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748882

	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>For the 2017-18 financial year, the maximum amount available for financial assistance to opposition parties and the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers (“Cranborne money”) is as follows:</p><p>(1) £605,318 to the Labour Party,</p><p>(2) £302,229 to the Liberal Democrats, and</p><p>(3) £91,929 to the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.</p> question first answered 13/07/2017 10:42:17 answering member 4148
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748501

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken a number of steps to improve its prosecution of all strands of hate crime. Specifically they have delivered mandatory face to face disability hate crime training for all prosecutors to deal more effectively with disability hate crime cases.</p><p>As a result, the CPS is prosecuting, and convicting, more defendants of disability hate crime than ever before. In 2015-16, the CPS completed 941 disability hate crime prosecutions, an increase of 275 on the previous year.</p><p>The proportion of successfully completed prosecutions with an announced and recorded sentence uplift increased to 11.9% from 5.4% the previous year.</p><p>The CPS will shortly be publishing a public policy statement on disability hate crime and a Support Guide for victims and witnesses with disabilities.</p> question first answered 11/07/2017 11:09:58 answering member 4106
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

748850

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the best possible outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>We support the objectives of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), which include the creation of links integrating education and entrepreneurship to research to drive innovation.</p><p> </p><p>As my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has said, we would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However it is too early to speculate on the UK’s future relationship with the EIT.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever happens in the future, the Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/07/2017 10:45:48 answering member 127
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

748874

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government negotiated a very competitive deal which ensures consumers won’t pay a penny until the station begins generating electricity.</p><p> </p><p>Any construction cost overruns or schedule delays are the responsibility of the developer.</p><p>The Strike price of £92.50 per megawatt hour (2012 prices) set in the Hinkley Point C Contract for Difference will not change as a result of any construction cost increases or delays to completion.</p> question first answered 19/07/2017 15:29:38 answering member 127
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

748859

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, Ministers have powers to intervene in mergers which raise public interest concerns in relation to national security, financial stability and media plurality. If the Government decides that there are grounds for intervention and that it should exercise its powers under the Enterprise Act in this case, it will make an announcement.</p><p> </p> question first answered 18/07/2017 12:35:45 answering member 127
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

748875

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are no plans to review the Hinkley Point C contract, which the Government believes represents value for money and will deliver a number of benefits including 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships. The developer, NNB is responsible for the project’s funding and construction schedule. Any additional costs incurred are the responsibility of NNBG and will not fall on taxpayers or consumers.</p> question first answered 19/07/2017 15:27:02 answering member 127
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

748452

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Imports from China have reduced by over 200,000 tonnes between 2014 and 2016, with 41 trade defence cases for steel currently in place.</p><p> </p><p>Data on 32 steel products published by the International Steel Statistics Bureau up until the last full month collected (April 2017) is set out in the table attached.</p> question first answered 12/07/2017 07:20:13 answering member 3974
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

748689

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ministers do not routinely place copies of their department’s correspondence with external organisations in the House of Commons Library.</p> question first answered 18/07/2017 13:18:34 answering member 4115
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

748729

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Centrica Storage Ltd’s decision to close the Rough gas storage facility is a commercial decision based on the age of the asset and the costs of repair. As such, we do not have the information to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the effect on wholesale gas prices of maintaining the gas storage facility at Rough. However, Rough was unavailable in the market last winter, and we believe this was largely expected by market participants so we don’t expect any significant effect on prices.</p> question first answered 10/07/2017 16:49:53 answering member 4068
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748471

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Centrica Storage Ltd’s decision to close the Rough gas storage facility is a commercial decision based on the age of the asset and the costs of repair.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently undertaken a full strategic assessment of our long-term gas security, including scenarios without Rough. We will publish this in due course. The UK continues to be benefit from a range of flexible sources of natural gas, including: production from the North Sea; six international gas pipelines with Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands; three Liquefied Natural Gas terminals that can bring gas from anywhere in the world; and a number of modern, responsive gas storage facilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 11/07/2017 14:38:37 answering member 4068
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

748728

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every home and small business in the country is offered a smart meter the end of 2020. The Programme is making good progress and consumers are already benefiting from smart meters. There are now almost 7 million meters operating across homes and business in Great Britain: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-1-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-1-2017</a></p> question first answered 10/07/2017 16:16:32 answering member 4068
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748717

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department works closely with the UK automotive industry, including through the Automotive Council, to understand the issues and opportunities the sector faces. The Government will continue its longstanding programme of support for the sector’s competitiveness. The UK has been very successful in attracting inward investment from automotive companies. Companies such as Nissan and Toyota have continued to re-invest, thanks to our highly-skilled workforce, strong partnership between government and industry, and long-term investment in new technology and innovation.</p><p>We are determined to ensure that the UK continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for automotive and advanced manufacturing. This includes seeking a tariff and barrier-free comprehensive free trade deal in goods and services with the EU for a new, mutually beneficial customs agreement that allows cross-border trade to be as frictionless as possible.</p><p> </p> question first answered 12/07/2017 09:41:42 answering member 3974
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

748514

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government supports self-employed people and everyone else who wants to start and grow their own business. The GOV.UK website and the Business Support Helpline provide information on starting and running a business. Start Up Loans offer start up finance and business advice and Growth hubs also provide access to local and national support. There are 4.8 million people who are self-employed.</p><p>BEIS Ministers meet regularly with their counterparts across Government to discuss a range of policy issues of mutual interest.</p> question first answered 10/07/2017 16:48:52 answering member 4115
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748601

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on a number of issues. This includes issues related to the safety of buildings where BEIS can support the Government response to the tragic fire in Grenfell Tower.</p> question first answered 19/07/2017 15:37:01 answering member 4115
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

748516

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Business broadband connectivity lies at the heart of the Government’s national infrastructure priorities, set out in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper earlier this year, and Ministers and officials in the Department are in regular contact with their counterparts in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ensure business connectivity needs are addressed.</p> question first answered 10/07/2017 15:39:41 answering member 4115
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748518

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of good local bus and rail infrastructure to businesses. For this reason, I am working with the Secretary of State for Transport to ensure that upgrading infrastructure is one of the key pillars of the Government’s emerging Industrial Strategy.</p><p>In addition to our work on the emerging Industrial Strategy, the Government continues both to invest in transport infrastructure and to provide new powers to local areas, to ensure local transport services meets the needs of businesses and the wider community. As such we are investing £46bn to operate and enhance the railway between 2014-19 and a further £900m, through the Local Growth Fund, towards schemes that improve rail and bus infrastructure. We have also given local communities new ways to improve local transport for the benefit of businesses. For example, the Bus Services Act gives new powers to local authorities and bus operators to work with local businesses to provide the services they need.</p> question first answered 11/07/2017 15:23:38 answering member 3974
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748636

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department works closely with the UK automotive industry including through the Automotive Council which is attended by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. We have frequent conversations about the challenges that leaving the EU poses and the opportunities available to different sectors as well as the government’s position as set out in the EU Exit White Paper. As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said we will continue to work closely with business to ensure we reflect the key concerns and deliver the best deal for Britain.</p> question first answered 11/07/2017 16:23:28 answering member 3974
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

748587

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Science, Research and Innovation will be at the heart of our Industrial Strategy and this Government has bold ambitions to increase R&amp;D and back industries of the future. Our vision to reach R&amp;D investment of 2.4% of GDP within ten years and 3% in the longer-term is part of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Government clearly demonstrated its commitment to science and research in the 2016 Autumn Statement, committing an additional £4.7 billion to R&amp;D funding covering both science and innovation over the period 2017/18 to 2020/21. This equates to an extra £2 billion a year by 2020/21, the biggest increase in any parliament since 1979.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/07/2017 10:34:08 answering member 4039
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

748580

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Government supports shale gas exploration to determine the potential of the industry. Shale gas is natural gas found deep underground in impermeable shale rock and requires hydraulic fracturing (or ‘fracking’) to flow.</p><p> </p><p>Shale gas could create a new British industry, provide more jobs and make us less reliant on imports from abroad. However, we are clear, shale gas operations will only take place in a manner which is safe for the environment and local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Any company looking to develop shale will need to obtain all the necessary permissions, including planning and environmental permits, before hydraulic fracturing can be carried out.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 11/07/2017 14:36:36 answering member 4068
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

748581

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has been clear that shale development must be safe and environmentally sound. The UK has a strong regulatory system which provides a comprehensive regime for all shale gas activities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been recently elected and its approach to implementing the manifesto proposals, including any involving legislation, has yet to be finalised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 11/07/2017 14:34:28 answering member 4068
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

748517

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Innovate UK, the Government’s innovation agency, funds and connects business-led innovation. Innovate UK currently provides funding for research, development and demonstration projects through four broad sector-based programmes and an open programme. Over 11,000 projects have been funded to date, with over 8,000 unique organisations involved and further support will be provided through the new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund</p><p>In some cases, industries are too new and too small to have well-developed sectoral institutions, but companies could still benefit from starting to build a stronger partnership with the Government, particularly to overcome the regulatory issues that often affect new industries. The Challenger Business Programme works with businesses in these areas applying new technologies, innovative products and services, and transformational business models. The programme is founded on collaboration between businesses, regulators, and the Government. It aims to gain a full understanding of the issues facing businesses operating within emerging sectors and agree a set of actions for different partners to take forward, driving growth and boosting the UK’s comparative advantage.</p><p>Innovate UK’s connecting activity also provides direct guidance and assistance to businesses by helping them navigate the full range of support opportunities that exist, primarily through the Knowledge Transfer Network and the Enterprise Europe Network.</p><p>Start-Up Loans are available for those starting a business but lacking access to the necessary finance or support to realise their ambitions.</p><p>In terms of wider support, Start-Up Loans are available for those starting a business and the British Business Bank’s Finance Guide provides information on the different types of financial support available to businesses. There is also a network of 38 Growth Hubs which provide businesses with other sources of support.</p> question first answered 19/07/2017 11:16:19 answering member 4039
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748515

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government supports self-employed people and everyone else who wants to start and grow their own business. The GOV.UK website and the Business Support Helpline provide information on starting and running a business. Start Up Loans offer start up finance and business advice and Growth hubs also provide access to local and national support. There are 4.8 million people who are self-employed.</p><p>BEIS Ministers meet regularly with their counterparts across Government to discuss a range of policy issues of mutual interest.</p> question first answered 10/07/2017 16:48:52 answering member 4115
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748718

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department works closely with the UK automotive industry, including through the Automotive Council, to understand the issues and opportunities the sector faces. The Government will continue its longstanding programme of support for the sector’s competitiveness. The UK has been very successful in attracting inward investment from automotive companies. Companies such as Nissan and Toyota have continued to re-invest, thanks to our highly-skilled workforce, strong partnership between government and industry, and long-term investment in new technology and innovation.</p><p>We are determined to ensure that the UK continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for automotive and advanced manufacturing. This includes seeking a tariff and barrier-free comprehensive free trade deal in goods and services with the EU for a new, mutually beneficial customs agreement that allows cross-border trade to be as frictionless as possible.</p><p> </p> question first answered 12/07/2017 09:41:42 answering member 3974
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

748451

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>We will publish the Future Capabilities of the UK Steel sector study as soon as it has been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The study, which involved the sector at all stages, was intended to support the UK steel sector identify future opportunities, in terms of domestic steel demand, within the UK market over the next 15 years. It should also help shape the steel sector’s proposal for a sector deal, under the Government’s Industrial Strategy. As well as generating policy considerations for the Government, including potentially around procurement practices, it will identify challenges which need to be addressed by the sector itself in order to capture these future opportunities.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2017 08:29:36 answering member 3974
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

748714

	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 11 July 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-05/3079/" target="_blank">3079</a>.</p> question first answered 13/07/2017 11:19:29 answering member 4115
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green