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682446

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	New Businesses: Government Assistance
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 funding his Department has provided to start-up businesses in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	62616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s main support programme for start-up businesses is the Start Up Loan programme. The following tables show the number and value of Start Up Loans issued since the programme was launched in 2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(a) St Helens</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value (£)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>159030</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>166000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>72961</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>117950</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(b) Merseyside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14700</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2255214</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2613001</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1266860</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1397774</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(c) the North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>74200</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9133096</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9698183</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5270121</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>8633777</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(d) England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>740219.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>60752665</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>60474669</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>52193345</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>72521195</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/02/2017 13:24:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

682447

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Euratom
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 on the (a) Joint European Torus project and (b) Culham Centre for Fusion Energy of the UK's decision to withdraw from Euratom; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining and building on the UK’s world-leading fusion expertise and securing alternative routes into the international fusion R&amp;D projects such as the Joint European Torus (JET) project will be a priority. Government is working closely with the UK Atomic Energy Authority on ways to achieve this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/02/2017 15:50:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34089 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

682448

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Euratom
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 an assessment of the effect of the UK ceasing to be a member of Euratom on the Joint European Torus project's (a) funding, (b) staffing, (c) operational experiments and (d) collaboration with other EU scientist and member states.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining and building on the UK’s world-leading fusion expertise and securing alternative routes into the international fusion R&amp;D projects such as the Joint European Torus (JET) project will be a priority. Government is working closely with the UK Atomic Energy Authority on ways to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/02/2017 15:47:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34090 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

682449

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
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 the recommendations in the Hendry Review on the proposed Swansea tidal lagoon and other similar projects; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the Review’s recommendations and the issues which arise from a broader programme. Government will require a period of time to assess those issues and determine what is in the best interest of the UK energy consumer and taxpayer in the long term. The Government will publish its response to the Hendry Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:25:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34087 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

682451

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which persons not employed by his Department and its agencies hold security passes entitling them to enter his Department's premises.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	62603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>Civil Servants have to ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. The issuing of all passes is controlled by the Department’s Departmental Security Unit. Passes can also be issued to contractors, secondees and frequent visitors on a case by case basis in regards to specific business needs. Numbers of passes issued directly to non-Civil Servants for access to departmental buildings will fluctuate over the course of a year.</p><p>Civil Service Passes are underpinned by a strong physical security focus, clear processes and assurance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/02/2017 14:33:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

682452

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
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 his Department has made of the commercial viability of the methods proposed by recent research and development on reducing the costs of carbon capture technology by up to two-thirds in the (a) UK and (b) rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	62425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned a study, “Assessing the cost reduction potential and competitiveness of novel (next generation) UK carbon capture technology,” to determine how the Department can support next generation carbon capture technology in future innovation programme funding and support cost reduction in carbon capture. The study will complete in autumn 2017.</p><p>In addition, the UK is a member of Mission Innovation, and participating in the Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge <sup>[</sup><sup>1] </sup>which seeks to identify breakthrough technologies and research and development opportunities in carbon capture technology with the aim of lowering costs and facilitating global carbon capture and storage deployment.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://mission-innovation.net/our-work/innovation-challenges/carbon-capture-challenge/" target="_blank">http://mission-innovation.net/our-work/innovation-challenges/carbon-capture-challenge/</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2017 15:15:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

682454

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Radioactive Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to invite councils to volunteer to be part of the Radioactive Waste Management search for a geological disposal facility host community.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	62478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>In the 2014 <em>Implementing Geological Disposal</em> White Paper Government set out three initial actions which will provide greater clarity on issues such as geology, development impacts and community representation. Good progress is being made on these initial actions and Government expects to consult on the draft National Policy Statement and Working with Communities policy in the coming months, ahead of the launch of the official siting process.</p><p>As set out in the 2014 White Paper, once the siting process has been launched any interested community will be able to initiate discussions about the possibility of becoming the host community for a geological disposal facility.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:24:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34083 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

682455

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Tidal Power
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 merits of encouraging the development of tidal lagoons to provide energy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	62525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the recommendations in the Hendry Review and the issues which arise from a broader programme. Government will require a period of time to assess the merits of such a programme and determine what is in the best interest of the UK energy consumer and taxpayer in the long term, and will publish its response to the Hendry Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2017 15:16:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

680970

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Power Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of their reported plans to subsidise power stations which provide guaranteed emergency electricity supply when needed on winter weekday evenings, what estimate they have made of the length of time it will take coal and nuclear power stations to reach guaranteed output capacity; and how much notice these power stations will be given of the additional demand.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Where capacity margins narrow beyond a pre-determined threshold, automated Capacity Market Notices are issued to the market providing 4 hours advance notice that additional capacity may be required.</p><p>Before bidding into the Capacity Market, participants must ensure they would be able to meet all the obligations that would fall to them in the event of successfully securing a Capacity Market agreement. Failure to fulfil these obligations during a stress event would result in clear and pre-determined penalties.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/02/2017 14:25:22 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

680971

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Euratom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the effect of the Government's decision to leave Euratom on the cost, safety and regulatory processes associated with existing and planned nuclear power stations.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining the UK’s ability to trade in nuclear materials and equipment will be a key objective in negotiations to allow the uninterrupted progress of the UK’s nuclear programme, which includes existing and planned nuclear power stations. Those negotiations have not yet started, but officials and Ministers are in regular contact with industry stakeholders and will continue to work closely with them as the negotiations progress.</p><p>The Government remains committed to the highest standards of nuclear safety, safeguards and support for the industry, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation will continue to be the independent regulator for the civil nuclear sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/02/2017 15:43:27 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley