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1640442

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
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 and Trade, if she will make it her policy to develop a strategy to help the steel industry transition to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	186840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The 2021 Net Zero Strategy reaffirms our commitment to continue to work with the steel industry on decarbonisation.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support the sector in its decarbonisation efforts and to consider the implications of the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee; to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>Decarbonisation pathways will be a commercial decision for individual companies. We are working closely with companies to support them as they make those commercial decisions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/06/2023 11:20:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1640457

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) lost revenue and (b) compensation following the broken rail on the East Coast Mainline on Sunday 21 May.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	186843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The industry performance regime allows that all the costs arising from an individual incident can typically only be calculated some time – which can be weeks – after the incident. The performance payments between train operators and Network Rail (accounting for lost revenue and compensation) are made every four weeks and are aggregated, based on average lateness for the previous four-week period. The way the performance regime works means that Network Rail do not calculate payments for individual incidents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 05/06/2023 12:00:32 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1640464

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Semiconductors: Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, what plans she has to clarify inward investment regulations with (a) European, (b) Asian and (c) American nations to enable improved commercial development for UK semiconductor businesses.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	186844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government will always enthusiastically champion free trade. We recognise that the vast majority of inward investment is highly beneficial to our economy and prosperity.</p><p>However, the openness of our economy can increase vulnerability to risks in some sectors, including semiconductors, and in the resilience of our supply chains. We need to mitigate these risks in order to protect our citizens and to continue to enjoy the benefits of a secure open economy.</p><p>We know from industry feedback that we can be clearer and more transparent about the parts of the sector we want to protect. The National Semiconductor Strategy commits to publishing further guidance for industry so that they can better understand how we view the most sensitive parts of the UK’s semiconductor sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/06/2023 08:22:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1640465

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Semiconductors: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, whether she plans to increase the availability of scaleup funding programs to assist the commercialisation of semiconductor businesses.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	186845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Through the National Semiconductor Strategy the government announced an investment of up to £200 million over the years 2023-25 and up to £1 billion in the next decade.</p><p>This builds upon significant support for high-tech enterprise including a £500 million per year package of support for R&amp;D intensive businesses through changes to R&amp;D tax credits announced in the Spring Budget, and through ‘full expensing’ for companies incurring qualifying expenditure on the provision of new plant and machinery.</p><p>In addition, over the past 10 years alone, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £539 million into semiconductor related research. And through InnovateUK, we have distributed £214 million of grants over the last 10 years directly to SMEs in the semiconductor sector.</p><p>The Government has also supported over 450 PhD students since 2017 to begin semiconductor related research and we currently have 7 active Centres for Doctoral Training. We will continue to provide support for these Centres to help produce the next generation of internationally recognised doctoral researchers.</p><p>To aid commercialisation we will pilot a new UK incubator programme in 2023 to support new semiconductor start-ups in the UK to grow and thrive. This programme will aim to lower the barriers to growth for new companies in the sector, by providing access to design tools and prototyping, business coaching and improve access to private finance.</p><p>We will also announce plans by the autumn to further support the competitiveness of the UK’s semiconductor manufacturing sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 186847 question first answered 07/06/2023 08:22:52 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1640466

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of Exchequer, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, whether it is his policy to fully restore R&D tax credits that were reduced to incentivise research and development.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	186846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Semiconductors are an essential component for the functioning of almost every electronic device we use, as well as underpinning future technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum and 6G. To support this vitally important sector, the Semiconductor Strategy set out how £1 billion of Government investment over the next decade will improve access to infrastructure, power more research and development and facilitate greater international cooperation.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the ongoing research and development (R&amp;D) tax reliefs review, the Government announced at Autumn Statement 2022 that the R&amp;D tax reliefs would be reformed to ensure taxpayer’s money is spent as effectively as possible, whilst leaving the level of R&amp;D related business investment in the economy unchanged.</p><p> </p><p>The SME scheme cost twice as much as the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC), and its cash value to firm was three times that of RDEC - yet it incentivised as little as 60p of additional R&amp;D for each £1 spent, compared to as much as £2.70 additional R&amp;D per £1 of RDEC. Following the corporation tax rise from April 2023, the SME scheme would have become even more generous in cash terms, and RDEC less.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor committed to considering the case for further support for R&amp;D intensive SMEs, and at Spring Budget announced a new permanent rate of relief for the most R&amp;D intensive loss-making SMEs. This is worth around £500 million a year and will benefit around 20,000 SMEs a year by 2027-2028.</p><p> </p><p>To support modern methods of innovation, the Government is expanding the scope of qualifying expenditure for R&amp;D tax reliefs to include data, cloud computing and pure mathematics costs. This means that businesses will be able to claim more R&amp;D tax relief for cutting-edge R&amp;D methods such as genome sequencing, machine learning, and data analytics.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2023 07:50:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1640467

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Semiconductors: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, what plans she has to incentivise research and development in the UK semiconductor industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	186847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Through the National Semiconductor Strategy the government announced an investment of up to £200 million over the years 2023-25 and up to £1 billion in the next decade.</p><p>This builds upon significant support for high-tech enterprise including a £500 million per year package of support for R&amp;D intensive businesses through changes to R&amp;D tax credits announced in the Spring Budget, and through ‘full expensing’ for companies incurring qualifying expenditure on the provision of new plant and machinery.</p><p>In addition, over the past 10 years alone, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £539 million into semiconductor related research. And through InnovateUK, we have distributed £214 million of grants over the last 10 years directly to SMEs in the semiconductor sector.</p><p>The Government has also supported over 450 PhD students since 2017 to begin semiconductor related research and we currently have 7 active Centres for Doctoral Training. We will continue to provide support for these Centres to help produce the next generation of internationally recognised doctoral researchers.</p><p>To aid commercialisation we will pilot a new UK incubator programme in 2023 to support new semiconductor start-ups in the UK to grow and thrive. This programme will aim to lower the barriers to growth for new companies in the sector, by providing access to design tools and prototyping, business coaching and improve access to private finance.</p><p>We will also announce plans by the autumn to further support the competitiveness of the UK’s semiconductor manufacturing sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 186845 question first answered 07/06/2023 08:22:52 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1640479

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Official Residences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59556, to which Ministers has the Prime Minister assigned use of the official residences at (a) 1 Carlton Gardens, (b) the three flats in Admiralty House, (c) the Dorneywood estate and (d) the Chevening estate.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	186827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, the Prime Minister allocates official residences to ministers, either on the grounds of security or to allow them to better perform their official duties. The following official residences are formally allocated to Ministers:</p><ul><li><p>Flats above 10 and 11 Downing Street, which are allocated to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer respectively;</p></li><li><p>Hillsborough Castle and Stormont which are available for Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office while on duty in Northern Ireland;</p></li><li><p>1 Carlton Gardens, which is allocated to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities;</p></li><li><p>The Chequers and Dorneywood estates are owned and managed by trustees and are available to Ministers for both official and private use and are allocated to the Prime Minister and Chancellor respectively; and</p></li><li><p>The Chevening estate is allocated to the Foreign Secretary; the Chevening Trust is however currently undertaking works to the building.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Admiralty House is part of the Government estate and has rooms that are used as residential accommodation as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 05/06/2023 17:29:31 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1640503

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Highly Protected Marine Areas: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has any statutory responsibilities for highly-protected marine areas in Scottish waters that are outside the limit of the territorial sea.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	186942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Scottish Government has the powers to designate MPAs and HPMAs in the Scottish inshore waters (up to 12 nautical miles from the coast). The designation of MPAs and HPMAs in offshore water (more than 12 nautical miles from the coast) are reserved to the UK Government.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 05/06/2023 10:52:58 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1640525

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
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	Accommodation Centres: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times a Special Development Order has been used in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	186948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>This information is publicly available, for example: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2020%2F928%2Fcontents%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cdf5267eb03d046f9620d08db675e25fe%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638217426275250931%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=NxpAZvAao7bOoXv%2F%2FH4IklSJjpaRXaNEOptJr5EaduE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Town and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (legislation.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2021%2F962%2Fnote%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cdf5267eb03d046f9620d08db675e25fe%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638217426275250931%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dpqqHTZrPAilPPXbYNHJGSFadAPUGf%2FuwEr0%2B7Ug3%2Fc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Town and Country Planning (Napier Barracks) Special Development Order 2021 (legislation.gov.uk).</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 07/06/2023 18:52:32 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1640542

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Avian Influenza: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the risks of (a) bird to human and (b) human to human transmission of avian influenza.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	186892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with partners to monitor and investigate the risk to human health of avian influenza (influenza A H5N1). Our latest assessment of United Kingdom risk from avian influenza remains at limited mammalian transmission. Current evidence suggests the avian influenza viruses we are seeing circulating in birds around the world do not spread easily to people. However, the virus can spread to people following close contact with infected birds and UKHSA has introduced a screening programme to monitor those exposed to learn more about the risk.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 186894 question first answered 05/06/2023 13:19:48 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon