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748332

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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	Direct Rail Services: 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, whether the one per cent public sector pay cap applies to employees of Direct Rail Services Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	2858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The public sector pay cap does not apply to employees of Direct Rail Services Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 16:14:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1192486

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2020
	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	Self-employed: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What estimate he has made of the number of self-employed people who do not qualify for covid-19 support.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	902141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>We have prioritised helping the greatest number of people as quickly as possible and it is difficult to come up with reliable criteria that apply to all the relevant sectors of the economy. We are aware some people will not be eligible for the scheme, but they may still benefit from a number of other support schemes available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is engaging a wide range of stakeholders in relation to Covid-19, and in addition to the Business Secretary’s regular meeting with business representative organisations, I recently hosted a call with stakeholders on support for the self-employed and will continue to engage on the issue.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 902142 902174 question first answered 04/05/2020 15:52:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1344394

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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: Ministers
	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 he has plans to create a minister for hospitality.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	28159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>Responsibility for the hospitality sector is split between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS). BEIS is responsible for cafés, restaurants, pubs, bars and nightclubs, while DCMS is responsible for hospitality accommodation, given the close links to tourism.</p><p> </p><p>Within BEIS, we have a dedicated hospitality sector support team, and hospitality has been recognised formally as a key part of my ministerial portfolio.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/07/2021 13:32:08 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1285737

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2021
	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	Buses: Manufacturing Industries
	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 support bus manufacturing in the UK; and when he or his Ministerial team last met with representatives of UK bus manufacturers.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	152506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>My noble Friend Lord Grimstone recently met with representatives of bus manufacturers at an automotive sector roundtable on 10 February.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuing its longstanding programme of support to ensure that the UK automotive sector remains at the forefront of technological developments. Government and Industry have jointly committed almost £1.5 billion through the Advanced Propulsion Centre and Faraday Battery Challenge to support the research, development, and manufacture of zero and low-emission technologies. The Advanced Propulsion Centre is supporting a number of projects aimed at developing technologies to reduce emissions in bus applications.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a green industrial revolution, nearly £500m of funding for the Automotive Transformation Fund will be made available in the next four years to build an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/02/2021 17:16:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

692667

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
	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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of EU structural funding, such as the European Regional Development Fund, on the UK's ability to build research capacity in less economically developed regions of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	64803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>For the 2014-20 Structural Funds programming period, the EU has designated two regions of the UK as ‘less developed regions’: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and West Wales and the Valleys. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supports research and innovation in both areas. Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have been allocated around €90 million in EU funding for research and innovation, with the aim of supporting 550 enterprises. West Wales and the Valleys have been allocated around €300 million, with the aim of providing around 500 grants to enterprises and supporting cooperation between 1,200 enterprises and research institutions.</p><p>The Industrial Strategy Green Paper states that the Government will carefully consider the future of the European Structural and Investment Funds following the UK’s exit from the European Union, including the support available to less developed areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/02/2017 17:51:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1172953

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	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: Nottingham South
	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 she plans to take to tackle fuel poverty in Nottingham South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	7198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Improving energy efficiency is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty and the Energy Company Obligation Scheme provides such support for low income and vulnerable households. Since ECO launched it has delivered energy efficiency measures to more than 2 million households.</p><p>ECO has delivered improvements to more than 6000 homes in Nottingham South, representing 14% of households in the area.</p><p>Tenants living in energy inefficient properties are some of the most at risk of fuel poverty. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards now require landlords spend up to £3500 improving their properties to energy efficiency Band E before renting them out.</p><p>In addition to support to improve energy efficiency, the Warm Home Discount provides support to more than 2 million low income and vulnerable households each year through a £140 rebate. Over £2.7 billion has been provided by the scheme over the last nine years.</p><p>Our 2020 Fuel Poverty Strategy will set out further detail around our future plans to tackle fuel poverty.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 29/01/2020 16:05:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

690532

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Research: Wales
	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 plans the Government has to support the Ser Cymru II programme in Wales after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	64149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>This Government intends to secure the best possible outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union (EU). UK participants should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Treasury will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. Access to apply to the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions scheme and subsequent funding programmes after we leave the EU will be a matter for the negotiations that will follow the triggering of Article 50.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/02/2017 11:26:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood