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541771

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	British Chambers of Commerce
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their relationship with the British Chambers of Commerce; what assessment they have made of the performance of that organisation; whether they have expressed any concerns to that organisation in the past four years; and if so, what was the nature of those concerns.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL1447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>The British Chambers of Commerce is an important stakeholder for government and we engage actively with their senior team and the network of 52 accredited Chambers of Commerce in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The British Chambers of Commerce is also a delivery partner for the Overseas Business Network initiative – a programme to increase the number and range of private sector partners supporting UK exporters in overseas markets. In 2013/14 and 2014/15, UK Trade &amp; Investment trialled a number of initiatives with the British Chambers of Commerce, including co-ordinating UK-end activity and accrediting the overseas delivery partners.</p><p> </p><p>Following a review in November 2014, it was agreed that responsibility for co-ordinating the UK-end activity would be shifted from the British Chambers of Commerce to UK Trade and Investment’s regional delivery contracts with effect from April 2015. The British Chambers of Commerce continue to accredit overseas delivery partners.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/08/2016 13:50:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

542326

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Manufacturing Industries: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that energy costs are competitive to support manufacturing industries.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	43849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is working hard to ensure energy costs are not a barrier to growth and investment in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place a package of measures to alleviate the impact of electricity policy costs passed through in energy intensive businesses electricity bills. Due to this action, by 2020, this Government will have reduced the impacts of energy and climate change policies passed through in energy bills for the most energy intensive businesses by 80%.</p><p> </p><p>To date, we have paid 105 companies including nine steel companies a total of £294m to address these costs. A number of energy intensive sectors are also exempted from the costs of the Climate Change Levy.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally the Government is working closely with eight key energy intensive sectors to support energy efficiency and decarbonisation measures to help reduce energy costs, improve their competitiveness and cut emissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/09/2016 16:44:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

542249

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	ARM: SoftBank
	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 implications for the security of the UK of the proposed takeover of ARM Holdings by the Japanese company Softbank; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	uin	43943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>I can confirm that the takeover of ARM as currently proposed does not undermine the UK’s national security.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/09/2016 10:48:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

542319

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Business: Electricity
	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 electricity companies are required to provide financial compensation to business customers who are affected financially by delays in connection to the electricity network.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	43903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Electricity network companies are required, under specified circumstances, to make a payment to business customers where agreed connection dates are missed. For distribution connections these arrangements are covered by the Guaranteed Standards of Performance.[1] For transmission connections any payment to the customer for late delivery of a connection would be set out in the customer’s bilateral connection agreement.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/698/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/698/contents/made</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 12:56:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

542314

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Energy Supply
	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 address the downgrading of the UK's rating for energy security in the World Energy Council's 2015 Energy Trilemma Index, published in November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	43964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes energy security very seriously, and our energy security has not been downgraded. According to the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma index, the UK scored an ‘A’ for the energy security element and increased its country ranking for energy security from 9th in 2014 to 4th in 2015 after there was a downgrade on a point of Energy Equity.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 12:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

542321

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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 steps his Department is taking to increase the energy efficiency of private rented sector dwellings.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	43896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015 requires that all landlords of domestic (and non-domestic) privately rented property in England and Wales ensure that, from 1 April 2018, their properties reach at least an energy performance rating of E before granting a tenancy to new or existing tenants, unless a prescribed exemption applies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently developing guidance documents to assist landlords in complying with their obligations under the regulations, and to support enforcement authorities in fulfilling their duties.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/09/2016 12:56:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

542312

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Directors: Equality
	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 support his Department has allocated to support Sir John Parker in his report on diversity on corporate boards.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	43979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>The secretariat to Sir John’s review is provided by private sector sponsors and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been very supportive of the review and providing support at ministerial and official level.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/09/2016 13:13:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

542313

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Directors: Females
	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 support the Government gave to Lord Davies during his work to produce his report on women on boards.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	43980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>Lord Davies chaired the independent and business-led Women on Boards review from 2010 to 2015 to increase the representation of women on FTSE 100 boards to 25% by 2015.</p><p>The former department (BIS) provided a small secretariat to support his work. A number of sponsors and stakeholders also contributed to the successful publishing of his reports.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/09/2016 13:17:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

542317

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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	Directors: Equality
	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 the timescale is for completion of Sir John Parker's report on diversity on corporate boards.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	43978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>Sir John Parker is conducting an independent review. We expect he will report his findings by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/09/2016 13:12:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

542324

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	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 Capture and Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) groups and (b) individuals his Department has invited to work with the Government on developing a strategy for carbon capture and storage in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	43817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department continues to engage with the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, including with individual developers and the CCS Association as well as others such as the Committee on Climate Change, on the next steps on CCS in the UK. The Department also continues to host the CCS Development Forum, which brings government and the CCS industry together.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS officials are providing support to Lord Oxburgh’s CCS Advisory Group which will report to Government on their findings and recommendations on the future of CCS in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 13:01:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner