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1226660

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
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	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to enable (a) beauty salons and (b) other businesses to conduct facial treatments in a covid-secure way.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	905074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the sector and public health experts to ensure we now have the confidence that these services can resume safely on 1 August and in line with COVID-secure guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2020 12:06:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1226661

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
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	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle climate change.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	905076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK has demonstrated that clean, green growth is absolutely possible.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1990 and 2018 we grew our economy by 75 per cent, whilst cutting emissions by 43%.</p><p> </p><p>In his Summer Statement, my Rt hon Friend, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer set out £3 billion pounds to improve the energy efficiency of homes and public buildings which will also support around 140,000 green jobs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/07/2020 12:14:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1226662

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
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	Sirius Minerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions his Department held with the Tees Valley Mayor on Government support for Sirius Minerals before the sale of that company.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	905080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>My colleagues and I are in regular contact with the Tees Valley Mayor to discuss many issues, including Sirius Minerals. The Mayor is a passionate advocate for the area and we support him.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/07/2020 12:15:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1225564

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Carbon Emissions
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 the Government is taking to ensure that funding allocated to the economic recovery supports meeting the target of net zero emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	75439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear our intention to build back greener. We are taking action in every sector of the economy: we announced over £3 billion for decarbonising the UK’s buildings and delivering green jobs; £1 billion for charging infrastructure and extending Plug in-Grants to 2023 for ultra-low emission vehicles; £800 million to capture carbon from power stations and industry; £640 million Nature for Climate Fund; and £100 million R&amp;D into Direct Air Capture.</p><p>In March, we published the first phase of our transport decarbonisation plan and will be setting our further plans on energy, heat and buildings and the natural environment later this year and early next year, in the run up to COP26.</p><p>We will continue to build on these steps and deliver a stronger, greener, more sustainable economy after this pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/07/2020 14:03:26 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1225566

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus
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 assist food and drink wholesalers who had their trade credit limits (a) reduced or (b) withdrawn by insurers in advance of the full re-opening of the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	75368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Trade Credit Reinsurance Scheme will see the majority of Trade Credit Insurance coverage maintained for businesses across the UK. The Scheme operates as a reinsurance arrangement which will see trade credit insurers continuing to write and maintain cover to business throughout the Covid-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to finalise details of the scheme with both insurers and the European Commission soon. Contractual agreements with insurers will be signed shortly afterwards allowing cover that has previously been reduced or withdrawn to be reinstated. If a business feels that their coverage has been withdrawn unfairly they should contact either their previous insurer about reinstating cover, or look to arrange new cover under the same conditions as their previous coverage.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2020 16:10:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1225567

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the hospitality sector of many of their suppliers going out of business; and what further support is available to prevent this.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	75369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>We have been in regular contact with representatives from the hospitality sector, including suppliers, to ensure that we support them during and after the Covid-19 crisis. A number of measures are available to support suppliers to the hospitality industry, such as access to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and government backed loans. Suppliers to badly hit sectors such as hospitality may also be able to access the Discretionary Grant Fund which provides business support grants to businesses affected by the Covid-19 crisis at the discretion of Local Authorities.</p><p>The Government is providing additional measures to support the hospitality sector itself, including a VAT reduction to 5% and the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2020 16:11:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1225612

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to review his decision on reopening beauty salons to ensure that facial services for women are provided on an equal footing to grooming services for men.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	75215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>As set out in my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s announcement on 17 July, close contact services including treatments to the face are allowed to resume as of 1 August, as long as they operate in a COVID-secure way.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2020 16:12:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1225726

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 assessment he has made of the role of energy flexibility in managing local network constraints resulting from increased electric vehicle charging.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	75436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working on a range of measures to realise the benefits of a smarter and more flexible energy system. We are making good progress delivering the actions in the Government’s Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan to remove barriers to smart technologies such as storage and improve access to energy markets for new business models.</p><p> </p><p>Smart charging of electric vehicles during off-peak periods when electricity demand is low can help avoid triggering unnecessary network reinforcement. Furthermore, this technology helps utilise renewable energy and can benefit consumers with cheaper electricity. The Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2019 produced by National Grid predicts that smart charging could by 2030 shift nearly 50% of EV demand away from peak times. Vehicle-to-Grid technology, where electric vehicles provide power back to local networks, presents an opportunity for EVs to be a significant electricity storage resource.</p><p> </p><p>Next year we intend to mandate that all new private chargepoints must have smart functionality and in 2018 we invested £30 million to support vehicle-to-grid technology. The Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce reported in January 2020, making 21 proposals on how we can maximise the uptake of smart charging and ensure the energy system is ready for electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/07/2020 11:02:37 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1225727

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Carbon Emissions
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 the Energy White Paper will include an assessment of the role of flexibility in meeting net zero climate targets.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	75185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has set out his intention to publish the Energy White Paper this Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy White Paper will address the transformation of our energy system as we deliver net-zero emissions by 2050, including the importance of flexibility.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken clear actions to enable flexibility through our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, including reforming markets so that they properly reward flexibility, removing barriers for flexible technologies, and investing in flexible innovation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/07/2020 11:04:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1225729

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 assessment he has made of the role of energy flexibility in managing local constraints resulting from increased electric vehicle charging.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	75186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working on a range of measures to realise the benefits of a smarter and more flexible energy system. We are delivering the actions in the Government’s Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan to remove barriers to smart technologies such as storage and improve access to energy markets for new business models.</p><p> </p><p>Smart charging of electric vehicles during off-peak periods when electricity demand is low can help avoid triggering unnecessary network reinforcement. Furthermore, this technology helps utilise renewable energy and can benefit consumers with cheaper electricity. The Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2019 produced by National Grid predicts that smart charging could by 2030 shift nearly 50% of EV demand away from peak times. Vehicle-to-Grid technology, where electric vehicles provide power back to local networks, presents an opportunity for EVs to be a significant electricity storage resource.</p><p> </p><p>Next year we intend to mandate that all new private chargepoints must have smart functionality and in 2018 we invested £30 million to support vehicle-to-grid technology. The Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce reported in January 2020, making 21 proposals on how we can maximise the uptake of smart charging and ensure the energy system is ready for electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/07/2020 14:06:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead