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1506670

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date	20/09/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Trade Competitiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK Emissions Trading Scheme does not disadvantage British industry internationally.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	51660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Carbon pricing is an efficient tool for promoting decarbonisation and the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will play a role in helping the UK achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>As the UK transitions to a Net Zero economy, the Government recognises the importance of addressing the risk of carbon leakage. Carbon leakage is the displacement of domestic production, and its associated emissions due to different levels of carbon pricing and climate regulations across jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>A proportion of allowances under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), worth several billion pounds a year at current prices, are already allocated for free to businesses at risk of carbon leakage to reduce their exposure to the carbon price.</p><p> </p><p>The UK ETS Authority recently consulted on the development of the UK ETS including on setting an appropriate cap consistent with net zero by 2024, expanding carbon pricing to more sectors of the economy, and a proposal to ensure that there are no reductions to industry’s free allocations before 2026 at the earliest.</p><p> </p><p>The best solution to carbon leakage would be for all countries to move together in the pricing and regulation of carbon emissions. However, international solutions will take time to develop, and so government is considering options for new domestic action in parallel.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, the Government announced its intention to consult on a range of carbon leakage mitigation options to ensure both the integrity of UK action to reduce its carbon emissions and that UK businesses are not disadvantaged. This will include whether measures such as product standards and a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) could be appropriate tools in the UK’s policy mix.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 28/09/2022 15:14:26 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1506708

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many calls were received by the Export Support Services Contact Centre (a) inside and (b) outside its core operating hours in each month between April 2022 and September 2022; and how many and what proportion of these calls were answered within 30 seconds.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Between 1 April 2022 and 20 September, the Export Support Services (ESS) Helpline received 2,731 calls within core operating hours (827 April, 501 May, 459 June, 392 July, 336 August, 216 September). The service received 89 calls outside core operating hours (21 April, 19 May, 23 June, 9 July,11 August, 6 September). 98% of calls received during core operating hours were answered within 30 seconds.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:43:55 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506709

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of calls received by the Export Support Services Contact Centre were about (a) imports and exports affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and (b) subsequent restrictions and sanctions imposed on trade with (i) Russia and (ii) Belarus in the period between 1 April 2022 and 30 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Between 01 April 2022 and 20 September 2022, there were 1,520 calls relating to imports and exports affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:38:36 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506711

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of calls to the Export Support Services Contact Centre resulted in an agent (a) resolving the caller’s query using her Department’s scripts and knowledge bank and (b) raising a complex query form and referring the caller to her Department’s digital enquiry team in each month between April 2022 and September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>In April, 48% (231) of enquiries were resolved using the knowledge bank, 57% (210) in May, 55% (196) in June, 50% (147) in July, 60% (163) in August and 56% (90) in September (to 20 September).</p><p> </p><p>In April, 44% (212) of customers were referred to the digital enquiry team, 37% (137) in May, 36% (126) in June, 44% (129) in July, 33% (88) in August and 36% (58) in September (to 20 September).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:48:29 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506712

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the average number of full-time agents employed by the Export Support Services Contact Centre was between 1 April 2022 and 30 September 2022; and what the average agent utilisation rate was during core operating hours in each month of that period.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Between 01 April 2022 and 20 September 2022, the average number of agents was 16.3 FTE, and the average agent utilisation was 7%. Any activity not included in the overall target includes breaks, holidays, sickness, training, coaching and other non-customer facing activity.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:52:23 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506713

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether payments made under the contract for the provision of the Export Support Services Contact Centre have been made on an (a) available or (b) productive hours basis in the period between 1 April 2022 and 30 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Payments made under the contract for the Provision of Export Support Services Contact Centre have been made on an available hour basis for the period 01 April 2022 to 20 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 14:56:19 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506714

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many callers to the Export Support Services Contact Centre took part in customer satisfaction surveys in each month between April 2022 and September 2022; and how many and what proportion of those callers said that they were satisfied with (a) the professionalism of the call handler and (b) the overall service they received.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>During Quarter 2 (April to June) 2022, 42% of users responded to the Helpline’s Customer Satisfaction survey. Of these, 88% said they were satisfied with the professionalism of the call handler, and 75% said they were satisfied with the overall service. During Quarter 3 (July to 20 September) 2022, 43% of users responded to the survey. Of these, 92% said they were satisfied with the professionalism of the call handler, and 80% said they were satisfied with the overall service.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 28/09/2022 15:01:09 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506754

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	COP26: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those young people were (a) girls and (b) boys from state schools.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	51687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>There have been no people aged eighteen or younger over the past twelve months who have undertaken work experience in the COP26 Unit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/09/2022 14:42:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1507074

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Fracking
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 the Government's decision to lift the ban on fracking on the UK's ability to meet its net zero targets.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Net Zero is a consideration in all relevant government decisions. The Government remains committed to net zero by 2050, but to get there we are going to need oil and gas.</p><p> </p><p>Exploring domestic shale gas as a way of maximising domestic production could not only strengthen UK energy security but also reduce the amount of emissions-intensive gas imported from abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:59:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1507162

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Drax Power Station: Timber
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 take steps to stop the burning of wood imported from the US at the Drax power station.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	52044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the use of sustainable biomass and generators only receive subsidies for biomass that complies with strict sustainability criteria. Generators must demonstrate to the regulator that they meet the criteria, and their evidence is independently audited.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:03:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols