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731763

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, how many households are classed as fuel poor in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved issue. Each nation in the UK has its own fuel poverty definition, targets and policies to tackle the issue. As each country uses different measures and heating assumptions, an overall UK figure is not available.</p><p>The latest fuel poverty statistics for Scotland can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/12/1539" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/12/1539</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:35:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731764

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households are using a pre-payment meter for electricity and gas in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department collects data on the method of payment for domestic gas and electricity customers by public electricity supply (PES) region from a survey of energy suppliers. From this, data is not available by parliamentary constituency; however, Linlithgow and East Falkirk falls within the South Scotland PES region which is provided below instead. Gas data is only collected for Great Britain not the United Kingdom.</p><p>The proportion of, and number of, households on pre-payment meters are estimated as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Scotland</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>260,000</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>360,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>320,000</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB/UK</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>3,100,000</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>4,200,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is published as part of our quarterly energy prices publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/06/2017 13:36:44 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731765

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Energy: Expenditure
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 proportion of household expenditure was spent on energy bills in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The average expenditure on household energy bills as a proportion of total expenditure in the UK for each year since 2010 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Proportion of total expenditure spent on domestic energy bills</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ONS’s living costs and food survey (table A6). </em></p><p>The proportion of household expenditure spent on energy bills is only available for each year at the UK level and is not available by constituency or region. However, a three year average is available for Scotland. The three year average for the UK has also been provided for comparison. The proportion of total expenditure spent on energy bills in Scotland for 2013/14 – 2015/16 is 5.4 per cent. For the UK, this figure is 4.8 per cent. Data is sourced from ONS which can be found in table A35:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/datasets/detailedhouseholdexpenditurebycountriesandregionsuktablea35" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/expenditure/datasets/detailedhouseholdexpenditurebycountriesandregionsuktablea35</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:34:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731766

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Small Businesses: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 micro-enterprises in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Support for businesses in Scotland is largely a devolved matter, and <a href="https://www.mygov.scot/business/" target="_blank">https://www.mygov.scot/business/</a> provides advice to people starting, running and growing a business, including a section on funding and grants in Scotland. In addition, British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses. One of the main programmes – administered by the Start-Up Loans Company - is supporting 70 start-up loans worth £283k in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.</p><p>Microbusinesses in Scotland also benefit from UK-wide initiatives to encourage investment, for example the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. If they have business premises, microbusinesses will also benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme and receive 100% relief on their rates bill for property valued below £10,000.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/06/2017 15:12:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731767

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Trade Union Recognition: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 companies which do not recognise trades unions in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>It is the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to determine applications by trade unions to be statutorily recognised by an employer for collective bargaining purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The CAC publishes an annual report detailing its activities over the past year. This can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cac-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cac-annual-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>Where a trade union can demonstrate that it has majority support in the workplace for recognition, the CAC will award statutory recognition for collective bargaining purposes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 14:50:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731768

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much finance the Green Investment Bank has provided since its creation in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) provides a full list of its investments across the United Kingdom for each financial year on its website: <a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/" target="_blank">www.greeninvestmentbank.com</a></p><p> </p><p>GIB has committed £179.7m to 18 Scottish projects, either directly or via its fund managers, since 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Those projects are:</p><p> </p><p>Distillery biomass boiler platform phase 1</p><p>Distillery biomass boiler platform phase 2</p><p>Speyside CHP project</p><p>Glasgow City Council streetlighting project</p><p>Levenseat recycling and waste plant, Forth by Lanark</p><p>Scotland-wide heat pump installation programme, starting with Borders College</p><p>NHS Tayside energy efficiency programme</p><p>Wick district heating scheme</p><p>Stirling Council streetlighting project</p><p>NHS Grampian energy efficiency programme</p><p>Goathill Quarry</p><p>Chaorach</p><p>River Arkaig</p><p>Liatre Burn</p><p>Bruachaig</p><p>Srondoire</p><p>Blackcraig</p><p>Millerhill recycling and waste plant</p><p> </p><p>None of those projects are located in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/06/2017 14:30:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731769

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	British Business Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much finance the British Business Bank has provided since its creation in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The British Business Bank (BBB) is a government-owned economic development bank. It manages the UK Government’s access to finance programmes for smaller businesses within a single commercially-minded institution. The Bank received State aid clearance to start operating in November 2014. Since this date, BBB has facilitated the following finance:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Linlithgow and East Falkirk*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance facilitated</p></td><td><p>£9.5bn</p></td><td><p>Over £323m</p></td><td><p>Almost £1m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* ENABLE data is not available at constituency level</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2017 14:10:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731789

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to bring forward proposals to reduce the age for eligibility to vote in elections to 16.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government stated in its manifesto a commitment to maintain the voting age at 18. The Government therefore has no plans to lower the voting age in elections.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/06/2017 16:34:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731790

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Flexible Working
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 number of statutory flexible working requests made in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not routinely collect data on the number of statutory flexible working requests. The Right to Request Flexible Working Regulations were introduced in 2014 and we plan to evaluate their impact in 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 14:28:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731793

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the value of exports from businesses in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK to other EU member states in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Data on the value of exports from businesses in Linlithgow and East Falkirk are not available.</p><p>Data on the value of exports from Scotland are available from:</p><p>a) the Scottish Government (covering both goods and services)</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/Exports/ESSPublication" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/Exports/ESSPublication</a></p><p>b) HMRC’s Regional Trade Statistics (covering goods only)</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx</a></p><p>Data on the value of UK exports to other EU member states (covering both goods and services) are available from the ONS Pink Book (corrected data published on 13<sup>th</sup> February 2017): <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/006656balanceofpaymentsannualgeographicaldatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/006656balanceofpaymentsannualgeographicaldatatables</a></p><p>The data from these sources are not directly comparable as they have been produced on a different basis.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 28/06/2017 13:43:38 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day