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1172126

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps she has taken to support businesses in Stoke-on-Trent.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Jack Brereton
uin	900287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub has received more than £1m over five years and in the previous financial year supported over 5000 local businesses, including ceramics companies.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, £98m of Local Growth Funding is supporting projects across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire such as the Heat Academy at Stoke-on-Trent College to help businesses access the skills they need to compete and grow.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/01/2020 14:54:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4643 label Biography information for Jack Brereton

1172131

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on support for UK alcoholic beverage manufacturers to export their products.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	900297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government provides a wide range of support to alcohol manufacturers – through trade shows, hosting bespoke ‘meet the buyer’ events in the UK and abroad, raising the sector’s profile at global events and tackling market access barriers.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State would be happy to raise this issue with my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade when they meet later today.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/01/2020 14:53:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1172296

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Maritime Enterprise Working Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any Government representative sits on the Maritime Enterprise Working Group.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	6035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Membership of the Maritime Enterprise Working Group includes representatives from industry, government and academia. The Group reviews and selects representatives on an ad hoc basis as necessary. Government representation includes: Ministry of Defence; Department for International Trade; Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy; and Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/01/2020 16:56:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1172297

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Maritime Enterprise Working Group: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Maritime Enterprise Working Group receives funding from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	6036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Maritime Enterprise Working Group does not receive continued funding from the public purse. In 2018 the Department for Business, Energy &amp; industrial Strategy contributed £20,000 towards a study of the UK shipbuilding competitiveness and market focus.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/01/2020 16:57:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1172363

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Health: Finance
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 equality impact assessment she has made of health related funding allocated by her Department in respect of the industrial strategy; and if she will undertake equality impact assessments of health related funding allocated by her Department over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	6073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>As a public authority, BEIS is required to adhere to the Public Sector Equality Duty in line with the Equality Act. The Department takes its obligations under the Equality Act very seriously, specifically in ensuring that we give due regard to the impacts on people with protected characteristics. We are currently reviewing the assessments made, and are committed to undertaking equality impact analysis of health-related funding allocated by BEIS over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>Health-related projects funded by BEIS and its delivery partners includes funding in the Life Sciences Sector Deals, the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Healthy Ageing Programme, and the Artificial Intelligence Sector Deal.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/01/2020 16:57:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1172034

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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: Iron and Steel
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 proportion of steel procured by her Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	5366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>BEIS does not procure any steel directly, however, we are working hard to make sure that UK producers of steel have the best possible chance of competing for and winning contracts across all Government procurement. All Government departments and arms-length bodies are required to consider socio-economic and environmental factors when procuring steel. We also publish a Steel Pipeline, signalling upcoming steel requirements for national infrastructure projects.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS collates data, including origin where known, for arms-length bodies undertaking infrastructure projects with significant steel content, including UKRI and the NDA as well as Offshore Wind builds and Hinkley Point C. This information is published annually on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAlice.Phillimore@beis.gov.uk%7C479e4fb452ae4444fbfd08d79e81be8b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637152152552642447&amp;sdata=3bzlmXcsz381L4kt8n1b1JPtheqld0oz0ulqkOBwPs0=&amp;reserved=0%22%20%5Co%20%22Original%20URL:%20https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement.%20Click%20or%20tap%20if%20you%20trust%20this%20link.%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement</a></p><p> </p><p>The data was first published in January 2019, with the next iteration due to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/01/2020 11:37:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1172058

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: East Midlands
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 recent assessment her Department has made of the potential economic merits of Local Enterprise Partnerships for (a) Hinckley, (b) Bosworth constituency and (c) the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	5582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) play an important role in providing a business voice to inform investment decisions and drive economic growth. The Leicester and Leicestershire LEP has supported Hinckley and Bosworth through a total of £13.1m of Local Growth Funds since 2014. This has included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£9.5m for the MIRA Technology Institute – training 2,500 learners per annum in advanced manufacturing and automotive technologies for the future.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£3.6m for the Local Sustainable Transport Fund Rd 2 (Hinckley) - introducing 13 miles of new cycle paths and walking routes, thereby reducing journey times on the highway network.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are 3 LEPs in the East Midlands: Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (D2N2); Leicester and Leicestershire; and Greater Lincolnshire. Through these LEPs, the Government has invested £539m in projects to create infrastructure, drive job creation, and accelerate skills development.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/01/2020 16:57:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1171306

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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
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 negotiate access to EU markets for UK (a) professional and (b) legal services businesses during the implementation period for the UK's departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	4370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the professional and business services sector, including legal services, and the valuable contribution it makes to the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>During the Implementation Period trading terms between the UK and EU will remain the same and businesses will continue to have access to EU markets.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/01/2020 14:10:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1171458

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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 assessment she has made of the potential economic effect of the development of gigafactories.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	4472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises the economic benefits that securing a UK gigafactory could bring and made this a manifesto commitment. That is why last autumn we announced up to £1 billion of additional funding to develop UK electric vehicle supply chains, and for further electric vehicles research and development.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on the £274 million Government has already invested in the Faraday Battery Challenge through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Faraday is a cutting-edge programme, helping businesses in the UK to lead the world in the design, development, and manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles. The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre is on course to open for business in spring 2020 with the first industry-led projects to scale-up battery technology fully underway by the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Faraday Institution commissioned a study which showed that by 2040, an estimated eight gigafactories (of 15GWh per year capacity) will be needed in the UK and consequently employment in the automotive industry and battery supply chain could increase to 246,000 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/01/2020 16:02:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1170965

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Fujitsu
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Ministers in her Department have met representatives of Fujitsu in the past five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	3681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) (from July 2016) - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) (to July 2016) - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/01/2020 14:28:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones