Gareth Snell MP: written questions
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Energy Intensive Industries: CeramicsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36726, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for accessing the British Energy Supercharge scheme for sectors that a
Answer: Sectors have been assessed against their electricity and trade intensity. As part of our review of eligibility in 2026, we will assess whether these data sets and the thresholds we have previously used remain the best approach to judging eligibility for t...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36729, if he will give an example of a cost effective solution to decarbonise for the ceramics sector.
Answer: Making Britain a clean energy superpower is one of the five missions of this Government — delivering clean power by 2030 and accelerating to net zero. British industries, such as those in the ceramics sector, have been held back by high electricity costs,...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive Industries: CeramicsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36726 on Energy Intensive Industries: Ceramics, whether he has undertaken a sectoral assessment.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has a close and productive relationship with the UK ceramics sector, particularly its leading Trade Association Ceramics UK who meet regularly with officials and Ministers.As part of our ongoing dialogue, we will cont...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36729 on UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Ceramics, whether he has made a sectoral assessment of the potential merits of exempting ceramics fro
Answer: The UK Emissions Trading Scheme, whose coverage includes energy intensive industries such as those in the ceramics sector, allows installations who meet certain criteria to apply to be exempted from the main scheme by obtaining ‘small emitter’ classificat...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive IndustriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy companies on reducing prices for (a) UK ceramic manufacturers and (b) other energy intensive industries.
Answer: Details of Ministers' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of GB Energy on UK ceramic manufacturers.
Answer: Ceramics manufacturing is an energy-intensive process, and we recognise that price shocks in recent years have left businesses and families struggling with energy bills. In an unstable world, the only way to guarantee energy security and protect billpayer...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAlternative Fuels: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the capability of UK ceramics manufacturers to transition to lower-carbon fuels.
Answer: Carbon savings through fuel switching from fossil fuels to low carbon alternatives are needed for the industrial sector to transition to net zero. Government is developing a suite of policies to deliver these savings. As it does so, it is closely engaging...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive Industries: Energy Bills Discount SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to reintroduce an energy bills discount scheme for energy and trade intensive industries.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently.The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy with...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme on employment levels in ceramic manufacturers.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting UK industry to decarbonise and protecting hundreds of thousands of jobs in regions across the UK. A strong UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) will drive green investment as part of a broader industrial strategy,...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise financial support for the energy costs of ceramic manufacturers.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy wit...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCeramics: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the long-term viability of the UK ceramics sector.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade has a close and productive relationship with the UK ceramics sector, particularly its leading Trade Association, Ceramics UK, who meet regularly with officials and Ministers.As part of our ongoing dialogue, we will co...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCeramics: Manufacturing IndustriesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37256More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not including imported ceramics in the scope of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism from 1 January 2027 on UK ceramics manufacturers .
Answer: Products from the ceramics sector will not be in scope of the UK CBAM upon implementation in 2027. The ceramic sector is, on average, less emissions intensive than those sectors within scope of the UK CBAM, and therefore relatively less exposed to carbon ...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with (a) Ceramics UK, (b) the Secretary State for Business and Trade and (c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the exclusion of imported ceramics from the scop
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with Ministerial Colleagues on a number of issues. Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears o...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHydrogen: Energy Intensive IndustriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with ceramics manufacturers on the viability of hydrogen as a fuel for energy intensive industries.
Answer: Details of Ministers' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCeramics: Task ForcesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will convene a ceramics taskforce, chaired by a Minister.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade works closely with the ceramics sector through Ceramics UK and directly with businesses to understand its challenges and provide support to help its global competitiveness. If we take a view that a ceramics taskforce ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: CeramicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of being temporarily exempted from the UK emission trading scheme on UK ceramic manufacturers.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting UK industry to decarbonise, protecting thousands of jobs in regions across the UK and enabling growth and wealth creation.The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) incentivises industries to find the most cost-effe...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the zonal electricity pricing consultation on UK ceramic manufacturers.
Answer: We are analysing the potential impact of zonal pricing options on Energy Intensive Industries, including ceramic manufacturers, working closely with the Department for Business and Trade. We recognise concerns that zonal pricing may introduce some uncerta...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive Industries: CeramicsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the business-level test from the Energy Intensive industry scheme eligibility requirements for UK ceramic manufacturers.
Answer: The business level test was introduced to focus support under the British Industry Supercharger at those individual businesses most at risk of carbon leakage and to balance the cost of the scheme to other electricity users with the benefits to Energy Inte...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive Industries: CeramicsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of opening the Energy Intensive Industry Exemption scheme to all ceramics manufacturers.
Answer: Eligibility for relief through the British Energy Supercharger scheme is based on an assessment of the electricity and trade intensity of an individual sector and how exposed it is to the risk of carbon leakage. The list of eligible sectors is set out in ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to include provisions in the English Devolution Bill on improving the provision of support to low-income households to access public services.
Answer: The English Devolution Bill will deliver on the vision set out in the English Devolution White Paper, published in December 2024. This included a role for Strategic Authorities in convening partners and driving cross-cutting public service reform, includi...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on (a) access to healthy foods, (b) sustainability targets, (c) expenditure
Answer: The consultation stage Impact Assessment considered the potential impacts of mandatory food waste reporting on large food businesses. Furthermore, when businesses reduce their food waste, we expect to see progress towards sustainability targets and increa...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average programme funding is for 16 to 19 year olds studying T levels and other Level 3 qualifications.
Answer: The Autumn Budget 2024 provided an additional £300 million revenue funding for further education (FE) for the 2025/26 financial year to ensure young people are developing the skills this country needs.The department uses the 16 to 19 funding formula to ca...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordT-levelsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are studying an applied general qualification of 720 guided learning hours or more in a T level route.
Answer: The government has affirmed its commitment to T Levels as a high quality qualification and that these should be the qualifications of choice for 16 to 19-year-olds wishing to study large qualifications.In the 2022/23 academic year there were 63,840 16 to ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Australia and New ZealandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with which relevant stakeholders it plans to consult when preparing its biannual monitoring reports on the (a) UK-Australia and (b) UK-New Zealand free trade agreements.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade engages with and recognises the need to understand a range of stakeholder perspectives in its aims to monitor Free Trade Agreements, including UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Australia and New ZealandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what aspects of the (a) UK-Australia and (b) UK-New Zealand free trade agreements will be assessed as part of the biannual monitoring reports that will be published on those treaties.
Answer: The department is considering its approach to monitoring Free Trade Agreements, including the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand agreement. The government will provide an update on this in due course to align with the Trade Strategy.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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