support for heat and power generation from biomass in the UK, all biomass must comply with the UK’s sustainability criteria, which includes demonstrating that wood is supplied from legal and sustainable sources.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2018 11:50:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

829979

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: Public Expenditure
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 his Department spent on (a) art, (b) wine and (c) hospitality in each of the last seven financial years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	124709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not purchase art. Any works of art held by the Department are loaned from the Government Art Collection.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s expenses policy does not allow staff to claim for the cost of alcohol of any kind. Wine is very occasionally provided at events for external stakeholders but the cost of beverages is not recorded separately within the cost of catering and hospitality.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on catering and hospitality, covering the financial years since the Department was formed, is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17 (audited) </strong> (August 2016 – March 2017)</p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18 (unaudited)<br> </strong>(April 2017 – December 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Catering and Hospitality</p></td><td><p>£53,761</p></td><td><p>£48,596</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/01/2018 15:12:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

830025

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	Conditions of Employment: Telephone Services
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 Answer of 22 December 2015 to Question 19825, how many complaints were received by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline regarding employment issues in each of the last five years; and how many of those complaints were from (a) apprentices, (b) interns and (c) self-employed people in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	124741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on all Acas helpline calls and those that relate to Pay and Works Rights Helpline (PWRH) issues specifically are available below. Information on self-employed status is not collected by Acas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Enquiries made to the Acas helpline by topic and caller type, 2015/16 to 2016/17</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Caller Type</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All topics</p></td><td><p>PWRH topics</p></td><td><p>All topics</p></td><td><p>PWRH topics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprentices</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Interns</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Acas </em></p><p><em>Notes</em></p><ol><li><em>Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</em></li><li><em>‘All topics’ covers total calls to the Acas helpline. </em></li><li><em>‘PWRH’ covers those who discussed one (or more) topics under the PWRH umbrella which includes: ‘Non-payment/deduction of wages’, ‘NMW/NLW’, ‘Non-payment of NMW/NLW’, ‘Agency Worker Regulations’, ‘Contracts/Terms including non-receipt’, ‘Entertainment/Model Agencies’, ‘Gangmasters’.</em></li><li><em>PWRH figures are a subset of ‘all topics’.</em></li><li><em>In 2015/16 and 2016/17, 95% of all calls received were captured by the Acas Data Capture System.</em></li></ol><p> </p><p>The answer given to the hon. Member on 22 December 2015, by the then Minister of State for Skills to Question 19825, reported Pay and Works Right Helpline (PWRH) data between 2009-10 and 2014-15. The PWRH was replaced by the Acas helpline in April 2015. Acas data is not directly comparable to data collected under the PWRH, as Acas handle a much wider range of enquiries on employment matters. It is not possible to specifically identify the number of calls received by Acas that would have been handled by the previous PWRH.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 31/01/2018 16:06:23 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq