Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which industry in Leeds North West constituency receives the highest level of government investment.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The Government does not collect data on industrial investment at constituency level. As part of the West Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Leeds North West benefits from several streams of devolved funding, including £38m per annum to support local priorities and £83m through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. To support research, development and innovation, £373 million of UK Research and Innovation funding has been invested in West Yorkshire between 2019 and 2021, regional data is not yet available for UK Research and Innovation investment beyond this.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding the Government has provided for research and development in Leeds North West constituency in the financial year 2022-23.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Leeds Beckett University, which has a campus in the constituency, received £7,566,993 for the academic year in Quality-related research (QR) funding and Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) delivered through Research England. However, UK Research and Innovation do not yet have data for competitive grants in the current financial year 2022/23.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
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 22 September to Question 48487 on Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure landlords do not charge tenants more than they paid energy suppliers.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Under Ofgem’s Maximum Resale Price rules (attached), landlords with a domestic contract with an energy supplier are required not to charge tenants more than they have paid suppliers for the energy.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
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 make an assessment of the impact of the cost of energy on zoo-license holders; and if he will take steps to include (a) zoos and (b) aquariums on the list of protected sites in the Electricity Supply Emergency Code.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Energy Bill Relief Scheme is available to all eligible non-domestic energy customers, including businesses, charities and the public sector, and will provide a discount on the wholesale costs of gas and electricity. This includes Zoos and Aquariums on eligible non-domestic energy supply contracts.
Zoos and aquariums are not included on the list of Approved Designated Services as set out in the Electricity Supply Emergency Code.
In order for a critical site or service to be placed on the Protected Sites List, the site must meet the criteria set out in the Electricity Supply Emergency Code guidance.
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West)
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 impact of rising energy costs on the life support systems for animals at zoos and aquariums; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government has introduced a package of measures to provide businesses and households with relief from soaring energy costs this winter. The Government recognises the impact rising energy prices is having on both domestic and non-domestic consumers, including zoos and aquariums that are providing vital life support systems for animals. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme is available to all eligible non-domestic energy customers, including businesses, charities and the public sector, and will provide a discount on the wholesale costs of gas and electricity. This includes Zoos and Aquariums on eligible non-domestic energy supply contracts.