Clive Lewis MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Carbon Emissions: BusinessDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 2958 on Carbon Emissions: Business, whether the Government plans to endorse the International Sustainability Standards Board.
Answer: The Government will shortly publish a consultation covering the endorsement of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Standards. It will seek views on UK versions of the ISSB Standards, which will be known as UK Sustainability Reporting Stand...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Living WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2024 to Question 4008 on Childcare: Recruitment, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) enforce the payment of the National Living Wage in the
Answer: The Government is clear that anyone entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. Robust enforcement action is taken against employers who do not pay their staff correctly. HMRC enforces the minimum wage on behalf of DBT, and they investigate where they...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential impact of increased data processing on water usage before the investment by Blackstone in a data centre in Blyth was announced.
Answer: Construction on Blackstone's chosen site for its £10bn data centre investment in Blyth will be subject to securing appropriate planning permission. As part of the planning process, applicants may be required to carry out Environmental Impact Assessments (...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department made an environmental impact assessment of the data centre in Blyth before the investment by Blackstone was announced.
Answer: Construction on Blackstone’s chosen site for its £10bn data centre investment in Blyth will be subject to securing appropriate planning permission. As part of the planning process, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) are carried out by applicants where...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordData Centres: BlythDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has offered Blackstone tax incentives as part of the agreement to build a data centre in Blyth.
Answer: The Government does not provide any specific tax incentives for data centres. The site chosen by Blackstone for its data centre investment in Blyth, Northumberland, is in an Investment Zone tax site within the North East Investment Zone designed to suppor...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
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