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1538808

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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: Redundancy Pay
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 total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers since 29 June 2022; how much of that money has subsequently been repaid to his Department as a result of individuals (A) rejecting the payment or (B) returning to new roles; and in how many cases where individuals were in post for (I) 0-3 months, (II) 3-6 months, (III) 6-12 months and (IV) more than 12 months has their full severance payment been retained as of 2 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	77334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Provision of severance payments for Ministers is set out in legislation.</p><p>Details of the severance payments made to ministers when leaving office are published in departments’ annual reports and accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, the provision of severance payments for special advisers is set out in the Model Contract, which is available on gov.uk, including provisions for repayment of severance if reappointed. The cost of severance payments made to special advisers across government is published annually by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 11/11/2022 13:40:41 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1536947

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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: EU Law
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 much his Department spent on (a) staff activity related to the review of retained EU law, (b) IT costs related to the maintenance of the retained EU law database and (c) staff activity related to the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill in the period between 1 September 2022 to 27 October 2022; and how much funding his Department has allocated for these purposes for the rest of the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	72961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has spent approximately £600,000 on staff activity related to the review of the department's retained EU law (REUL) in the period 1 September to 27 October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The machinery of government change, moving the Brexit Opportunities Unit from Cabinet Office to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is underway and resourcing requirements related to the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and maintenance of the REUL Dashboard will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/11/2022 17:11:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521912

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, what the (a) purpose of, (b) location of and (c) guest list was for the event for which Spiers Salads was paid £5,594.13 on 23 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The payment to Spiers Salads was for the supply of food for one week for the BEIS Response Team in 1 Victoria Street during lockdown. Payment was made by GPC card as all our usual suppliers had shut at short notice when London entered tier 4 restrictions.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:04:41 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521916

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, at which Nicholson’s establishment was £577.50 spent on catering on 21 March 2022; what was the purpose of that event; and who were the attendees.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department spent £577.50 on catering from The Feathers, Broadway SW1H 0BH for an internal all-day Directorate meeting for 125 people.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 14:05:52 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521919

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, (a) for the accommodation of which individuals was (i) £1,989 paid to B.O.G. Hotel in Colombia on 13 and 23 March 2022, (ii) £661.38 paid to Antigua Yacht Club Marina on 13 May 2022, and (iii) £931.24 paid to Renaissance Hotel in Chicago on 25 May 2022, and (b) in each case, what was the purpose of their visit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The majority of BEIS hotels are booked through the Department’s corporate travel provider. In each of these cases, the bookings were organised by the hosting organisation with hotels chosen based on security, location, and available preferential rates. (i) Government officials travelled to Colombia to take part in international discussions on climate change; (ii) Government officials travelled to Antigua to attend a UN-led Green Climate Fund meeting; (iii) one Government official attended the Ernst and Young Innovation Realised event.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:04:15 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521920

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what products was Park Retail Ltd. paid £398,716.16 from March 2021 to March 2022; which individuals were the end recipients of these products; and who was responsible for paying any tax due on these products as benefits in kind.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Park Retail Ltd supply non-cash award vouchers to the Department. These vouchers support BEIS’s performance management reward structure and recipients are BEIS staff at all pay grades. Tax on vouchers given to BEIS employees is paid by BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 17:03:48 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521923

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what purpose was £849.60 paid to Kahoot! ASA on 12 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>£849.60 was paid to Kahoot! ASA for material for the Government Science and Engineering Profession stalls at Civil Service Live events across the country. This material was used to deliver practical demonstrations of information conveyed by the team at the events.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 14:04:44 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521926

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for the accommodation of which individuals was £9,121.42 paid to Airbnb Payments on 20 September 2021; and what were the locations of that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department spent £9,121.42 on an Airbnb private house rental for two weeks covering COP26 in Glasgow. This cost covered the accommodation for 4 members of the UK delegation and was needed due to lack of available hotel accommodation in Glasgow and surrounding areas over this period. Due to high demand the price of any available accommodation was higher than usual, and this rental was the most cost-effective option for the delegation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 14:05:26 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506705

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Department is responsible for the proposed Brexit Freedoms Bill, and what plans he has to introduce the Bill to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 22 September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Machinery of Government changes are a matter for my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 51511 question first answered 04/10/2022 13:06:49 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1506706

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Department is responsible for overseeing the review of those items of retained EU law listed in the REUL interactive dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2022 answer text <p>The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 22 September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Machinery of Government changes are a matter for my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 51510 question first answered 04/10/2022 13:06:49 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry