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1006992

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date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Employment: Electronic Tagging
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 ban the microchipping of employees by employers.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	191454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>If an employer required or encouraged implantation of microchips among its employees, it would raise several legal issues. While I am not aware of any cases being brought to test the legal position, it seems unlikely that such an invasive approach to security or monitoring would be found to be justifiable. So, it is likely to be difficult for an employer to show that such a practice would be consistent with the requirements of data protection legislation, health and safety requirements, and other legal obligations to employees.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/11/2018 17:19:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1007015

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: 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, how much additional public funding is required to reach the Government's target of spending 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D across the economy by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap, including an assessment of the measures required to put us on a trajectory to the 2.4% target, will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 191408 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:44:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1007024

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: 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, if he will publish a long-term budget that estimates the amount of investment from the public purse in R&D to reach 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap, including an assessment of the measures required to put us on a trajectory to the 2.4% target, will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 191407 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:44:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1007046

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Chemicals: 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 effect of energy costs on the financial sustainability of the UK chemical industry.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	191464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Ensuring that the UK is competitive on the energy costs faced by manufacturing industry is an important element of our Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no specific assessments of the effect of energy costs on the sustainability of the UK chemical sector. We know the chemistry sector recognises the value of the work we have undertaken in partnership to reduce energy costs. The recently-launched Chemistry Council Strategy the sector has noted that:</p><p> </p><p>“Government and industry have worked together to help deliver improved energy costs for energy intensive industries (EII). This was delivered through a £7 billion EII compensation package (announced in the Budget 2013), its conversion to an exemption (announced in the Autumn Statement 2015) and subsequently implemented from 2017.”</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/11/2018 15:11:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1007052

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Chemicals: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK chemical industry with energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	191466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In the Chemistry Council Strategy the sector has welcomed the UK Clean Growth Strategy and its cost-effective approach to decarbonisation, including a joint Chemical Sector Roadmap Action Plan, with its focus on low carbon opportunities while ensuring affordable and internationally competitive energy.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013 chemical sector businesses have received have received more than £160 million under the EU’s Emmisions Trading Scheme, Carbon Price Support, Renewables Obligation and Feed-In-Tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>The chemical industry will have the opportunity to benefit from the new Industrial Energy Transformation Fund announced in the Budget. This will help businesses, including those in the chemical sector, that use large amounts of energy to transition to using less.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate that funding will be available for energy efficiency investments for a range of technologies relevant to the chemical industry, including more efficient compressors and pumps and transformative decarbonisation investments.</p><p> </p><p>Funding, backed by £315 million new money, will be available from 2020/2021, providing the Government time to consult on how the Fund should be implemented and providing businesses, including those in the chemical sector, with the time to prepare proposals.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/11/2018 15:10:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1007055

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that low-carbon energy is produced at the lowest possible cost.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	191467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Through our Contracts for Difference scheme, which is our main mechanism for supporting new renewable electricity generation projects, contracts are awarded in a series of competitive auctions, with the lowest price bids being successful - which drives efficiency and cost reduction. The scheme has been a success, delivering substantial new investment and helping deliver significant reductions in the costs of some renewable technologies.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK is likely to need significant new nuclear capacity in order to meet our carbon reduction commitments. We have always been clear that new nuclear must provide value for money. To that end, the Government’s Nuclear Sector Deal has set out a target for a 30 per cent reduction in the cost of new build projects by 2030. The Government is also considering direct investment in the Wylfa project alongside other parties and is reviewing the viability of a regulated asset base model for future projects.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/11/2018 15:12:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1007188

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Natural Gas
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 answers provided to questions 106 and 117 at the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Oral evidence session on gas storage on 31 October 2018, HC 1666, whether his Department is conducting a review of the UK's gas security.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	191485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department constantly monitors the UK’s gas security of supply. The Department and Ofgem conduct an annual statutory security of supply report that was most recently submitted to Parliament on 6<sup>th</sup> November 2018 (Can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/753170/BEIS_Ofgem_Statutory_Security_of_Supply_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>). In addition, in October 2015, the then Secretary of State for Energy &amp; Climate Change committed to a 5-year cycle of reviews of the UK’s gas security of supply. The most recent publication in this series was in October 2017 (Can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651297/gas-security-supply-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey