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1308934

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Weddings: Coronavirus
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 the Government's support for the wedding industry sector adversely affected by the cancellation of wedding receptions and religious ceremonies as a result of covid-19 restrictions on the number of people attending those receptions and ceremonies.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	181086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>I meet regularly with the industry-led Weddings Taskforce, established to represent a wide range of interests in the weddings sector in England, to understand the impact of the pandemic on jobs and businesses.</p><p>Over the course of the pandemic the Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to business, including those in the wedding industry, which we keep under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/04/2021 13:45:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1309028

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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, whether local authorities are permitted to award Additional Restrictions Grant funding to companies that began trading after 5 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	181064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Yes, Local Authorities are permitted to do this.</p><p> </p><p>All businesses that are trading and meet other eligibility criteria may apply to receive funding under this scheme. There is no starting date from which businesses must have been trading in order to qualify for Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) funding.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/04/2021 16:50:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1309056

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Advanced Research and Invention Agency: 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 estimate he has made of the proportion of the science budget that will be allocated to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency in each remaining year of the 2019 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	180974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>ARIA’s budget commitment of £800m up to 2024/25 is expected to represent less than 2% of the Government’s current total annual R&amp;D investment over the same period.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 19/04/2021 14:42:30 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1309058

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Engineering
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 Advanced Research and Invention Agency will fund engineering projects.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	180975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>ARIA will have an open remit, with maximum autonomy over what it chooses to fund. Its focus will be on finding and funding transformational science and technology, wherever it exists.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 19/04/2021 14:43:16 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1309079

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Environment Protection
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 consumers and businesses have access to redress and other consumer protections in emerging low-carbon markets.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	180964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>As a Competent Authority, the energy regulator Ofgem, has an obligation to ensure Alternative Dispute Resolution is provided in the energy sector under the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Competent Authorities and Information) Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem has appointed Ombudsman Services: Energy as the redress provider in the energy sector and has set out the types of dispute that Ombudsman Services: Energy can resolve, including issues relating to billing, sales, switching, supply, micro-generation and Feed in Tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>Consumer protection continues to be a central part of policy considerations in relation to new energy markets, for example we have recently consulted on extending access to redress to heat network customers.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/04/2021 15:40:46 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1309081

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Carbon Emissions
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 help vulnerable consumers make the transition to net zero.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	180965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has extended the Energy Company Obligation to 2026 and expanded the Warm Home Discount to £475 million per year from 2022 to 2025/2026. This will see targeted support continue to be provided to low-income and vulnerable households to install energy saving measures and heat their homes over the winter months, while making savings on their energy bills through having better insulated homes. The future Home Upgrade Grant scheme, due to commence in 2022, will support low-income households with upgrades to the worst-performing homes off the gas grid in England. These upgrades will create warmer homes at lower cost and support low-income families with the switch to low-carbon heating. This increased energy efficiency is complemented by the Government’s rollout of over 26 million smart meters, which help consumers see how much energy they are using in near real-time and make sure they are ready to take advantage of the next wave of flexible, low-carbon technologies and energy tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to getting the transition to net zero right for all consumers, including those in vulnerable circumstances, and will shortly publish a call for evidence to begin an ongoing strategic dialogue between consumers, industry and the Government on affordability in the energy system.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/04/2021 15:39:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1309108

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Unite: Annual Reports
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 the Answer of 10 March 2021, what reasons the Certification Officer has provided for the length of time taken between receiving the 2019 annual return for Unite on 18 December 2020 and publishing that return in March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	180920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p><em> </em></p><p>The Certification Officer published the Unite annual return as soon as it was feasible to do so. There is no statutory requirement for the Certification Officer to publish annual returns within a particular period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/04/2021 13:38:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1309111

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 support his Department is providing to the development of port infrastructure for offshore wind energy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	181061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>In October 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced £160m of support for offshore wind coastal manufacturing infrastructure across the whole of the UK, and committing to deploying 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2021, the Department announced up to £95 million of government investment for two new offshore wind port hubs, to be constructed on Humberside and Teesside. The support for the Teesworks Offshore Manufacturing Centre and the Able Marine Energy Park will help to level up the UK economy, bring in new investment, create high-skilled jobs, and provide new opportunities in ports and the areas around them.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in the Budget 2021 my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Government would provide £27 million, subject to business case, for the Aberdeen Energy Transition Zone, helping to support North East Scotland to play a leading role in meeting the UK’s net zero ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, GE Renewable Energy announced an investment in a major new offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing plant, the first investment at the Teesworks Offshore Manufacturing Centre. This brand-new manufacturing facility could create 750 direct renewable energy jobs and close to 1,500 indirect jobs in the area.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/04/2021 13:37:06 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1309165

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Unite: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason did the Certification Office not publish page 36 of the Unite 2019 return regarding compensation for key management personnel as referenced in Note 4 on page 14 of the notes to the consolidated accounts.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	180921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Page 36 of the notes to the consolidated accounts for year ending 31 December 2019 was not provided to the Certification Officer by Unite. There is no statutory requirement for Unite to supply the Certification Officer with a complete set of notes to the consolidated accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/04/2021 13:33:39 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1309166

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Restart 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 support his Department has provided to local authorities to enable them to undertake the new requirements for pre-application checks for Restart Grants so that local authorities can make timely payments to eligible businesses to fulfil the aims of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	180948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a full New Burdens assessment and to provide funding to local authorities that is commensurate with the additional tasks they are being asked to carry out in order to deliver Restart Grants.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/04/2021 13:32:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas