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date	14/04/2022
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	Metals: Recycling
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 impact of the exclusion of the metal recycling sector from the Red Diesel Replacement competition on that industry’s capacity to decarbonise.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	153892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The £40m Red Diesel Replacement (RDR) innovation programme focusses on construction/mining/quarrying sectors, accounting for 63% of UK red-diesel usage. <a href="https://www.e4tech.com/resources/248-e4tech-and-cenex-engage-sectors-that-use-red-diesel-to-identify-innovation-needs-for-low-carbon-alternatives.php" target="_blank">https://www.e4tech.com/resources/248-e4tech-and-cenex-engage-sectors-that-use-red-diesel-to-identify-innovation-needs-for-low-carbon-alternatives.php</a>. However, technologies developed and lessons learned through RDR will also benefit the metals recycling sector.</p><p> </p><p>Other Government support includes:</p><ol><li>Phase-2 Industrial-Fuel-Switching Competition, £55m, Autumn 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-fuel-switching-competition" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-fuel-switching-competition</a>.</li><li>Phase-4 Industrial-Energy-Efficiency-Accelerator, Value/Date TBC: <a href="https://programmes.carbontrust.com/ieea/participate-in-ieea/" target="_blank">https://programmes.carbontrust.com/ieea/participate-in-ieea/</a>.</li><li>Phase-9 Energy-Entrepreneur’s-Fund, £10m, 25 March 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-9" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-9</a>.</li><li>Industrial-Energy-Transformation-Fund and Scottish-IETF, £289m and £34m, 31 January 2022 and Summer 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-energy-transformation-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/industrial-energy-transformation-fund</a>.</li><li>Spring Budget 2021: 1 April 2021 until 31 March 2023, companies can claim 130% first-year capital allowances on qualifying plant/machinery investments.</li></ol> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2022 16:47:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1367018

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
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	Aerospace Technology Institute: 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, if he will make a statement on the Government’s Spending Review commitment to extend funding for the Aerospace Technology Institute to 2031 to meet its Jet Zero ambitions.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	71314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>At the October Spending Review, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer extended the £1.95 billion funding commitment to the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme from 2026 to 2031. To date, £1.6 billion has been awarded to over 340 collaborative R&amp;D projects spread across the UK. This activity will help to drive the development of new low and zero-carbon emission aircraft technology, which forms an important part of our Jet Zero ambition to decarbonise aviation.</p><p> </p><p>We will work through the annual profile of funding for the ATI programme, including when the programme will re-open to new R&amp;D grant applications, over the coming months. Further information on the programme will be provided following that work.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 16/11/2021 09:10:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1355293

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	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, if he will tackle gaps in consumer protections for people making energy efficiency improvements to homes and installing low-carbon heating in the forthcoming Net Zero Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	49093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that improvements meet high standards and provide appropriate consumer protection.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Net Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy will look to further address consumer protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 16:14:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith