Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the rooftop solar power market of the business rate rise for organisations investing in solar power for their own consumption.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. It is too early for official statistics to be able to see any effect of business rates as the changes have only just taken effect.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
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 coordinate the provision of guarantees for university research project applications for Horizon 2020 funding.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today to Question UIN 57694:
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Treasury Committee on 12 December 2016, in response to Q311, who in his Department is responsible for assessing whether grant applications for Horizon 2020 funding are (a) value for money and (b) in line with Government objectives.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today to Question UIN 57694:
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to publish the guidelines for UK research projects applying for Government funding in the event that when the UK leaves the EU the UK is no longer a participant in Horizon 2020 including the criteria for being considered to be (a) good value for money and (b) in line with Government policy.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today to Question UIN 57694:
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many research project applicants for Horizon 2020 funding have applied to receive Government funding in the event that when the UK leaves the EU the UK is no longer a participant in Horizon 2020.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today to Question UIN 57694:
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many research projects that currently receive Horizon 2020 funding have applied to receive Government funding in the event that when the UK leaves the EU the UK is no longer a participant in Horizon 2020.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today to Question UIN 57694:
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
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 publish the process for a research project seeking to receive Government funding in the event that when the UK leaves the EU the UK is no longer a participant in Horizon 2020.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury today to Question UIN 57694: