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1506286

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date	08/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department takes to help offenders find employment following their release from prison.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Increasing the number of prison leavers who get a steady job or access training after leaving custody is a priority for our department. This is because we know employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. The proportion of prison leavers released from custody employed at six months from their release has risen by almost two thirds to 23% between April 2021 and March 2022, but we will do more.</p><p>The Prisons Strategy White Paper includes rolling out dedicated Prison Employment Leads in 92 prisons to match prisoners to jobs. In those same prisons, we are rolling out Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access job opportunities and support writing applications and CVs.</p><p>We are also rolling out prison Employment Advisory Boards to link prisons with local industry to help prisoner leavers meet the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>Finally, New Futures Network, the prison service’s network of employment brokers, works with over 400 employers to find prisoners work in prison, on Release on Temporary Licence and on release.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/09/2022 07:55:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506287

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Carbon Emissions: Technology
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 support new low carbon technologies.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports the development of new technology throughout its full technology development cycle. This starts with early-stage UKRI funding, progressing into mid to late-stage innovation funding such as the 4-year £1bn Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to demonstrate technology at pilot scale or on-site. This also includes the recently launched ARIA that focusses on high-risk disruptive innovation. Once the technology is ready for first commercial deployment the Government supports deployment through CfD auctions, and programmes like the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. Finally, to establish an enduring marketplace for new low carbon technology the Government is developing, for example, business models for hydrogen, CCUS and greenhouse gas removal technology.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/09/2022 09:04:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506288

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Research: Finance
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 research and development spending.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>At the Spending Review 2021 (SR21), the Government committed to its largest ever sustained uplift in research and development (R&amp;D) funding, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) largest ever R&amp;D budget.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS, in recent months, has published how our R&amp;D settlement at SR21 will be allocated over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, increasing private R&amp;D investment will be critical to reaching economy-wide R&amp;D investment of 2.4% of GDP by 2027. In July 2021, we published the Innovation Strategy, which aims to boost private sector R&amp;D investment across the whole of the UK by creating the conditions for all businesses to innovate and giving them the confidence to do so</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/09/2022 08:22:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506289

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Nuclear Power
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 deliver new and advanced nuclear power in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to take one project to Final Investment Decision (FID) this Parliament and two projects in the next Parliament, subject to necessary approvals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set up a new flagship body - ‘Great British Nuclear’ - to develop a resilient pipeline of projects. The Government appointed Simon Bowen to lead and help develop government proposals for this body.</p><p> </p><p>On the 2<sup>nd</sup> of September 2022, the Government launched the bid window for the £120 million Future Nuclear Enabling Fund. This fund will provide targeted support to potential new and advanced nuclear projects seeking to enter the UK nuclear market.</p><p> </p><p>This is additional to £210m for Rolls-Royce SMR which will be matched by industry.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/09/2022 09:03:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506291

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Business: Regulation
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 reduce the regulatory burden on UK businesses.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Cutting red tape is a central part of the Government’s growth policy. The Government is carrying out a major cross-government drive to reform, repeal and replace outdated retained EU law. This will aim to cut £1 billion of red tape for UK businesses, ease regulatory burdens and contribute to the Government’s mission to unite and level up the country.</p><p> </p><p>Through a reformed Better Regulation Framework we will foster alternatives to regulation, bear down on costs, and assess the effects of regulation on innovation and competition in order to deliver growth. Regulators will also work collaboratively with businesses to minimise the costs they face.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 49620 question first answered 22/09/2022 08:23:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506292

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Business
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 UK businesses benefit from the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Cutting red tape is a central part of the Government’s growth policy. The Government is carrying out a major cross-government drive to reform, repeal and replace outdated retained EU law. This will aim to cut £1 billion of red tape for UK businesses, ease regulatory burdens and contribute to the Government’s mission to unite and level up the country.</p><p> </p><p>Through a reformed Better Regulation Framework we will foster alternatives to regulation, bear down on costs, and assess the effects of regulation on innovation and competition in order to deliver growth. Regulators will also work collaboratively with businesses to minimise the costs they face.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 49619 question first answered 22/09/2022 08:23:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506293

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Foreign Investment in UK
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 recent progress his Department has made on securing business investment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the Government secured £28.5 billion from Australian Investors for clean energy, technology and infrastructure. In addition, the Government has provided support to attract significant investment in manufacturing including Airbus’ August announcement of a £100m investment in Broughton to increase their wing production capacity. In the Life Sciences sector, the Government has worked to secure over £80 million R&amp;D investment by Smith and Nephew into their manufacturing facility in Melton near Hull.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/09/2022 08:24:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506294

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Barriers: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make it her policy to hold discussions with her US counterpart on reducing market barriers with the US.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>We have been working closely with the US to enhance market access for exporters in both countries, removing tariffs and other barriers to trade.</p><p> </p><p>We have this year agreed with the US to lift tariffs on UK steel and aluminium products, helping a sector that supports 80,000 jobs across the UK. We have also lifted the historic US ban on the export of British beef and lamb to the US.</p><p> </p><p>We continue close discussions with the US – through our UK-US Trade Dialogues this year, led by the Department for International Trade Secretary of State, where we agreed to produce a new Roadmap to strengthen our bilateral collaboration at federal level, and through our memoranda of understanding with individual states.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 27/09/2022 13:54:56 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506296

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK sanctions against Russia on reducing trade with that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>With allies, we continue to impose the most severe economic sanctions Russia has faced, stifling the Russian economy.</p><p> </p><p>According to Department for International Trade analysis of HMRC trade data, UK-Russia trade in goods that is now wholly or partially sanctioned was worth £19bn in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Office for National Statistics analysis shows that UK goods exports to Russia in June 2022 were 67% lower than average monthly exports in the 12 months to February 2022, while UK goods imports from Russia were 97% lower. This was the lowest value of UK goods imports from Russia since records began in January 1997.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 26/09/2022 16:22:55 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506297

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to lift US tariffs on imports from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>We have been working closely with the US to reduce US tariffs on imports from the UK. This includes securing the removal of US section 232 tariffs on imports of UK steel and aluminium products, which were lifted on 1<sup>st</sup> June and which help a sector which supports 80,000 jobs across the UK. Last year we also resolved the long-running Large Civil Aircraft dispute, which included the removal of tariffs on other goods imposed by both sides, including on exports to the US of iconic UK goods such as cashmere and single-malt Scotch whisky.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 16:11:42 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord