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1182099

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	Business: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing fiscal support to businesses in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	John Nicolson
uin	901058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>We regularly engage with colleagues across Whitehall including the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how we can support businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>£1.4 billion in city region and growth deals has been invested by UK Government in Scotland, including £150 million for the Tay Cities Deal in the hon Member's constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Since November 2014, the British Business Bank has supported over 6,500 SMEs in Scotland to a value of £1.3 billion, and its Start-up Loans Programme has issued over 4,200 loans worth over £32 million.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/03/2020 14:52:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4415 label Biography information for John Nicolson

1182103

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	Nuclear Power: Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of public attitudes towards nuclear energy.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	901065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy tests public attitudes towards nuclear energy, and a wide range of other BEIS issues, through our Public Attitude Tracker.</p><p>Questions on nuclear energy were asked in Wave 29, in March 2019.</p><p>This demonstrated that 35% of the public supported nuclear energy, 23% opposed nuclear energy and 38% neither supported nor opposed nuclear energy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/03/2020 14:52:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1181207

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Flags
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 times the (a) Union Jack, (b) St George's flag, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) flag of Wales has been flown from the headquarters of his Department in London in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	21936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department always flies the Union Jack. We do not hold records on how many times the St George’s flag, Scottish Saltire, and the flag of Wales have been flown.</p><p> </p><p>Thirty-nine flag-flying events have taken place since 2017, with 15 instances where the type of flag flown was recorded.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/03/2020 16:31:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1181286

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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: Prices
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 ensure that electric vehicles are affordable.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	22052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 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> </p><p>We are supporting R&amp;D to ensure that technologies for electric vehicles are developed and brought to market as early as possible. This includes support for power electronics and motors, and the development of battery technology through the £274 million Faraday Battery Challenge.</p><p> </p><p>We are also incentivising demand to allow those technologies to reach the mass market and scale as early as possible. In addition, government grants for plug-in vehicles continue to help reduce the upfront purchase price of electric vehicles.</p><p> </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 no company car tax in 2020-21 and 1% in 2021-22, before returning to the planned 2% rate in 2022-23 – a significant tax saving for employees and employers.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities may also provide incentives, such as free parking or exemption from the congestion charge.</p><p> </p><p>We stated in our Road to Zero Strategy that consumer incentives will continue to play a role beyond 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/03/2020 16:23:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1181347

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	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 steps the Government is taking to protect the supply security of critical materials.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	22027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>In order to ensure UK industrial consumers have continued access to the critical materials they need, our approach is based on free, fair, and open trade internationally.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the situation closely as we engage with our industrial base on this important matter.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/03/2020 17:03:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1180841

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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: Flags
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 (a) Union Jack, (b) St George, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) Flag of Wales flags his Department owns.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	21193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department owns the following flags:</p><p>(a) Union Jack: 11</p><p>(b) St George: 1</p><p>(c) Scottish Saltire: 1</p><p>(d) Flag of Wales: 1.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1180478

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Batteries: Factories
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 facilitate the development of domestic manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle batteries.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	20598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has a long-standing programme of support to maintain the competitiveness of the UK automotive sector. Through the Automotive Sector Deal, we are working with the industry to develop world-leading battery technologies.</p><p> </p><p>We have already invested £274 million in the Faraday Battery Challenge (FBC) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Faraday is a cutting-edge programme, helping UK businesses to lead the world in the design, development, and manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles. Under the FBC, we have invested £120 million in the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) which will open in 2020 and provide a state-of-the-art pilot facility to test new cell technology. UKBIC will play a key role in laying the groundwork to secure a battery Gigafactory in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2019, the Government announced up to £1 billion of additional funding to develop UK supply chains for the large-scale production of, and research and development for, electric vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/03/2020 17:22:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1180479

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Hydrogen Fuelling Stations
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 develop hydrogen-vehicle refuelling infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	20599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to exploring the development of hydrogen as a strategic decarbonised energy carrier, which has potential to support the UK’s efforts to decarbonise transport and meet the 2050 Net Zero target. The UK is well placed to be a leader in hydrogen and fuel-cell powered transportation due to our high-quality engineering and manufacturing capability and we are investing in innovation within the hydrogen supply chain from production to end use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s £23 million Hydrogen for Transport programme aims to increase the uptake of fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and grow the number of publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations. We are delivering nine new refuelling stations, upgrading five existing stations, and deploying hundreds of new hydrogen vehicles. Alongside this, the £2 million FCEV Fleet Support Scheme is supporting public and private sector fleets to become early adopters of hydrogen fuel-cell cars and vans.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/03/2020 16:35:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1180482

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Sirius Minerals
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 implications for his policies of the potential collapse of Sirius Minerals; and what support is available to shareholders in that company.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	20602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The offer made by Anglo-American to acquire Sirius Minerals is a commercial matter between the companies and their shareholders; therefore, it would not be appropriate for me to comment.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2020 17:15:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1179784

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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: Rural Areas
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 his Department defines rurality.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	19930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Rural Urban Classification is an Official Statistic used to distinguish rural and urban areas. The Classification defines areas as rural if they are outside settlements with more than 10,000 resident population.</p><p> </p><p>Wherever possible, the Rural Urban Classification should be used for statistical analysis. Further details can be found at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ gov.uk page at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rural-urban-classification" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/rural-urban-classification</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/02/2020 15:52:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris