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818682

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date	08/01/2018
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	Minimum Wage: Arrears
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 Answers of 16 November 2016, 3 March 2017, 12 September 2017 and 18 December 2017 to Questions 52385, 65376, 7533 and 118376, on Minimum Wage: Arrears, if he will publish the (a) sector and (b) size of the 169 employers who paid additional arrears, not included in the sum of arrears for which they were named and shamed, under the self-correction mechanism introduced by HM Revenue and Customs in 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	121446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>A total of 169 employers were instructed to self-correct further arrears in naming rounds 10-13. The sectoral breakdown of those employers is presented in Table 1, below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Employers named under the National Minimum Wage naming scheme (rounds 10-13) and instructed to self-correct by the Low Pay Commission by sector</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LPC Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Employers instructed to self-correct </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment Agencies</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Care</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non low paying sectors</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>169</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Sectors with less than 5 employers have been included in an ‘Other’ category to avoid disclosure of self-correction via the naming announcements. Sector definitions are contained within the Low Pay Commission’s autumn 2017 report (p231) -https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661195/Low_Pay_Commission_2017_report.pdf</li></ol><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold complete data on employer size, therefore a breakdown by size is not available.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:47:02 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

818704

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	British Business Bank: Loans
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 loan funding was provided by the British Business Bank by NUTS 1 region in each year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Business Bank provides funds and guarantees to private sector partners, enabling them to finance a greater number of smaller businesses (either through debt or equity).</p><p> </p><p>Additionally the Bank delivers a number of regional funds including Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and anticipates the launch of Cornwall &amp; Isles of Scilly Fund in Spring 2018. These funds include a mixture of debt and equity funding.</p><p> </p><p>The following tables shows figures for debt programmes for each FY since 2013/14:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>BBB flow of debt funding by FY*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>72,386,366</p></td><td><p>140,250,914</p></td><td><p>308,530,985</p></td><td><p>183,988,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>143,190,179</p></td><td><p>55,802,099</p></td><td><p>424,220,179</p></td><td><p>400,741,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1,038,250,763</p></td><td><p>776,330,176</p></td><td><p>1,038,618,734</p></td><td><p>1,670,112,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>193,138,738</p></td><td><p>37,732,958</p></td><td><p>43,427,554</p></td><td><p>218,883,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>201,053,761</p></td><td><p>351,155,990</p></td><td><p>430,621,254</p></td><td><p>326,036,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>341,467,807</p></td><td><p>609,890,567</p></td><td><p>701,148,582</p></td><td><p>377,032,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>141,141,660</p></td><td><p>70,948,681</p></td><td><p>180,186,344</p></td><td><p>232,027,294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>146,797,170</p></td><td><p>229,676,477</p></td><td><p>243,970,679</p></td><td><p>347,596,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>450,408,230</p></td><td><p>189,189,923</p></td><td><p>561,138,552</p></td><td><p>319,446,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CTD</p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Devolved Admins and Other</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>90,299,306</p></td><td><p>55,354,003</p></td><td><p>65,638,590</p></td><td><p>244,079,333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>25,764,981</p></td><td><p>40,634,299</p></td><td><p>227,020,046</p></td><td><p>83,795,193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>8,057,260</p></td><td><p>11,916,650</p></td><td><p>14,704,296</p></td><td><p>15,588,272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Available</p></td><td><p>1,559,500</p></td><td><p>3,155,090</p></td><td><p>180,514,809</p></td><td><p>36,264,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,853,515,720</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,572,037,827</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,419,740,604</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,455,591,970</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>* Includes all Investment programme figures for each FY, which will include equity funding.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>* Figures included from the following programmes: Enterprise Finance Guarantee, H2G, Investment Programme and ENABLE programmes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>* The SUL programme is included on a separate tab as the Bank is unable to produce figures matching NUTS1 boundaries</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>STARTUP LOAN CO. flow of lending by FY*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>3.99</p></td><td><p>3.24</p></td><td><p>3.65</p></td><td><p>5.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>4.09</p></td><td><p>4.17</p></td><td><p>3.86</p></td><td><p>6.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>24.36</p></td><td><p>16.13</p></td><td><p>15.10</p></td><td><p>20.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>3.27</p></td><td><p>2.85</p></td><td><p>3.33</p></td><td><p>4.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>10.63</p></td><td><p>7.65</p></td><td><p>6.13</p></td><td><p>9.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>6.20</p></td><td><p>6.06</p></td><td><p>5.59</p></td><td><p>8.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4.05</p></td><td><p>6.21</p></td><td><p>6.03</p></td><td><p>8.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5.25</p></td><td><p>5.74</p></td><td><p>5.79</p></td><td><p>7.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>5.50</p></td><td><p>5.20</p></td><td><p>5.75</p></td><td><p>8.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>0.85</p></td><td><p>4.04</p></td><td><p>3.98</p></td><td><p>6.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1.29</p></td><td><p>4.05</p></td><td><p>3.87</p></td><td><p>4.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>0.35</p></td><td><p>1.19</p></td><td><p>1.05</p></td><td><p>1.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69.84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>66.53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64.11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91.25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>* the geographical boundaries used to report lending in this table differ slightly from the NUTS1 definition.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:54:24 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818705

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	British Business Bank: Staff
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 full time equivelent staff are employed by the British Business Bank in each NUTS 1 region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>As at January 2018, the British Business Bank has 229 FTE employees in the Yorkshire and Humber, and London NUTS1 regions – 80 in Yorkshire and Humber; and 149 in London. This includes figures for SULCo, who merged with the Business Bank on 1st April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As noted in the Industrial Strategy White Paper, British Business Bank are rolling out a network of regional managers by autumn 2018 to ensure businesses across the UK know how to access sources of investment. The network will cover England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with managers responding to a region’s particular needs and acting as convenors to improve collaboration, sharing of expertise and the creation of networks of private and public partners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:48:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818719

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Regional Planning and Development
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 page 132 of the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, what the process will be for the Government to take greater account of disparities between productivity and economic opportunity between different places when making future investment decisions.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s ambitious, modern Industrial Strategy sets out a long term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. We are committed to providing high quality infrastructure to support economic growth and prosperity across all regions of the country, and our approach to major investments will reflect this. While cost-benefit analysis will remain central to our decision-making, we will also make use of broad-based and dynamic assessment techniques that reflect the full potential for infrastructure to support local economies.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 16/01/2018 11:54:19 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818805

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Post Offices: Staff
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 average income received from the Post Office is for postmasters who host a post office branch.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	121569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Remuneration arrangements with its postmasters is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:45:00 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

818809

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Post Offices: Closures
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 number of temporary closures of post offices after the resignation of a postmaster; and what assessment his Department has made of the viability of re-opening such post office branches.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	121573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The provision of post offices is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:45:51 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

818817

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Modern Working Practices Review
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 the 4 December 2017 to Question 116592, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	121581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government has made a commitment to consider the issues raised in Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. Matthew Taylor’s report is comprehensive and detailed and we have been giving the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full shortly.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:53:27 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

818863

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Construction: Industrial Health and 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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2017 to Question 120511, on Construction: Industrial Health and Safety, what steps he is taking to support the implementation by industry of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	121627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) board, which is representative of Trade bodies in the sector and employee representatives, is best placed to continue the development of the scheme. The CSCS board has successfully run the scheme for over 20 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:50:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

818864

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2017 to Question 120505, what discussions he has had with representatives of major banks on reforms to the insolvency framework since the publication of the summary of responses to the consultation.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	121628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>In late 2016 and 2017 officials from the Insolvency Service held meetings with a wide range of interested parties, including members and representatives of the banking and financial services sector, to discuss the proposed reforms to the corporate insolvency framework that were the subject of the 2016 consultation.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2017 the then Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility (Margot James), met with UK Finance to discuss various matters in her ministerial portfolio including the possible reforms to corporate insolvency discussed in the 2016 consultation.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:49:31 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

819113

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Revenue and Customs: Living 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, how much additional funding is being provided to HMRC for it to comply with the planned increase in the national living wage in April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	121790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The budget for enforcing the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) has increased from £13.2 million in 2015/16 to £25.3 million for 2017/18. The increase in HM Revenue and Customs’ enforcement resources has enabled an increase in the number of compliance officers available to investigate NMW abuses.</p><p> </p><p>The penalty regime has been significantly strengthened in recent years. The Government raised the penalty calculation up to 200% in 2016; this was previously 50% and more recently 100%. We have also changed the penalty cap to apply on a ‘per worker’ rather than ‘per employer’ basis; this ensures that employers who break the law face a penalty equivalent to the arrears they owe their workers, up to £20,000 maximum per worker.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 16/01/2018 11:58:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens