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829801

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Insolvency: EU Law
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 the Government has to implement the EU Insolvency, Restructuring and Second Chance Directive.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	124583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The proposed Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and insolvency measures is currently still under negotiation in Brussels. Given this stage of the process and the ongoing negotiations on withdrawal from the EU, it is not possible to say whether, if adopted, the provisions would be implemented in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/02/2018 15:18:45 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

830025

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Conditions of Employment: Telephone Services
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 Answer of 22 December 2015 to Question 19825, how many complaints were received by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline regarding employment issues in each of the last five years; and how many of those complaints were from (a) apprentices, (b) interns and (c) self-employed people in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	124741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on all Acas helpline calls and those that relate to Pay and Works Rights Helpline (PWRH) issues specifically are available below. Information on self-employed status is not collected by Acas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Enquiries made to the Acas helpline by topic and caller type, 2015/16 to 2016/17</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Caller Type</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All topics</p></td><td><p>PWRH topics</p></td><td><p>All topics</p></td><td><p>PWRH topics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprentices</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>2,450</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Interns</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Acas </em></p><p><em>Notes</em></p><ol><li><em>Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</em></li><li><em>‘All topics’ covers total calls to the Acas helpline. </em></li><li><em>‘PWRH’ covers those who discussed one (or more) topics under the PWRH umbrella which includes: ‘Non-payment/deduction of wages’, ‘NMW/NLW’, ‘Non-payment of NMW/NLW’, ‘Agency Worker Regulations’, ‘Contracts/Terms including non-receipt’, ‘Entertainment/Model Agencies’, ‘Gangmasters’.</em></li><li><em>PWRH figures are a subset of ‘all topics’.</em></li><li><em>In 2015/16 and 2016/17, 95% of all calls received were captured by the Acas Data Capture System.</em></li></ol><p> </p><p>The answer given to the hon. Member on 22 December 2015, by the then Minister of State for Skills to Question 19825, reported Pay and Works Right Helpline (PWRH) data between 2009-10 and 2014-15. The PWRH was replaced by the Acas helpline in April 2015. Acas data is not directly comparable to data collected under the PWRH, as Acas handle a much wider range of enquiries on employment matters. It is not possible to specifically identify the number of calls received by Acas that would have been handled by the previous PWRH.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 31/01/2018 16:06:23 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

830068

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Fireworks
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 information his Department holds on the (a) quantity and (b) value of fireworks sold in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	124770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information requested for each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>An estimate made by the Department in 2015, based upon data from industry, showed the market for consumer fireworks to be worth about £60-70 million annually in the UK, around £24 million for professional fireworks and in the region of £5 million for theatrical pyrotechnics.</p><p> </p><p><em>(source - Impact Assessment no IA No: RPC 14-BIS-2216(2) - Implementation of two pyrotechnic article Directives: (i) 2013/29/EU alignment to the New Legislative Framework and (ii) 2014/58/EU relating to traceability. See <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/256/pdfs/ukia_20150256_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/256/pdfs/ukia_20150256_en.pdf</a></em></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 17:43:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

830072

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Fireworks
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 his Department has made a recent assessment of trends in public opinion on the use of fireworks; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	124772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>There has always been a strong interest in the issue of fireworks use and safety. The Department has a number of ways to gauge public opinion including correspondence from members of the public, participation in e-petitions and engagement with stakeholders. We are keen to hear from members of the public on this issue and an e-petition debate on fireworks is being held in Westminster Hall today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 17:43:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

830214

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Unpaid Work
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 estimate his Department has made of the total number of (a) paid and (b) unpaid internships in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	124875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the number of interns in the UK since 2010. The estimate produced in 2010 was based on evidence from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), combined with a number of other assumptions and should be treated as indicative only.</p><p> </p><p>If an intern is classified as a “worker”, they are entitled to at least the National Minimum Wage from day one of their employment.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:58 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

828634

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Insolvency
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 his Department has made of trends in the level of business insolvencies in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	124297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service produces quarterly statistics on the number of new insolvencies for companies and individuals in England and Wales. The most recent statistics, covering the period October to December 2017, which include a comparison with previous periods, were published on Friday 26 January 2018 on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 15:45:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

828854

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 122724, on companies: registration, what proportion of those queries categorised as alleged fraudulent activity/breaches of Companies Act were relayed to the appropriate team.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	124475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>All of the queries categorised as alleged fraudulent activity/breaches of Companies Act were relayed to the appropriate team.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 16:52:52 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

828930

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Office for Product Safety and Standards: Finance
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 funding has been allocated from the public purse for the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	124538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards will have a budget of around £12 million per year to fund additional product safety activities, when it is fully operational.</p><p> </p><p>Initially, this new capacity will be funded through central Government but, longer-term, the Government will consider alternative funding options.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 15:46:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

828938

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Business: Digital Technology
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 the Government is taking to improve the rate of adoption of digital technology in everyday business practice; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	124545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>We want the UK to be the best place to start and grow a digital business. As announced in the government's Industrial Strategy, the new Business Basics Programme will trial innovative approaches to drive up the adoption of tried and tested technologies and business practices that can improve businesses’ productivity. The programme will test and encourage SMEs to adopt technologies and practices such as new accountancy software or performance management systems.</p><p>In addition, more than four million free digital skills training opportunities will be created as part of a Digital Strategy to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business and ensure our digital economy works for everyone.</p><p>In addition, the Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) will see Government, business, charities and voluntary organisations coming together to make sure people have the right skills for the jobs in their area and are aware of all the digital training opportunities on offer.</p><p>The DSP will also build upon the 4 million pledges of free digital skills training opportunities that our corporate partners pledged as part of the Digital Strategy, published in March 2017. More than 2 million of these pledges have already been delivered; DCMS will continue to work with DSP members to develop new opportunities, direct training to areas where need has been identified, and to encourage the sharing and scaling up of best practice in digital skills provision.</p><p>The strategy includes new commitments, including a plan by Lloyds Banking Group to give face-to-face digital skills training to 2.5 million individuals, charities and small and medium businesses by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 31/01/2018 16:11:58 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

828074

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Tickets: Sales
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 additional funding has been allocated to National Trading Standards to enforce relevant consumer legislation on secondary ticketing in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	124034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>National Trading Standards have been tasked with investigating potential enforcement cases against sellers and secondary ticketing websites that do not comply with legislation from within their current and forthcoming annual budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides National Trading Standards with £13.25m per year for the coordination of regional and national Trading Standards activity in England and Wales. The National Trading Standards Board has allocated £300,000 towards investigation work on ticketing for this current financial year but has not yet allocated budgets for 2018-19 and 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 16:45:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson