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1304947

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he is making on developing the proposals in the Research and Development Roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Kingswood
tabling member printed	Chris Skidmore
uin	913806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>We continue to make excellent progress on implementing the R&amp;D Roadmap. Most recently, I am thrilled that the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill has been introduced to this House, seeking to establish a new funding body focused on high-risk, high-reward research.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/03/2021 13:09:06 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore

1304948

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	STEP Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress the UK Atomic Energy Authority is making in the delivery of the STEP programme.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	913808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The STEP programme aims to develop and build a prototype fusion power plant in the UK by 2040. The UKAEA has made great progress and are on track to deliver a concept design by 2024, as planned.</p><p> </p><p>The process to select a site for STEP is underway and there have been high levels of engagement from potential sites across the UK, including one in the constituency of my hon Friend.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/03/2021 13:10:07 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1304949

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	Retail Trade: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to help facilitate the smooth opening of high street businesses under Step Two of the Government's roadmap for the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	913809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>We have established a weekly ‘Reopening Retail Working Group’ to bring together businesses, Local Authorities, PHE, the police and relevant Departments to discuss the operational challenges of reopening and to agree practical steps that can be taken to support this.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/03/2021 13:11:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1304950

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase renewable energy production.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	913810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government aims to deliver up to double the renewable electricity capacity at the next Contracts for Difference round at end of this year compared to AR3, while spending an estimated £1billion in 2020/21 to encourage the deployment of low carbon heating in homes and businesses through the Renewable Heat Incentive. We have also announced the Clean Heat Grant, the Green Heat Network Fund and will launch the Green Gas Support Scheme later this year.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/03/2021 13:11:57 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1304951

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Supreme Court's ruling of February 2021 on the employment status of Uber drivers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	913812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Supreme Court Judgment upheld Employment Status law as it stands. It is now for Uber and other gig economy businesses to ensure that they are fulfilling their legal responsibilities. The Government is considering options to further clarify the law.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/03/2021 13:13:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1304952

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his department is taking to support UK research and development.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	913813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>We have announced an investment of £14.6 billion in R&amp;D for 2021/22, and we are taking forward the ambitious commitments in our R&amp;D Roadmap.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Plan for Growth at Budget 2021 we will publish a new Innovation Strategy in the summer to unleash innovation across the UK to complement this investment.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/03/2021 13:14:34 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1303302

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Local Growth Deals
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 12 February 2021 to Question 149245 on Local Growth Deals, on what basis the Government has calculated that £15 billion of public and private sector investment has been leveraged through Local Growth Fund investment.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	170659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships provide self-reported Local Growth Fund monitoring returns on a quarterly basis. Each monitoring return is verified and approved by their Accountable Body’s Section 151 Officer or equivalent, prior to submission to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. These returns include self-reported details of private and public sector investment that has been leveraged because of the Local Growth Fund investment.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:27:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1303359

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
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 he is taking to support micro-enterprises in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	170664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub offers one-to-one advice and ongoing support to businesses with ambitions to grow, and is open to businesses of any size or sector. Since its launch in 2014, the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub has successfully helped thousands of businesses across the region to access funding, tap into supply chains, increase production, and reach their full potential, and has supported the creation of over 5,000 jobs. Through the Local Growth Fund and European funds, LEPs in the West Midlands have supported projects aimed at supporting SME incubation and growth.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the livelihoods of those hardest hit, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended to September and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will continue with a fourth and a fifth grant. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that a further 600,000 people, many of whom became self-employed in 2019-20, may now be able to claim direct cash grants under SEISS.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support is also available through Covid-19 Business Grants. Businesses that are required by law to close can access grants of up to the equivalent of £4,500 per 6-week period via the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed). This support is available until 31<sup>st</sup> March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses that were required to close at the beginning of national restrictions on 5<sup>th</sup> Jan will also be eligible for a one-off payment of up to £9,000 to help them through the difficult Spring period, via the Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in the Budget that from 1<sup>st</sup> April, one-off Restart Grants of up to £6,000 for non-essential retail, and up £18,000 for hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation businesses, will be available to support them to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.</p><p> </p><p>The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) continues to enable Local Authorities to put in place discretionary business support. Local Authorities are free to provide support that suits their local area best, including to support those businesses not required to close but which have had their trade severely affected by the restrictions. The Chancellor has announced an additional £425m will be made available to the ARG that more than £2bn has been made available to Local Authorities since November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:24:17 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1303368

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Weddings: 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, whether dedicated wedding venues are permitted to hold covid-secure weddings in Stage 2 of the covid-19 roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Staffordshire Moorlands
tabling member printed	Karen Bradley
uin	170632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>At Step 2, which will be no earlier than 12 April, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are permitted for up to 15 people in COVID-19 Secure venues that are permitted to open or where a broader exemption applies.</p><p> </p><p>Receptions can take place with up to 15 people in the form of a sit-down meal and in any COVID-19 Secure outdoor venue that is permitted to open. Such receptions must not take place in people’s private gardens or public outdoor spaces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2021 16:21:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley

1303397

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
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 merits of introducing legislation mandating property management companies to carry out improvements on buildings ahead of the proposed upgrade of private rented sector homes to Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	170750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS consulted on improving the minimum energy efficiency standards for privately rented homes in England and Wales to EPC Band C. Under the Government’s recommended option, landlords would be required to reach EPC Band C for new tenancies from 1 April 2025 and all tenancies by 1 April 2028. Landlords can choose to work with a property management company to meet the regulations where appropriate, although the requirement for compliance rests with the landlord. We are currently analysing consultation responses and will publish a Government Response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 22/03/2021 16:44:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana