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1441155

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he has taken to support investment in UK infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mark Fletcher
uin	906072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The Budget and Spending Review in October 2021 confirmed a total £100 billion of investment in economic infrastructure over the Spending Review period to benefit every part of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The new UK Infrastructure Bank also opened for business in June 2021 and is partnering with the private sector and local governments to increase investment in infrastructure. With £22 billion of financial capacity, the Bank has already successfully supported three loans, including two private sector loans, investing in offshore wind, solar energy, and broadband.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/03/2022 16:41:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4774 label Biography information for Mark Fletcher

1441156

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to provide support to energy intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	906073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Energy-Intensive Industries receive extensive support from the government.</p><p>Since 2013, we have provided over £2 billion to help them with the costs of electricity.</p><p>We have additional funds in place to support such sectors cut their bills, including the £315 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.</p><p>We also allocate free allowances to reduce the costs they pay under the emissions trading scheme, around £3bn per year based on recent prices.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/03/2022 14:43:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1441158

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Red Diesel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of postponing the planned changes to red diesel regulations following the increases in fuel prices.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	906076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>To help meet Net Zero and improve UK air quality, we are reducing the entitlement to use red diesel, which enjoys a duty discount, to come into effect this April.</p><p> </p><p>The full duty rate more fairly reflects the damaging impact of diesel emissions and will incentivise the development of greener alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/03/2022 14:48:26 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1441162

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	906080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Last year we saw a faster-than-previously-expected economic recovery, with the fastest growth in the G7.</p><p> </p><p>However, the conflict in Ukraine has affected the global economy. The government is closely monitoring developments and the channels which may impact the UK economy. The precise impacts will depend on the size and persistence of any shocks to trade, financial markets, and energy markets, which are highly uncertain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/03/2022 16:41:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1440105

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
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	Housing: 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 progress has been made in distribution of the £1.6 billion of funding as part of the Home Upgrade Scheme and Social Housing Decarbonisation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Fay Jones
uin	138349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is investing £6.6 billion in this Parliament to decarbonise buildings, of which over £2 billion is aimed specifically at lower-income households, helping people save money on their energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>The total committed funding to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, to date, is just over £1 billion, representing a significant investment in driving the decarbonisation agenda. £240 million has been awarded to Registered Providers of social housing through the Demonstrator and Wave 1, delivering energy efficiency upgrades to Social Homes currently below EPC C from 2022 to 2023. As confirmed in the 2021 spending review settlement, £800 million has been committed for Wave 2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (FY22/23 –24/25). The competition window is currently planned to open in late summer 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has allocated £1.1 billion to the Home Upgrade Grant since 2020. £219 million has been awarded to local authorities to deliver energy efficiency upgrades to low-income, off-gas grid, households by March 2023. BEIS is working across government and with key stakeholders to decide the final policy scope and delivery approach for future Home Upgrade Grant funding iterations until 2025.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/03/2022 17:05:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1440106

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
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	Companies: 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 prevent fraudulent registration of addresses with Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Fay Jones
uin	138350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>At present the Registrar has the power to remove certain information from the register, but she must follow a statutory process before doing so. Upon receipt of supporting evidence, showing rights to an address the Registrar can assist by replacing an erroneous registered office address with a Companies House default address on the public register.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 February 2022 Government published a detailed White Paper (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/corporate-transparency-and-register-reform</a>) setting out far-reaching reforms to Companies House. It is intended that, following enactment, the Registrar will have new powers to challenge information that appears dubious, and will be empowered to inform security agencies of potential wrongdoing.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/03/2022 15:03:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1440107

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of the annual funding for the NHS is allocated to cover the costs associated with negligent medical treatment.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Fay Jones
uin	138351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The total cost of clinical negligence claims in England managed by NHS Resolution in 2020/21 was £2.2 billion, which represents approximately 1.5% of the National Health Service resource budget.</p><p>In January 2022, the Department published a consultation on the introduction of fixed recoverable costs for lower value clinical negligence claims. The proposals aim to address high legal costs and streamline the claims-handling process. The consultation closes on 24 April 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/03/2022 10:19:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1440108

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support rural residents with the expected increase in cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Fay Jones
uin	138352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing support worth over £20 billion across this financial year and next that will help families with the cost of living. This includes cutting the Universal Credit taper rate and increasing work allowances to make sure work pays, freezing alcohol and fuel duties to keep costs down, and the £9.1 billion package announced in February 2022 to help households with rising energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Plan for Jobs is also helping people into work and giving them the skills they need to progress – the best approach to managing the cost of living in the long term. We are building on the success of the Plan for Jobs, investing more than £6 billion on labour market support over three years. In addition to this, we are increasing the National Living Wage (NLW) by 6.6% to £9.50 in April 2022 for those aged 23 and over, which will mean a full-time worker on the NLW will see an increase in their earnings of over £1,000 a year.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/03/2022 15:50:54 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1440113

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Ammonia: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on ammonia emissions between 2019 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	138268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown, Defra reacted promptly to the emerging situation by working with the Air Quality Expert Group on a rapid call for evidence leading to a report assessing the impact of the first lockdown on air pollutant emissions and concentrations in the UK. The report is available at <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/reports.php?report_id=1005" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/reports.php?report_id=1005</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The emissions data for 2020 and historic years going back to 1970 were published on 14<sup>th</sup> February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Defra also published projections on 15<sup>th</sup> March 2021 which estimated the impact of Covid-19 on emissions. The data and assumptions used in this modelling can be found in the Informative Inventory Report (IIR), published at <a href="https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=1024" target="_blank">https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=1024</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 138269 question first answered 22/03/2022 11:35:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1440114

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on fine particulate matters emissions between 2019 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	138269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>At the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown, Defra reacted promptly to the emerging situation by working with the Air Quality Expert Group on a rapid call for evidence leading to a report assessing the impact of the first lockdown on air pollutant emissions and concentrations in the UK. The report is available at <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/reports.php?report_id=1005" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/reports.php?report_id=1005</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The emissions data for 2020 and historic years going back to 1970 were published on 14<sup>th</sup> February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Defra also published projections on 15<sup>th</sup> March 2021 which estimated the impact of Covid-19 on emissions. The data and assumptions used in this modelling can be found in the Informative Inventory Report (IIR), published at <a href="https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=1024" target="_blank">https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=1024</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 138268 question first answered 22/03/2022 11:35:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies