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833738

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Gratuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on hospitality workers being forced to pay a proportion of table sales to their employer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	125497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government received a wide range of evidence in relation to tipping in response to a call for evidence and a subsequent consultation. The Government is committed to ensuring all workers are paid fairly, and at least at the appropriate National Minimum Wage rate. Deductions from workers’ wages that take the wage below the National Minimum Wage rate are only permitted in exceptional circumstances set out in Government guidance entitled ‘Calculating the National Minimum Wage’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 13:00:34 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

833858

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Small Businesses: 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 estimate he has made of the number of small businesses in (a) Warrington and (b) the north-west owed money by Carillion; and what the average amount owed is.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	125616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have established a Taskforce to support businesses affected by the Carillion. The taskforce includes representatives from leading business bodies, the construction sector, unions, banks and government to advise how to mitigate impacts on the supply chain and employees. The Taskforce has made good progress in exchange of information, collaborations, and to identify key actions that need to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The Official Receiver was appointed liquidator of Carillion Plc and a number of companies in the Carillion group. In this role as liquidator he is independent of government. As part of his duties, the Official Receiver will establish the creditor claims in the liquidation.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:12:52 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

833875

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Managers: 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, when he plans to publish the regulations to implement the Government's policy of requiring listed companies to publish pay ratios; and whether those regulations are planned to be in force by June 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	125633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing a new statutory reporting requirement to require quoted companies to disclose and explain the ratio of the Chief Executive Officer’s total annual remuneration to the average annual remuneration of the company’s UK employees. The regulations to implement this provision (along with the other new reporting provisions being introduced as part of the corporate governance reforms announced in August 2017) are being drafted and will be laid in draft in Parliament later this year subject to other Parliamentary business.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:11:34 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

833934

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	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 his oral contribution of 30 January 2018, on Carillion, when he plans to apply the lessons on the need for project bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	125692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have set up a Taskforce with industry and unions to advise and help Government to mitigate the impacts of Carillion’s insolvency. Our priority, at this stage, is focusing on the supply chain and their employees. Wider lessons from this insolvency will be learned in due course taking account of the findings of enquiries by the Insolvency Service, Financial Reporting Council, Financial Conduct Authority and several Select Committees.</p><p> </p><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. Since 2011, there has been over £10 billion in cumulative committed spend through PBAs. We are committed to improving payment practices. Our consultation on the contractual practice of cash retention, alongside, a parallel consultation on the effectiveness of the 2011 changes to the “Construction Act” closed on 19 January 2018. We are now considering the responses to the consultation including those referring to the use of Project Bank Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:12:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

833936

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Bank Services: Small Businesses
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 his oral contribution of 30 January 2018, on Carillion, what steps he plans to take to ensure the banks meet the commitments they made on financial support for small business suppliers to Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	125694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>UK Finance have made it clear that the High Street Lenders are contacting customers and are prepared to have emergency measures, including overdraft extensions, payment holidays and fee waivers in place as long as needed to support the small business suppliers to Carillion.</p><p>Details about the financial support committed by high street lenders 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>BEIS officials and I are in regular contact with UK Finance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:29:43 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

833938

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Managers: 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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 30 January 2018, on executive pay, whether he has plans to restrict the level of executive pay in FTSE 100 companies through government procurement rules.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	125696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>What quoted companies pay their directors is ultimately a matter for their shareholders, who have a binding vote on the remuneration policy determining executive pay. However, the Government intends to introduce new measures to increase accountability and transparency in executive pay, as part of the corporate governance reforms announced in August 2017.</p><p>These include a new statutory requirement on quoted companies to disclose and explain each year the ratio of their Chief Executive Officer’s total annual remuneration to the average annual remuneration of the company’s UK employees. Companies will also be required to track and explain changes to the ratio over time, and explain how the ratio relates to pay, reward and progression policies for the company’s employees as a whole.</p><p>The Government is additionally introducing a new statutory requirement for quoted companies to set out clearly and publicly the impact of share price changes on complex, long-term incentive schemes.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:10:50 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

833947

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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 the potential merits of introducing reforms to the UK's corporate insolvency framework to remove potential barriers to the resolution of cross-border insolvencies after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 currently before Parliament will give Government the powers it needs to correct inoperabilities in the law following withdrawal, and preparations for a range of outcomes are under way.</p><p> </p><p>The exact future relationship between the EU and UK on civil judicial cooperation, including the recognition of insolvency and restructuring procedures and judgments, is subject to negotiations with our EU partners. The Government has made clear that an effective framework of civil judicial cooperation is an important part of the deep and special partnership we want to establish with the EU. It is in the interests of the UK and the EU that there continues to be an effective framework for resolving cross-border legal disputes after we leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 13:37:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

834028

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which private companies form part of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in October 2013 as part of the What Works network to analyse which policies are most effective in supporting and increasing local economic growth. It is jointly run by the London School of Economics, Centre for Cities, and Arup and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:11:03 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

834044

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	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 oral contribution of 30 January 2018 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of Andrew Griffiths, on Carillion, what timetable is for the Carillion taskforce to publish its findings.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	125801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Taskforce has a key role in informing and shaping the Government’s response to the company’s liquidation but it is not a review group and will not publish findings. The Taskforce is working to mitigate impacts on the small business supply chain, to support employees and apprenticeships find new employment and for the Taskforce members to help disseminate useful information to their respective shareholders. This has already led to useful collaborations, in particular in relation to work to ensure a swift transaction of construction contracts from Carillion to new contractors to minimise disruptions.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:11:49 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

834053

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Community Assets: Government Assistance
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 number of community-owned (a) shops and (b) pubs that operate in the UK; whether his Department offers support to such enterprises; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	125810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly engage with stakeholders from both retail and hospitality to understand their priorities and work with colleagues across Government to optimise trading conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced the Great British High Street Competition, now in its third year, which celebrates the achievements of local areas in creating vibrant and dynamic high streets and is open to applications from any community large or small. The £3.62m <strong><em>More than a Pub: The Community Business Support Programme</em></strong>, launched in March 2016 and co-funded by the Government and Power to Change, is helping to support communities across England to own their local pub.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on the number of community-owned shops or pubs that operate in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 14:58:07 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew