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1341452

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many loans have been issued under the Bounce Back Loan scheme and to what value in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>A breakdown on the number of loans issued through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme as of 10 January 2021 is in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Loans Offered (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Loans Offered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>38,387,275,292</p></td><td><p>1,253,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,496,404,756</p></td><td><p>86,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,524,813,850</p></td><td><p>55,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,172,538,374</p></td><td><p>38,181</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Updated figures will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/07/2021 15:44:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1239946

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud
	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 assess the (a) scale and (b) cost of potential fraud in the Bounce Back Loan scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	98666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme application process lenders undertake fraud checks, including Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering checks as required. In addition, the application form is clear – any individual who knowingly provides false information is at risk of criminal prosecution. We are working across Departments, and with lenders and law enforcement agencies, to tackle fraudulent abuse of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of how we expect the Bounce Back Loan Scheme to perform are set out in our accounts for 2019-20, a copy of which has been placed in the Libraries of the House. At this early stage, such estimates are naturally highly uncertain as reflected in the explanatory notes of the Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/10/2020 16:49:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1362307

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	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 made an estimate of the number of additional public facing charging points that will be required for electric vehicles in the next eight years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	60360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Building on the £1.9bn from Spending Review 2020, the Government has committed an additional £620m to support the transition to electric vehicles. The additional funding will support the rollout of charging infrastructure, with a particular focus on local on street residential charging, and targeted plug-in vehicle grants.</p><p> </p><p>Government and industry have supported the installation of almost 26,000 publicly available charging devices. This includes more than 4,900 rapid devices – one of the largest networks in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year Government will publish an EV Infrastructure Strategy to set out the vision and action plan for charging infrastructure rollout needed to achieve the 2030/35 phase out successfully. It will also discuss possible ranges for the numbers of chargepoints required, recognising that charging habits are likely to evolve over time, and that needs will differ between local areas.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/10/2021 16:20:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27808 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1140933

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Enterprise Zones: Finance
	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 adequacy of funding allocated to enterprise zones.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	280194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Enterprise Zones act as a driving force for growth in local economies as they unlock key development sites, consolidate infrastructure, attract business and create jobs across 48 locations within England.</p><p> </p><p>Government has provided a range of funding and other incentives for Enterprise Zones, including a £120 million ‘Building Foundations for Growth’ grant fund to accelerate development in Enterprise Zones, a five year tax relief for businesses and simplified planning processes.</p><p> </p><p>LEPs have utilised proportions of their Growth Deal programmes to support development in their Enterprise Zones.</p><p> </p><p>The ability to retain business rates locally for 25 years allows LEPs to borrow against predicted income which provides a sustainable funding model to support improvements required in the Enterprise Zone as well as in the wider local economy.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 31/07/2019 16:10:19 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1378887

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2021
	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	Enterprise Zones
	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 undertake a review of Enterprise Zones to date to establish whether further steps can be taken to increase their effectiveness.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	75824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Enterprise Zones have been a very successful government policy. They drive growth in local economies, by attracting and supporting businesses, which increases investment and employment to the area. There are no current plans to review Enterprise Zones; however, the experience of delivering Enterprise Zones has informed the development of the Government's new Freeports programme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/11/2021 16:29:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 33417 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1545944

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Diesel and Petrol: Prices
	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 hold discussions with trade bodies representing oil companies on the extent of variances of forecourt prices for petrol and diesel.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	97469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Following the Government’s request for an urgent review of the fuel market, the Competition and Markets Authority published its road fuel report on 8 July. Its initial findings were that the UK retail fuel market appears to be competitive but areas for further investigation were identified. A market study to look at the growing gap between the oil price, and the wholesale price of petrol and diesel was launched which will make recommendations where there are no legitimate reasons for this. The Government will carefully consider, alongside relevant industry partners, any recommendations made in the study.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/12/2022 14:05:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 39027 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1347628

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2021
	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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the North Sea Transition Deal.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	34460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Immediately following the publication of the Deal in March this year, we met with industry, government and regulator members of the North Sea Transition Forum in April to agree our approach to implementing and overseeing the Deal. We have established governance mechanisms to identify near term and longer-term priorities, and to drive progress. As committed in the Deal, we have set up a government-led group to address barriers to electrification of oil and gas platforms. We continue to make progress on the business case for the Global Underwater Hub in Aberdeen and on proposals for spending the £2m allocated in the Budget for the Deal.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/07/2021 13:52:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1487898

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of energy suppliers that have ceased trading in each of the last two years; what estimate he has made of the number of consumers that have been transferred to alternative energy suppliers as a result; and what estimate he has made of the total additional estimated cost to consumers of those transfers.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	33720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on energy suppliers that have ceased trading, and their customer base, is published by the regulator Ofgem at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/check-whos-taken-over-your-energy-supply" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/check-whos-taken-over-your-energy-supply</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers can make a claim for the unrecoverable costs of acting as the supplier of last resort. The individual claims and decisions can be found on <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/search?keyword=supplier%20of%20last%20resort" target="_blank">Ofgem’s website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/07/2022 15:03:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1378888

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2021
	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	Innovate UK: Finance
	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 ensure that the increase in annual core funding for Innovate UK will help support organisations based in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	75825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Innovation is at the heart of the UK’s strategy to boost productivity and international competitiveness. Cutting-edge businesses require access to growth capital and funding for high-risk, high-reward innovation activities available to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions. Since 2004, Innovate UK has offered over £158 million in grants for R&amp;D to businesses in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Spending Review 2021 secures increased funding for core Innovate UK programmes, reaching c.£1 billion per year by 2024/25 (over £300 million more than in 2021/22) to ensure it can support business in bringing innovations to market and drive economic growth. The money will be used to help boost private sector investment across the whole of the UK, creating the right conditions for all businesses to innovate and giving them the confidence to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Spending Review, BEIS will set R&amp;D budgets through to 2024/25. Further details of how this funding will be allocated will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/11/2021 18:08:48 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 33418 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1386224

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2021
	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	Lithium: China
	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 ensure that companies listed in the UK which are engaged in lithium mining in the UK do not fall under the control of the Government of the People's Republic of China.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	89510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Mergers and takeovers are primarily commercial matters for the parties involved. The Government has powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in transactions which raise national security concerns. The Government has recently strengthened those powers through the National Security and Investment Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/12/2021 16:26:41 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell