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1536762

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	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, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in offshore wind since the publication of the plan.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	72983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publish statistics on employment in the offshore wind sector. Their data, published in February 2022, shows 10,100 people are estimated to have been directly employed, and 14,200 indirectly employed, in the offshore wind sector in 2020, the latest year for which data is available:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:11:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1537170

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2022
	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, how much his Department has invested in offshore wind in the Liverpool City Region.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	73831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/11/2022 17:14:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1537172

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2022
	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, how many jobs have been created in the Liverpool City Region through Government investment in offshore wind.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	73832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not record this data. The Office for National Statistics publishes annually the number of jobs in offshore wind, with the last data relating to 2020<sup>[1]</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>[1]</sup> <em><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Feconomy%2Fenvironmentalaccounts%2Fdatasets%2Flowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyfirstestimatesdataset&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cb89b6d808021478864c108dabdbbcfc9%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638030911576036040%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gD3sv4oN2Md1NM%2BDIfOuxoVUis%2B6Tu5OkoDCX6UYuG4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/lowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyfirstestimatesdataset</a></em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/11/2022 17:23:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1566791

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2023
	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: Celtic 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, what steps his Department is taking to enable the establishment of a local supply chain for (a) Floating Offshore Wind and (b) the maximum economic benefit of developing the Celtic Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to realising the economic opportunity of floating offshore wind, underlined by its ambition in the British Energy Security Strategy to deploy up to 5GW of floating wind by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate will launch its 4GW Celtic Sea leasing round later this year, within which developers will be expected to outline their approach to supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Contract for Difference process, Supply Chain Plans ensure developers make the investments needed to upgrade supply chain capability. The Government has introduced Supply Chain Plan requirements to all floating wind projects in Allocation Round 5.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/01/2023 11:54:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1545324

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2022
	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	Warm Homes Scheme: Sefton Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have received the Warm Homes Discount in Sefton Central constituency, as of 24 November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	95830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are responsible for providing rebates to eligible households and are only required to report on the number of rebates provided in England, Scotland and Wales. The Government does not hold data on the number of rebate recipients by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/12/2022 10:04:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 38202 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1548836

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Warm Homes Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have received the Warm Homes Discount as of 6 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	104163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this data. Energy suppliers are responsible for providing the rebates to their eligible customers and have until the end of March 2023 to do so, although the Government expects most rebates will be provided much earlier. Suppliers are required to report to Ofgem the number of rebates they provide after the end of the scheme year.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 18:59:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1523409

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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	Transport: 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, whether she plans to take steps to increase the use of hydrogen for transport.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	65713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>This Department continues to work closely with the Department for Transport on hydrogen, which is important in decarbonising aviation and maritime and can offer flexible options for buses and heavy goods vehicles. The Government is already supporting options for the use of green hydrogen across road freight, buses, trains, maritime and aviation to support the development of a thriving UK hydrogen economy – including through the £200m Zero Emission Road Freight Demonstrator programme, the £206m UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE), and the £20m phase two funding of the UK’s first multi-modal transport hub in the Tees Valley.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2022 14:46:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1190220

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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	Takeovers
	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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effectiveness of legislation on hostile takeovers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	39650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, the Government may intervene in certain takeovers for three public interest reasons – national security, media plurality and financial stability.</p><p>In December 2019, the Queen’s Speech lobby pack confirmed the Government’s intention to legislate to “strengthen the Government’s existing powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions to protect national security”.</p><p>The Government continues to monitor the market closely during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 39651 question first answered 04/05/2020 14:04:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1190221

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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	Takeovers
	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 Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the potential for hostile takeovers of UK companies.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	39651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, the Government may intervene in certain takeovers for three public interest reasons – national security, media plurality and financial stability.</p><p>In December 2019, the Queen’s Speech lobby pack confirmed the Government’s intention to legislate to “strengthen the Government’s existing powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions to protect national security”.</p><p>The Government continues to monitor the market closely during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 39650 question first answered 04/05/2020 14:04:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1192032

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2020
	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	Takeovers
	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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of existing legislation on preventing hostile takeovers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	41999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, the Government may intervene in certain takeovers for three public interest reasons – national security, media plurality and financial stability.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2019, the Queen’s Speech lobby pack confirmed the Government’s intention to legislate to “strengthen the Government’s existing powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions to protect national security”.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor the market closely during the covid-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/05/2020 16:09:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson