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1010441

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	What steps he is taking to support the offshore wind sector.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	907706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Offshore wind is already bringing high value jobs to coastal communities like Grimsby, for example, from the Triton Knoll project.</p><p> </p><p>Hull has seen 1,000 direct jobs created from the £310 million investment in Siemens’ blade factory.</p><p> </p><p>We are moving to advance discussions with the offshore wind sector around a Sector Deal that ensures higher levels of local content, UK jobs and investment in supply chains, like those in the hon Member’s constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/11/2018 15:19:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1010442

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps he has taken through the Industrial Strategy to increase the number of high-quality, well paid jobs.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	907710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>High quality, well paid jobs are a crucial part of our economy and are underpinned by productivity. Our Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost productivity by investing in skills, industries and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>We have overseen the biggest increase in R&amp;D funding in the last 40 years, committing £7 billion by 2023/2024; have the fastest growing infrastructure investment across the G7; and are providing £37bn of additional capital spending, all of which contribute to the creation of high-quality jobs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/11/2018 15:19:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

1010443

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Lithium: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of lithium extraction in Cornwall to achieving the aims of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	907713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am very aware of Cornwall’s contribution to the UK economy and I welcome any responsible exploitation of its natural resources including lithium which as my hon Friend knows is a key element in battery technology. That technology has great potential, which we are backing with £246m through a Faraday Challenge to boost expertise in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/11/2018 15:22:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1006885

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Public Sector: Disclosure of Information
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 his Department has made of the prevalence of disability discrimination related to (a) mental health and (b) other disabilities against whistleblowers in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	191439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Employment Tribunal Statistics show that the number of claims related to Public Interest Disclosures brought to an Employment Tribunal hearing have increased from 1,489 in 2007/08 to 2,191 in 2017/18. Figures are not available to indicate how many of these claims related to public sector employers, nor to mental health or other disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:34:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1006967

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Offshore Industry: 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 assessment has been made of the potential effect on the UK's (a) total carbon emissions and (b) ability to filful its commitments as a signatory to the Paris agreement on climate change of the carbon emissions generated by the consumption of oil and gas produced as a result of the UK’s 31st offshore licensing round.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	191275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The independent oil and gas regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has a principal statutory objective to maximise the economic recovery of petroleum from the UK Continental Shelf. This informs their licensing decisions. In the UK, we have been producing oil and gas from offshore fields for more than 50 years and the 31<sup>st</sup> offshore licensing round could offer further opportunities to contribute to the UK’s diverse energy mix as we transition to a low carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>Oil and gas will continue to play an important role as part of the energy mix for decades to come. Greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the UK’s economy are taken into account when assessing our performance against the carbon budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains committed to the Paris Agreement and we are leading the world in our response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on global warming of 1.5°C– commissioning the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) for their advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, just one week after its publication. As part of this, we have requested that they provide evidence on how reductions in line with the CCC’s recommendations might be delivered in key sectors of the economy and we will consider their advice carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/11/2018 15:13:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1007015

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Research: 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, how much additional public funding is required to reach the Government's target of spending 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D across the economy by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap, including an assessment of the measures required to put us on a trajectory to the 2.4% target, will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 191408 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:44:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1007024

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Research: 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, if he will publish a long-term budget that estimates the amount of investment from the public purse in R&D to reach 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	191408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach the 2.4% target by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap, including an assessment of the measures required to put us on a trajectory to the 2.4% target, will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 191407 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:44:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1007046

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Chemicals: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of energy costs on the financial sustainability of the UK chemical industry.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	191464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Ensuring that the UK is competitive on the energy costs faced by manufacturing industry is an important element of our Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no specific assessments of the effect of energy costs on the sustainability of the UK chemical sector. We know the chemistry sector recognises the value of the work we have undertaken in partnership to reduce energy costs. The recently-launched Chemistry Council Strategy the sector has noted that:</p><p> </p><p>“Government and industry have worked together to help deliver improved energy costs for energy intensive industries (EII). This was delivered through a £7 billion EII compensation package (announced in the Budget 2013), its conversion to an exemption (announced in the Autumn Statement 2015) and subsequently implemented from 2017.”</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/11/2018 15:11:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1007052

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Chemicals: 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 his Department is taking to support the UK chemical industry with energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	191466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In the Chemistry Council Strategy the sector has welcomed the UK Clean Growth Strategy and its cost-effective approach to decarbonisation, including a joint Chemical Sector Roadmap Action Plan, with its focus on low carbon opportunities while ensuring affordable and internationally competitive energy.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013 chemical sector businesses have received have received more than £160 million under the EU’s Emmisions Trading Scheme, Carbon Price Support, Renewables Obligation and Feed-In-Tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>The chemical industry will have the opportunity to benefit from the new Industrial Energy Transformation Fund announced in the Budget. This will help businesses, including those in the chemical sector, that use large amounts of energy to transition to using less.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate that funding will be available for energy efficiency investments for a range of technologies relevant to the chemical industry, including more efficient compressors and pumps and transformative decarbonisation investments.</p><p> </p><p>Funding, backed by £315 million new money, will be available from 2020/2021, providing the Government time to consult on how the Fund should be implemented and providing businesses, including those in the chemical sector, with the time to prepare proposals.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/11/2018 15:10:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1007055

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Energy: 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 ensure that low-carbon energy is produced at the lowest possible cost.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	191467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Through our Contracts for Difference scheme, which is our main mechanism for supporting new renewable electricity generation projects, contracts are awarded in a series of competitive auctions, with the lowest price bids being successful - which drives efficiency and cost reduction. The scheme has been a success, delivering substantial new investment and helping deliver significant reductions in the costs of some renewable technologies.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK is likely to need significant new nuclear capacity in order to meet our carbon reduction commitments. We have always been clear that new nuclear must provide value for money. To that end, the Government’s Nuclear Sector Deal has set out a target for a 30 per cent reduction in the cost of new build projects by 2030. The Government is also considering direct investment in the Wylfa project alongside other parties and is reviewing the viability of a regulated asset base model for future projects.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/11/2018 15:12:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins