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852658

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Maplin and Toys R Us: 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 plans he has to support employees of ToysRUs and Maplin.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We have mobilised the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentre Plus to work with the companies to understand the level of employee support required. This service is tailored to individuals’ needs to help these workers get back into employment as soon as possible.</p><p>If redundancies are deemed necessary by the administrators, the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service will pay statutory redundancy pay to eligible employees, subject to statutory limits.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 06/03/2018 15:39:34 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

850772

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	New Businesses: Telford and Wrekin
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 (a) number and (b) financial value of start-up loans was for small businesses in (i) Telford and Wrekin and (ii) the Telford constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	130006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK, to ensure they can access finance and support to grow and that the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>For the 12 month period up to end of September 2017, the Start Up Loans programme provided 30 loans to businesses in Telford &amp; Wrekin totalling over £325,000, of which 20 loans were to businesses in the Telford constituency totalling over £169,000In addition, the Government has funded the provision of tailored advice and support for start-ups and SMEs in each Local Enterprise Partnership area and in Telford this is through The Marches Growth Hub.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Telford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which was launched on 22 February and is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, my Rt. Hon Friend the Chancellor announced in the Autumn Budget that we are extending the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee to March 2022 and expanding the programme to support up to £500 million of loans per annum.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 130007 question first answered 06/03/2018 15:03:40 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

850773

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Business: Telford
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 has taken to increase the level of access to credit for businesses in the Telford constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	130007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK, to ensure they can access finance and support to grow and that the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>For the 12 month period up to end of September 2017, the Start Up Loans programme provided 30 loans to businesses in Telford &amp; Wrekin totalling over £325,000, of which 20 loans were to businesses in the Telford constituency totalling over £169,000In addition, the Government has funded the provision of tailored advice and support for start-ups and SMEs in each Local Enterprise Partnership area and in Telford this is through The Marches Growth Hub.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Telford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which was launched on 22 February and is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, my Rt. Hon Friend the Chancellor announced in the Autumn Budget that we are extending the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee to March 2022 and expanding the programme to support up to £500 million of loans per annum.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 130006 question first answered 06/03/2018 15:03:40 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

850079

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Sectary of State what progress has been made on agreeing Local Industrial Strategies; and which local areas are in discussion with his Department to develop Local Industrial Strategies.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	129647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Industrial Strategy White Paper we will prioritise agreeing Local Industrial Strategies with areas that have the potential to drive wider regional growth, focusing on clusters of expertise and centres of economic activity.</p><p>At the Budget we confirmed that we will work in partnership with Greater Manchester Mayoral Combined Authority to develop a Local Industrial Strategy. The Second Devolution Deal for the West Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority included a commitment to produce a Local Industrial Strategy. In addition, as part of the Government’s overarching vision to drive economic growth and productivity in the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Corridor, we invited the Corridor’s LEPs, along with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoral Combined Authority, to begin the development of Local Industrial Strategies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/03/2018 10:28:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

850223

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Land Registry: Greater London
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 (a) mortgages, (b) leaseholds and (c) properties overall are registered with the Land Registry in (i) London and (ii) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Land Registry records the number of freehold and leasehold titles registered. A registered title does not always equate one to one with an individual property.</p><p> </p><p>(i) For London, there are (a) 3,077,299 mortgages, (b) 1,368,992 leasehold titles and a total of 3,262,166 freehold and leasehold titles registered with HM Land Registry.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) For Hampstead and Kilburn, there are (a) 27,508 mortgages, (b) 35,241 leasehold titles and a total of 55,648 freehold and leasehold titles registered with HM Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 05/03/2018 14:36:27 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

850224

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Land Registry: Fees and Charges
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 publish the amount charged by the Land Registry in fees for each of the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory functions it fulfils in each financial year since 2016; and how much was raised in fees (i) nationally, (ii) from registrations in London and (iii) from registrations in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in each financial year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Land Registry publishes information on its fees and charges on its website at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally for 2015/2016 HM Land Registry received £290,389,000 in statutory fee income and £4,983,000 in non-statutory fee income.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally for 2016/2017 HM Land Registry received £305,858,000 in statutory fee income and £5,567,000 in non-statutory fee income.</p><p> </p><p>Fee data is not held at regional or constituency level and obtaining that would be at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 05/03/2018 17:27:19 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

850225

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	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, to publish the latest estimates made by HM Revenue and Customs on the (a) number and (b) proportion of workers in (i) the adult care sector and (ii) each other sector who were paid below the level of the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of jobs paid below NMW/NLW are available in Chart 3 on page 10 of the 2017 Government evidence to the LPC report- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630197/nmw-nlw-lpc-evidence-compliance-enforcement-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630197/nmw-nlw-lpc-evidence-compliance-enforcement-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish new evidence to the Low Pay Commission containing ASHE 2017 estimates of jobs below minimum wage rates and enforcement stats for 2017/18 later this year.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 05/03/2018 14:57:26 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

850228

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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, with reference to the consultation Property ownership and public contracting by overseas companies: improving transparency, published by his Department on 4 March 2016, what steps his Department has taken following the results of that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published a summary of responses to the consultation on Property ownership and public contracting by overseas companies: improving transparency on 5 April 2017. On the same day, the Department published a call for evidence on an Overseas companies and other legal entities beneficial ownership register. The Government response to the call for evidence will be published shortly. On 24 January this year the Government issued a written ministerial statement confirming the timetable for implementation of this register. The Government will publish a draft Bill before the summer recess this year. We intend to introduce the Bill to Parliament early in the second session. Following Royal Assent and the making of secondary legislation to implement some of the technical details, the register will be operational in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 05/03/2018 14:34:19 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

847040

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Industrial Disputes: Ballots
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 progress has been made on e-balloting pilots as recommended by the 2017 Knight Review.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	129214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Before responding to the Knight Review of electronic balloting for industrial action the Government is required by Section 4 of the Trade Union Act 2016 to “consult relevant organisations, including professionals from expert associations, to seek their advice and recommendations.” We are currently assessing the best means of obtaining this advice.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:16:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

847044

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Living Wage: Young People
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 he has made of the proportion of people under the age of 25 who are in full time work and are not in receipt of the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	129218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The National Living Wage is applicable to those aged 25 and over.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 16:10:14 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock