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	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Productivity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the productivity of UK workers in comparison with workers in (1) other EU member states, and (2) the US.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL6783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces comparisons of UK productivity with the G7 countries and some, but not all, EU member states. ONS statistics show output per hour worked in the UK was 15.9% below the average for the rest of the G7 advanced economies in 2015; 22.7% below that in France; 26.7% below Germany and 22.2% below the USA.</p><p>Please see attached tables for full details.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/04/2017 13:40:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name productivity-tables-HL6783.pdf title Productivity statistics
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

718216

	registered interest
	date	06/04/2017
	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	Coal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the energy consumed in the UK is generated by coal.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL6716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, 9.1 per cent of UK electricity generation was from coal<sup>(1)</sup> (30.7 TWh coal-fired generation of 338.6 TWh total generation).</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 5.1, March 2017, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p><p> </p><p>(1) Figures for 2016 are provisional. Final figures for 2016 will be published in the 2017 Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), on 27<sup>th</sup> July 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Electricity - HL 6716.pdf title Energy Trends section 5: electricity 2 file name Table 5.1. Fuel used in electricity generation and electricity supplied.xls title Fuel used in electricity generation and electricit question first answered 24/04/2017 14:33:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

715510

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	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	Retail Trade: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which dynamic pricing is operated within the UK retail sector.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL6471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK Retail Sector is fiercely competitive – competition underpins consumer confidence, creates wider choice, increases quality and ensures transparency.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes consumers are best served by the operation of open competition between companies and, as part of this, businesses will set prices according to their assessment of the prevailing market conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 12/04/2017 13:01:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

718214

	registered interest
	date	06/04/2017
	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	Company Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the operation of the UK Corporate Governance Code.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL6714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published on its website an annual report on the implementation of the UK Corporate Governance Code. In addition, the Government recently published a Green Paper initiating a public consultation on how to upgrade the UK’s corporate governance framework, which included certain aspects of the Code. In February the FRC announced its plans for a fundamental review of the Code building on its globally recognised strengths while considering the appropriate balance between its principles and provisions and the growing demands on the corporate governance framework.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/04/2017 14:31:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

747401

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the contribution to the economy of the brick industry.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Annual Business Survey 2015, published 9 June 2017, showed that the “manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay” sector in 2015 employed 5,000 people across 125 enterprises, with a turnover of £925million.</p><p>Whilst there are no individual statistics on the brick industry other data suggests well over half of this sector is brick manufacture. This represents 0.01% of enterprises and 0.03% of turnover and employment in the non-financial business economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/07/2017 15:25:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

747402

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of raw materials in the UK house building industry that is sourced in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics, UK input output analytical tables, shows 86% of goods and services consumed in the construction industry are UK sourced.</p><p>We do not hold any specific statistical data that contains only the proportion of raw material used in house building that are sourced from within the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/07/2017 15:31:25 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

747404

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of construction aggregates that derive from recycled sources; and what assessment they have made of the scope for increasing this figure.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Mineral Products Association has produced analysis in regards to recycled aggregates. The report, Mineral Products Industry at a Glance 2016, indicates 28% of aggregates in 2015 came from recycled or secondary sources.</p><p>Mineral Planning Authorities in England are responsible for assessing recycled aggregates. When undertaking their Annual Aggregate Assessments they identify the proportion of construction aggregates that derive from recycled sources and estimate the future supply of recycled materials.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2017 12:02:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley