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1541730

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	China Electronics Corporation: Octopus Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of Octopus Energy's takeover of Bulb, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Octopus Energy’s commercial links with the China Electronics Corporation.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	86391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>In the context of the sale of Bulb to Octopus Energy, the Government has assessed commercial aspects of Octopus. This review has not identified any areas for concern.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is to ensure continued energy supply to Bulb’s customers at the lowest practicable cost.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/11/2022 17:20:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1541748

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Gas Fired Power Stations
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 has held discussions on increasing the size of existing Liquefied Natural Gas re-gasification plants in the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	86411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government engages regularly with a range of businesses operating in the energy sector, including the operators of the UK’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. Decisions on expansion of these terminals are a commercial decision for the operators.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2022 09:45:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1541749

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Liquefied Natural Gas
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 he has had about increasing the number of locations for LNG re-gasification plants in the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	86412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government engages regularly with a range of businesses operating in the energy sector, including firms considering new energy investments in the UK. Any decisions on developing new LNG terminals are a commercial decision for the proponents of any such project.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2022 09:45:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1541768

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Living Wage
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 potential merits of raising the National Living Wage to take people out of in work poverty; and to what level he plans to increase the National Living Wage by 2025.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	86525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage (NLW) rates are set on the independent and expert advice of the Low Pay Commission, who take account of the impact on business and the economy. On 1 April 2022, the Government increased the NLW for over 23s by 6.6% to £9.50. This keeps the Government on track to achieve its manifesto commitment for the NLW to equal two-thirds of median earnings by 2024 subject to wider economic conditions.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/11/2022 17:11:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1541802

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Hospitality Industry: Cost of Living
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 make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the hospitality sector after April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	86571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>This Department is working with the Hospitality Sector Council to deliver on our 2021 Hospitality Strategy to improve the resilience of hospitality businesses.</p><p>The Government recognise that hospitality businesses are facing cost pressures driven by global factors, including high energy and cost of living pressures.</p><p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period.</p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced in his Autumn Statement that there will be an extended and increased relief for retail and hospitality businesses worth almost £2.1 billion. This is the most generous in year business rates relief in over 30 years, outside of Covid-19 support.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/11/2022 17:07:53 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1541804

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	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, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of public sector funding for research and development; and if he will make an assessment of that funding on private sector investment in research and development at all stages of research.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	86489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>BEIS has published research by Oxford Economics on the relationship between public and private funding of research and development (R&amp;D) at which estimated the monetary impact of the long-run leverage rate, suggesting that each £1 of public R&amp;D eventually stimulates between £1.96 and £2.34 of private R&amp;D:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-relationship-between-public-and-private-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-relationship-between-public-and-private-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Public investment in R&amp;D underpins long-term economic growth, is a vital component in our plan for achieving Net Zero and ensures the long-term defence and security of the UK by keeping us at the forefront of technological capabilities. This is why, at the last Spending Review, the Government announced the largest ever sustained uplift in public R&amp;D spending.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/11/2022 09:26:21 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 35259 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1541813

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Public Buildings: Energy
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 take steps to (a) improve the energy efficiency of (b) implement energy-saving measures in public buildings.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	86416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Net Zero Strategy, the Government aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from public sector buildings by 75% by 2037. To support this, £2.5 billion is being invested through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme over the financial years 2020/21 to 2024/25 to provide grants for public sector bodies in England to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Property Function on 15 November published its Government Property Strategy, which commits to delivering a range of measures designed to create a smaller, better, and greener public estate.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2022 09:44:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1541842

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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: Public Consultation
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 (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department that have closed since 1 January 2020 have not received a Government response.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	86640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued 54 consultations and calls for evidence, that have closed since 1 January 2020, for which a response by the Department is still outstanding:</p><p> </p><p>a) 33 consultations (11 of which are still within the recommended response period);</p><p>b) 21 calls for evidence (3 of which are still within the recommended response period).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/11/2022 17:11:40 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1541857

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	District Heating: Price Caps
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 12 October 2022 to Question 55021, by what mechanism heat network customers will receive support equivalent to the Energy Price Guarantee; and when those support payments will begin.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	86385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>Heat network customers are benefiting from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. These customers will therefore not receive the Alternative Fuel Payment of £200, which has been designed to support households using fuels such as oil, LPG or coal.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that the EBRS will be reformed from April 2023. The Government will bring forward a route to deliver bespoke support for on heat network consumers from this date.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/11/2022 17:22:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 35255 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1541858

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	District Heating: Price Caps
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 12 October 2022 to Question 55021 on District Heating: Price Caps, whether his Department has established the mechanism they will use to ensure customers on heat networks will receive the £400 payment as part of the Energy Bills Support scheme; and what his expected timetable is for when customers will receive that payment.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	86386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>Heat network customers with a domestic electricity meter will already be in receipt of the EBSS. The Alternative Funding will provide a £400 discount off energy bills for the small percentage of households who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an electricity supplier. Eligibility, timescales and method of delivery will be announced in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/11/2022 17:55:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 35258 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead