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1226828

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
	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 staff of his Department will be required to return to their workplace as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	77517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Since 23 March 2020, the Department has applied the Government’s Safer Working Guidance (for England, Scotland and Wales) to ensure the safety of our staff.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Government’s latest guidance from 1 August 2020, we are gradually increasing the number of staff working in the office whilst also continuing to enable working from home. This follows a programme of ongoing activity across all our sites to complete COVID-19 Risk Assessments, prepare our buildings, and consult with staff.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/09/2020 15:07:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1235024

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	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	Redundancy: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 estimate the Insolvency Service has made of the number of employees notified in HR1 forms as being at risk of redundancy in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	90939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service collects HR1 data and shares it with Government Departments and Agencies which provide support for redundant employees and the unemployed. HR1s are submitted by employers where there is a proposal to make 20 or more redundancies at an establishment. HR1s may include proposed dismissals due to changes to terms and conditions or a proposed relocation of employees which may not necessarily result in any redundancies.</p><p> </p><p>The HR1s received detail a maximum number of potentially affected employees and the Insolvency Service makes no estimations from the HR1 returns of the number of employees that may be at risk in any particular location<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/09/2020 15:08:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1241174

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Employment: West Yorkshire
	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 effect on local economies in West Yorkshire of young people moving to urban centres for work.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	100290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>We are investing over £695m in towns and cities across Leeds city region to provide the infrastructure and business support needed to grow the economy and jobs. In addition, investment of £30m per year will be made until 2035 for transport schemes to improve the connection between local areas and urban centres. The spatial concentration of jobs in the area has shifted over the last decade, and local priorities for investment are based on improving the local economy including increasing opportunities for work for young people.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/10/2020 16:27:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1241311

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Insolvency: Redundancy Pay
	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 business have submitted HR1 forms to the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service since April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	100297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Employers are required to file an HR1 Form with the Redundancy Payments Service where they are proposing to dismiss 20 or more employees at a single establishment. Between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2020 and 30<sup>th </sup>September 2020 HR1 forms were received from 4,112 businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/10/2020 16:26:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1257621

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 bring forward proposals to tackle fuel poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	124121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>Improving energy efficiency is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty and at the Summer Economic Update we announced more than £2 billion of funding for upgrading the energy efficiency of homes. The Green Homes Grant is a £2 billion programme which will help improve the energy efficiency of homes in England. Low-income homeowners in receipt of certain benefits may be eligible for a grant covering up to 100% of the cost of installation. The 2020 Spending Review committed a further £320 million in funding for the Green Homes Grant for 2021-22 and £150 million to help some of the poorest homes become more energy efficient and cheaper to heat with low-carbon energy.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Company Obligation scheme requires energy companies to deliver energy efficiency and heating measures to low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households. The current scheme is worth £640m per year and ends in March 2022. The Prime Minister announced an extension to this scheme until 2026 in his Ten Point Plan. We also recently closed our consultation on the extension of the Warm Home Discount until March 2022. This will continue to provide a £140 energy bill rebate to over 2 million low income and vulnerable households, and vital projects helping fuel poor households throughout the country through Industry Initiatives.</p><p>We are currently consulting on improving the standard of privately rented homes in England and Wales through a minimum energy efficiency performance standard of Band C, helping to tackle fuel poverty in that tenure.</p><p> </p><p>An updated fuel poverty strategy for England will also be released in the coming months, outlining our commitments to delivering against our statutory target to ensure that as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable achieve a minimum energy efficiency rating of Band C, by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/12/2020 11:40:43 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1271150

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	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	Regional Planning and Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent progress his Department has made on the Government's levelling-up agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	910327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>We have a clear commitment to level up all areas of the country. The recent announcement of our 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution to support green jobs, and a forthcoming Industrial Strategy refresh, are a critical part of this.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/12/2020 13:25:37 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273723

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	Rolls Royce: Offshoring
	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 help prevent jobs at Rolls Royce in Barnoldswick being offshored.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	133672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Rolls-Royce has made clear that the restructuring and global site review reflects the change in medium-term market conditions which have been impacted by the global COVID19 pandemic. Rolls-Royce has announced proposals to consolidate work into the UK including consolidating all widebody engine Assembly &amp; Test capability in Derby, as well as closing a site in the US and consolidating the advanced manufacturing capabilities into Derby and Washington, Tyne &amp; Wear.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/01/2021 14:03:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273724

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus
	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 provide additional support to the hospitality sector affected by covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	133673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has worked closely with the hospitality sector to understand the impact of the pandemic on their businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Hospitality businesses have been able to benefit from Government support, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Government-backed loans, Local Restrictions Support Grants, additional funding provided to Local Authorities to support businesses and the Cultural Relief Fund.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 January, when the new National Lockdown began, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a one-off top up grant for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the spring.  A £594 million discretionary fund has also been made available to support other impacted businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/01/2021 14:01:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273725

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 reduce fuel poverty in winter 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	133674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Improving the energy efficiency of homes is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty. The Energy Company Obligation is a GB wide energy efficiency scheme worth £640m per year until March 2022 and is focused on low-income and vulnerable households. The Green Homes Grant, launched in September 2020, is a £2 billion programme which will help improve the energy efficiency of homes in England. Of this, around half is specifically for low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some households may need immediate support this winter and so we provide assistance with energy bills for low income and vulnerable consumers through the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p><p> </p><p>We have also successfully negotiated an agreement with energy suppliers to support customers impacted by COVID-19. Based on the circumstances, this could include reassessing, reducing, or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress and support for prepayment meter customers to stay on supply.</p><p> </p><p>The energy price cap currently protects around 11 million households in Great Britain on standard variable and default tariffs. From January 2021 a further 4 million households with prepayment meters will also come under the protection of the cap after the prepayment meter price cap expires. The cap ensures that loyal energy customers are protected from poor value tariffs, saving consumers a total of around £1 billion on their bills annually.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/01/2021 14:20:30 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1274680

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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	Post Offices: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 post offices there were in the Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	134343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The number of post offices that were in the Yorkshire and the Humber region was 1005 in March 2010 and 948 in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/01/2021 16:37:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett