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1355562

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	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	Made Smarter: North East
	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 maximise the awareness of the Made Smarter Adoption North East scheme among SMEs in the manufacturing sector; and what progress he has made on establishing the criteria for assessing the effectiveness of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	49135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The North East Local Enterprise Partnership and Tees Valley Combined Authority are jointly working to promote the scheme via local press, social media, e-newsletters, their websites, and targeted campaigns. The Made Smarter Adoption model is being independently evaluated through the Made Smarter North West Pilot, which ran from 2019 to 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/09/2021 16:37:57 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1356522

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2021
	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: Foreign Investment in UK
	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 encourage inward investment into the UK’s steel sector to aid the transition to net zero carbon emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of the UK steel sector as a foundation industry and the role it plays in the supply chain for other important advanced manufacturing sectors in the UK, as well as for direct and indirect jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Decarbonising the sector is a core part of the Government’s plans to meet its stated carbon emission reduction targets, for supporting local economic growth and for our levelling up agenda.</p><p> </p><p>The Steel Council was reconstituted in March 2021. This forum offers the Government and industry the opportunity to work towards creating an achievable, long-term plan to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable, and low carbon future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to support the UK’s steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through new technologies and processes, placing the sector on a pathway consistent with the UK Climate Change Act. Our expectation is that the Fund will provide a proportion of the investment for projects, with the rest funded by industry.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/09/2021 11:04:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 23154 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1356758

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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	Clean Steel Fund: Public Consultation
	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 has taken to engage with civil society on the allocation of the Clean Steel Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department announced the Clean Steel Fund (CSF) in 2019 and it is currently in development. In 2019 we carried out a Call for Evidence seeking views and supporting evidence to help us develop the detailed design of the Fund, including on barriers to realising clean steel ambitions, and the opportunities to be gained in overcoming these. This Call for Evidence was open to all and we received responses from civil society, including trade associations and academics. These responses are being considered as the policy is designed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to engage with a range of interested parties on the steel sector in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 06/10/2021 06:00:30 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1356759

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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, what steps his Department plans to take to support the decarbonisation of the UK steel industry between now and 2023 ahead of the Clean Steel Fund’s allocation.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department announced the Clean Steel Fund (CSF) in 2019 and it is currently being designed and developed.</p><p> </p><p>Other schemes are available to support the steel sector which are live now, including the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). Through grant funding, the IETF can support energy efficiency upgrades and decarbonisation engineering studies, which are needed to prepare the sector for more ambitious decarbonisation schemes in the future.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/10/2021 08:10:02 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1357149

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Construction: Vacancies
	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 impact of skills shortages in the construction industry on progress in delivering the Government's house building and infrastructure programmes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	52537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to review matters related to skills on a regular basis. At the current time, output in the construction sector, with regard to Government-funded infrastructure or housing projects, continues to be solid. Statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that construction output recovered quickly during 2020, and has been at a similar level to that before the pandemic since March 2021. There is also a strong pipeline of demand. Between Q2 2020, and Q2 2021, orders for new housing increased by 154%, and for infrastructure by 98%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with the construction industry to ensure that it can attract, retain and develop the skilled workforce it needs for the future. This includes the introduction of a Talent Retention Scheme, which is now being taken forward by industry, to help workers move into construction jobs; and work with the Construction Industry Training Board and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) to ensure effective and appropriate support for skills development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 52538 question first answered 11/10/2021 06:12:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1357150

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Construction: Recruitment
	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 the Government is taking to support recruitment to the construction industry in response to skills shortages in that sector.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	52538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to review matters related to skills on a regular basis. At the current time, output in the construction sector, with regard to Government-funded infrastructure or housing projects, continues to be solid. Statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that construction output recovered quickly during 2020, and has been at a similar level to that before the pandemic since March 2021. There is also a strong pipeline of demand. Between Q2 2020, and Q2 2021, orders for new housing increased by 154%, and for infrastructure by 98%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with the construction industry to ensure that it can attract, retain and develop the skilled workforce it needs for the future. This includes the introduction of a Talent Retention Scheme, which is now being taken forward by industry, to help workers move into construction jobs; and work with the Construction Industry Training Board and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) to ensure effective and appropriate support for skills development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 52537 question first answered 11/10/2021 06:12:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1357555

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	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	CF Fertilisers UK
	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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the bailout of carbon dioxide supplier CF Fertiliser.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	53307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>This is commercially sensitive information that relates to a company’s production costs and sales. It is not appropriate to provide estimated figures at this time.  Details of our support will be published in the 2021-22 BEIS Annual Report and Accounts which will be available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/10/2021 08:10:20 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1359522

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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: Energy
	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 his Answer of 22 September 2021 to Question 51016, how much funding from the public purse has been diverted through relief schemes to the steel sector to help reduce the effect of recent energy price increases on that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	56485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The value of the schemes was £122m in 2020.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 20/10/2021 16:49:10 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1359523

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Clean Steel Fund
	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 provide a timescale for the allocation of funding under the Clean Steel Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	56525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>In its response to the Call for Evidence on the Clean Steel Fund, the steel industry indicated a preference for the Fund to start in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the vital role that the sector plays in all areas of the UK and our economy and will continue to work with the sector to support its decarbonisation. The Department announced the Clean Steel Fund in 2019 and a number of options have been explored, together with ongoing feedback from industry.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2021, the Government published the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy in which we committed to working with the Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035 and the business environment necessary to support the transition. We will provide further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 20/10/2021 16:50:06 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1359543

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	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 many electric vehicle charging points are available in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	56471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>A breakdown on the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging points are detailed below (as at 1 July 2021):</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,374</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,563</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>1,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1,569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>7,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>916</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,565</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Source: DfT/Zap-Map</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 21/10/2021 14:44:18 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 25585 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra