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1725670

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to his Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Minister received.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	3030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers who leave office are entitled to a one-off payment equivalent to one quarter of their annual salary at the point at which they leave Government.</p><p> </p><p>Details of such payments are published in the departmental annual reports and accounts, and ministerial salaries are published on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data</a></p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 09/09/2024 13:51:09 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1724090

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether intellectual property provisions on plant genetic resources are being negotiated under the UK-India Free Trade Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	2123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>Boosting trade abroad is essential to deliver a strong economy at home. That is why we are committed to negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with India, which is projected to be the world’s third largest economy by 2027.</p><p>It is the department’s established practice to not comment on the details of live negotiations. We will commence negotiations as soon as possible to secure an agreement that creates new opportunities for businesses, supports jobs across the United Kingdom, and delivers growth.</p> answering member constituency Lothian East answering member printed Mr Douglas Alexander question first answered 06/09/2024 13:43:15 answering member 632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1724178

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how he plans to encourage investment in (a) chemical recycling and (b) other green technologies.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	2126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to a circular economy which will keep resources in use as long as possible, extracting maximum value, minimizing waste and promoting resource efficiency. Policies such as the UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax help support innovation, growth and jobs in the waste management and the recycling sectors, including within chemical recycling.</p><p> </p><p>The UK supports investment into green technologies through competitive research and innovation-based incentives such as R&amp;D tax credits, innovation funding and incentives.</p><p>DBT will use its investment services to support Great British Energy to seek investment into new technologies to speed up and scale their deployment.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 06/09/2024 09:12:57 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1660540

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund (a) has been spent and (b) has been allocated for the spending review period to March 2025.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	199465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>In 2020, £500m of Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) funding was announced in the Ten Point Plan. The 2021 Net Zero Strategy announced a further £350m funding for the ATF between 2022/23-2024/25. £136m of this budget, for financial year 2022-23, was later reprioritised by BEIS (predecessor department) for investment in Sizewell C</p><p> </p><p>As of September 2023, the total value of offers made under the ATF is over £550 million. In addition, we are in active discussions with investors on a wide range of exciting new projects for the UK's electric vehicle supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/09/2023 11:38:13 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1660541

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Automotive Transformation Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding from the Automotive Transformation Fund she plans to allocate to (a) existing legacy car and van manufacturers and (b) new entrants to the market.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	199466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Automotive Transformation Fund offers funding for capital and associated industrial research projects that support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK. We continue to work with industry to unlock private investment in our EV supply chain via the ATF. This includes unlocking strategic investments in gigafactories, motors and drives, power electronics, and fuel cell systems.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/09/2023 10:48:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1645327

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Chemicals and Technology: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to encourage investment in (a) chemical recycling and (b) other new green technology.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	189966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Chemical recycling covers a range of emerging technologies that could potentially offer a complementary recycling route for plastics where mechanical recycling is impractical or uneconomic. The Government has funded innovative demonstrator projects, including on chemical recycling, through UK Research and Innovation’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging programme. In April of this year HM Treasury announced plans to consult on whether and how chemically recycled content could be accounted for in the Plastics Packaging Tax using a mass balance chain of custody model.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works with public finance institutions such as UK Infrastructure Bank, British Business Bank, UK Research and Innovation, Export Credit Agency and UK Export Finance, to support investment in green technologies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/06/2023 11:27:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1645330

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the review into the Government’s approach to attracting foreign direct investment led by Lord Harrington of Watford will consider the Government’s approach to attracting new foreign direct investment into recycling infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	189969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Lord Harrington’s review into attracting foreign direct investment is primarily, though not exclusively, focused on the Chancellor’s five key growth sectors. One of the key growth sectors is Green Industries, and the review will consider actions to improve investment across Green Industries, including recycling infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/06/2023 11:50:23 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1585088

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Climate Change: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the funding the UK committed to the NDC Partnership from 2019–25 has been disbursed.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The amount of funding the that the UK has disbursed to NDC Partnership can be found at <a href="https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-13-ICF-0008-NDCP/transactions" target="_blank">https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/projects/GB-GOV-13-ICF-0008-NDCP/transactions</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 20/02/2023 15:48:32 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse