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1401685

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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
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 plans to take to support the community energy sector as part of the Government's ambition to meet the net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	904935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Through the introduction of UK-wide growth funding schemes, such as the Community Renewal Fund and the Towns Fund, Government is enabling local areas to tackle net zero goals in ways that best suit their needs.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage community energy groups to work closely with their local authority to support the development of community energy projects within these schemes.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the Towns Fund has awarded over £23.6m to Glastonbury Town which includes the Glastonbury Clean Energy project that aims to generate renewable energy for use by other projects within the Plan, as well as local businesses and residents.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/01/2022 13:21:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1401686

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 a further assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee's report on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, published on 27 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	904936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Select Committee inquiry into the Scheme we highlighted we continue to believe the arrangements agreed in 1994 with the Scheme Trustees still work well and are fair and beneficial to both Scheme members and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/01/2022 13:19:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1401687

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	Postal Services: Standards
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 adequacy of the Royal Mail’s current service standards for the delivery of letters.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	904937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Ofcom, the independent regulator, monitors Royal Mail’s performance and has powers to investigate and take enforcement action if Royal Mail fails to achieve its service standards. Ofcom is consulting on the future regulatory framework for post and plans to issue a statement in Summer 2022.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/01/2022 13:22:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1401688

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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: Price Caps
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 his Department has made of the effect of the price cap increase on the level of demand for support from household customers with dual fuel energy.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	904939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our Energy Price Cap remains in place, protecting millions of households from sudden price spikes. We are also supporting the most vulnerable and low-income households with the cost of fuel bills through initiatives such as the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 904942 question first answered 11/01/2022 13:23:53 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1401689

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	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, to ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support energy efficiency measures in homes.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	904941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has published the Heat and Buildings Strategy, setting out plans to decarbonise homes in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £4 billion of new funding at the Spending review to start work.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/01/2022 13:24:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1401690

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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: Prices
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to households with dual fuel energy bills.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	904942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Our Energy Price Cap remains in place, protecting millions of households from sudden price spikes. We are also supporting the most vulnerable and low-income households with the cost of fuel bills through initiatives such as the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 904939 question first answered 11/01/2022 13:23:53 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1401691

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	Science
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 support the Government’s ambition to become a global science superpower.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	904943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>We are funding the fastest increase in R&amp;D spending ever to cement our position as a Global Science Superpower, driving economy-wide R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027 and priming the UK to take advantage of huge opportunities in emerging technologies like AI, Quantum computing and Fusion.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/01/2022 13:25:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1401692

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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	Motor Vehicles: 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 steps he is taking to help strengthen the automotive sector.
tabling member constituency	Bracknell
tabling member printed	James Sunderland
uin	904945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>This Government is supporting the automotive sector’s transition to zero emission vehicles and has committed £2.5bn for vehicle grants and infrastructure. The Net Zero Strategy announced a further £350m for the Automotive Transformation Fund, on top of £500m previously committed. Recent investments by Nissan, Stellantis and Ford show strong business confidence.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 11/01/2022 13:26:28 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4767 label Biography information for James Sunderland

1401755

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it his policy to support improved work-life balance as part of public services' recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	101823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has put the recovery of public services at the heart of its building back better and levelling up agenda. We are investing £3.7 billion to build 40 new hospitals and we’re investing a further £4.7 billion in the core school budget by 2024-25. There are almost 10,000 more nurses and over 5,100 doctors now working in the NHS compared to last year, and we have recruited over 11,000 police officers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s 2019 manifesto committed to encourage flexible working and consult on making it the default unless employers have good reasons not to. Since then, COVID-19 has changed working practices for many and led to the recognition of the need for more flexible working hours to balance work with other personal commitments. The Government intends to build on what we have learnt and ran a consultation proposing to reform the existing Right to Request flexible working from September to December 2021. We are currently analysing responses and will issue a formal Government response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/01/2022 16:46:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1401756

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy to promote improved working conditions through Government procurement policy.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	101824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Government encourages employers to better support all employees to remain in and thrive through work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Through our new approach to extend the use of the Social Value Act, effective from 1 January 2021, additional social benefits can be taken into account via the delivery of contracts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To promote consistency across departments, we developed a tool called the ‘Social Value Model’ for use by all organisations in scope of the new policy. The tool has provisions to improve health and wellbeing in the contract workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 17/01/2022 16:47:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones