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Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
Wednesday 24th May 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support electric vehicle manufacturing in the UK.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) aims to support the creation of an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain in the UK. The government continues to work with industry via the ATF to unlock strategic investments in gigafactories, motors and drives, power electronics, and fuel cell systems.

In the coming months, after engagement with industry, the government will build on the ATF and the long-term Advanced Propulsion Centre R&D programme to take decisive action to ensure future investment in the manufacturing of zero emission vehicles.


Written Question
Batteries: Recycling
Wednesday 24th May 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to attract battery recycling investment to the UK.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

The Critical Minerals Refresh published in March, sets out our approach to delivering on the Critical Minerals Strategy, and confirms our participation in the Minerals Security Partnership. Working with international partners, this aims to spur investment in supply chains across four pillars, including recycling and reuse, and will support our work to accelerate a circular economy of critical minerals in the UK.

The Government is also funding record investment in battery innovation and commercialisation, including in recycling. The £541m Faraday Battery Challenge is supporting projects such as REBLEND, which is developing commercial processes to directly recover valuable cathode active materials (CAM) for reuse in automotive batteries. The project is led by Ecoshred, with University of Leicester, University of Birmingham, Minviro, Iconichem Widnes, Watercycle Technologies, Ecolamp Recycling, and Cornish Lithium.


Written Question
Disability: Incontinence
Wednesday 24th May 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men in England are classified as disabled due to incontinence.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

I can confirm that the department does not hold the information requested. The department does not hold health records for each individual in England. In relation to disability benefits, the department does not classify or register disabilities or hold a disability register. The information held for disability benefit claimants is usually based on the primary disabling condition and claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based.


Written Question
Gold: Supply Chains
Wednesday 3rd May 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions (a) she has and (b) her predecessors have had with businesses on removing illegally-mined gold from their supply chains.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

Since the creation of the position of Secretary of State for Business and Trade, there have been no such discussions.


Written Question
Incontinence
Tuesday 25th April 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in monitoring the implementation of the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England does not monitor the implementation of the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines. NHS England will consider next steps on Excellence in Continence Care through its National Bladder and Bowel Health Project and will report shortly. NHS England does not currently have any plans to commission a new Continence Care Audit.


Written Question
Incontinence
Tuesday 25th April 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission a new Continence Care Audit.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England does not monitor the implementation of the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines. NHS England will consider next steps on Excellence in Continence Care through its National Bladder and Bowel Health Project and will report shortly. NHS England does not currently have any plans to commission a new Continence Care Audit.


Written Question
Public Lavatories: Men
Monday 24th April 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to (a) amend the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and (b) recommend changes to the Code of Practice and Guidance published by the Health and Safety Executive to ensure provision of and access to hygiene bins in men's toilets equal to that in women's toilets.

Answered by Mims Davies - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Regulation 20 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (‘Workplace Regulations’) state that toilets should be kept in a clean and orderly condition. The Approved Code of Practice covers provisions of a disposal method for sanitary dressings in toilets used by women.

Regulation 2(3) of the Workplace Regulations aims to ensure that workplaces meet the health, safety and welfare needs of each member of the workforce, therefore, HSE believe the current Workplace Regulations are fit for purpose in this respect though they intend to consider whether the guidance regarding disposal of sanitary dressings in toilets fulfils that aim.

Provisions for public toilets, including hygiene bins in men’s toilets, would be the responsibility of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).


Written Question
Gold: Imports
Friday 31st March 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of gold mined for import into the UK on the UK's environmental footprint.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Department for Business and Trade has not assessed the potential impact of gold mined for import into the UK on the UK's environmental footprint.


Written Question
Aviation: Fuels
Monday 27th March 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Philip New independent review on sustainable aviation fuel will be published.

Answered by Jesse Norman

In October 2022, the Department commissioned Philip New to lead an independent evaluation into ‘Developing a UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry’, with the aim of stress testing its evidence base on the barriers to investment in UK SAF production and consider options for addressing those barriers. The Department will publish the report shortly.


Written Question
Trade Agreements: Mercosur
Thursday 23rd March 2023

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) she and (b) her predecessors have had discussions with their Mercosur counterparts on the status of gold in negotiations around a UK-Mercosur trade agreement.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The UK is not negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the Mercosur bloc. Neither the Secretary of State nor her predecessors have discussed the status of gold within any possible future negotiation with their Mercosur counterparts.

Mercosur countries are important partners for the UK. We are working to strengthen our trading relationships in a way which supports sustainable development, removes barriers to trade, and helps British businesses to export.