Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Wallasey constituency have had heat pumps installed as of 31 October 2022.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database shows that as of 31 October 2022, forty-four heat pump installations were registered in the Wallasey constituency.
The database does not include all heat pump installations, for example, those installed without Government funding support, such as in new buildings. These are not typically recorded in the Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help alleviate the shortage of sodium hypochlorite.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The day-to-day supply of sodium hypochlorite is a commercial matter for industry. The Government works closely with industry to monitor supply and to encourage diverse and resilient supply chains to protect consumers and businesses.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has in place to mitigate the current shortage of sodium hypochlorite.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The day-to-day supply of sodium hypochlorite is a commercial matter for industry. The Government works closely with industry to monitor supply and to encourage diverse and resilient supply chains to protect consumers and businesses.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure industries have sufficient access to sodium hypochlorite.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The day-to-day supply of sodium hypochlorite is a commercial matter for industry. The Government works closely with industry to monitor supply and to encourage diverse and resilient supply chains to protect consumers and businesses.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure lending banks follow up potentially fraudulent claims made through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, before claiming the state guarantee.
Answered by Paul Scully
The British Business Bank manages the Bounce Back Loan Scheme on behalf of the Government. However, lenders are responsible for managing the direct relationship with borrowers.
The Bank challenges lenders on discrepancies and ensures lenders are abiding by the scheme rules through its guarantee assurance and audit programmes. Where issues are identified through the Audit Assurance Programme, the Bank can take remedial action including the cancellation of a guarantee.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of loans claimed through the Bounce Back Loans scheme were duplicates; and what the total value was of all duplicate loans.
Answered by Paul Scully
To date, the British Business Bank has identified 22,900 Bounce Back Loan Scheme facilities which it suspects could be involved in a case of duplicate loans. This figure includes both original facilities and potential duplicates. The Bank is currently working with lenders to investigate these facilities and determine which are ineligible loans under the scheme rules.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the creation of smallholder and community-led horticulture jobs in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.
Answered by Paul Scully
It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2021 to Question 174728, on GFG Alliance: Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, when he plans to publish details of the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme where required by the European Commission’s Transparency Aid Module.
Answered by Paul Scully
Details of facilities made available under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme will be published where required by the European Commission’s Transparency Aid Module in due course.
Our priority is to ensure borrowers are given notice before information about their loans is shared with the European Commission; we are working with lenders and the British Business Bank to facilitate this. A rolling programme of reporting will then publish details of aid granted within the preceding 12 months.
More information is available at https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/coronavirus-business-interruption-loan-schemes/data-reporting/.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) his Department and (b) officials at the British Business Bank had discussions with the Bank of England on the decision to give Greensill Capital accredited lender status for the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Bank of England had no role in the British Business Bank’s decision to accredit Greensill Capital.
All decisions taken by the British Business Bank were made independently and in accordance with the Bank’s usual procedures.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he had any discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or Treasury Ministers or officials on the British Business Bank's decision to grant Greensill Capital access to the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
Answered by Paul Scully
The British Business Bank (Bank) accredited Greensill Capital to offer finance via the Coronavirus Large Business Interruptions Loan Scheme.
All decisions taken by the Bank were made independently and in accordance with the Bank’s usual procedures. The then Secretary of State had no discussions with either a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, b) Treasury Ministers or c) Treasury officials about the Bank’s decision.