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1277081

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
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, whether town and parish councils can apply directly to the On-Street Residential Chargepoint scheme or whether an application needs to be made through a higher tier local authority.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	138526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme is available to all local authorities in the UK, including town and parish councils, who can apply directly for funding.</p><p>The On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme guidance for local authorities can be accessed here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Feur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps*3A*2F*2Fwww.gov.uk*2Fgovernment*2Fpublications*2Fgrants-for-local-authorities-to-provide-residential-on-street-chargepoints*2Fgrants-to-provide-residential-on-street-chargepoints-for-plug-in-electric-vehicles-guidance-for-local-authorities%26data%3D04*7C01*7CEghosa.Obasiagbon*40beis.gov.uk*7Ce83c8268932243741ab808d8bb92c995*7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8*7C0*7C0*7C637465586413812709*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000%26sdata%3D9pu9Rp4gaR*2FTtSJAogil2rwEasfbpB4QPB8YI4hG9Sw*3D%26reserved%3D0__%3BJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!HEBAkwG3r5RD!oDifApgicOXDi8wop2_NT1ifuXDLGEeJiPkqYCWJ3-8hDxBpVjD0QRCICtIBtpkAqKjm5T4%24&amp;data=04%7C01%7CEghosa.Obasiagbon%40beis.gov.uk%7C90c2a766f1cb49cf45c808d8bb939c6d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637465589956888336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=1Ez2qfs%2FQt49ByRv%2Bu5B0Hbohlh4R6BuSjz5fG%2BEliw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grants-for-local-authorities-to-provide-residential-on-street-chargepoints/grants-to-provide-residential-on-street-chargepoints-for-plug-in-electric-vehicles-guidance-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/01/2021 16:45:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1277122

registered interest
date	15/01/2021
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	Additional Restrictions Grant
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 adequacy of financial support available to businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak that are not eligible for an Additional Restrictions Grant.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	138486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government understands the considerable difficulties faced by UK businesses that have been adversely affected by a drop in business or closure due the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>In November, at the beginning of the second national lockdown, the Government made available £1.1bn in discretionary funding allocated to each local authority to support businesses via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). This was topped up with a further £500m in January 2021. Local authorities have significant discretion in the businesses they support and the amount of grant funding per business based on local priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Since March 2020, we have made available a range of business support measures including loans, small business grants through local authorities, mortgage holidays and VAT deferral.</p><p> </p><p>We have also updated the support available to fit the restrictions necessary: we have increased the overall level of the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme grant to 80% of trading profits covering November to January for all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have also extended the Bounce Back Loan Scheme application deadline to the end of March 2021, to further support eligible firms who need it during this ongoing period of difficulty.</p><p> </p><p>We would always encourage businesses that have not been able to access support, or who are unsure about what support is available, to contact their nearest Business Growth Hub for advice. Government has established a network of 38 of these hubs, one in each Local Enterprise Partnership area in England. Businesses of all sizes are able to access free, tailored guidance from expert advisers who make up the Hub teams. All contact details are online at <a href="http://www.lepnetwork.net/local-growth-hub-contacts/" target="_blank">www.lepnetwork.net/local-growth-hub-contacts/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The free Business Support Helpline offers impartial advice to businesses across England (FREEPHONE 0800 998 1098) provides with free, impartial business support.</p><p> </p><p>Firms based in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales can access business support through their devolved Governments.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/01/2021 16:42:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1276657

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Additional Restrictions Grant and Local Restrictions Support Grant
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 happens to funding allocated to local authorities as part of the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) and Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) which is not distributed to businesses.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	138024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has put forward an unprecedented package of support for businesses in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19. This support includes extensive grant funding for businesses that have been required by law to close as a result of, or have been severely impacted by, localised and national restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities should pay businesses in line with the restriction period to which the funding is allocated to ensure local economies are supported during restrictions. Any unspent funding allocated to local authorities under a mandatory grants scheme will be recovered after a reconciliation process. It is not expected that discretionary schemes, such as the ARG, will have any unallocated funding as we would expect local authorities to apportion this funding to businesses. We are working closely with local authorities to ensure funding gets out the door to businesses as quickly as possible and to avoid any unnecessary underspend.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 15:20:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1276658

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Additional Restrictions Grant and Local Restrictions Support Grant
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 he plans to increase funding allocations for local authorities which have distributed their allocated funds from the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) and Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) but have an additional need for emergency support.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	138025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing to provide financial support via local authorities for business premises that are required to close due to restrictions that have been put in place to tackle Covid-19 and save lives.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS will provide Local Authorities with the full costs of providing funding to eligible businesses that are required to close through Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed). Where the initial allocation of this grant to Local Authorities is insufficient, it will be topped up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Discretionary grants – Local Restrictions Support Grant (Open) and Additional Restrictions Grant - are formula based. With the announcement of a further period of national lockdown starting on 5<sup>th</sup> January a further £500m has been allocated to Local Authorities via the Additional Restrictions Grant to support businesses severely affected by the restrictions even though they are not required to close, including those falling outside the business rates system such as market traders. This comes on top of £1.1bn already allocated in November 2020. It is expected that local authorities use this additional resource quickly to support businesses in their area.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 15:16:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1276659

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Additional Restrictions Grant and Local Restrictions Support Grant
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 local authorities receive funding for the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) and Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) up front or are reimbursed.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	138026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has put forward an unprecedented package of support for businesses in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19. This support includes extensive grant funding for businesses that have been required by law to close as a result of, or have been severely impacted by, localised and national restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government guidance, local authorities have received an initial allocation of 90% of the estimated grant funding amount for the Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed) Addendum and Closed Business Lockdown Grant schemes. When this threshold of funding is reached, Government will pay local authorities the further agreed funding. The additional £500 million distributed through the Additional Restrictions Grant scheme was paid to local authorities in one lump sum payment, as with the previous ARG payment. We are working closely with local authorities to ensure that funding is delivered to businesses that are in scope of these schemes as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 15:12:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1276708

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Green Homes Grant Scheme
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 he has to extend the Green Homes Grants: Local Authority Delivery Scheme (LAD) after March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	137984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Green Homes Grant, Local Authority Delivery Scheme is part of a package of measures aimed at providing an urgent stimulus to the economy. BEIS intend to allocate £200million to Local Authorities over 2 phases: phase 1A delivery by March 2021 and phase 1B for delivery by September 2021. A further £300m will be allocated to the regional Local Energy Hubs for delivery by December 2021. This aims to balance the aim of the scheme to support economic recovery whilst being pragmatic over delivery timescales.</p><p> </p><p>These economic stimulus schemes are part of a longer term, sustained investment in the growth of skills and jobs to build the supply chains necessary to achieve net zero. We have recently published the Energy White Paper and we plan to publish a Heat and Building Strategy outlining our approach alongside an updated Fuel Poverty Strategy for England, that builds upon the commitments in the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for a green industrial revolution, to extend the Energy Company Obligation and implement the Home Upgrade Grant.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/01/2021 15:10:37 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1276718

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	New Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 start-up businesses in their first year of trading have (a) liquidated and (b) dissolved in the 2019-20 financial year in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) the Sheffield City Region and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	137925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Companies House is responsible for registering companies. Companies House’s data does not extend to unregistered businesses and is therefore unable to identify start-up businesses. It is also unable to identify if a company is in the first year of trading.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 15:07:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1276742

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Business: 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 (a) funding and (b) incentives are available to support businesses to recruit new members of staff.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	137868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has set out a plan for recovery that focusses on backing business, improving skills, and creating jobs. For example, the £30 billion Plan for Jobs provides new funding to ensure more people will get tailored support to help them find work. This includes launching the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme fund and investing £2.9 billion in the Restart programme over 3 years to support and encourage the UK’s labour market. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is also doubling the number of jobcentre Work Coaches to provide intensive support for both young people and the newly unemployed.</p><p> </p><p>Additional measures include committing £8 million for digital skills boot camps, increasing apprenticeship opportunities, expanding sector-based work academies programme (SWAPs), launching the Job Finding Support Service, and increasing the funding for the Flexible Support Fund by £150 million in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses can also access tailored advice through our Freephone Business Support Helpline, online via the Business Support website or through their local Growth Hubs in England. Furthermore, the Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the Government and hosted on the Enterprise Nation website, offers small firms access to free, one-to-one advice with an expert adviser to help them through the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for long-term recovery. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 17:24:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1276760

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Vaccination: 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, how many vaccine manufacturing facilities (a) for the production of raw materials, active ingredients, coupling and formulation and (b) for fill and finish there are in the UK; and how many of those facilities are being used for covid-19 vaccine production.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	137941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>We have been monitoring the requirements across the supply chain from supplier through to patients for some time. All vaccine candidates’ supply and onward deployment have clear supply chain plans across the value chain, including materials, manufacturing, transportation, storage, and distribution. <br> <br> Three of the UK's seven COVID-19 vaccines are being manufactured in the UK. The Government has worked closely with the manufacturers to ensure that we have sufficient capacity secured.</p><p>The Government has also invested over £300 million in securing and scaling up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 137942 question first answered 19/01/2021 17:29:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1276762

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Vaccination: 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, how many bio-reactors used in vaccine production there are in the UK; and how many of those bio-reactors are being used for covid-19 vaccine production.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	137942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>We have been monitoring the requirements across the supply chain from supplier through to patients for some time. All vaccine candidates’ supply and onward deployment have clear supply chain plans across the value chain, including materials, manufacturing, transportation, storage, and distribution. <br> <br> Three of the UK's seven COVID-19 vaccines are being manufactured in the UK. The Government has worked closely with the manufacturers to ensure that we have sufficient capacity secured.</p><p>The Government has also invested over £300 million in securing and scaling up the UK’s manufacturing capabilities to be able to respond to this pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 137941 question first answered 19/01/2021 17:29:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty