Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there has been a change in his Department's (a) departmental expenditure limit and (b) annually managed expenditure spending in the Indo-Pacific region since 16 March 2021.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
BEIS does not set spending budgets for specific geographical regions. Where spend is ODA eligible then details are published at:
Specific spending details including departmental and geographic breakdowns are in this published file:
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many residential property sales were registered at HM Land Registry across (a) all properties and (b) new-build properties in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those were to (i) UK companies, (ii) overseas companies, (iii) UK-based individuals and (iv) individuals based overseas.
Answered by Dean Russell
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads contains information on property sales, broken down by local authority. The last three years’ data is provided with this answer in a separate spreadsheet. In summary, the breakdown is as set out in the table below.
Year | Residential | Residential classified as new build |
2022 | 337,540 | 3,198 |
2021 | 964,359 | 54,607 |
2020 | 729,743 | 85,167 |
2019 | 839,999 | 112,303 |
We will place a detailed breakdown between UK and overseas companies, and individuals providing UK and non-UK correspondence addresses as soon as possible in the Libraries of the House.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
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 information published in the Registers of Scotland, if HM Land Registry will publish official statistics on the country of origin of (a) corporate and (b) individual property owners in England and Wales broken down by (i) type of interest and (ii) local authority.
Answered by Dean Russell
HM Land Registry holds information on the legal owner of registered estates. This may be a corporate or an individual proprietor.
HM Land Registry notes the country of incorporation for overseas companies in its Land Register. It does not hold information on the nationality of individuals. While some individuals have provided non-UK correspondence addresses, this does not necessarily indicate nationality.
HM Land Registry is unable to provide a breakdown of the many interests and estates in registered land.
Published information on overseas companies that own property in England and Wales is accessible here: https://use-land-property-data.service.gov.uk/datasets/ocod.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what powers he has to (a) direct the delisting of firms from UK stock exchanges, (b) ban investment in firms, (c) prohibit trading in shares of a firm, (d) ban or restrict exports of a firm, (e) ban categories of imports, (f) revoke trading licences on national security grounds and (g) prohibit transport, processing or sale of categories of data outside the UK.
Answered by Paul Scully
Business activities including listing and trading in shares, investment and acquisitions, imports and exports, and data processing are subject to a range of legal and regulatory requirements. Some of these are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and others are the responsibility of other ministers. Where these requirements are not met, the Government stands ready to use appropriate compliance measures and enforcement powers.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
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 (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies and (b) specify the value for each programme for every year for which budgets are agreed.
Answered by George Freeman
The table below shows the Department’s 21-22 spending programmes, which it devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies. Budgets for future years have not yet been agreed.
PROGRAMME (£m) | BUDGET | 21-22 |
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Growth Hubs | RDEL | 12.0 |
Local Enterprise Partnerships | RDEL | 10.0 |
Made Smarter | RDEL | 8.0 |
Manchester Earnback | RDEL | 10.0 |
Peer Networks | RDEL | 9.0 |
Business Basics | RDEL | 3.0 |
Local Net Zero Hubs | RDEL | 7.2 |
Green Homes Grant - Local Authority Delivery | CDEL | 280.4 |
Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG) | CDEL | 152.2 |
HNDU pipeline and related expenditure | RDEL | 6.1 |
Heat Networks Transformation Programme | CDEL | 117.7 |
Heat Networks Efficiency Scheme (HNES) | RDEL | 1.6 |
Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) | CDEL | 178.5 |
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) companies and (b) individuals who have not complied with requirements to declare beneficial ownership; and how many sanctions have been levied against individuals or companies for non-compliance.
Answered by Paul Scully
On 1 April 2021 the number of registered companies in the UK that had not complied with requirements to declare beneficial ownership, by not listing an ultimate beneficial owner (Person of Significant Control: PSC), was 11,107 (0.25% of the effective register). Between 01/04/19 and 31/03/2021, The Insolvency Service (which is responsible for prosecuting these offences) has achieved a total of 210 convictions, of which 91 companies and 119 directors were convicted for offences relating to the beneficial ownership of companies. Two of the convicted directors also received disqualification orders for a period of 3 years.
Companies House is unable to offer an estimation of the individuals who have not complied with requirements to declare beneficial ownership. Until a company registers the details of the individual, or a statement declaring why no details have been provided, it has no indication for the cause of the non-compliance and cannot, therefore, provide a reliable estimate.
In addition to the companies that have provided details of their Persons of Significant Control, there will be a proportion of compliant companies that have legitimately not provided details of their PSC. This is because either an exemption has been applied or a statement registered in accordance with law declaring why no details have been provided.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the proportion of all registered companies in the UK which have not listed an ultimate beneficial owner; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Paul Scully
As of 1 April 2021, the proportion of all registered companies in the UK, having not listed an ultimate beneficial owner (Person of Significant Control) are 0.25% of the effective company register.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and organisations in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and what funding has been allocated to each of those programmes in the 2020-21 financial year.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government has provided an unprecedented support package totalling over £280 billion for individuals, businesses and organisations. This includes billions in loans, grants, and business rates relief. We have also published Safer Workplaces guidance for a number of sectors, supporting businesses and employees to operate in a Covid-secure way. Businesses can also access tailored advice through the Business Support Helpline, the Business Support website or through local Growth Hubs in England.
The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme are all delegated schemes introduced by BEIS and overseen in conjunction with the British Business Bank.
As of 24 January 2021:
Between March and September last year, over £11.68 billion was paid out to over a million business premises under the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF), the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund (RHLGF) and the Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund (LADGF). Grant funding has also been made available via Local Authorities to help businesses forced to close due to national and localised restrictions, and for businesses severely impacted by restrictions even if not required to close. This includes the Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment (CBLP), the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), and the different Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) schemes.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many firms have taken on apprentices as a result of the Green Homes Grant scheme.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We understand from our engagement with installers that many companies have taken on additional staff to deliver work under the scheme, which may include apprentices. There will be an independent evaluation of the processes and effectiveness of the scheme, including a comprehensive analysis of scheme outcomes and evidence collected from scheme applicants and other stakeholders.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many registered suppliers have been registered for the Green Homes Grant scheme in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each local authority area.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
As of 9th February, there were 927 installers registered and able to undertake work on the Green Homes Grant Voucher scheme.
Official scheme statistics will be published in due course.