Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued was attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Margot James
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold the information you have asked for. Ministers regularly undertake engagements at which media are present.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to support the shale industry in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The Government is in the process of devolving the onshore licensing regime to give the Scottish Government more control over the development of these resources. The Scottish Government already has responsibility for the planning and environmental aspects of the onshore oil and gas regime.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
Answered by Margot James
Since January 2016, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have spent the following amount on social media.
Date | Spend |
January 2016 | £10,979 |
February 2016 | £40,466 |
March 2016 | £132,073 |
April 2016 | £37,610 |
May 2016 | £33,291 |
June 2016 | £40,364 |
July 2016 | £9,383 |
August 2016 | £42,983 |
September 2016 | £13,107 |
October 2016 | £19,016 |
November 2016 | £12,046 |
December 2016 | £10,880 |
January 2017 | £12,116 |
February 2017 | £11,678 |
March 2017 | £130,717 |
April 2017 | £136,318 |
May 2017 | £0 |
June 2017 | £0 |
These figures represent gross social media advertising spend excluding fees, commission and VAT. ‘Social’ channels are defined as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat (traded as display) and Twitter. These figures represent total spend for each month by DECC, BIS and now BEIS since January 2016.
Government advertising supports the government’s priorities and helps deliver its programmes, from raising awareness of the National Minimum and Living Wage, to encouraging young people to apply for apprenticeships. The media in which we place government advertising are selected for their ability to most effectively reach our target audience.
Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat. Carat has held the contract for UK government media buying since January 2015.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials of his Department are working full-time on preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and what proportion of his Department's staff that number represents.
Answered by Margot James
The Department’s Europe Directorate employs a dedicated team of full-time officials (currently 101 full-time equivalents) who work on European policy issues and negotiations. This involves work on existing legislative and non-legislative measures as well as the arrangements for exit and our future relationship with the EU.
Officials in other teams in the Department also carry out EU exit-related work as part of their broader responsibilities.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007 remaining in effect in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department is working with industry organisations and interests across Government. This input will inform the Government’s approach as we shape our future relationship with Europe.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the Government continuing to recognise professional qualifications obtained by citizens and residents of member states of the European Economic Area and members of their families from institutions (a) in other European Economic Area countries and (b) outside the European Economic Area under the same terms as now obtained when the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department is working with industry organisations and interests across Government. This input will inform the Government’s approach as we shape our future relationship with Europe.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy that the UK will continue after the UK leaves the EU to recognise the professional qualifications of all people with professional qualifications from other European Economic Area member states whose qualifications are currently recognised and who are currently registered to provide professional services in the UK.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department is working with industry organisations and interests across Government. This input will inform the Government’s approach as we shape our future relationship with Europe.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many professionals from other EU member states in each regulated profession or holding qualifications from other EU member states related to each regulated profession were registered to work in the UK in the latest year for which figures are available.
Answered by Jesse Norman
In 2014, a total of 12,178 professionals holding qualifications from EU or European Free Trade Association member states had their qualifications recognised for the purpose of permanent establishment in the UK, and 680 professionals had their qualifications recognised for provision of services on a temporary and occasional basis in the UK. Additional detail and statistics for other years are available on the European Commission’s regulated professions database: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regprof/.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on devolving power to the Scottish Government to seek on behalf of Scottish institutions continued participation in the European Research Council after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The nature of the relationship between UK institutions and the European Research Council will be a matter for future discussions. The Government is determined to ensure that the UK continues to play a leading role in European and international research and innovation and is committed to working with the Scottish Government and the other devolved administrations to achieve this aim.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make it his policy that energy from renewable sources will be produced at (a) similar or (b) higher levels to those established by the EU Renewable Energy Directive following UK withdrawal from the EU.
Answered by Nick Hurd
We are currently progressing in line with the trajectory set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, having met the Directive’s interim targets.
There will be no immediate changes to our relationship with the EU. Until we have left the EU, the UK will remain a member of the EU with all of the rights and obligations that membership entails.