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Written Question
Bankruptcy: Wales
Monday 22nd February 2021

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many businesses have declared bankruptcy in each parliamentary constituency in Wales so far in the 2020/21 financial year.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Insolvency Service publishes National Statistics on insolvency cases for England and Wales combined. It is not possible to identify accurately companies that trade in Wales specifically, or companies that operated within specific parliamentary constituencies before entering insolvency. The data used for insolvency statistics is compiled from information at Companies House. The registered office address for a company may not be representative of its trading location, and often it is changed upon insolvency to the address of the appointed Insolvency Practitioner dealing with the case.

Subject to these caveats, the table below sets out the data on all company insolvencies registered at Companies House during the three quarters of 2020/21 ending December 2020:

Estimated number of registered company insolvencies in Wales by parliamentary constituency of company registered office1

1 April to 31 December 2020

Constituency

Total Company Insolvencies

Aberavon

0

Aberconwy

1

Alyn and Deeside

2

Arfon

1

Blaenau Gwent

1

Brecon and Radnorshire

0

Bridgend

1

Caerphilly

0

Cardiff Central

1

Cardiff North

10

Cardiff South and Penarth

37

Cardiff West

27

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

1

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

0

Ceredigion

1

Clwyd South

0

Clwyd West

1

Cynon Valley

4

Delyn

1

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

0

Gower

0

Islwyn

0

Llanelli

0

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

0

Monmouth

0

Montgomeryshire

1

Neath

0

Newport East

0

Newport West

11

Ogmore

0

Pontypridd

0

Preseli Pembrokeshire

1

Rhondda

0

Swansea East

3

Swansea West

68

Torfaen

1

Vale of Clwyd

0

Vale of Glamorgan

2

Wrexham

1

Ynys Môn

0

Total

177

Source: Companies House, Insolvency Service

1 Companies House supplies quarterly data on company insolvencies to the Insolvency Service.

The Insolvency Service also holds data on personal bankruptcies in Wales during 2020 where the individual concerned ran a business as a sole trader or partnership. This information will be available later this year following the summer release of the official statistics covering the location, age and gender of individuals that entered insolvency in 2020 (provisionally to be released in August 2020). The latest published statistics cover the period 2000 to 2019 and are available on the GOV.UK website.


Written Question
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
Wednesday 1st April 2020

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which categories of freelance workers and sole traders will be eligible for the COVID-19 Business Interruption Loan Scheme.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is available to self-employed individuals with an eligible business entity. The scheme is open to sole traders, freelancers, body corporates, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships or any other legal entity carrying out a business activity in the United Kingdom, with a turnover of less than £45m, operating in most sectors. The turnover of the business must generate more than 50% of its turnover from trading activity.

Lenders, such as banks, are responsible for providing loans supported by the guarantee. The exact terms of each loan and length of application will depend on the circumstances of the borrower: lenders are fully aware of the current urgency with which some businesses need to access finance to support cash-flow during this difficult time, so we would expect them to respond appropriately to their customers’ needs.

The list of participating lenders that provide Coronavirus Interruption Business Loan Scheme facilities published on the British Business Bank website.


Written Question
Hinkley Point C Power Station
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected total number of tons of waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station to be deposited in the Cardiff Grounds.

Answered by Lord Henley

The amount of dredge material requested by the applicant in the marine licence application is for a maximum of 280,000 tonnes. The original figure was higher than this, however the licence holder now requires dredging from a smaller area.


Written Question
Hinkley Point C Power Station
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the precise nature of the waste material to be removed from the construction site for the new Hinkley Point power station; what contaminants are expected to be found within that material; and whether they have evidence that that material might include irradiated material.

Answered by Lord Henley

The material to be removed from the dredge site is sediment, consisting of clay, silt, sand and gravel. A range of chemical and radiological materials were tested for, which included gamma emitting radionuclides and chemicals. These tests, carried out by an accredited laboratory, showed that the levels of chemicals and radionuclides were within acceptable levels under international guidelines and considered to be safe.


Written Question
Hinkley Point C Power Station
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government why Cardiff Grounds was chosen for the deposit of waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station.

Answered by Lord Henley

We understand that in pre-application discussions, it was recommended to the applicant by English and Welsh Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies that the sediment from the proposed dredging site should remain within the Severn Estuary Special Area of Conservation (SAC) so as not to affect the overall sediment amounts of the SAC. It was decided that disposal in the immediate vicinity of the dredge site may adversely affect some of the SAC feature in the wider area and so it was considered that an established disposal site within the same estuary would be preferential. Cardiff Grounds was chosen as the preferred site. The Licence application was presented with this location as the applicant’s choice and the application was assessed by the licensing authority on this basis.


Written Question
Hinkley Point C Power Station
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the process of depositing waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station in the Cardiff Grounds to begin.

Answered by Lord Henley

The dredge disposal will not commence until permission has been granted by the licencing authority. It is expected that work will begin summer 2018, once the permission has been granted.


Written Question
Hinkley Point C Power Station
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what checks will be undertaken to ensure that no contaminated waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station will be shipped for depositing in the Cardiff Grounds; and who will conduct those checks.

Answered by Lord Henley

The sediment has been sampled and tested for chemical and radiological substances. An accredited laboratory, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), has undertaken the testing and analysis in accordance with international guidelines. Permission is only granted to dispose of material that is deemed safe according to these internationally established guidelines.