Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 8 April 2019 to Question 240013, how much of the 2018/19 £200 million budget has been allocated to (a) support for the purchase of vehicles, (b) the installation of the necessary recharging and refuelling infrastructure, (c) a focused R&D programme to support development of innovative technologies, (d) a joint government - industry communications campaign and (e) support for local authorities to introducing a range of policies to support wider ULEV uptake in their areas respectively.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Of the £200m the Government has allocated towards supporting the market for ultra-low emission vehicles in 2018/19 we are forecast to spend (a) nearly £140m to support the purchase of ultra low emission vehicles; (b) over £25m to support the installation of charging and refuelling infrastructure; (c) more than £25m on R&D for the development of innovative technologies delivered through Innovate UK; (d) around £0.7m on a joint government-industry communications campaign; and (e) over £26m to support local authorities.
In 2018, the UK was the second largest market for ultra low emission vehicles in the EU accounting for nearly 20% of registrations, and 1 in 5 electric cars sold in Europe last year was made in the UK. In 2018, sales of ultra low emission vehicles were 2.6% of all new cars, up from 1.8% in 2017.
Thanks to Government leadership, private sector investment and Local Authority engagement, the UK now has over 17,000 public chargepoints. At least 1,700 are rapid devices - one of the largest networks in Europe.
We are determined to ensure that the UK continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for automotive and other advanced manufacturing.
Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 Oil and Gas Authority's December 2018 document entitled Retention Areas Agreed (Updated December 2018) 2014 Model Clauses, whether the Oil and Gas Authority assessed whether the operator required a guarantor when granting Third Energy an extension to their work commitments for licences AL006, DL005, PL079, PL080, PL081, PEDL177, PL077.
Answered by Claire Perry
The OGA carries out financial assessments, as part of which a Parent Company Guarantee may be required, for all companies when there is a licence transaction to consider, specifically when considering licence award, licence assignment, changes of control, drilling consent, and field development consent. Applications for Retention Areas (such as those applied for by Third Energy) do not trigger a financial assessment.
When a Licensee applies for a Retention Area within an existing Licenced Area, this allows the Licensee to undertake exploration and appraisal activities within a set time period, as set out in the related Retention Area Plan. An application for a Retention Area therefore does not create any additional risk, since the operations will have either been appropriately assessed already, or operations proposed will be financially assessed at such a point it is appropriate, for example, when applying for consent to drill.
Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 Oil and Gas Authority's (OGA) December 2018 document entitled Retention Areas Agreed (Updated December 2018) 2014 Model Clauses, whether the OGA required a guarantor for Third Energy extensions of work commitments.
Answered by Claire Perry
The OGA carries out financial assessments, as part of which a Parent Company Guarantee may be required, for all companies when there is a licence transaction to consider, specifically when considering licence award, licence assignment, changes of control, drilling consent, and field development consent. Applications for Retention Areas (such as those applied for by Third Energy) do not trigger a financial assessment.
When a Licensee applies for a Retention Area within an existing Licenced Area, this allows the Licensee to undertake exploration and appraisal activities within a set time period, as set out in the related Retention Area Plan. An application for a Retention Area therefore does not create any additional risk, since the operations will have either been appropriately assessed already, or operations proposed will be financially assessed at such a point it is appropriate, for example, when applying for consent to drill.
Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 21 March 2019 to Question 232031 on Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions, what the £200 million of forecast spend has been spent on in 2018-19.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The 2018/19 £200 million budget has been targeted at supporting the early market for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). This includes: support for the purchase of vehicles; the installation of the necessary recharging and refuelling infrastructure; a focused R&D programme to support development of innovative technologies; a joint government - industry communications campaign; and support for local authorities to introducing a range of policies to support wider ULEV uptake in their areas.
Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 row four of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish the other programmes with their respective budgets referred to in that table.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The breakdown of expenditure included in Other Programmes under Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -
| £m |
Ordnance Survey - Public Sector Mapping Agreement | 6.0 |
Office for Product Safety & Standards | 3.8 |
Design council | 2.5 |
Portfolio Management | 2.1 |
Launch Investments | 0.5 |
International Science and Innovation Policy | 0.2 |
Homes England: Innovation | 0.1 |
Centrally held | 15.1 |
Intellectual Property Office dividend | -1.0 |
Total (Other programmes) | 29.4* |
Table does not add up due to rounding |
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Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 row three of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a detailed breakdown under the heading Business and Enterprise.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The breakdown of expenditure included in Business and Enterprise Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -
| £m |
Carbon Price Floor Compensation | 60.0 |
EU ETS compensation | 28.0 |
Productivity Council | 5.0 |
Defence Solution Centre | 3.0 |
Sponsorship | 1.7 |
Cornwall Grant | 1.2 |
Economic Intelligence And Analysis | 1.1 |
Building Information Management | 1.0 |
Advanced Manufacturing: Research | 0.4 |
Regional Support Programme | 0.3 |
Office for Life Sciences: Database and Web Portal | 0.1 |
Total (Business and Enterprise) | 101.6* |
*Table does not add up due to rounding |
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Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 row five of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, what the spending under British Shipbuilders relates to.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Department has responsibility for liabilities arising from the former publicly-owned company British Shipbuilders. The liabilities largely relate to damages due to former workers who were exposed to asbestos over a period until the late 1980s.
Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 row 11 of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Market Frameworks.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The breakdown of expenditure included under Market Frameworks Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -
| £m |
Citizens Advice | 35.3 |
Chartered Trading Standards Institute | 13.4 |
National Minimum Wage (NMW) Enforcement | 12.2 |
NMW & NLW (National Living Wage) enforcement and awareness raising campaigns | 9.8 |
NMW Enforcement complex cases | 4.3 |
New Labour Market Enforcement Agency | 1.4 |
Small Business Commissioner | 1.4 |
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities | 1.2 |
Office for Product Safety and Standards: Product Regulations | 1.1 |
EU Expertise: General Costs | 0.9 |
Labour Market Emerging Priorities | 0.6 |
Departmental Programme Translation Work | 0.5 |
Paternity Adoption and Shared Parental Pay | 0.5 |
European Consumer Centre | 0.4 |
National Minimum Wage | 0.4 |
ADR (alternative dispute resolution) Directive | 0.3 |
Shared Parental Leave Comms | 0.3 |
College For Europe | 0.2 |
Consumer Advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector | 0.2 |
eIDAS Implementation | 0.1 |
Total (Market Frameworks) | 84.3* |
*Table does not add up due to rounding |
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Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 row 12 of the table on page 40 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Science and Society.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The breakdown of expenditure included in Science and Society Capital DEL is as shown in the below table
The total of £91.5m is provided to the Royal Society and UKRI to fund post-doctoral, professorship, early career fellowships, Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Inspiration and Inspiring Science programmes.
| £m |
Royal Society | 64.0 |
Science & Society: Science and Learning | 15.6 |
Royal Society - Global Challenges Research Fund | 9.7 |
Science & Society: Science and Careers | 2.3 |
Total (Science and Society) | 91.5* |
*Table does not add up due to rounding |
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Asked by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford and Eccles)
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 row 12 of the table on page 35 of his Department's 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Low Pay Commission.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The breakdown of expenditure of spending under the heading Low Pay Commission is as shown in the following table:
| £m |
Staff Costs | 0.5 |
Purchase of Goods and Services | 0.3 |
Total (Low Pay Commission) | 0.8 |