Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to work bilaterally to develop closer, alternative critical mineral supply chains.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
There is a growing interest in critical mineral projects across the United Kingdom, and the Department continues to support such investment opportunities. Most critical mineral projects in the United Kingdom are operated by companies that are registered here.
HM Government is working to support and enable more British investment in extraction, processing and refining. We work with our international partners to strengthen critical supply chains too, as we seek to improve our national security and economic resilience.
We have committed to publishing a Critical Minerals Strategy in 2022, which will set out how we will establish an enabling environment for growing the sector domestically, and how we can work internationally to secure the sustainability of Britain’s supply.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on critical mineral production of ending of the red diesel rebate in April 2022.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Following consultation in 2020, the Chancellor confirmed at Spring Budget 2021 that the Government will remove the entitlement to use red diesel from most sectors from April 2022. This will more fairly reflect the negative environmental impact of the emissions they produce and help to ensure that the tax system incentivises the development and adoption of greener alternatives.
The Government did not believe that the cases made by sectors that will not retain their red diesel entitlement outweighed its environmental objectives. The Government recently announced the £40 million Red Diesel Replacement Competition to support the development and demonstration of low carbon alternatives to red diesel for the construction, and mining and quarrying sectors.
Going forward, the Government will publish a UK Critical Minerals strategy in 2022, setting out its approach to securing technology-critical minerals and metals.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is taking steps to simplify the mineral rights system within the UK.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Apart from oil, gas, coal, gold and silver, the state does not own mineral rights in the UK. The government does not have any current plans to amend the existing process of securing mineral rights, but also notes that this is a devolved matter, with different regulations in force in Northern Ireland as compared with other parts of the Union.
As part of our engagement activity supporting the development of our Critical Minerals Strategy, announced in the Net Zero Strategy, we will seek views from stakeholders on the effects of the current mineral rights system.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential for domestic production of lithium.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In May 2020, the British Geological Survey published “The potential for lithium in the UK” as part of its Raw Materials for Decarbonisation series. It summarises previous British Geological Survey activity in the UK, as well as more recent activity by Cornish Lithium Ltd, British Lithium Ltd and the Li4UK project, each of which has received Government support.
The report is available here:
https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/download/cmp/lithium.pdf.
As we set out in our Net Zero Strategy published earlier this year, we will publish a UK Critical Minerals strategy in 2022, and aim to establish an enabling environment for growing the sector in the UK. We are also establishing a Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre to provide robust, dynamic analysis on stocks and flows to guide our decision-making on critical minerals such as lithium.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make a statement on China’s dominance of the critical mineral sector.
Answered by Amanda Milling - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Government is considering the possible implications of highly concentrated supply of some critical materials in certain geographies, whether in terms of mining or downstream processing. Resilience comes from diversity of supply, and diversity relies on an effective trading system. We have committed to publishing a UK Critical Minerals strategy in 2022, which will set out how we will work internationally to ensure sustainability of the UK’s supply, along with establishing an enabling environment for growing the sector in the UK.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government’s assessment of lithium demand will be to meet electric car battery production in the UK by 2030.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In December 2020, the Faraday Institution published issue 6 of its Faraday Insights series, focused on Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel. It has developed a model that considers the role that differing battery chemistries and mineral intensities may have in overall demand for lithium and other battery materials.
The report is available here: https://faraday.ac.uk/get/insight-6/.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question
What steps she is taking to support women's participation in the economic recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
Through initiatives like the Rose Review, the Investing in Women Code, the Women in Innovation Awards and the Women in Finance Charter, and through our manifesto commitments on flexible working and carer’s leave, we are committed to supporting and promoting the role of women in the economic recovery.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional support to help de-escalate the Royal Cornwall Hospital’s current operational level from internal critical incident.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS England and NHS Improvement are providing intensive support to the Royal Cornwall Hospital and a range of measures have been put in place to address the pressures.
Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart scheme placements for young people have been (a) approved, (b) advertised and (c) started in each (i) nation, (ii) region and (iii) business sector since the beginning of that scheme.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
As of the 26th October, almost 94,000 young people have started a Kickstart job.
With the current pace of starts, we are confident that in early November over 100,000 young people will have started in a Kickstart job. This is an amazing achievement with the first jobs having started only a year ago. We will continue to offer Kickstart jobs to many thousands more.
As of the 26th of October, over 213,000 jobs have been made available for young people to apply to through the scheme and over 304,000 jobs have been approved for funding.
From 28/09/2021 to 25/10/2021, on average over 6,700 Kickstart jobs were made available each week, and on average over 3,400 young people started a Kickstart job each week.
Below are tables listing the number of Kickstart jobs which have been made available and started by young people to date by geographical area of Great Britain and work sector. The figures used are correct as of the 25th of October and these figures have been rounded according to departmental standards.
Jobs made available and starts quoted here include some unfunded Kickstart jobs. Over time, some previously approved jobs have been removed where the employer chose not to follow up the application.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, which has been developed quickly.
The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.
Table 1- Kickstart jobs made available and started by location.
Location | Jobs Made Available | Cumulative Jobs Started |
East Midlands | 13,040 | 5,700 |
East of England | 17,010 | 6,550 |
London | 45,760 | 19,840 |
North East | 8,560 | 4,360 |
North West | 26,270 | 11,920 |
Scotland | 15,750 | 7,990 |
South East | 23,880 | 10,100 |
South West | 14,990 | 5,990 |
Wales | 11,160 | 4,500 |
West Midlands | 19,070 | 8,590 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 16,620 | 7,380 |
*These numbers are rounded and so may not match provided totals. |
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Table 2- Kickstart jobs made available and started by sector.
Sector | Jobs Made Available | Cumulative Jobs Started |
Administration | 52,320 | 23,240 |
Animal Care | 1,220 | 720 |
Beauty & Wellbeing | 1,480 | 750 |
Business & Finance | 7,720 | 3,400 |
Computing Technology & Digital | 14,690 | 7,780 |
Construction & Trades | 6,290 | 2,900 |
Creative & Media | 17,120 | 9,280 |
Delivery & Storage | 6,170 | 2,650 |
Emergency & Uniform Services | 490 | 200 |
Engineering & Maintenance | 6,610 | 2,850 |
Environment & Land | 3,950 | 1,870 |
Government Services | 750 | 280 |
Healthcare | 5,460 | 1,960 |
Home Services | 1,540 | 490 |
Hospitality & Food | 25,130 | 7,670 |
Law & Legal | 450 | 290 |
Managerial | 1,090 | 450 |
Manufacturing | 5,810 | 2,470 |
Retail & Sales | 32,080 | 15,300 |
Science & Research | 850 | 460 |
Social Care | 4,820 | 1,530 |
Sports & Leisure | 5,010 | 2,290 |
Teaching & Education | 9,770 | 3,660 |
Transport | 730 | 190 |
Travel & Tourism | 670 | 270 |
*These numbers are rounded and so may not match provided totals. |
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Asked by: Cherilyn Mackrory (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 15 people in Royal Cornwall Hospital with covid-19 on 30 June 2021 (a) were unvaccinated, (b) had received one dose of the vaccine and (c) had received two vaccines.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Data on the number of hospitalised COVID-19 cases by vaccination status is not available in the format requested.