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1304283

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Tidal Power
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 the planned timescale is for the auction process for tidal wave energy; and when the parameters for that auction process will be published.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Bob Seely
uin	172115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>As my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced through the 10 Point Plan, the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round will open in late 2021. This is set to be our biggest auction yet, with the aim of securing up to double the renewable electricity capacity of previous rounds.</p><p> </p><p>We remain on course with this timetable and plan to publish draft auction parameters roughly five months ahead of round opening, with final parameters set just before round opening. These parameters will cover all technologies eligible to compete in this auction, including wave and tidal energy.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 29/03/2021 15:47:31 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1304301

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	UK Research and Innovation: Development Aid
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 impact assessment he has undertaken on the reduction in Official Development Assistance on funding for UKRI.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	172097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of supporting international research partnerships, and supporting the UK research sector. Our commitment to research and innovation has been clearly demonstrated by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget announcement of increasing investment in R&amp;D across government to £14.6bn in 2021/22, and as has been set out in our Integrated Review ambitions, international collaboration is central to a healthy and productive R&amp;D sector.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with UKRI and all our Global Challenges Research Fund and Newton Fund Delivery Partners to manage the impact of next year’s ODA allocation.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/03/2021 17:33:04 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1304303

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	TrustMark
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 discussions his Department has held with Trust Mark about implementing additional consumer protections within the scheme's system, in the context of reports of individuals registering businesses with scheme providers running multiple limited companies that have not met works standards and have subsequently ceased trading prior to consumers complaints being resolved.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	172091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>In order to become a business registered with TrustMark, the business must demonstrate to the TrustMark Scheme Provider that it complies with the rigorous TrustMark Framework Operating Requirements. These requirements have clear conditions, including the disclosure of any previous and/or present business interests that will impact upon the registration of the business. This has been established to prevent manipulation of the Government Endorsed Quality Scheme including through accessing multiple schemes where compliance with the Framework Operating Requirements has not been demonstrated.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the ongoing development of the Scheme, the requirement for consumer protection for all works being undertaken via a TrustMark Registered Business, is being strengthened to provide greater protection to the consumer. TrustMark is currently in discussion with multiple parties to develop improved provisions to ensure that both consumers and businesses are suitably protected as a requirement of the TrustMark Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 24/03/2021 17:31:47 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1304304

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Bus Services: 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, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities to exclude coach tour operators from the Restart Payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	172110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has introduced an unprecedented package of support for businesses including grants for those businesses that are required to close or which are severely affected by the restrictions put in place to tackle Covid-19 and save lives.</p><p> </p><p>Coach Tour Operators are not eligible for the Restart Grant Scheme. This is because eligible businesses must offer in-person services, where the main service and activity takes place in a fixed rate-paying premises, in the relevant sectors.</p><p> </p><p>However, they may be able to access discretionary support through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). This funding gives Local Authorities the ability to provide support that suits their local area including to support those businesses not required to close but which have had their trade severely affected by the restrictions. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced an additional £425m will be made available via ARG meaning that more than £2bn has been made available to local authorities since November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance was published for Local Authorities on 17<sup>th</sup> March for both the Restart Grants and the Additional Restrictions Grant, and guidance for the Additional Restrictions Grant identifies that group tour and coach operators can be considered for support through this funding.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/03/2021 17:30:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1304368

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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, whether weddings will be restricted to places of worship, public buildings and outdoor settings that are already open at Steps 2 and 3 of the Roadmap.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	172027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2021 answer text <p>At Step 2, which will be no earlier than 12 April, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are permitted for up to 15 people in COVID-19 Secure venues that are permitted to open or where a broader exemption applies. Receptions can take place with up to 15 people in the form of a sit-down meal and in any COVID-19 Secure outdoor venue that is permitted to open. Such receptions must not take place in people’s private gardens or public outdoor spaces.</p><p>At Step 3, which will be no earlier than 17 May, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are permitted for up to 30 people in COVID-19 Secure venues that are permitted to open. Receptions can also proceed with up to 30 people in a COVID-19 Secure indoor venue, or outdoors.</p><p>Further information on the venues where weddings and civil partnership ceremonies may take place can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/03/2021 17:28:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1304371

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Companies: Human Rights
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 potential merits of creating a whitelist and blacklist of companies that do and do not meet their obligations to uphold human rights throughout their supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	172041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS thanks the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee for its report on ‘Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains’, published on 17 March 2021. The Government takes very seriously the concerns that the report highlights. On Tuesday 22 March, the UK Government, alongside the EU, US and Canada, placed sanctions on four Chinese officials and one public entity that are responsible for the egregious human rights violations taking place in Xinjiang. We have backed up our international action by robust domestic measures that help ensure that British businesses are not complicit in human rights violations in Xinjiang. The Government will formally respond to the report and its recommendations by 17 May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/03/2021 15:45:34 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1304408

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Companies: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of registered company insolvencies in England since March 2020, by the parliamentary constituency in which the company registered office was based.
tabling member printed	Lord Lennie
uin	HL14411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service publishes National Statistics on insolvency cases for England and Wales combined. It is not possible to identify accurately companies that traded within specific parliamentary constituencies before entering insolvency. The data used for insolvency statistics is compiled from information at Companies House. The registered office address for a company may not be representative of its trading location, and often it is changed upon insolvency to the address of the appointed Insolvency Practitioner dealing with the case. This means that some cases may be counted as being in the constituency of the insolvency practitioner rather than the constituency of the registered office of the company before it went into insolvency.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to these caveats, the table provided as Annex A sets out the data on all registered company insolvencies from March 2020 to January 2021 (inclusive).</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 31/03/2021 13:29:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name HL14411 ANNEX A - Registered Company Insolvencies since March 2020.docx title HL14411 - Annex A
tabling member	4338 label Biography information for Lord Lennie

1304413

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Local Government: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources local authorities will need to replace fossil fuel heating in their buildings and housing stock to meet the Government's net zero carbon emission targets.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL14416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that Local Authorities have an important part to play in tackling climate change, including in heat and buildings decarbonisation. Meeting our net-zero target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and heat in industry to be reduced to close to zero carbon emissions. Local Authorities can play a number of important roles in heat and buildings decarbonisation, including decarbonising heat in their own buildings and raising awareness of the support available to increase voluntary uptake of low carbon heat and energy efficiency measures. Local Authorities are able to apply for funding to decarbonise heat in their buildings through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with Local Authorities to support heat pump and heat networks deployment through schemes such as the Local Authority Delivery scheme and Local Energy Hubs, as well as providing funding through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to improve the energy performance of social homes. In addition, the Government is providing funding and prioritising support for councils to tackle climate change as part of the annual Sector Support Programme delivered by the Local Government Association in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The upcoming Heat and Buildings Strategy will set out further details on how we plan to work with local authorities to meet our ambition on heat and buildings decarbonisation.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/04/2021 13:38:58 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

1304420

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Company Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) sections of the Companies Act 2006, or (2) regulations made under that Act, outline (a) the accounting treatment, and (b) the disclosure requirements, for finance secured through reverse factoring.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL14423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>The Companies Act 2006 does not include specific requirements for finance secured through reverse factoring. However, section 393 places a requirement on directors that the accounts must provide a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of a company or group. This places a responsibility to provide such information as is necessary to ensure that requirement is met, including where reverse factoring is used in supply chain arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The correct accounting treatment for reverse factoring is dependent on the terms and conditions of the factoring arrangement in place. The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Interpretations Committee and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have both issued guidance addressing the accounting standards requirements for reverse factoring, including guidance on additional disclosures. Copies of the guidance are attached below. The International Accounting Standards Board is also considering whether to add a project on reverse factoring to its agenda, as part of their responsibility for issuing International Financial Reporting Standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name supply-chain-financing-arrangements-reverse-factoring-december-2020.pdf title Supply Chain Financing Arrangements—Reverse Factor 2 file name Disclosures-on-the-sources-and-uses-of-cash-Final.pdf title Disclosures on the sources and uses of cash question first answered 31/03/2021 13:57:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1304421

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Investment Income
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 27 October 2020 (HL9157), whether they will provide (1) the names of the “Several bodies” who have “powers in certain circumstances to investigate and take action if illegal dividends have been paid”; and (2) the number of cases examined by each such body.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL14424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>Compliance is primarily a matter for the directors, and there are rights of recourse to the courts in response to unlawful distributions. Where a company becomes insolvent after paying dividends the courts have wide powers to apply a variety of sanctions and remedies. Data on illegal dividends is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>A number of bodies, however, have an interest in dividend payments from their particular regulatory perspectives. They include the Insolvency Service and insolvency practitioners who will investigate dividend payments and seek to recover them if they are found to be illegal. HM Revenue and Customs has an interest in the proper payment of dividends to the extent that there may be tax consequences leading to a loss to the Exchequer. The Prudential Regulation Authority has rules and powers under financial services legislation regarding dividends and other distributions for the purpose of banks and building societies’ capital conservation. Data on this aspect of the regulators’ work is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>Proposals in the Government’s recently published consultation document on <em>Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance</em> would improve dividend transparency and provide stronger reassurance that dividends are being paid in line with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. These include proposals to require companies to disclose their known distributable reserves in their financial statements, and to require directors to confirm that dividends are within known distributable reserves and that it is their reasonable expectation that payment of the dividend will not threaten the solvency of the company over the next two years.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 31/03/2021 13:54:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka