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1185429

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
	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 his Department has taken to ensure that energy efficiency measures are implemented in the private rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	29940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p><em>The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and wales) Regulations 2015</em> require that, subject to certain exemptions, domestic and non-domestic private rented sector landlords improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E by: April 2020 for domestic property; and April 2023 for non-domestic property.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published detailed guidance to assist landlords in complying with their obligations under the existing regulations, and is conducting enforcement pilots with Local Authorities to develop best practice around enforcement of the regulations. The Department has also launched a landlord exemptions register, a requirement of the Regulations, which is used by enforcement authorities to help target their enforcement activities.</p><p> </p><p>On 15 October 2019, the government published a consultation on the future target for the non-domestic private rented sector regulations alongside the government’s response to the Committee on Climate Change Progress Report. The consultation, which closed on 7 January 2020, set out that the government’s preferred target was for all non-domestic rented buildings to achieve an EPC Band B by 2030, where cost-effective. A government response is due to be published later this year. The government will also consult in due course on options for tightening the standards required of domestic private rented properties over time.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/03/2020 17:56:09 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1352968

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	Offshore Structures: Electrification
	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 recent progress the Offshore Implementation Group has made on tackling the regulatory and legislative barriers to offshore electrification; and if he will list the organisations included in that group.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	43507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>A Government and Regulators Electrification Group has been established with the purpose of addressing barriers to electrification at a level of ambition consistent with Carbon Budget 6 and the North Sea Transition Deal. To date the group has been attended by representatives from across the Department, as well as The Health and Safety Executive, The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Scotland, Marine Scotland, Ofgem and the Oil and Gas Authority, membership is kept under review to ensure we are able to address the strategic barriers to electrification.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2021 16:16:11 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1357311

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Employment Tribunals Service
	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 report by the Law Commission, Employment law hearing structures, published in April 2020, whether he has plans to implement the recommendation in that report that the employment tribunal time limit for claims be extended to six months for all types of claim.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	52489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>A claim to an Employment Tribunal must usually be made within three months. For certain claims, redundancy pay or equal pay, the claim must be made within six months. The Employment Tribunals already have the discretion to allow claims submitted out of time, on a case by basis.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/10/2021 14:16:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1134118

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effect on offshore oil and gas workers of flight speed restrictions imposed on H175 helicopters operating in the North Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	268482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>A speed restriction on H175 helicopters was introduced by the manufacturer on 20<sup>th</sup> June 2019. This is a temporary measure until a European Aviation Safety Agency Emergency Air Worthiness Directive has been actioned, following which the restriction will no longer apply.</p><p> </p><p>During the period of flight speed restriction on H175 helicopters, alternative helicopter types are in operation to take workers to and from oil and gas platforms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:08:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

795463

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
	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 the Government's industrial strategy for the oil and gas industry takes account of issues relating to workforce transport in the North Sea; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	115884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Aircraft safety is a matter that falls to the Civil Aviation Authority whilst workforce safety is a matter for the Health and Safety Executive. Therefore, it would not be appropriate to include specifics on this issue in the Industrial Strategy White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/12/2017 14:52:27 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1384357

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2021
	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	Hydrogen
	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 finalise hydrogen business models; and when he plans to publish those models.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	86099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>Alongside its world-leading Hydrogen Strategy, the Government has consulted on a business model to provide revenue support to low carbon hydrogen production plants. Revenue support is needed to close the cost gap, between producing low carbon hydrogen and counterfactual higher carbon fuels, to unlock investment in hydrogen projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is analysing stakeholder responses to the consultation and aims to publish the Government response in Q1 2022, alongside indicative Heads of Terms for the business model contract. The Government aims to finalise the business model in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2021 10:39:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 37566 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

919211

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Life Sciences: North of England
	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 Government's Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain Fit for the Future, published on 27 November 2017, what progress his Department has made on delivering a northern Sector Deal in life sciences with (a) the Northern Health Science Alliance and (b) other partners named in that strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	151157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>As articulated within the Life Sciences Sector Deal published in December 2017, we have committed to working regionally with the established clusters of life science organisations including the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), and BEIS officials are working them to progress this.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 14/06/2018 15:53:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1360796

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential financial benefits of investing in carbon, capture, utilization and storage technology.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	58393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>As highlighted in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, investing in carbon, capture, usage and storage will create transformative ‘SuperPlaces’ in areas such as the Humber, North East, North west and southern England, as well as in Scotland and Wales, bringing with it a range of financial benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of CCUS clusters from the mid-2020s will also be a strong enabler for UK exports globally, building UK CCUS expertise and driving international demand for UK CCUS goods and services.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 16:56:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300365

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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: Seas and Oceans
	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 the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	164456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>As manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Crown Estate is responsible for the award of leases for new and existing offshore wind projects, including the current Round 4 exercise. The Crown Estate works independently of government under the mandate set out in the Crown Estate Act 1961. The Government has not made any assessment on the effectiveness of the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS. The latest Round 4 seabed leasing round has resulted in six new potential offshore wind projects totalling nearly 8GW.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was not involved in the design of the bidding process for the Round 4 seabed leasing.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 164457 164458 question first answered 11/03/2021 15:41:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1300366

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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: Seas and Oceans
	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 advice his Department and its predecessor departments have provided to the Crown Estate on the design of the bidding process used in the Round 4 auction of seabed leasing rights, since the conclusion of Round 3 in 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	164457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>As manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, The Crown Estate is responsible for the award of leases for new and existing offshore wind projects, including the current Round 4 exercise. The Crown Estate works independently of government under the mandate set out in the Crown Estate Act 1961. The Government has not made any assessment on the effectiveness of the bidding process used by Crown Estate to lease seabed development rights for offshore (a) wind and (b) other renewable energy projects on the UKCS. The latest Round 4 seabed leasing round has resulted in six new potential offshore wind projects totalling nearly 8GW.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was not involved in the design of the bidding process for the Round 4 seabed leasing.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 164456 164458 question first answered 11/03/2021 15:41:12 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham