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1222049

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
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: Buildings
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 technologies will be eligible under the Government's plans to allocate £1 billion for the decarbonisation of public sector buildings.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	71099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme will offer grants to public sector bodies to fund both energy efficiency and low carbon heat measures. The details of the eligible technologies in scope for the scheme will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/07/2020 12:00:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1222111

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
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	Green Homes 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 households under an obligation under the Green Deal scheme will be eligible for the Green Homes Grant.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	71089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>In his Summer Economic Update, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £2bn Green Home Grant scheme that will support homeowners and landlords of rented homes in England to improve the energy efficiency of their properties, reducing energy bills and carbon emissions, and supporting a green economic recovery.</p><p>The funding will be spent on paying for accredited tradespeople to install a range of measures, for example insulation, to improve the energy performance of their homes. Further detail on the eligibility for the scheme will be announced in the coming days, before the scheme’s full launch.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/07/2020 12:37:22 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1222134

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
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 the £100 million funding for Direct Air Capture R&D announced in the Plan for Jobs is part of the £22 billion R&D funding announced in Budget 2020; and who will be responsible for distributing that funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	71047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced up to £100 million for new research and development of Direct Air Capture on June 30<sup>th</sup>. Part of this will be funded through the more than £1bn announced in Budget 2020 by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer for Net Zero Innovation to stimulate commercial activity in this essential technology. As with the current £505 million Energy Innovation Portfolio, this will be distributed by BEIS. The other part will be distributed by UKRI under its Strategic Priorities Fund, to accelerate innovation by universities.</p><p> </p><p>The new funding is part of the Government’s ambitious plans to increase public research and development (R&amp;D) investment to £22 billion per year by 2024 to 2025 announced in Budget 2020. Later this year, the Spending Review will provide the opportunity for the government to set out further detail on the long-term priorities for R&amp;D investment as part of those plans.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/07/2020 16:41:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1221546

registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release of 11 June 2020, entitled £63 million for local authorities to assist those struggling to afford food and other essentials, how much of that funding he plans to allocate to each local authority in the North East; and when he plans to issue guidance on the use of that funding.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	70395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>We are allocating the funding according to the size of a local authority’s population and the level of deprivation. The exact amounts will be published on the GOV.UK website in due course. We issued guidance to local authorities on Friday 10 July, which is available to view at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-local-authority-emergency-assistance-grant-for-food-and-essential-supplies" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-local-authority-emergency-assistance-grant-for-food-and-essential-supplies</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/07/2020 16:27:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1221091

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Departments policy is for consulting with UK businesses on the effect of the UK Global Tariff on those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	69733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>Free Trade Agreements (FTA) are just one way in which we can help secure greater choice and lower prices for British shoppers. We intend to achieve a zero tariff and zero quotas FTA with the EU by December 2020, so we do not expect any tariffs to apply to EU imports.</p><p> </p><p>If we do not have an FTA, the “UK Global Tariff” (UKGT) will apply to EU imports, in common with imports from the rest of the world where FTAs have not yet been negotiated. The UKGT almost doubles the number of products coming into the United Kingdom that are tariff free relative to what is currently applied.</p><p> </p><p>The UKGT was developed following a public consultation in which interested parties from across the United Kingdom had the opportunity to help shape the policy. The over 1,300 responses which were received were assessed in a fair and equal manner, and we remain open to feedback from interested parties. To that end, HM Government will publish a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) alongside the legislation, as is standard practice for all taxes.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena grouped question UIN 69734 question first answered 14/07/2020 10:55:25 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1221106

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for the 1999 presumption in law that computer systems are working properly of the (a) changes since 1999 in the design, operation and ubiquity of computer systems and (b) Post Office Horizon scandal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	69550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>We do not intend to review the presumption as it has wide application. However, it is impossible to ignore the impact that the dispute over the Horizon Accounting System and the subsequent litigation process has had on the postmasters affected. Post Office Limited (POL) has accepted that it got things wrong in the past in its dealings with a number of postmasters and has apologised.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that this apology is only the start of a process that leads to real change in the Post Office so that this situation can never be repeated.  That is the purpose of the Independent Review that Minister Paul Scully MP announced on Wednesday 10 June. The Government wants to be fully assured that the right lessons are learned for the future and concrete changes have taken place at Post Office Limited.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/07/2020 16:21:43 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1220564

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support her Department has provided to BAME LGBTQ+ youth who have been victims of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	68758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that all hate crimes are completely unacceptable and have no place in British society. To support LGBT youth, we have invested £4m since 2016 to prevent and address homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, reaching 2250 schools in England.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime. Our commitments include a Law Commission review of current hate crime legislation, an assessment of local support for hate crime victims, and improving reporting and recording of LGBT hate crimes through supporting additional police training.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 68759 question first answered 10/07/2020 11:34:49 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1220577

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sheltered Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the research from Anchor Hanover and Sonnet demonstrating the social value of retirement and extra care housing; and what plans he has to increase investment in specialist older people’s housing.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	68735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>I welcome this report, which helps underline the Government’s own view that housing with support and care plays a vital role in enabling older people to live independently, as well as delivering wider benefits to society. The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing, including sheltered and specialist supported housing for older people. We announced at Budget 2020 that we are investing £12 billion to build affordable homes between 2021/22 and 2025/26. This will be the biggest cash investment in affordable housing for a decade and will deliver up to 180,000 additional affordable homes, including for older people and others with support needs. We are committed to continuing to work closely with the sector to improve the diversity of housing options available to older people.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/07/2020 12:01:51 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1220589

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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	Bounce Back Loan 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, how many companies in receipt of a Bounce Back Loan have (a) ceased trading and (b) entered into administration.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	68652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>As of 5 July, over 1 million loans have been issued under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), with a total value of £31 billion.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently unable to provide a breakdown on the number of companies in receipt of a Bounce Back Loan that have ceased trading and entered into administration.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/07/2020 16:50:58 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1219819

registered interest
date	02/07/2020
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	Physiotherapy: Sports
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 evidential basis is for the decision to delay the reopening of sports therapists in England; and what comparative assessment he has made between that evidence and that used by the devolved Administrations to reopen sports therapists in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	67760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>We’ve now provided close contact services, including sports therapists in England except Leicester, with the certainty they need to reopen from Monday 13 July, subject to them following the Government’s COVID-secure guidelines.</p><p>We need to be confident services are able to reopen in a COVID-secure way for the staff and customers. Our approach is guided by the scientific and medical advice, and our guidance has been developed with input from firms, unions, industry bodies and the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, and in consultation with Public Health England (PHE) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p>Hairdressers were the initial phase of safely reopening close contact services, and we are now assured that the necessary steps can be taken to reopen the rest of the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/07/2020 08:01:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard