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448130

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the electricity cost per tonne of steel produced in (1) the UK, (2) Germany, and (3) France, and what assessment they have made of the reasons for any differential cost in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL5520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government assessed, and published a report about, the impact of energy and climate change policies on industry and how this compares to other countries. That report was published on 11 July 2012. Based on this data the projected cost per MWh of energy and climate change polices for industry for 2015 (expressed in 2010 prices) was £18.50 in the UK, £5.80 for France, and £13.10 for Germany. However the Government has since taken action to mitigate most of the indirect costs arising from energy and climate change policies for industry, specifically by compensating for the indirect costs of carbon taxes and now by implementing relief from the costs of renewables policies passed through in bills. These measures will save the steel industry around £100m over the financial year – roughly 30% of their electricity bills.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/02/2016 16:53:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

448131

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extra electricity cost to steel producers related to climate change policies in financial terms per tonne, and as a percentage, (1) in the UK, (2) in Germany, and (3) in France.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL5521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government assessed, and published a report about, the impact of energy and climate change policies on industry and how this compares to other countries. That report was published on 11 July 2012. Based on this data the projected cost per MWh of energy and climate change polices for industry for 2015 (expressed in 2010 prices) was £18.50 in the UK, £5.80 for France, and £13.10 for Germany. However the Government has since taken action to mitigate most of the indirect costs arising from energy and climate change policies for industry, specifically by compensating for the indirect costs of carbon taxes and now by implementing relief from the costs of renewables policies passed through in bills. These measures will save the steel industry around £100m over the financial year – roughly 30% of their electricity bills.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/02/2016 16:17:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

448153

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Union Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many regulation-making powers are contained in the Trade Union Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL5543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Trade Union Bill contains 12 regulation making powers. Details are set out in the Delegated Powers memorandum, updated ahead of introductions in to this House in November 2015. A summary is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/02/2016 17:10:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name DELEGATED POWERS TRADE UNION BILL.docx title Delegated Powers
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

448173

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to widen access to sources of alternative finance.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	24417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Alternative finance is a rapidly growing sector. Latest figures from the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) show that new SME loans originated by their members increased by 89% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2015. Equity crowdfunded deal numbers and investment totals have also been steadily rising. The British Business Bank is an active participant in the sector and during the last 12 months has supported 3,301 businesses through the peer-to-peer platforms Funding Circle, RateSetter and Zopa.</p><p>A key element in the growth of the UK alternative finance sector has been a regulatory environment that supports innovation while protecting both investors and businesses. In addition, government is bringing into effect provisions in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 which will require the largest banks - where they decline lending requests from small business customers - to offer those customers the opportunity for their details to be referred to a government-designated funding platform. These platforms will help match SMEs with alternative finance providers and will be brought into operation later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2016 16:49:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

448174

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sheffield Forgemasters: Trident Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on the future of Sheffield Forgemasters and the successor programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	24486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department is in regular contact with MoD on a wide range of supply chain issues including in the steel sector. These discussions include individual steel plants such as Sheffield Forgemasters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/02/2016 17:15:53 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

448175

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to ensure that a privatised Green Investment Bank will work to open major new investment options for investors in the UK's low carbon economy while making a material contribution to decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	24503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of why the Government believes moving UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) into private ownership represents the best way to enable the company to deliver its ambitious green business plan and have a greater impact on green investment while minimising burdens on the UK taxpayer are provided in our November 2015 policy statement on the future of GIB and are further set out in the Government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on the future of GIB which was laid in Parliament on 2 February. Both documents can be found on the GIB pages of the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2016 17:01:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

448176

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what effect the European Commission's decision to grant the Green Investment Bank scope to operate with aided capital until mid-2017 has had on his Department's policy on privatising that bank.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	24505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The original European Commission state aid decision on the Green Investment Bank (GIB) gave approval for GIB to operate until October 2016. While we expect to move GIB into private ownership during the course of 2016, the Government has obtained an updated state aid approval that provides the scope for GIB to operate as a state funded enterprise until the end of March 2018. This ensures GIB could continue to operate should the sale process extend beyond October.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2016 17:11:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

448177

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to ensure that a privatised Green Investment Bank will support the UK's cities, regions and nations in creating robust low carbon economies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	24504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank (GIB) can best contribute to UK green policy objectives by doing what it does best – achieving the demonstration effect and mobilising much needed private capital into green sectors.</p><p>GIB will continue to perform that role in private ownership - getting more investment into green sectors that are relatively mature but nevertheless suffer from a lack of investment</p><p>In private hands, GIB will have access to much more capital than if it remained in Government hands – and will be able to have a bigger impact.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2016 15:54:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

448178

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Bangladesh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to organise a high-level trade mission to Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	24594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Over one hundred UK companies already operate in Bangladesh and I would like to see more exporting to the country. Bangladesh has taken impressive economic strides over the past decade leading to increased opportunities for UK and Bangladeshi companies to work meaningfully together for the benefit of both economies. We are currently exploring a visit to Bangladesh in the coming months by my noble friend, Lord Maude of Horsham, including the possibility of an accompanying trade delegation</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/02/2016 15:57:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

448179

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to carry out an impact assessment after completion of the further education area review.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	24569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Government will produce an evaluation of the area review programme and its potential to impact on groups protected by the Equality Act 2010. The reviews do not however, mandate action, and colleges are independent corporations, so it will be for each college’s governing body to assess the potential impact on groups protected by the Act, as part of its decision to accept or reject any recommendation requiring a change to their provision</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/02/2016 15:56:48 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight