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date	13/07/2021
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
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 make electric vehicle ownership more affordable.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	32401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s current intervention in the electric vehicle market aims to accelerate upfront price parity between electric and internal combustion engine equivalents, making electric vehicles more affordable for all consumers.</p><p>The Government had already committed £1.5 billion to support the early market and remove barriers to zero emission vehicles ownership. Alongside the new phase out dates we have pledged a further £2.8 billion package of measures to support industry and consumers to make the switch to cleaner vehicles.</p><p>The Government is providing grants for homeowners, businesses and local authorities to install chargepoints and is also supporting the deployment of rapid chargepoints. The Government will provide £1.3 billion over the next four years to support the continued roll-out of chargepoints on motorways and major A roads, in homes and businesses and on-street.</p><p>Since 2011, the Government has provided around £1.3 billion in grant funding to bring ultra-low emission vehicles onto UK roads, reducing the upfront cost of over 300,000 ultra low emission vehicles, of which over 200,000 are zero emission vehicles. The plug-in vehicle grant scheme was renewed last year, with £582 million of funding intended to last until 2022-23.</p><p>Drivers of ultra-low emission vehicles also receive other benefits, including lower tax rates and grants towards the installation of chargepoints. For example, all zero emission models will pay 1% company car tax in 2021-22 and a rate of 2% in 2022-23 through to 2024-25. Additionally, all zero emission cars are exempt from vehicle excise duty (VED).</p><p>Local authorities may also provide incentives, such as free parking or exemption from the congestion charge.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/07/2021 16:29:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1331507

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) the steel industry and (b) meeting the UK’s net zero targets of the clean steel fund not starting until 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department announced the Clean Steel Fund (CSF) in 2019 and developments are currently underway. This policy will take time to design in order to be delivered effectively.</p><p>Based on previous evidence, complex decarbonisation projects have long lead-in times and take time to set up. Due to this and other factors, the steel sector indicated in response to the 2019 Call for Evidence that their preference is for the CSF to be launched in 2023. Other schemes are available to support the sector and are live now, including the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.</p><p>Decarbonising UK industry is a core part of the Government’s ambitious plan for the green industrial revolution. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, published on 17 March, indicated our commitment to work 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’.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/06/2021 11:10:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1331508

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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: 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 plans his Department has to support hydrogen pilots in steel production.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findustrial-decarbonisation-strategy&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSteel.Comms%40beis.gov.uk%7C63954c2b5c1d465d984c08d9206aa0d0%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637576464595242605%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sn9M%2Bev6roRIW2K27B%2FFUY68sV%2BsvNRVyi8WTKpugiA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy</a>, published on 17 March, commits to work with the newly constituted 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’.</p><p> </p><p>Hydrogen-based steelmaking, CCUS*, and electrification are some of the technological approaches being examined as part of this process. The Steel Council offers the forum for government, industry and trade unions to work in partnership on the shared objective of creating an achievable, long-term plan to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support these efforts, the Government has announced a £250 million Clean Steel Fund to support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production, through investment in new technologies and processes. The decarbonisation of the steel sector and industry more widely will also be supported through the £1 billion CCUS Infrastructure Fund (CIF) and £240m Net-Zero Hydrogen Fund.</p><p> </p><p><em>*carbon capture, utilisation and storage</em></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/06/2021 11:15:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1329011

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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: Safeguard Measures
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on extending the UK’s steel safeguards beyond the expiry date of 30 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	8607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in the Department for International Trade on a range of issues of mutual interest, including on trade and steel. The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) will make a recommendation on whether to extend or revoke the UK steel safeguard measures which are due to expire on 30 June 2021. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade can either accept or reject the recommendation as a whole, but not modify or partially accept it. She cannot extend the measures if the TRA does not recommend this.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 8608 question first answered 07/06/2021 16:12:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1329012

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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: Safeguard Measures
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 on the steel industry of not extending the UK’s current steel safeguards beyond the expiry date of 30 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	8608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in the Department for International Trade on a range of issues of mutual interest, including on trade and steel. The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) will make a recommendation on whether to extend or revoke the UK steel safeguard measures which are due to expire on 30 June 2021. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade can either accept or reject the recommendation as a whole, but not modify or partially accept it. She cannot extend the measures if the TRA does not recommend this.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 8607 question first answered 07/06/2021 16:12:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra