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1139807

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	UK Seabed Resources: Pacific Ocean
	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 on 5 February 2019 to Question 213318 on UK Seabed Resources: Pacific Ocean, if he will publish the domestic licenses granted by the Government for the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	278458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is still consulting interested parties on whether to make the domestic deep-sea mining exploration licences, granted by the Government in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, publicly available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 13:56:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1139810

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Deep Sea Mining
	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 it his policy to end UK Government sponsorship of deep sea mining exploration licences; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	278460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government sponsored two 15 year deep sea mining exploration licences. The licence holder has contracts of exploration with the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) which obliges them to undertake a plan of work. We have not received any further applications for exploration licences and do not expect to be granting any further exploration licences at this time.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to vary the Government’s policy towards deep-sea mining at this time. The UK Government will continue to deploy its expertise and influence at an international level to ensure sufficient scientific evidence about the potential impact on deep-sea ecosystems and enforceable environmental standards is established.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 13:59:19 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1140385

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Research: Investment
	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 (a) the UK and (b) other EU countries in translating public sector investment in R&D into private sector investment in R&D; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	279005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 22nd July 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-07-17/278489/" target="_blank">278489</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:39:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1139256

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Environment Protection: 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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth on 16 July 2019, what information his Department holds on the functions of those 400,000 green jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	277596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes data on the low carbon economy in the UK, including direct and indirect activity, employees and turnover. Information on green jobs is publicly available in their report, ‘Low Carbon and Renewables Energy Economy, UK: 2017’, published on 31 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2017</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:00:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1139271

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Wind Power
	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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth of 16 July 2019, Official Report, column 693 and his statement that there is no point in trying to impose green technology on local communities if they are not in support of that for the future, what recent assessment he has made of level of community support for onshore wind.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	277597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the role of local authorities in assessing both the suitability of areas for onshore wind development and whether onshore wind proposals have the support of the local community.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:01:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1139276

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Environment Protection: 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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth on 16 July 2019, what information his Department holds on the types of jobs that will be included in the two million additional green jobs that potentially will be available by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	277598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is publicly available here: <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/uk-energy-prices-and-bills-2017-report-supporting-research/" target="_blank">https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/uk-energy-prices-and-bills-2017-report-supporting-research/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:03:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1139356

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Housing: Insulation
	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 information he holds on the number of UK households that have installed (a) additional and (b) replacement loft insulation in each year since 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	277628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below presents the number of loft insulations per year delivered through major Government schemes since April 2011. These include an estimate of the lofts insulated using DIY material provide as part of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target up to December 2012. The total number of insulated lofts will be higher through DIY measures which are not recorded by BEIS.</p><p>It is not possible for BEIS to disaggregate loft insulation measures for all schemes between additional and replacement loft insulations.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Loft insulation measures per year (thousands)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total measures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,209</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 13:58:04 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1139819

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Boilers: Standards
	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 had made of the number of new models of boilers introduced since October 2017 that have been tested for compliance with the new boiler plus regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	278341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>We have not made an estimate of the number of new models of boilers introduced since October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:02:46 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1140184

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Heat Trust
	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 he has written to all suppliers of heat networks asking them to sign up to the Heat Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	279152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that my rt. hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth (Claire Perry) wrote to heat network suppliers in April 2019, reaffirming our intention to regulate the heat network sector in light of recommendations from the Competition and Markets Authority. In her letter, she encouraged all owners or operators of heat networks not currently signed up to the voluntary Heat Trust to do so in order to improve their consumers’ experiences and build on existing good practice ahead of regulation. She also asked them to consider the role the Energy Ombudsman may provide in addressing disputes between consumers and companies. The letter is also publicly available on the Government website.</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letter-to-heat-network-operators-about-consumer-protection-standards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letter-to-heat-network-operators-about-consumer-protection-standards</a>)</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 14:27:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1137953

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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: Public Consultation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL17052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Since its creation in July 2016, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published 140 consultations.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of consultations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Response published within 12 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>23*</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*6 consultations are still open. 8 consultations are closed, but still within the 12 week period.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/07/2019 14:17:01 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn