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1579502

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	Semiconductors: Employment
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 his Department will make an estimate of the number of UK jobs indirectly supported by high-tech sectors including the semiconductor industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>According to ONS figures[1], in 2021 high and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors directly accounted for around 796,000 jobs. This is based on the OECD definition and covers the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronics (including semiconductors) and electrical equipment, machinery, and transport equipment[2].</p><p> </p><p>In 2021 these industries supported in excess of 900,000 indirect jobs in other areas of manufacturing and the wider economy. This is likely an underestimate. A precise estimate is methodologically difficult as the ONS estimates indirect jobs for the individual sectors listed above and with an aggregate sector definition, such as high and medium tech manufacturing, double counting will arise where these sectors supply inputs to each other.</p><p> </p><p>Within these figures, DCMS estimate there are ~24,000 people working directly across the UK semiconductor industry, which could imply in the region of 17,000 being indirectly supported elsewhere.</p><p><em>[1] ONS Employee jobs and ONS Self Employed Jobs.</em></p><p><em>[2] These are defined by the SIC codes 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30</em></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/01/2023 13:20:28 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579514

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much steel produced in the UK was exported to other countries in (a) 1997, (b) 2010 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics, which is available via their dedicated website (<a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>). From this website, it is possible to <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/" target="_blank">build your own data tables</a> based upon bespoke search criteria</p><p><br> Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist you in accessing published trade statistics data in the <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">UK Global Tariff.</a> Goods moving to and from the UK are identified by an eight-digit commodity code. These are publicly available from the UK Trade Tariff at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</em></a>.</p>Data relating to 1997 is no longer available.<p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/01/2023 16:41:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579807

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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 meet with trade union representatives to discuss developments in the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>My most recent meeting with steel trade union representatives took place on 24 January with Roy Rickhuss CBE, General Secretary of Community Trade Union. BEIS officials and I continue to actively engage with trade unions, companies and wider to support the UK steel sector to develop a viable, long-term solution for the UK steel industry.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/01/2023 17:37:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579813

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
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 23 January to Question 125331 on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central, whether his Department plans to ask councils why they did not apply for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working to understand the retrofit plans of the social housing sector. The Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) has been established alongside the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) to guide social housing landlords in their retrofit planning and to support their engagement with the SHDF. The SHRA is funded directly by BEIS and as such is a free service for eligible applicants to the SHDF.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 13:20:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579815

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120907, when the employment data for the steel sector for 2022 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Employment data is generated through the Business Register and Employment Survey, as made available through NOMIS (Official Census and Labour Market Statistics), a service provided by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>According to the Release Calendar[1], the survey is due to be updated in September/October 2023.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em> <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank"><em>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</em></a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/01/2023 17:35:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1569032

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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: Buildings and Industry
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 estimate of the level of energy demand from (a) buildings and (b) industry in the UK, as of 20 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	128623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Data on UK energy demand is published in Energy Trends table 1.3: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ftotal-energy-section-1-energy-trends&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0015677c4e5c4a1a143e08dafe1b3606%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638101690058691747%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BaCj6ZUF70aiQPETORx1FCNsP5is2Uef0JOtFvSRasw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/total-energy-section-1-energy-trends</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for January 2023 is not yet available. Figures include consumption from buildings and processes; these are not separately available. For the latest published 12-month period, October 2021 – September 2022, final consumption for domestic and other final users was 57.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe). Final consumption for industry was 21.8 mtoe, excluding energy industry consumption.</p><p> </p><p>Projections for final energy demand by sector are available in Energy &amp; Emissions Projections, Annex F: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0015677c4e5c4a1a143e08dafe1b3606%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638101690058847952%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BLKSjZ%2FVlhl780CDSd0OTkVB53jVktHpJ5rtyLpUbLI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1569033

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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: Carbon Emissions
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 16 January to Question 119980, what estimate he has made of the total level of emissions from steel plants in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	128624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The publicly available data, as part of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), shows monitored emissions from the named installations of the steel primary producers were, in aggregate, 11.8 million tonnes CO2 in 2021. However, as explained in the Answer of 16 January to Question 119980, ETS emissions are not necessarily the emissions for a whole site – they only cover the site’s activities which are regulated under the ETS. The Government does not hold data on any non-ETS emissions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1569035

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Liverpool City Region: Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what change there has been in real-term levels of funding for each of the six boroughs in the Liverpool City Region since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	128626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities receive a wide range of grants from multiple government departments to reflect their broad responsibilities. Information on specific grants, including where relevant the amount returned, is held by the department that is responsible for administering the grant.</p><p>Core funding for local authorities is available through the local government finance settlement. We measure core funding through ‘Core Spending Power’ which consists of grant funding, redistributed business rates and council tax. It reflects regular, annual funding government makes available to deliver local authorities to deliver key services, both incorporating central grants and locally raised taxation, and allows comparisons across years which ensures a transparent measure of available funding. Due to changes in the function and financing of local government, comparable data on Core Spending Power is not available prior to 2015/16. Allocations back to 2015/16, including provisional allocations for 2023/24 are available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcore-spending-power-provisional-local-government-finance-settlement-2023-to-2024&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C6ac7b690f3da468d540708daffc5855b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638103521046895640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1XeKsbcQWZoJEm3q3YRKSFgjgGtgPhD4gCN7oG9POvs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Core Spending Power </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 - 16</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016 - 17</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017 - 18</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018 - 19</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019 - 20</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020 - 21</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 - 22</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 - 23</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023 - 24</strong> <br> <strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Halton</strong></p></td><td><p>104.0</p></td><td><p>100.7</p></td><td><p>102.9</p></td><td><p>105.0</p></td><td><p>106.7</p></td><td><p>113.1</p></td><td><p>116.8</p></td><td><p>125.7</p></td><td><p>137.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Knowsley</strong></p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td><td><p>146.3</p></td><td><p>149.3</p></td><td><p>152.3</p></td><td><p>154.5</p></td><td><p>165.0</p></td><td><p>172.3</p></td><td><p>186.8</p></td><td><p>206.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool</strong></p></td><td><p>445.0</p></td><td><p>436.2</p></td><td><p>445.9</p></td><td><p>454.2</p></td><td><p>460.7</p></td><td><p>492.6</p></td><td><p>505.8</p></td><td><p>547.2</p></td><td><p>606.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sefton</strong></p></td><td><p>221.8</p></td><td><p>216.5</p></td><td><p>221.2</p></td><td><p>227.3</p></td><td><p>231.0</p></td><td><p>245.7</p></td><td><p>252.4</p></td><td><p>273.7</p></td><td><p>301.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>St Helens</strong></p></td><td><p>141.8</p></td><td><p>137.7</p></td><td><p>141.6</p></td><td><p>144.8</p></td><td><p>146.8</p></td><td><p>156.8</p></td><td><p>162.2</p></td><td><p>176.7</p></td><td><p>194.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wirral</strong></p></td><td><p>261.9</p></td><td><p>252.2</p></td><td><p>257.8</p></td><td><p>264.4</p></td><td><p>268.3</p></td><td><p>285.0</p></td><td><p>297.4</p></td><td><p>321.2</p></td><td><p>355.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/01/2023 18:05:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 50252 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568702

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Manufacturing Industries: Carbon Emissions
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 his Department plans to provide specific support for the advanced manufacturing sector with decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	127745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to decarbonising advanced manufacturing in line with our net zero goals, while simultaneously transforming our industrial heartlands by attracting inward investment, future-proofing businesses, and securing high wage, high skill jobs. We are providing around £2 billion of funding to help industry to reduce emissions, save on bills and connect to low carbon infrastructure such as carbon capture technology.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:01:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568704

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: 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 plans his Department has to provide specific support to the steel sector on the cost of energy after March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	127746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that those in energy and trade intensive industries (ETIIs) are less able to pass higher costs through to their customers, due to international competition. Therefore we have announced a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, with higher discounts given to those with larger energy usage such as steel producers. This is in addition to extensive support we have provided to the steel sector to help with energy costs, worth more than £800m since 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:01:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson