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1463322

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2022
	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: Standing Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to review the system of standing charges for (a) electricity and (b) gas customers.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	2452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The standing charge includes the costs energy suppliers incur to provide a live supply of gas and electricity to individual properties, regardless of how much energy their customers use. If it was removed, these costs would be added to the unit price of energy. Otherwise, suppliers would not be able to recover the legitimate costs of serving customers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/05/2022 14:31:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1401686

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, if he will make a further assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee's report on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, published on 27 April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	904936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Select Committee inquiry into the Scheme we highlighted we continue to believe the arrangements agreed in 1994 with the Scheme Trustees still work well and are fair and beneficial to both Scheme members and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/01/2022 13:19:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1365606

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	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	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 oral contribution by the Minister of State, the right hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham, on 19 October 2021, Official Report, Column 611, whether he will be taking additional steps to support the steel sector’s transition to net zero given the £350 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund is intended for multiple energy-intensive sectors including the steel sector.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	68175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that the steel sector plays in our economy and across all areas of the UK. We have taken specific steps to support the steel industry and we will continue to work with the sector regarding its decarbonisation.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2021 we published the Net Zero Strategy, which committed to provide further support for research and innovation through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio and initiatives led by the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre to support the fuel switch to low carbon hydrogen on industrial sites.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/11/2021 09:00:00 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1310732

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	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	OneWeb: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 152466 on OneWeb, how much the Government has allocated for future funding to OneWeb in the next (a) 12 and (b) 36 months; and which additional shareholders are being considered.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	184413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government do not propose to invest further in OneWeb. The Government, together with other OneWeb shareholders, is engaged in discussions with a range of potential partners about future funding and bringing in additional shareholders. For reasons of commercial sensitivity, the Government cannot provide details of potential investors before they are formally announced.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 26/04/2021 13:05:01 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1287315

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that wedding (a) venues and (b) suppliers are supported during the third covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	154936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>We have provided an unprecedented package of financial support since March 2020 to businesses, including those in the weddings sector. We keep this regularly under review, through discussions with HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/03/2021 17:06:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith