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1299609

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
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	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, with reference to his Budget 2021 statement on 3 March 2021, what his funding plans are for the Green Homes Grant for the financial years (a) 2021-2022, (b) 2022-2023 and (c) 2023-2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	163197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In his Spending Review in November 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £320 million for the scheme in the next financial year 2021-2022, as part of funding to make homes and public buildings more energy efficient.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/03/2021 17:03:45 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1299246

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and its integrated social security protocol, provides for UK nationals who worked and accrued state pension entitlements in another EU Member State before 1 January 2021, but have not reached state pension age, to maintain their state pension rights accrued in the EU Member State, including with any indexation increases.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	162545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>State pension arrangements are unchanged following the UK’s Exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>All individuals can aggregate relevant social security contributions made in EU member states towards meeting the minimum qualifying period for the UK state pension, and all UK state pension recipients in the EU will have their state pension paid (including annual increases) in line with rates in the UK. These arrangements have been agreed with the EU and all its member states on a reciprocal basis in the Withdrawal Agreement for those who moved across borders before 1 January 2021, and in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement for those who move across borders from 1 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 162546 162547 162548 question first answered 09/03/2021 16:57:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1299247

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the reciprocal pension rights of UK and EU nationals who have yet to reach state retirement age, which were accrued in an EU Member State or in the UK before the end of the transition period, are now subject to bilateral agreements between the UK and each EU member state.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	162546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>State pension arrangements are unchanged following the UK’s Exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>All individuals can aggregate relevant social security contributions made in EU member states towards meeting the minimum qualifying period for the UK state pension, and all UK state pension recipients in the EU will have their state pension paid (including annual increases) in line with rates in the UK. These arrangements have been agreed with the EU and all its member states on a reciprocal basis in the Withdrawal Agreement for those who moved across borders before 1 January 2021, and in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement for those who move across borders from 1 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 162545 162547 162548 question first answered 09/03/2021 16:57:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1299250

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who will be responsible for ensuring that UK nationals do not lose state pension entitlements in the event that no reciprocal bilateral agreements on state pension entitlements are agreed with EU Member States.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	162548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>State pension arrangements are unchanged following the UK’s Exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>All individuals can aggregate relevant social security contributions made in EU member states towards meeting the minimum qualifying period for the UK state pension, and all UK state pension recipients in the EU will have their state pension paid (including annual increases) in line with rates in the UK. These arrangements have been agreed with the EU and all its member states on a reciprocal basis in the Withdrawal Agreement for those who moved across borders before 1 January 2021, and in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement for those who move across borders from 1 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 162545 162546 162547 question first answered 09/03/2021 16:57:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1299389

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
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	Digital Technology: Small Businesses
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 SMEs that will receive funding in each year of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme announced on 3 March 2020; and what the (a) criteria and (b) administration arrangements are for that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	162593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Through Help to Grow: Digital, the Government will launch a new online platform this Autumn where businesses can access advice on software that could help them save time and money, and a voucher to reduce the costs of buying that software. Over the next 3 years, 100 000 eligible SMEs could benefit from a voucher providing up to a 50% discount (worth up to £5,000) to adopt approved productivity-enhancing software. The voucher is expected to be available to UK businesses that have more than 5 and fewer than 249 employees and that have been trading for more than 12 months. The programme will launch in Autumn 2021 and eligible businesses are encouraged to register their interest at https://helptogrow.campaign.gov.uk/.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/03/2021 15:51:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1299613

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers with a headcount of 250 or more continue to report gender pay gap data ahead of the usual annual deadlines.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	163249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>On 23 February, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced that employers will have until 5 October 2021 to report their gender pay gap information. The EHRC enforces the regulations, contacting any late reporters and follows up on potentially inaccurate data. For the 2020/21 reporting year, enforcement activity will commence after the additional time period ends on 5 October 2021.</p><p>The government is fully committed to women’s economic empowerment but, given the impact of the pandemic on businesses, extending the deadline by six months is the correct decision.</p><p>Lots of positive work has been done by employers to encourage equality in the workplace, and although ONS figures show that the gender pay gap stands at a record low, we need to continue making progress, including making sure that we are tackling the causes of the gender pay gap.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/03/2021 17:15:33 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1296776

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Works Loan Board: Housing Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of local councils using the Public Works Loan Board for housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	161881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In the financial year 2019-20, 65 local authorities in England borrowed £657 million to finance Housing Revenue Accounts (HRAs). As local authorities borrow from the PWLB to fund their capital programmes as a whole, it is difficult to know for certain how much of this borrowing was from the PWLB.</p><p> </p><p>Between 12 March and 25 November 2020, the PWLB offered a separate HRA rate, which was 100 basis points lower than the Certainty rate at which local authorities could borrow for all other capital expenditure. During this time 50 local authorities borrowed £1.146 billion from the PWLB at the HRA rate.</p><p> </p><p>The HRA rate was discontinued after the Certainty rate was reduced by 100 basis points, which equalised the costs of borrowing for all types of capital expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:58:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1296866

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals were employed by (a) the Union Unit and (b) the Union Taskforce in each financial year since 2008-09; and how many and what proportion of those people were employed in an (a) press or (b) communications capacity.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	161795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, the Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Details of expenditure are available in the Cabinet Office annual report and expenditure over £25,000 is published on gov.uk, in line with our transparency policy. Staff organograms are published periodically and available on gov.uk. Future details will be published in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 161791 161793 161794 161796 question first answered 09/03/2021 17:42:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1290258

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
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	Darwin Plus: Marine Environment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which projects funded by the Darwin Plus Programme are in respect of aquatic biodiversity; and of those projects, how many are in respect of coral (a) preservation and protection and (b) disease prevention and eradication.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	159374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Since 2012 Darwin Plus has contributed £10.7 million to 49 projects working on aquatic biodiversity across the UK Overseas Territories. Of these projects three have focused on coral preservation and protection to a total of £0.46 million. One of these projects successfully established a coral nursery in Little Cayman and saw coral nursery guidelines being incorporated into national policy in the Cayman Islands. There have not been any Darwin Plus projects working on disease prevention and eradication.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/03/2021 18:00:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1293293

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
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	Minerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to develop a critical mineral circular economy industry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	160722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In line with our Resources and Waste Strategy, published in December 2018, we are taking steps to move from a linear economy to a more circular economy. This includes by seeking new legislative powers under the landmark Environment Bill that will enable us to: drive design for durability, reparability and recyclability of products such as electronics; require provision of information on products such as material content, including Critical Raw Materials (CRMs); and put in place extended producer responsibility schemes. We are also working with BEIS to utilise our repatriated EU powers to introduce eco-design measures relating to energy-using products. Our planned review of, and subsequent consultation on, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations, and the Batteries Regulations, will also provide an opportunity for consideration of the management of critical minerals. At this stage there are no plans to use the powers in the Environment Bill, or other powers, to set specific recycling targets for critical minerals.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in November 2020 we announced 5 new UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centres as part of £30 million of Government investment. Two of these relate to CRMs and metals – the UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals, and the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Metal. These will explore how reusing waste materials could deliver environmental benefits and boost the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 162699 question first answered 09/03/2021 17:58:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double