Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of jobs that could be created by the (a) transition towards electric vehicles and (b) implementation of a zero emissions vehicle mandate.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The automotive sector is an important part of the Government’s plans for green growth, levelling up across our country and driving emissions to net zero by 2050.
The Government is committed to support the 149,000 jobs in the automotive sector across the UK, as they transition to a zero emission future.
As part of the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, we are allocating a further £350 million for the Automotive Transformation Fund, as part of our £1 billion commitment to build an internationally competitive electric vehicle supply chain including gigafactories.
Recent investment announcements by Nissan, Stellantis and Ford will support thousands of highly skilled, green jobs in the UK, and many more across the supply chain.
As set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, up to 60,000 jobs are expected to be supported by ZEV manufacturing by 2050. Specific numbers of jobs created by the ZEV mandate would be dependent on the design of the framework. This is something that the Government will be analysing as we develop specific proposals.
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the establishment of a home shipbuilding loan guarantee scheme.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
BEIS officials, working with colleagues in the Department of Trade and with the support of various industry bodies, have conducted extensive consultation on a prospective home shipbuilding credit guarantee scheme. They have consulted with a wide variety of stakeholders including industry, vessel operators and commercial lenders. These discussions are helping to shape the development of the business case and inform the requirements for the prospective instrument.
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing business rates for firms.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
My Retail Sector Council industry co-chair and I have already met the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to discuss the Council’s review of the costs retailers face, including business rates.
I will continue to engage with Treasury colleagues as we deliver this important manifesto commitment.
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses responded to the Government's consultation, Devolving Sunday trading rules, published on 5 August 2015; and what (a) number and (b) proportion of those respondents answered (i) yes, (ii) no and (iii) otherwise to Question one of that consultation.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Department does not hold full data from this consultation broken down by specific question as a large portion of respondents chose to respond in their own words rather than addressing the consultation questions directly, and/or did not indicate the type of organisation they represented.
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the implications for his Department's proposals to devolve Sunday trading regulations are of the findings of the recent USDAW survey of shopworkers on levels of opposition to relaxation of current Sunday trading laws.
Answered by Anna Soubry
In formulating its final proposals, the Government has carefully considered all the evidence submitted during the consultation process.