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1587251

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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: Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact on the UK steel industry of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	148602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>HM Government has committed to consult this spring on a range of policies that could potentially mitigate future carbon leakage risk. This includes a carbon border adjustment mechanism, as well as product standards and measures to grow the market for low emissions industrial products.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government continues to monitor the development and detail of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, as its design and secondary EU legislation continues through the EU’s processes.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/02/2023 12:42:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587252

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of low-residual steel scrap for the UK steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	148603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the Government funded a report, undertaken by the University of Warwick, which assessed options to improve recycling rates of steel and aluminium in the UK. Following on from this, the Government has been working closely with both the steel and metals recycling sectors through an industry Scrap Working Group to gain a deeper understanding of the options available to increase availability of low-residual scrap.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Government is providing funding for new metals recycling techniques though the £66m Transforming Foundation Industries programme.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 148604 148605 question first answered 23/02/2023 12:34:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587253

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans she has to incentivise the use of scrap steel.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	148604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the Government funded a report, undertaken by the University of Warwick, which assessed options to improve recycling rates of steel and aluminium in the UK. Following on from this, the Government has been working closely with both the steel and metals recycling sectors through an industry Scrap Working Group to gain a deeper understanding of the options available to increase availability of low-residual scrap.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Government is providing funding for new metals recycling techniques though the £66m Transforming Foundation Industries programme.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 148603 148605 question first answered 23/02/2023 12:34:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587254

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to increase funding for steel scrap sorting techniques to improve processing, identification, separation and supply of low-residual scrap.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	148605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the Government funded a report, undertaken by the University of Warwick, which assessed options to improve recycling rates of steel and aluminium in the UK. Following on from this, the Government has been working closely with both the steel and metals recycling sectors through an industry Scrap Working Group to gain a deeper understanding of the options available to increase availability of low-residual scrap.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Government is providing funding for new metals recycling techniques though the £66m Transforming Foundation Industries programme.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 148603 148604 question first answered 23/02/2023 12:34:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587690

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	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	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2023 to Question 140086 on Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions, if she will publish a breakdown of how that £1.3 billion of funding to support innovative projects has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	149459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) funding for collaborative research and development (R&amp;D) projects is awarded on a competitive basis. The table below provides a funding breakdown for each APC Core R&amp;D competition.</p><p> </p><p>Details of individual projects funded via the APC are published on the UK Research and Innovation website at: <a href="https://www.ukri.org/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects-since-2004/" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects-since-2004/</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Competition </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total project cost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total grant award </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Projects funded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC 1</p></td><td><p>£59,299,708</p></td><td><p>£29,408,240</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC 2</p></td><td><p>£31,432,917</p></td><td><p>£16,878,769</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC 3</p></td><td><p>£107,023,151</p></td><td><p>£53,790,243</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC 4</p></td><td><p>£89,787,053</p></td><td><p>£39,269,617</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC 5</p></td><td><p>£103,824,213</p></td><td><p>£49,308,653</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC 6</p></td><td><p>£120,978,168</p></td><td><p>£59,915,016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC7</p></td><td><p>£21,865,298</p></td><td><p>£10,933,697</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC8</p></td><td><p>£ 52,806,484</p></td><td><p>£26,475,821</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC9</p></td><td><p>£83,183,746</p></td><td><p>£34,830,728</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC10</p></td><td><p>£45,019,141</p></td><td><p>£22,392,351</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC11</p></td><td><p>£54,206,544</p></td><td><p>£24,502,848</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC12</p></td><td><p>£68,227,095</p></td><td><p>£34,025,841</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC13</p></td><td><p>£48,016,093</p></td><td><p>£21,681,690</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC14</p></td><td><p>£26,900,430</p></td><td><p>£13,304,981</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC15</p></td><td><p>£98,012,958</p></td><td><p>£48,340,562</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC16</p></td><td><p>£52,663,769</p></td><td><p>£26,230,991</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC17</p></td><td><p>£54,303,084</p></td><td><p>£26,976,541</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC18</p></td><td><p>£92,588,261</p></td><td><p>£37,826,158</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC19</p></td><td><p>£45,776,454</p></td><td><p>£22,751,908</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC20</p></td><td><p>£58,636,356</p></td><td><p>£29,221,850</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>APC21</p></td><td><p>£15,561,107</p></td><td><p>£7,780,563</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> £1,330,112,030 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> £635,847,068 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/02/2023 14:51:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587691

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	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	Britishvolt: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2023 to Question 140089 on BritishVolt: Insolvency, what agreed milestones had to be achieved for the company to draw down on any Automotive Transformation Fund funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	149460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to developing a globally competitive EV supply chain in the UK, including unlocking private investment in gigafactories.</p><p> </p><p>All Automotive Transformation Fund applications are subject to a process of due diligence to test key assumptions such as those which underpin the value for money analysis, viability, compliance with subsidy control and wider legal requirements.</p><p> </p><p>This is vital to ensure that awards are robust and protect taxpayers’ interests.</p><p> </p><p>There are significant commercial sensitivities related to funding arrangements for potential future grant awards, so it would not be appropriate to go further into the details of this matter.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 149461 question first answered 24/02/2023 13:46:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1587692

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	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	Automotive Transformation Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February to Question 140089 on BritishVolt: Insolvency, what steps she is taking to help companies meet the milestones required for them to receive Automotive Transformation Fund funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	149461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to developing a globally competitive EV supply chain in the UK, including unlocking private investment in gigafactories.</p><p> </p><p>All Automotive Transformation Fund applications are subject to a process of due diligence to test key assumptions such as those which underpin the value for money analysis, viability, compliance with subsidy control and wider legal requirements.</p><p> </p><p>This is vital to ensure that awards are robust and protect taxpayers’ interests.</p><p> </p><p>There are significant commercial sensitivities related to funding arrangements for potential future grant awards, so it would not be appropriate to go further into the details of this matter.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 149460 question first answered 24/02/2023 13:46:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1588145

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	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	Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of cars produced in the UK were electric vehicles in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2019, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	150461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. However, figures supplied by the Society of Motor Manufacturer and Traders (SMMT) show the proportion of vehicles produced in the UK in recent years that were fully electric or hybrid electric. Please note these figures do not go as far back to 2010 or 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of electric or hybrid electric cars produced (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>9.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>18.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>30.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/02/2023 12:18:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1588147

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	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	Motor vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	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 an assessment of the reasons for the trend in the level of car production in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	150463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>Shortages of semiconductors continue to be a key factor in the reduction in production in 2021 and 2022 – this has been a global phenomenon. However, in 2022 there were record levels of electrified vehicle production with almost a third (30.2%) of all cars made fully electric or hybrid. These accounted for 44.7% of the value of all UK car exports.</p><p> </p><p>We are determined to ensure the UK remains one of the best locations in the world for automotive manufacturing as we transition to electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/02/2023 12:01:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1588148

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2023
	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	Motor vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of the Honda car production plant in Swindon on the UK automotive industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	150464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The automotive sector is an important part of the Government’s plans for green growth, levelling up across our country and driving emissions to net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Since Honda’s disappointing announcement in February 2019 on the closure of its manufacturing operations in UK and Europe, we have worked with local partners in Swindon to support affected workers, including in the supply chain. We are pleased that the new owners of the site, Panattoni, are looking to create 7,000 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/02/2023 12:27:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson