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date	06/05/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Outward Bound Trust: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide assistance to the Outward Bound Trust to ensure it is able to continue to provide (1) financial support to students who wish to attend school residential trips, and (2) tourism services in remote parts of the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
uin	HL4132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that COVID-19 has significantly impacted the tourism sector, including organisations providing outdoor educational trips. My Department has engaged with stakeholders throughout the crisis to monitor the impact on tourism services across the UK. We will continue to consult the sector to assess how we can most effectively support businesses, organisations and customers during the recovery period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have announced unprecedented support for business and workers, including those in the tourism sector, to protect them against the current economic emergency. This includes employee support through the recently extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, plus various loan schemes which offer government backed and guaranteed loans.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Education is currently advising that professional outdoor education and adventure holiday providers that would usually offer activities for schools and/or summer holiday activities to children should remain closed for the time being. This will be kept under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 16/06/2020 11:22:30 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	573 label Biography information for Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

1189678

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date	21/04/2020
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Infrastructure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding will be required to develop the infrastructure necessary for carbon capture, utilisation and storage in the 2020s in order to meet their net-zero carbon target.
tabling member printed	Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
uin	HL3196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) this decade as we work towards Net Zero by 2050 and see an opportunity for the UK to become a global leader in CCS.</p><p> </p><p>That’s why we announced a new CCS Infrastructure Fund which will enhance long-term competitiveness of UK’s industrial regions by providing at least £800 million to establish CCS in at least two UK clusters, one by the mid-2020s and another by 2030, contributing to our net zero targets and levelling up the economy.</p><p> </p><p>In parallel, we are investing over £40 million between 2016 and 2021 in CCUS innovation, which includes £4.2 million funding for Tata Chemicals to construct a carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) plant. When operational in early 2021 the plant will capture and use approximately 40,000 tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> each year to produce sodium bicarbonate and soda ash that can be used in high-end products such as haemodialysis equipment. Through the £24 million BEIS Call for CCUS Innovation, we are funding HyNet, project Acorn, OGCI Climate Investments and Drax/C-Capture to develop their CCUS deployment projects.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKRI announced the allocation of the first phase of funding for the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge earlier this month, which we expect CCUS to play an important role in.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/05/2020 14:49:58 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	573 label Biography information for Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

1189679

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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 Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the funding set out in the Conservative Manifesto to support energy intensive industries to use to low carbon technologies is new and additional funding for industrial decarbonisation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
uin	HL3197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed an overall package of over £2 billion to help industry on the path to Net Zero. Within this, the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund was announced in November 2018 as a £315 million scheme to provide industry, including energy intensive industries, with support for energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects. This scheme is on track to launch in Spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The 2020 Budget announced measures that reflect Conservative Manifesto commitments and build on existing policies. For example, it included a new £800m Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Infrastructure Fund to establish CCS in at least two sites, one in the 2020s and another by 2030. Other manifesto commitments to support industrial decarbonisation will be considered in the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/05/2020 14:50:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	573 label Biography information for Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke