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	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	251311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union is committed to being an inclusive workplace where people can bring their whole selves to work. We care about the wellbeing of our staff and have committed to taking a zero tolerance approach to bullying and harassment.</p><p>We fully investigate all claims of bullying and harassment and take action in line with Departmental policies as appropriate. We have also introduced fair treatment ambassadors to provide another avenue for staff to receive support and signposting, as well as initiatives to help individuals, especially managers, recognise and resolve instances of bullying and harassment.</p><p>As the Department was created within the last 5 years, we only have records from 2017:</p><p> </p><p>2015: 0</p><p>2016: 0</p><p>2017:<ins class="ministerial"> less than 5</ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p>2018:<ins class="ministerial"> less than 5</ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p>2019: 0</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/05/2019 14:24:29 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2019 09:34:53 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 117884 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1110567

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	242808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has not issued any non-disclosure agreements to employees in the lifetime of the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/04/2019 12:14:28 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1168298

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	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	Social 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, whether her Department will match the £2,860 in funding per household in social housing to improve energy efficiency for people on low-incomes who own their own homes.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	94
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Improving home energy efficiency is the most sustainable way to tackle fuel poverty and an important step towards achieving Net Zero. The Energy Company Obligation scheme is currently set at £640 million per year and provides support to upgrade the homes of low income and vulnerable families.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this existing energy efficiency support, the Conservative Manifesto made new spending commitments for social housing and for Home Upgrade Grants. Further details on these policies will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/01/2020 14:57:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1188250

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Shell: 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, what his timetable is for deciding whether to give Shell permission for its proposed plans for the (a) steel jackets and (b) concrete bases underneath decommissioned Brent oilfield platforms (i) Bravo, (ii) Charlie and (iii) Delta east of Shetland.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Brent decommissioning proposal, Shell propose to leave <em>in-situ</em> the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket and the concrete gravity based installations Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie and Brent Delta.</p><p>A formal decision is expected to be made in due course.</p><p>Any approval of the derogation permit to leave <em>in-situ</em> the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket and the concrete gravity based installations Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie and Brent Delta will include permit conditions to continue to develop technology for the management of the structures (including <em>in-situ</em> remediation for the contents of the structures). Shell and the Brent field licensees will remain responsible and liable in perpetuity for any structures left <em>in-situ</em>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:41:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1188251

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Shell: 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, what Environmental Impact Assessment his Department has made of Shell's proposed plans for the (a) steel jackets and (b) concrete bases underneath decommissioned Brent oilfield platforms (i) Bravo, (ii) Charlie and (iii) Delta east of Shetland.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>BEIS officials at the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) who are responsible for ensuring that all decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf is carried out in line with current UK regulations and international obligations have considered the Brent decommissioning proposals and reviewed the associated environmental impact assessment including supporting technical documents. The review also took account of the technical, safety, societal and economic aspects and determined that the environmental impact assessment presented by Shell demonstrates that the decommissioning proposals would not have a significant adverse effect on human health, the environment or other users of the sea, and that leaving the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket and the concrete gravity based installations Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie and Brent Delta including the cell contents <em>in-situ</em> is the best management solution.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:43:11 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1188252

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Shell: 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, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on Shell's proposed plans for the (a) steel jackets and (b) concrete bases underneath decommissioned Brent oilfield platforms (i) Bravo, (ii) Charlie and (iii) Delta east of Shetland.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Officials from Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) have met with the OSPAR Contracting Parties to discuss issues around the Brent decommissioning derogation application over the last 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:44:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1188253

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Shell: 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, what (a) estimate and (b) assessment his department has made of the (i) amount and (ii) composition of materials in the (A) steel jackets and (B) concrete bases underneath decommissioned Brent oilfield platforms (1) Bravo, (2) Charlie and (3) Delta east of Shetland.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	37604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Brent decommissioning proposal conservatively estimates that the cells contained within the concrete gravity based installation contain approximately 640,000 cubic metres (m<sup>3</sup>) of hydrocarbon contaminated seawater and 40,000 m<sup>3</sup> of hydrocarbon contaminated sediments with a total estimated hydrocarbon load of approximately 16,000 tonnes. BEIS officials have reviewed the associated environmental impact assessment including supporting technical documents and have determined that the environmental impact assessment presented by Shell demonstrates that the decommissioning proposals would not have a significant adverse effect on human health, the environment or other users of the sea, and that leaving the cell contents <em>in-situ</em> is the best management solution. The Brent Alpha steel jacket has no materials remaining within it.</p><p> </p><p>Any approval of the derogation permit to leave <em>in-situ</em> the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket and the concrete gravity based installations Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie and Brent Delta will include permit conditions to continue to develop technology for the management of the structures (including <em>in-situ</em> remediation for the contents of the structures). Shell and the Brent field licensees will remain responsible and liable in perpetuity for any structures left <em>in-situ</em>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, drill cuttings piles are present on the seabed at all of the Brent installations and on top of cells of the concrete gravity based installations and BEIS officials have determined that the best management option is to leave the cuttings piles to degrade <em>in-situ</em>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:46:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1188987

	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national office for carbon removal.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	38544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>There is no doubt that climate change is one of the greatest global challenges we face, and that action is urgently needed in the UK and across the world. The UK already has a world-leading framework for emissions reduction.</p><p> </p><p>The Climate Change Act 2008 was the first of its kind in the world and made the UK the first country to introduce a legally binding, long-term emissions reduction target. The Act introduced our innovative framework of carbon budgets to ensure continued progress towards that target, capping emissions in successive five-year blocks. It also established the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) which independently provides expert advice to the Government on climate change mitigation and adaptation.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2019, the UK became the first major economy to legislate for net zero - a 100% emissions reduction target by 2050 (relative to 1990 levels). The Prime Minister chairs a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change to oversee this effort and drive forward action across the whole of government.</p><p> </p><p>Through this strong legal framework and ambitious policy action, we have shown that cutting emissions and growing the economy can go hand-in-hand – reducing our emissions by over 40% since 1990 while growing the economy by three quarters. Our carbon budgeting, supported by independent expertise from the CCC, is widely accepted as global best-practice and provides the right framework for the UK to deliver our commitment to net zero.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/04/2020 15:49:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1191629

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2020
	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	Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
	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 it remains the Government's policy to comply with the (a) London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 and (b) 1996 London Protocol to that Convention following the decision to leave in-situ the (i) steel jackets and (ii) concrete bases underneath decommissioned (A) Bravo, (B) Charlie and (C) Delta east of Shetland Brent oilfield platforms.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	41433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Any approval of the derogation permit to leave <em>in-situ</em> the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket and the concrete gravity based installations Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie and Brent Delta will be consistent with all our International obligations.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/05/2020 09:21:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1201315

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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	Offshore Fixed Structures: 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, when he plans to make a decision on the (a) removal of the Brent concrete gravity-based installations and (b) derogation for leaving the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket east of Shetland.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	55948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The decision on the Brent Bravo, Brent Charlie and Brent Delta concrete gravity-based installations is currently being considered, and we are keeping the OSPAR Contracting Parties informed of our progress. We have no detailed timetable and a formal decision is expected to be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In regard to the decision to leave <em>in-situ</em> the footings of the Brent Alpha steel jacket, we expect to be in a position to make a decision within the next 2 months.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 16/06/2020 14:00:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord