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839121

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Consumer Goods: Safety
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 General Data Protection Regulation, what steps he is taking to support manufacturers to track appliances sold to customers to enable effective product corrective action.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Mr Alan Campbell
uin	127680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Manufacturers and distributors are responsible for ensuring they have effective systems in place to prevent risks to consumers if a product that they have placed on the market is found to be unsafe.</p><p>On 21<sup>st</sup> January I announced the creation of a new Office for Product Safety and Standards to co-ordinate rapid and effective action on national product safety issues. The new Office is supporting the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop a code of practice on corrective action and recalls which aims to help business to prepare and deal with any product safety issue which may arise.</p><p>The code will provide guidance on the use of data, including that it should be handled in accordance with data protection legislation, which would include the General Data Protection Regulation when it comes into force in May 2018. The code will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 26/02/2018 15:34:56 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

839236

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Average Earnings: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 his Department is taking to improve the level of average weekly earnings in Yorkshire and Humber.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	127791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The employment rate in Yorkshire and the Humber has grown by 4.1 percentage points since March 2010 to 73%. Our ambitious Industrial Strategy will build on this by enabling the UK to work more productively and boost the earning power of people, businesses, places and the nation as a whole. The Government is backing the Industrial Strategy in Yorkshire and the Humber by investing £1.3bn in local growth funding to create jobs, improve skill levels, and help raise living standards. In addition we agreed a significant programme of Enterprise Zones, which are already attracting investment and jobs across the area.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 13:59:33 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

839247

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
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 the timetable is for his Department to make a decision any investigation into the proposed takeover of GKN Plc by Melrose Industries in the interests of National Security.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	127801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The procedure for interventions in mergers by Ministers on public interest grounds, including national security, is set out in the Enterprise Act 2002.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 26/02/2018 15:34:16 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

839275

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Self-employed: North West
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 assessment he has made of the number of self-employed people who earn below the national living wage in (a) the North West and (b) Liverpool Walton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	127829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not made an estimate of the number of self-employed people earning below the National Living Wage. The legal entitlement to receive the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage does not apply to the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:11:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

839277

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Automation
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of the automation of jobs on (a) women, (b) BAME people, (c) disabled people and (d) people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	127831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we are exploring how to utilise technological change to improve participation and progression in the labour market, for people from under-represented groups. This includes those with BAME backgrounds, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Embedding AI across the UK will create thousands of good quality jobs and drive economic growth. A recent study found digital technologies including AI created a net total of 80,000 new jobs annually across a population similar to the UK[1].</p><p> </p><p>Building on the recommendations of the Royal Society and British Academy review, we are creating the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, dedicated to informing decisions on stewardship for the uses and impacts of new data technologies.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Mckinsey (2017), ‘Shaping the future of work in Europe’s 9 digital front-runner countries’ <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/europe/shaping-the-future-of-work-in-eu-ropes-nine-digital-front-runner-countries" target="_blank">https://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/europe/shaping-the-future-of-work-in-eu-ropes-nine-digital-front-runner-countries</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:12:31 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

839296

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Companies House: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123021, what information his Department holds on the number of staff who will be recruited to Companies House in 2018-19; and what plans he has to increase recruitment to that organisation after the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	127850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Companies House ensures it has the appropriate amount of resources to effectively manage the register, including undertaking the required level of enforcement of the register of People of Significant Control. Staffing levels for 2018/19 have yet to be finalised but these will be made available in its Business Plan which will be published before the next financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 15:35:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

839297

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Companies: Ownership
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 plans he has to introduce automated verification systems in Companies House to check the accuracy of the register of beneficial ownership for companies; and how much it costs to maintain the public register each year with regards to staff, IT and any associated overheads.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	127851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>There are no current plans to introduce automated verification of beneficial ownership information.</p><p> </p><p>However, Companies House is undertaking a number of activities to improve the quality of information relating to beneficial ownership, the People with Significant Control (PSC) data, on the register, including:</p><p> </p><p>1. contacting companies where they believe the company has misunderstood the requirements, to ensure that the records are corrected and that they comply with their legal requirements;</p><p>2. pursuing companies that have not provided PSC information in their confirmation statement or that have not provided a statement of additional matters;</p><p>3. following up with companies and PSCs where they have issued notices to their PSC (asking the PSCs to provide them with information), or restrictions (where a PSC has failed to provide information), to ensure they update the information on their company records;</p><p>4. seeking compliance from companies where there has been a complaint about missing or incorrect PSC information.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of maintaining the entire public register in 2016/17 was £56.6m. Staff costs were £28.5m and non-staff administration costs were £28.1m. Further information can be found in the Companies House Annual Report and Accounts for 2016/17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 15:34:41 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

838213

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	Carillion
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 assessment he has made of whether cancellation charges incurred by subcontractors and SMEs after 15 January 2018 working on public contracts secured by Carillion will be paid.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	127111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Goods and services supplied with the Official Receiver’s agreement following the making of the winding up orders against Carillion Plc and its subsidiaries will be paid in full. Any amounts due by the Carillion companies to contractors and suppliers prior to the date of the winding-up orders will be claims in the liquidation and included in the general body of unsecured creditors. Those claims in the liquidation could include incidental costs incurred by subcontractors and others which are a direct consequence of the liquidations.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 13:51:56 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

838232

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	Company Accounts
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 many companies have had their financial statements rejected by Companies House as unsuitable for filing in each year since 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	127130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Companies House does not hold information on the number of companies that had their financial statements rejected. However, the table below shows the number of financial statements that were rejected by Companies House as unsuitable for filing in the periods requested. These figures are not reflective of the number of companies which have had financial statements rejected, as it is possible that more than one set of financial statements were rejected for individual companies within the year in question’</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Periods</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of financial statements rejected (UK)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>76,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>80,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>82,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>88,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>81,720</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 22/02/2018 16:03:19 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

838362

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	Companies: Registration
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 many companies had their registered office in each parliamentary constituency in the tax year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	127229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Companies House does not gather information related to the constituency map of the UK, so is unable to provide the number of companies that have their registered off address in each parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 22/02/2018 16:04:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills