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837785

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2018 to Question 125692, for what reason contracts with Carillion did not use project bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	126816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Construction Strategy committed government departments to use Project Bank Accounts for their projects unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. A certain amount of contracts with Carillion had used Project Bank Accounts but the complexity of the contracting structure is such that it is not possible for the Official Receiver at this stage in the liquidation process to say why they were not used in relation to all contracts.</p><p>We continue to work with public sector construction procurers to drive the use of Project Banks Accounts to facilitate faster, more transparent and certain payments in the construction supply chain. This will ease the cash flow through the system and support closer working within the supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:06:22 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837794

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
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 his Department plans to spend on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU in the next five years; and if he will list the projects to which that funding has been assigned.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	126825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated departments nearly £700 million to prepare for Brexit: £412m for DIT, FCO and DExEU over the parliament at Autumn Statement 2016 and nearly £300m across a number of departments from the Reserve in 2017/18 - BEIS received £35.1m of this funding.</p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 HM Treasury made another £3bn of additional funding available over 2018/19 and 2019/20 – £1.5bn in each year. BEIS is currently working with HM Treasury to determine its allocation for 2018/19, with the aim of reaching agreement soon.</p><p>Departmental allocations for 2019/20 will be agreed later on in the year and decisions on funding in 2020/21 and beyond will be decided at the next Spending Review. This is because requirements in these years will be heavily affected by what is agreed in our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/02/2018 15:05:26 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

837826

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Insurance: Terrorism
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 meetings his Department has held with providers of terrorism insurance in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	126857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/02/2018 15:04:15 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

837842

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: 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, how many companies that are based in Scotland and that were affected by the liquidation of Carillion have accessed Government support in relation to (a) tax and (b) banking.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	126873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The nature of Carillion’s business was to sub-contract significant proportions of its work and a significant number of those sub-contractors have sub-contracted further elements. The complexity of the contracting structure is such that it is not possible for the Official Receiver at this stage in the liquidation process to have a complete picture of companies affected. He is continuing to work through Carillion’s systems to identify all contracts.</p><p>For this reason, we do not yet have an estimate of companies accessing government support. We are carefully monitoring the situation and we have established a Taskforce with industry and unions to actively monitor the impact on SMEs and the supply chain, and to assess the action that can be taken to mitigate these effects. The Taskforce has delivered a range of supportive measures. This includes assistance from HMRC to those experiencing difficulties paying tax, £900m in support from UK lenders, and Government funding to ensure continuity of vital services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 14:50:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

837877

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Small Businesses: Advisory 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, what assessment he has made of the trends in the provision and efficacy of business advice by the financial sector to (a) SMEs and (b) start-up companies since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	126907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The financial sector provides essential advice, support and guidance to both start-up and growing companies. It is for SMEs to choose the sources of advice best-suited to them. For many businesses this will be their accountant and three accountancy bodies (the ICAEW, ICAS and ACCA) offer a Business Finance Advice scheme through which businesses can receive expert advice on start-ups, finance and business planning.</p><p>The ICAEW in collaboration with the British Business Bank and a wide range of partners from the finance industry and business community have created the Business Finance Guide, which provides relevant and up-to-date information on business finance options. This is widely publicised through both public and private sector advisers.</p><p>Once an entrepreneur has identified the type of finance they are seeking, the Better Business Finance service from trade body UK Finance enables them to find a suitable provider and the website Business Banking Insight provides information on quality of service, which is particularly difficult for SMEs to determine. All of these services have been developed since 2008.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 14:51:22 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

837886

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Fireworks: Prosecutions
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 prosecutions there have been under the Fireworks Regulations 2004 in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	126916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences under the Fireworks Regulations 2004, from 2006 to 2016 (latest available data), can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 14/02/2018 14:04:34 question first ministerially corrected 19/02/2018 15:03:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths attachment 1 file name PQ 126916 Table .xlsx title Prosecutions under Fireworks Regulations 2006-16 previous answer version 41260 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

837962

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the effect on domestic defence supply chains of the takeover of GKN by Melrose.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	126992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>While this is a commercial matter for the companies involved, Government is closely monitoring the situation. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has spoken on an impartial basis to both companies.</p><p> </p><p>Takeovers of publicly listed companies in the UK must abide by the Takeover Code, which sets out an orderly framework for how takeovers must be conducted, and earlier this month new changes to the Code were introduced that will give companies subject to a bid more time to prepare their response.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers can only intervene in mergers on public interest grounds, covering national security, financial stability or media plurality.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/02/2018 17:30:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

838117

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Timesharing: Complaints
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 representations he has received on companies involved in timeshare scams; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	127096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received no recent representations on matters related to scams in the timeshare market or services related to the timeshare market. Scams or bogus operators in any sector, including timeshare and related services, should be brought to the attention of the relevant enforcement authorities.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:03:36 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

837435

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support SMEs affected by the collapse of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	126554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. friend, the Secretary of State and I are working to ensure information is provided to SMEs in the Carillion supply chain in a timely manner.</p><p>The Secretary of State has established the Carillion Taskforce to advise on the impact on small businesses and employees affected by Carillion insolvency. The Taskforce’s attendees included representatives from leading business bodies, the construction trade sector, unions, banks and government. This has already led to useful collaborations, in particular in relation to ensuring firms and employees have access to support from Government and the banks.</p><p>I have also met several times with leading business and construction trade bodies, representing Carillion’s sub-contractors, to understand the impact of Carillion’s insolvency on the supply chain, and agree actions that could be taken to mitigate this. It is our intention to continue to meet regularly with this group on an ongoing basis.</p><p>Following the Secretary of State and my meeting with the banks on Wednesday 17<sup>th</sup> January, they made public commitments to provide support to SMEs affected and are contacting customers and, where appropriate, are putting in place emergency measures, including overdraft extensions, payment holidays and fee waivers to ensure those facing short term issues can be helped to stay on track. Details of these can be found at <a href="https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/" target="_blank">https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/</a></p><p>On the 3<sup>rd</sup> February, the Government announced that through the British Business Bank, it will make available support of up to £100m to small businesses, through their delivery partners, using the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG); enabling lenders to extend credit to SMEs which, while viable, may have insufficient security to secure other credit lines to support their businesses at this time. Through this collaboration the UK government and the banks can continue to support small businesses with the appropriate finance.</p><p>The Secretary of State has written to all accredited EFG lenders to draw their attention to this additional support, and expects them to ensure that they are actively engaging with SME businesses so they can give them the support they need. Accredited EFG lenders are listed on the British Business Bank website at <a href="https://british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/supporting-business-loans-enterprise-finance-guarantee/efg-accredited-lenders/" target="_blank">https://british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/supporting-business-loans-enterprise-finance-guarantee/efg-accredited-lenders/</a></p><p>The Department is providing a range of advice and support services for firms, delivered both nationally and locally available to SMEs affected by the insolvency of Carillion. These include a network of 38 Local Growth Hubs, run in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Partnership, to help businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to access support.</p><p>Information is published online by the Insolvency Service for employees, creditors and suppliers affected and seeking advice. In addition to providing current information, they provide a dedicated hotline for enquiries and contact numbers to other relevant organisations such as the Pensions Advisory Service, and the website PwC have been established to provide information. These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers</a></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 08/02/2018 14:52:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

837446

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
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 has been allocated from the public purse to the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate since 2016; and how many FTE staff that inspectorate has employed on an annual basis since that date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below details the budget for the Employment Agency Standard’s (EAS) Inspectorate and the number of staff employed by EAS since 2016:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment Agency Standard Inspectorate Budget</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Full Time Equivalent Staff for each year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£725,000*</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The increase in budget was provided to purchase new IT systems to increase casework productivity and support EAS’ intelligence capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full information regarding the activity of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate can be found in in their annual reports. These can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-agency-standards-eas-inspectorate-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-agency-standards-eas-inspectorate-annual-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 126332 question first answered 12/02/2018 17:34:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq