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1582811

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127746, if he will make an estimate of the average saving the Energy Bills Discount Scheme will provide to steel producers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will support steel producers facing high energy prices through issuing a per-unit discount to their energy bills. The calculated discount will depend on the terms of their contract and the future price of energy.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an average estimate, but for steel firms eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support, for electricity the maximum discount on 70% of usage will be £89 per megawatt hour (MWh) with a price threshold of £185 per MWh. For gas, the maximum discount will be £40 per MWh with a price threshold of £99 per MWh, also on 70% of usage. The remaining 30% of usage will be supported at the same level as non-domestic customers who do not qualify for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the steel sector more than £800m since 2013 to help with energy costs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 137788 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:25:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582812

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127746 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will make an estimate of the value of the Government support to the steel sector with energy costs since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will support steel producers facing high energy prices through issuing a per-unit discount to their energy bills. The calculated discount will depend on the terms of their contract and the future price of energy.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an average estimate, but for steel firms eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support, for electricity the maximum discount on 70% of usage will be £89 per megawatt hour (MWh) with a price threshold of £185 per MWh. For gas, the maximum discount will be £40 per MWh with a price threshold of £99 per MWh, also on 70% of usage. The remaining 30% of usage will be supported at the same level as non-domestic customers who do not qualify for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the steel sector more than £800m since 2013 to help with energy costs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 137787 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:25:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582813

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129769 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will publish the outcomes of the meeting with steel trade union representatives held on 24 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>This was an informal conversation in which Community Union set out their ambitions for the steel industry and all parties discussed current issues.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2023 10:26:34 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582825

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131201 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, If he will publish the outcome of the call with members of the steel sector on 6 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>This was an informal roundtable discussion, part of a regular series, to discuss the current issues facing the steel sector. The meeting covered a number of topics, including energy costs, decarbonisation support, Government procurement, and trade remedies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2023 10:24:01 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582826

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, Pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 132361 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the difference in the quantity of steel produced in (a) the UK and (b) Germany in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	137793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of the reasons for the difference in the quantity of steel produced in the UK and Germany in 2021. Any differences will be a result of commercial decisions taken by firms in the two countries.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2023 15:29:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581934

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	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	Ofgem: Sefton Council
	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 the outcome has been of discussions between Ofgem and the Sefton Local Authority on a data sharing agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	135323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem is currently developing a register for all local authorities to enable them to notify measures under the Energy Company Obligation. That register will have an in-built digital solution for data sharing. In the meantime, Ofgem is exploring the most efficient manual approach to achieve this with all local authorities in Scotland, England and Wales. This has included discussions with the Local Government Association.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2023 15:03:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582031

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	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	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Bakeries
	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 suppliers of ingredients to the bakery industry are eligible for support under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	135351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Following an HMT-led review into the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, the Energy Bills Discount Scheme will provide a discount to eligible non-domestic energy users from April 2023. A higher rate of support will be provided to those operating within an eligible Energy and Trade Intensive sector. Eligibility for this higher rate of support has been determined using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the list of eligible sectors has been published on gov.uk <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1128033%2F230104_ETII_List_for_gov.uk.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C8ee9e1c1ca794fa33d4b08db052be983%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109458369787959%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bPz%2Fr%2Bf%2BdUV1URkexuLraoM%2F64b7ksrmrvIP%2BYhcxro%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1128033/230104_ETII_List_for_gov.uk.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>If organisations are unsure of their code, they can find out online through Companies House, by using their company name or registration number. Further information is available from Companies House on SIC code classification.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2023 14:45:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581591

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2023
	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	Bakeries: 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, if he will take steps to offer financial grants to bakeries for the installation of energy efficiency measures, in the context of the rising energy bills.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government keeps energy efficiency support for businesses, including bakeries and other SMEs, under review. Existing initiatives include an exemption on business rates for green technology, providing small businesses grants under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, and offering industry £289m for energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Autumn Statement announced a new national ambition to reduce the UK’s final energy consumption from buildings and industry to 15% by 2030 against 2021 levels. To support the delivery of this target, a new Energy Efficiency Taskforce will be established, covering homes, businesses, and public sector buildings, as well as industrial processes. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State will announce further details about the Taskforce in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2023 14:49:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581592

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2023
	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	Energy: Government Assistance
	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 the Government will increase the proportion of energy use that qualifies for relief.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible businesses are protected from high energy costs over winter. Following an HMT-led review, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will continue to provide a discount to eligible businesses until March 2024. A substantially higher level of support will be provided to businesses in sectors identified as being the most energy and trade intensive.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Price Guarantee protects domestic customers from increases in energy costs by limiting the amount suppliers can charge per unit of energy used. All households using dual-fuel gas and electricity qualify for the Energy Price Guarantee.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2023 14:33:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581312

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127749, what progress he has made on decarbonising the steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to a decarbonised and sustainable steel sector and is working closely with industry to support its decarbonisation options. For instance, industrial sectors (including steel) can bid into Government competitive funds worth more than £1.5 billion to support them going green, cutting emissions and becoming more energy efficient.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, we are also exploring a range of policies that could potentially mitigate the future risk of carbon leakage. The Government has committed to consult on this, and will do so in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/02/2023 08:30:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581313

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127749 on Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions, which steel companies his Department has met to discuss these commercial decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16<sup>th</sup> January 20223 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-11/120910" target="_blank">120910</a> on Iron and Steel.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that the Government is working closely with steel companies to support their decarbonisation options. Details of specific conversations are commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/02/2023 08:30:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581314

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77391 on Iron and Steel, if he will publish a list of trade unions in the steel sector the Government has met with.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy frequently engage with steel trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>I have recently met with Community Trade Union and I host a regular steel sector call which is attended by Unite, GMB and Community Trade Union.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/02/2023 08:31:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581318

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Energy Bills Discount 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, Pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127746 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will estimate how much on average the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme will save steel producers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) will follow on from the Energy Bills Relief Scheme. It will come into force from 1 April 2023 and will continue until 31 March 2024. This provides energy intensive industries, such as steel, with support above a threshold price of £185/MWh for electricity and £99/MWh for gas, up to a maximum of £89/MWh and £40/MWh respectively on the first 70% of energy usage. The remaining 30% of usage will receive a lower amount of support if prices rise above the threshold for the universal level of support. This is in addition to over £800m in energy relief Government has provided the steel sector since 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 133637 question first answered 01/02/2023 08:31:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1581321

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, Pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127746 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will make an estimate of the savings generated for the steel sector by Government support for energy bills since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) will follow on from the Energy Bills Relief Scheme. It will come into force from 1 April 2023 and will continue until 31 March 2024. This provides energy intensive industries, such as steel, with support above a threshold price of £185/MWh for electricity and £99/MWh for gas, up to a maximum of £89/MWh and £40/MWh respectively on the first 70% of energy usage. The remaining 30% of usage will receive a lower amount of support if prices rise above the threshold for the universal level of support. This is in addition to over £800m in energy relief Government has provided the steel sector since 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 133636 question first answered 01/02/2023 08:31:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580692

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 119981, whether he has made an assessment of the reasons for the change in the UK’s global ranking for steel production.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	132358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Over recent years, developing economies have expanded their steel sectors. As a result, developed economies have dropped down the global league table for steel production since 2008. The G20 Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC) has identified that a significant proportion of the world’s excess steel capacity is coming from China, who provide a range of unfair subsidies and support to their steel industry.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2023 14:14:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580727

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which the quantity of steel produced in the UK has reduced since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	132360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Between 2007 and 2021, crude steel production reduced from c.14 million tonnes per annum to c. 7 million tonnes. 3.6 million tonnes of this reduction can be attributed to the closure of the SSI steel site at Redcar which entered insolvency in 2015 with no ability to restart the blast furnaces.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2023 14:13:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580728

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, if he will make a comparative assessment of the steel produced in the (a) UK and (b) German steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	132361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK steel sector produced c.7m tonnes of steel in 2021, employing c.34,000 (SIC 24.1-3) in the same year. The German steel industry produced c. 40mt in 2021, and in 2020 employed c.125k (SIC 24.1-3). (Sources: World Steel Association, ONS, BG level employment, table 2, Eurostat, Annual Detailed Enterprise Statistics for Industry).</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2023 14:15:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580729

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, if he will make a comparative assessment of the impact of energy costs on steel companies in (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) Italy, (d) France and (e) Sweden.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	132362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem has previously carried out research on what drives comparatively high GB electricity prices for energy intensive industries (EIIs) and have compared them with selected European countries. They published a report in 2021 which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/research-gb-electricity-prices-energy-intensive-industries" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/research-gb-electricity-prices-energy-intensive-industries</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has supported the steel sector extensively, including providing over £800m since 2013 to help with the costs of electricity and to support a low carbon transition. The 2022 British Energy Security Strategy announced that the EII Compensation Scheme would be extended for a further 3 years with increased aid intensity, representing a doubling of relief. It also announced that the Government would consider making similar changes to the related EII Exemption Scheme and that we will explore other possible measures to reduce electricity costs for EIIs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/01/2023 14:12:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580233

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120907 on Iron and Steel: Employment, what assessment he has made of the causes for the decline in jobs in (a) steel production and (b) the steel production supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	131197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The answer I gave the Hon. Member on 17<sup>th</sup> January to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-11/120907" target="_blank">120907</a> shows there has been an increase in the estimated number of people employed in basic iron and steel between 2010 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>There are a series of acute global challenges for steel including steel overcapacity, unfair subsidies and dumping, and global impacts on raw material and energy costs from the pandemic and Russia’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government remains committed to working with the industry to support its transition to a competitive, sustainable, and low carbon future, supporting local economic growth and levelling-up.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/01/2023 15:23:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580235

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Liberty Steel: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 122127 on Liberty Steel: Redundancy, whether his Department plans to provide financial intervention in the case of Liberty Steel.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	131199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I recognise this is a difficult time for workers at Liberty Steel and affected employees be able to access our broad range of support including JobCentre Plus, through its Rapid Response Service.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS officials and Ministers are in regular contact with representatives from Liberty Steel and the trade unions and continue to monitor the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>Any use of taxpayers money to support individual businesses needs to go through thorough due diligence and scrutiny processes, including on the financial governance of any potential funding recipient.</p><p> </p><p>It is for Liberty to manage the future of its business, and we hope the company succeeds with its plans to continue on a sustainable basis.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/01/2023 15:23:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580266

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of a closer partnership between the Government and the UK steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	131201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government engages regularly with the UK steel sector, trade unions and devolved administrations to develop a viable long-term future for the UK steel industry. This two-way engagement is very important, particularly in the current globally challenging economic conditions.</p><p> </p><p>I held a call with members of the steel sector on 6<sup>th</sup> December, met with Community Trade Union on the 24 January and attended the All Party Parliamentary Group (with sector representatives present) on the 25 January. I am due to meet soon with UK Steel, and I plan to hold the next steel sector call in February.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/01/2023 15:24:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579502

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Semiconductors: Employment
	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 his Department will make an estimate of the number of UK jobs indirectly supported by high-tech sectors including the semiconductor industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	129749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>According to ONS figures[1], in 2021 high and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors directly accounted for around 796,000 jobs. This is based on the OECD definition and covers the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronics (including semiconductors) and electrical equipment, machinery, and transport equipment[2].</p><p> </p><p>In 2021 these industries supported in excess of 900,000 indirect jobs in other areas of manufacturing and the wider economy. This is likely an underestimate. A precise estimate is methodologically difficult as the ONS estimates indirect jobs for the individual sectors listed above and with an aggregate sector definition, such as high and medium tech manufacturing, double counting will arise where these sectors supply inputs to each other.</p><p> </p><p>Within these figures, DCMS estimate there are ~24,000 people working directly across the UK semiconductor industry, which could imply in the region of 17,000 being indirectly supported elsewhere.</p><p><em>[1] ONS Employee jobs and ONS Self Employed Jobs.</em></p><p><em>[2] These are defined by the SIC codes 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30</em></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/01/2023 13:20:28 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579807

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, if he will meet with trade union representatives to discuss developments in the UK steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	129769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>My most recent meeting with steel trade union representatives took place on 24 January with Roy Rickhuss CBE, General Secretary of Community Trade Union. BEIS officials and I continue to actively engage with trade unions, companies and wider to support the UK steel sector to develop a viable, long-term solution for the UK steel industry.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/01/2023 17:37:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579813

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 125331 on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central, whether his Department plans to ask councils why they did not apply for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	129770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working to understand the retrofit plans of the social housing sector. The Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) has been established alongside the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) to guide social housing landlords in their retrofit planning and to support their engagement with the SHDF. The SHRA is funded directly by BEIS and as such is a free service for eligible applicants to the SHDF.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 13:20:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1579815

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120907, when the employment data for the steel sector for 2022 will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	129771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Employment data is generated through the Business Register and Employment Survey, as made available through NOMIS (Official Census and Labour Market Statistics), a service provided by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>According to the Release Calendar[1], the survey is due to be updated in September/October 2023.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em> <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank"><em>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</em></a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/01/2023 17:35:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1569032

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2023
	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	Energy: Buildings and Industry
	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 estimate of the level of energy demand from (a) buildings and (b) industry in the UK, as of 20 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	128623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Data on UK energy demand is published in Energy Trends table 1.3: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ftotal-energy-section-1-energy-trends&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0015677c4e5c4a1a143e08dafe1b3606%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638101690058691747%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BaCj6ZUF70aiQPETORx1FCNsP5is2Uef0JOtFvSRasw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/total-energy-section-1-energy-trends</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for January 2023 is not yet available. Figures include consumption from buildings and processes; these are not separately available. For the latest published 12-month period, October 2021 – September 2022, final consumption for domestic and other final users was 57.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe). Final consumption for industry was 21.8 mtoe, excluding energy industry consumption.</p><p> </p><p>Projections for final energy demand by sector are available in Energy &amp; Emissions Projections, Annex F: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0015677c4e5c4a1a143e08dafe1b3606%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638101690058847952%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BLKSjZ%2FVlhl780CDSd0OTkVB53jVktHpJ5rtyLpUbLI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1569033

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January to Question 119980, what estimate he has made of the total level of emissions from steel plants in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	128624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The publicly available data, as part of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), shows monitored emissions from the named installations of the steel primary producers were, in aggregate, 11.8 million tonnes CO2 in 2021. However, as explained in the Answer of 16 January to Question 119980, ETS emissions are not necessarily the emissions for a whole site – they only cover the site’s activities which are regulated under the ETS. The Government does not hold data on any non-ETS emissions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568702

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Manufacturing Industries: 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, whether his Department plans to provide specific support for the advanced manufacturing sector with decarbonisation.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	127745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to decarbonising advanced manufacturing in line with our net zero goals, while simultaneously transforming our industrial heartlands by attracting inward investment, future-proofing businesses, and securing high wage, high skill jobs. We are providing around £2 billion of funding to help industry to reduce emissions, save on bills and connect to low carbon infrastructure such as carbon capture technology.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:01:45 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568704

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, what plans his Department has to provide specific support to the steel sector on the cost of energy after March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	127746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that those in energy and trade intensive industries (ETIIs) are less able to pass higher costs through to their customers, due to international competition. Therefore we have announced a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, with higher discounts given to those with larger energy usage such as steel producers. This is in addition to extensive support we have provided to the steel sector to help with energy costs, worth more than £800m since 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:01:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568706

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Small Businesses: Cost of Living
	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 support he plans to provide to small businesses to assist with the cost of living after March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	127747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Following an HMT-led review, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will continue to provide a discount to eligible businesses between April and March 2024. In addition, at the Autumn Statement, my Rt Hon Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs. Furthermore, the Government’s reversal of the National Insurance rise, will save SMEs approximately £4,200 on average, as well the cut to fuel duty for 12 months and raising the Employment Allowance to £5,000.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:00 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568726

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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 support the development and implementation of a net zero emissions steel strategy for the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	127749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s 2021 Net Zero Strategy reaffirms our commitment to continue to work with the steel industry on decarbonisation. We are working with the sector to support its decarbonisation options – including hydrogen based steelmaking technology - and to consider the implications of the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>The appropriate decarbonisation pathway for individual sites will be based on multiple factors and the Government is working closely with companies to support them as they make commercial decisions on the optimum route for their sites.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/01/2023 12:02:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568085

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	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	Heating: Fossil Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2022 to Question 110668 on Heating: Fossil Fuels, for what reason his Department has not yet responded to the consultations published on 19 October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government has received a significant number of responses to its consultation of 19 October 2021 and is considering them carefully. The Government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/01/2023 12:44:35 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568090

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118973 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, which (a) steel plants, (b) constituencies and (c) regions have been allocated how much government funds to become more energy efficient.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the awards granted is not collated in the form requested. However, for details of all awards made under the programmes listed in Question 118973, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him today to Question 126622.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/01/2023 16:43:15 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568096

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118973 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, if he will make an estimate of the average amount of government funds to decarbonise a steel plant will receive.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Each steel company and site are different and will have different choices about their decarbonisation and technology pathway. It is therefore not possible to estimate the average level of Government support that could possibly be required.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/01/2023 16:14:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568100

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118973, how much funding has been allocated to steel plants for decarbonisation through the £1.5 billion bidding fund, as of 18 January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Industrial businesses, including steel plants, can bid into Government competitive funds worth more than £1.5 billion to support them to go green, cut emissions and become more energy efficient. This funding includes:</p><p> </p><p>o The £1 billion Carbon Capture Utility and Storage Infrastructure Fund</p><p>o The £240 million Net Zero Hydrogen Fund</p><p>o The £55 million Industrial Fuel switching Fund</p><p>o The £20 million Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre</p><p>o The £289 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund</p><p>o Up to £66 million as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The £289m Fund Industrial Energy Transformation Fund allocated £3.1m of energy efficiency funding to steel plants in its first application window. Support for energy efficiency upgrades helps to reduce the sites energy demand and paves the way for future decarbonisation. This support was broken into (Name, Grant Allocated, Region and Constituency):</p><p>Celsa – Energy Efficiency Deployment Project, £3m. Wales, Cardiff South and Penarth.</p><p>Firsteel - Energy Efficiency Study, £80k. West Midlands, Walsall South Constituency.</p><p>William Cook – Energy Efficiency Study, £38k. Yorkshire and the Humber, Sheffield South East.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, a further five application windows have continued the funding available to the steel industry, details of winners will be released in due course. The final window of the IETF closes in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>As many of these funds are still running their course, we are unable to provide further detail at present.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/01/2023 16:40:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1568105

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, Pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118973 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of successful applications made by steel plants to the £1.5 billion fund on levels of carbon emissions from those plants.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Together with all existing and new support outlined in the Net Zero Strategy we will continue to work together with industry to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable, and low carbon future. It’s not possible to calculate the impact of these schemes on carbon emissions at this this stage, as many of the projects are still in progress, but we hope to provide a figure in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/01/2023 16:15:14 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1567567

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	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	Members: Correspondence
	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 will respond to the correspondence of 13 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on the UK steel Industry.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>This Department aims to reply to all Ministerial correspondence within 15 working days. The letter in question was received 13 January, a response will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/01/2023 13:59:12 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1567671

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	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	Public Sector Decarbonisation 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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 107106, which region received the most funding for projects from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The region that has been awarded the highest value of funding to date through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is Greater London. Lists of projects awarded funding through the scheme, categorised by region, can be found on the Scheme’s gov.uk page: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fpublic-sector-decarbonisation-scheme&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C8c576a0debfd454b28aa08dafad6342c%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638098095138947877%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=m7W8VSeSKYZin%2B0lEjwAv1tRZE5H4ChtEK25%2FCrFhko%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-sector-decarbonisation-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:00:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1567675

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 106366 on Rented Housing: Energy, if his Department will make an estimate of number of social houses that will have energy efficiency measures installed in the first six months of the Social Housing Regulation Bill receiving Royal Assent.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) will upgrade a significant amount of the social housing stock currently below EPC C. The Government launched Wave 1 of the SHDF in August 2021. It has awarded around £179m of grant funding for delivery from 2022 into 2023 and will see energy performance improvements to up to 20,000 social homes. The Wave 2.1 competition, which closed in November 2022, will look to allocate up to £800m of grant funding to 2024/25 to support the installation of energy performance measures in social homes in England. Successful projects are likely to be notified in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/01/2023 12:03:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1567678

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	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	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 95828 on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central, whether his Department holds information on the reason that Sefton Council did not apply to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund does not hold information on reasons why councils did not apply for funding.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/01/2023 12:02:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1567687

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	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	Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 102814 on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central, which regions in (a) England and (b) Scotland were awarded the most grant funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The successful projects within the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator were announced on 23 March 2021. The SHDF Demonstrator awarded £62m of grant funding, matched with £84m of co-funding from the Local Authorities. The region with the greatest amount of grant funding in England was London, with around £29m of grant funding. The largest grant funding award in Scotland was around £2m worth of grant funding to Aberdeen City Council.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/01/2023 12:01:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1566785

	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	Energy Performance Certificates
	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 estimate of the number of homes in fuel poverty that were upgraded from Energy Performance Certificate (a) Band D and below to (b) Band C and above due to works undertaken through Government-funded schemes in England and Wales in the period between October 2021 and October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS estimates that up to 55% of households receiving energy efficiency measures will elevate their EPC rating from D or below to C or above in the Sustainable Warmth Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) focuses on improving social homes below EPC C up to that standard. Around 61% of target households for the SHDF are fuel poor. The SHDF Demonstrator awarded funding in 2021 to social landlords across England and Scotland, seeing up to 2,000 social homes improved. SHDF Wave 1 awarded funding for delivery from 2022 into 2023 and will see up to 20,000 social homes in England improved.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 122449 question first answered 20/01/2023 13:02:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 48630 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

1566786

	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	Energy Performance Certificates
	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 estimate of the number of homes in fuel poverty that will be upgraded from Energy Performance Certificate (a) Band D and below to (b) B and C and above due to works undertaken through Government-funded schemes in England and Wales in the period between October 2022 and October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS estimates that up to 55% of households receiving energy efficiency measures will elevate their EPC rating from D or below to C or above in the Sustainable Warmth Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) focuses on improving social homes below EPC C up to that standard. Around 61% of target households for the SHDF are fuel poor. The SHDF Demonstrator awarded funding in 2021 to social landlords across England and Scotland, seeing up to 2,000 social homes improved. SHDF Wave 1 awarded funding for delivery from 2022 into 2023 and will see up to 20,000 social homes in England improved.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 122448 question first answered 20/01/2023 13:02:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 48631 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

1566789

	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	Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment 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, what his planned timetable is for the allocation of funding under the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS is currently processing information provided to the department through the Request for Information process that ran over the summer for which there was significant interest. The Government will set out the next steps on the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/01/2023 11:55:47 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

1566472

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	Liberty Steel: Redundancy
	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 potential implications for his Department's policies of job cuts at Liberty Steel.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The recent announcement of redundancies at Liberty Steel is a commercial decision for the company.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/01/2023 09:29:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 48235 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1566473

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	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	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, how many homes in England and Wales were in fuel poverty in October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS has responsibility for the measurement of fuel poverty in England. The latest estimates of fuel poverty in England are available:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffuel-poverty-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C2ef43fb7397a4d57420308daf9463385%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638096377142182386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EmcxI6lMZK3JAScEcMM1txf6yGl5w3y0uhwYYr3H34s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and different metrics of fuel poverty are used in the Devolved Administrations. The latest fuel poverty estimates by Welsh Government are available here:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.wales%2Ffuel-poverty-estimates-wales&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C2ef43fb7397a4d57420308daf9463385%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638096377142182386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Z2vrQRVel9%2FGIXxINS7dRr6MfHgPlU57xNhLvjzb5bQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.wales/fuel-poverty-estimates-wales</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/01/2023 14:09:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1565884

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing carbon costs for the steel sector on carbon leakage.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	120900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>UK Emissions Trading Scheme industrial participants, such as steel sector businesses, are provided with free allocations of emissions. This reduces exposure to carbon prices and mitigates the risk of carbon leakage. In 2021, they were worth over £2bn. Free allocations are guaranteed at current levels until 2026. The review into free allocation policy will continue into 2023 and will include consulting on changes to the calculations of free allocations post-2026. We are committed to consulting on carbon leakage mitigations this spring including measures such as product standards, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and policies to grow the market for low emissions industrial products.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/01/2023 12:25:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1565945

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Employment
	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 estimate how many people were employed in (a) steel production and (b) the steel production supply chain in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	120907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2007, an estimated total of 34,700 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 43,700 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010, an estimated total of 30,200 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 38,000 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, an estimated total of 32,000 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 40,300 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020, an estimated total of 33,700 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 42,500 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 1997 is not available and data for 2022 has not yet been released.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 120908 question first answered 17/01/2023 12:28:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1565946

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Iron and Steel: Employment
	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 estimate of the number of people employed in (a) steel production and (b) the steel production supply chain in (i) 2015, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	120908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2007, an estimated total of 34,700 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 43,700 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010, an estimated total of 30,200 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 38,000 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, an estimated total of 32,000 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 40,300 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020, an estimated total of 33,700 people were employed in the manufacture of basic iron and steel. This supported an estimated 42,500 jobs across the upstream supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 1997 is not available and data for 2022 has not yet been released.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 120907 question first answered 17/01/2023 12:28:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson