Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many veterans were declared bankrupt in each month of 2022.
Answered by Dean Russell
Information on the number of veterans declared bankrupt is not available.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
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 publish the Public Sector Decarbonization Steering Board’s meeting minutes from 1 January 2020 to 22 June 2022.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
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 publish the Public Sector Decarbonization Steering Board’s terms of reference.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
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 increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s carbon footprint.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Department monitors and reports on its greenhouse gas emissions and this information is published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Greenhouse gas emissions are published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report and the Department’s own Annual Report and Accounts.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
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 published a plan setting out the steps it plans to take to transition to net zero emissions.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government published the Net Zero Strategy in October 2021.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
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 implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to net zero.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Yes. The new Government Curriculum will include modules on the implications of Net Zero, climate change and wider environmental issues for government. In the first phase, the Government Skills & Curriculum Unit (GSCU) is working with other Departments (including BEIS, DEFRA and FCDO) to create an awareness level training resource for all civil servants. This will be piloted from April 2022. In the next phases, GSCU will look at tailored provision for specific Functions and Professions, and will signpost the training and other resources on Net Zero which are already being provided internally at practitioner and expert levels by government Departments.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether a senior manager in his Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.
Answered by George Freeman
The Government is committed to making its estate and operations more sustainable and resilient. Our Greening Government Commitments set out our ambitions for continuous improvement and are reported every quarter.
In the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Greening Government Commitments are led by an appointed minister with support from the Director for Commercial and Operations.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on Ministerial social media accounts since January 2020.
Answered by George Freeman
There has been no money spent externally on producing social media and graphics for use on ministerial social media accounts since January 2020. There has been one full time Ministerial Content Producer employed by the department since July 2021, and creating content for ministerial channels is also part of three other Content Producer's roles. All ministerial content created is to promote departmental policy and sharing through Ministerial accounts increases our audience reach wider than departmental accounts.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department are managing Ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary responsibility or (b) as part of their role.
Answered by George Freeman
No staff within the Department manage ministerial social media accounts