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782915

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 9553, if he will publish the Government's objectives for the forthcoming Mineworkers' Pension scheme valuation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	111202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst the valuation process is ongoing, it would not be appropriate to publish the Government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/11/2017 12:03:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

782917

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Fracking
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 it is Government policy to ensure that baseline levels of environmental pollution prior to any fracking are not exceeded; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports the use of baseline monitoring, which can be valuable in showing local communities environmental conditions ahead of operations, and helps ensure a more rigorous post-operation assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Environmental permits for shale gas sites set out conditions that require baseline monitoring as well as ongoing monitoring throughout operations. Baseline data is important in the understanding of existing local environmental conditions. Permit conditions seek to ensure that no unacceptable impacts are caused by operations on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that pollution is detected that can be attributed to permitted activities on any given site, action will be required to remediate any impact.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 07/11/2017 16:01:41 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782918

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	National Union of Mineworkers: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108898, on National Union of Mineworkers: Northumberland, if he will place the requested documentation in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	111203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>As I previously set out in my answer to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-20/108898/" target="_blank">108898</a>, the Certification Officer is not in a position to disclose documentation on current or past cases. This means that any documentation related to the case of the National Union of Mineworkers: Northumberland remains in the custody of the Certification Officer on a confidential basis.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/11/2017 10:51:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

782919

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
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 effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	111204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to negotiating a deep and special partnership with the European Union. The Department is preparing for future trade negotiations by building capability and resource, and is developing positions for a range of negotiating scenarios in order to minimise disruption for UK businesses and avoid the introduction of new regulatory barriers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/11/2017 12:59:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

782920

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Fuel Poverty
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 estimate he has made of the average level of outstanding household energy bill debt in each year since 2010; what estimate he has made of the number of fuel-poor households which will remain in properties insulated below Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	111171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Ofgem’s Domestic Suppliers Social Obligation: 2011 Annual Report shows the average level of consumer debt held by energy consumers in 2010 was £360 for electricity and £339 for gas, and in 2011 £357 for electricity and £371 for gas. The Ofgem report ‘vulnerable consumers in the retail energy market 2017’ shows the average level of debt at the point customers start to repay “take-on debt” from 2012 to 2016. The methodology for reporting debt levels changed in 2012. This means it is not possible to provide a like for like comparison from 2010 through to 2016.</p><p>Figure 6 in the Ofgem report shows the average level of debt from 2012 to 2016, and can be found at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/10/consumer_vulnerability_report_web_003.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/10/consumer_vulnerability_report_web_003.pdf</a></p><p>The fuel poverty strategy has interim milestones to improve fuel poor homes to Band E by 2020 and Band D by 2025. This guides an approach to targeting the least energy efficient properties first, as they are facing the most severe problem. The latest official statistics show that there were 835,000 fewer E, F or G rated fuel poor homes in 2015 compared to 2010. This focus on the least energy efficient homes does mean that fewer D rated homes are improved to Band C, within the same budget. The latest statistics show that 8% of fuel poor households are were rated Band C or better in 2015 and this is projected to increase to 11% in 2017.</p><p>We will continue to make progress towards the fuel poverty milestones and 2030 target. The Clean Growth Strategy recently committed to at least £640m of support per year for home energy efficiency through to 2028 and we will be consulting in the new year on our proposals for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) to run from 2018 to 2022. In parallel, we will be considering the best forms of support for home energy efficiency over the longer term for subsequent consultation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/11/2017 16:22:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

782921

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109370, on fracking, and with reference to his Department's hydraulic fracturing consent guidance, published in February 2017, whether licensees seeking hydraulic fracturing consent (HFC) will be required to provide details in environmental permit applications of proposed plans to undertake 12 months' monitoring of the level of methane in groundwater in relation to (a) the current application for HFC for Ryedale, North Yorkshire and (b) all future such applications.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under section 4A of the Petroleum Act 1998, all licensees are required to provide details of proposed plans to undertake 12 months' monitoring of the level of methane in groundwater, in line with the guidance[1] issued by the Department in February 2017.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591631/Hydraulic_Fracturing_Consent_Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591631/Hydraulic_Fracturing_Consent_Guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2017 14:06:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 20977 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782922

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 Fusion: Research
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 the UK leaving the EU on nuclear fusion research in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	111253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK continues to lead the world in fusion research<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Our recent future partnership paper<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> made clear our desire to continue to collaborate with the EU in this important field. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is working closely with the Department for Exiting the EU and the UK Atomic Energy Authority to engage constructively with our EU partners.</p><p>We have already taken action to help secure the future of the Joint European Torus (JET) facility by guaranteeing the UK’s share of JET costs until the end of 2020. The relevant Written Ministerial Statement can be found here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-06-27/HCWS13/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-06-27/HCWS13/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] A 2016 independent review by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) found the UK fusion research programme to be ‘of world-class quality, in facilities, people and impact’.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaboration-on-science-and-innovation-a-future-partnership-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaboration-on-science-and-innovation-a-future-partnership-paper</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/11/2017 17:36:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782923

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 Fusion: Research
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on nuclear fusion research in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	111260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK continues to lead the world in fusion research[1]. Our recent future partnership paper[2] made clear our desire to continue to collaborate with the EU in this important field.</p><p> </p><p>My appointment is shared between the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Education. This role enables the two departments to maintain a coordinated approach across research and higher education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] A 2016 independent review by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) found the UK fusion research programme to be ‘of world-class quality, in facilities, people and impact’.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaboration-on-science-and-innovation-a-future-partnership-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/collaboration-on-science-and-innovation-a-future-partnership-paper</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/11/2017 17:07:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782924

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints he has received from businesses about the new system for contesting business rates since the revaluation of business rates in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	111194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) have received 83 complaints under their formal complaints procedure about the new business rates appeals system, Check, Challenge, Appeal (CCA), between 1 April 2017 and 31 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 16:55:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

782926

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Art Works: Royalties
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 ensure that the artist's resale right will continue to apply to artists and their heirs after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	111048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK artist’s resale right stems from the implementation of Directive 2001/84/EC on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has powers to transpose directly-applicable EU law into UK law on exit, including the EU Directive on artist’s resale rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/11/2017 14:22:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake