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1130438

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2019 to Question 259402 on high rise flats: insulation, what estimate he made of the number of blocks that would potentially draw on the fund when calculating the £200 million private sector cladding remediation fund.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	261286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government announced its commitment to fully fund the remediation of private sector high-rise residential blocks with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. The number of buildings which will receive funding will depend on the applications received. We estimate up to 153 may be available. This number will reduce depending on the number of developers who agree not to draw down the fund</p><p><br> I am pleased to report that many owners and developers including Taylor Wimpey, Legal &amp; General, Mace Group, Lendlease, Barratt Developments and Aberdeen Standard Investments, have agreed to maintain their commitments to meet the cost of remediation without the recourse to the fund.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/07/2019 13:29:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 122001 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1130361

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) German, French and Netherlands-style discounts on network costs, (b) a Capacity Market Levy exemption, (c) 100 per cent compensation for the indirect costs of carbon and (d) other substantive measures to lower the high electricity prices faced by the UK steel sector.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261196 261197 261198 261199 261200 261201 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1130360

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to provide a higher level of exemption to the UK steel sector for the costs of renewables.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261196 261197 261198 261199 261200 261202 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1130359

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 the Government will commit to providing competitive power prices for the steel sector.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261196 261197 261198 261199 261201 261202 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1130358

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to UK Steel's report entitled The Energy Price Scandal, published in December 2018, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations made in that report to reduce the disparity between industrial electricity prices in the UK and those in Germany and France.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261196 261197 261198 261200 261201 261202 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1130356

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 effect of high electricity prices on the resilience of the UK steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261196 261197 261199 261200 261201 261202 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1130355

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 effect of uncompetitive electricity prices in the UK steel sector on that sector’s ability to compete internationally.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261196 261198 261199 261200 261201 261202 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1130353

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	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 the Government has made an estimate of the cost of electricity in the steel sectors in (a) the UK, (b) Germany and (c) France.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	261196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, industrial electricity prices rose by 64 per cent. Including taxes, industrial electricity prices rose from 4.77 pence per kWh in 2005 to 7.84 pence per kWh in 2010 while between 2010 and 2017, industrial electricity prices (including taxes) have risen from 7.84 to 9.79 pence per kWh.</p><p> </p><p>The steel sector has received more than £291 million in compensation since 2013 to make energy costs more competitive [accurate as at 31/05/19], including over £53 million during 2018. Last year we announced the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 261197 261198 261199 261200 261201 261202 question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1131194

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will extend the DVLA core counter service framework with Post Office Ltd to November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	263178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The DVLA contract was novated to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) in December 2018 and the current contract expires in March 2020. CCS is currently engaging with stakeholders to ascertain whether the uptake of the extension option is the best commercial decision for Government. The final decision will be taken later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/06/2019 13:55:45 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1130555

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	261254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>We always award contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer. We insist that employers pay at least the National Minimum Wage, or the National Living Wage for workers over 25.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/06/2019 16:12:28 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders