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536450

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Supply: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on measures to ensure that the electricity supply to customers in Northern Ireland is protected.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on a range of energy related matters including security of electricity supply.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland operates a single electricity market with the Republic of Ireland and energy policy, including issues relating to the supply of electricity, is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:43:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

536108

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to ensure that companies do not offset the costs of paying the new minimum wage by reducing rates of pay for (a) some workers and (b) night and weekend working.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	42658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>We recognise that employers will respond to the National Living Wage in a variety of ways depending on their circumstances, but the Government does not consider it acceptable for companies to use it as an excuse to cut staff benefits.</p><p> </p><p>In a growing economy, the National Living Wage should represent an opportunity to invest in talented staff and improve productivity. Employers need to ensure their pay and reward packages are competitive to retain and develop the people they need for their business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/08/2016 06:33:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

536140

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to include primary producers' relationships with their suppliers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	42634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>We will shortly be commencing a review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator and as part of that we will take account of the recent calls for its remit to be extended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/08/2016 06:50:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

536188

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the introduction of the new minimum wage on (a) evening and weekend working pay rates for women and (b) gender pay equality.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	42657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>The Government has published an impact assessment on the introduction of the National Living Wage here: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/3/pdfs/ukia_20160003_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/3/pdfs/ukia_20160003_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, more recent HM Treasury analysis[1] shows that the National Living Wage is expected to eradicate the gender pay gap for the lowest paid (at the 10<sup>th</sup> percentile) by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/today-britain-gets-a-pay-rise-thanks-to-the-national-living-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/today-britain-gets-a-pay-rise-thanks-to-the-national-living-wage</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/08/2016 07:01:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

536224

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Apprentices: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether anyone over 25 who is participating in an apprenticeship is entitled to the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>Apprentices aged 25 and over who have completed the first year of an apprenticeship must be paid at least the National Living Wage, currently set at £7.20.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the National Living Wage is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/08/2016 07:04:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

535469

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Liverpool City Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding from the (a) European Regional Development Fund and (b) European Social Fund was spent in (i) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (ii) each borough of the Liverpool City Region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	42527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/08/2016 answer text <p>Information is not held for individual constituencies or boroughs. Figures are recorded for Merseyside and are from the 2007-13 programming period where projects could spend money up to the end of 2015, with some reimbursements taking place in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£m Merseyside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>£77.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£25.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£28.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£27.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£29.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£21.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£33.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£20.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£263.65</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the European Social Fund (ESF) figures as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£m Merseyside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£44.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£20.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£11.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£8.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£7.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£9.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£0.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£102.90</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/08/2016 13:03:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

535150

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Science: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to protect UK science from the effect of uncertainty about access to European Research Council grants.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	42298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The UK’s decision to leave the EU has no immediate effect on the right of researchers to apply or to participate in Horizon 2020 as the UK is still an EU member state. UK participants can continue to apply to the programme in the usual way. The Commission has made a public statement on its website to this effect. The future of UK access to European research and innovation funding will be determined as part of wider discussions with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2016 15:21:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

535151

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Engineering and Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the outcome of the referendum on UK membership of the EU, if he will take steps to help the UK retain its leading scientists and engineers.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	42300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The UK has a long established system that supports, and therefore attracts, the brightest minds, at all stages of their careers. We fund excellent research wherever it is found, and ensure there is the freedom to tackle important scientific questions. The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing the strength of our research base, which is why at the Spending Review we committed to protect the science budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion per annum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has said that there will be no immediate changes in circumstances for EU citizens working or studying in the UK - this includes scientists and engineers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/07/2016 16:04:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr