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819801

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department's impact assessment on the Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill does not include a clear description of what constitutes conditions for effective competition.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	121873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The draft Bill requires Ofgem, as the expert regulator, to carry out a review into whether the conditions for effective competition are in place. The review must consider, among other things, the progress in installing smart meters and it will be for Ofgem to determine the relevant factors in carrying out that review.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:06:06 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

819872

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Parental Leave and Parental 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 letter of 21 December 2017 from Minister for Small Businesses, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, whether his Department intends that evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheduled to take place in 2018 will include mothers who are eligible for Maternity Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	121944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to evaluate the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme in 2018 and the intention is that the evaluation will include mothers who are eligible for Maternity Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:59:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

819904

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
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 12 December 2017 to Question 117048 on Groceries Code Adjudicator, for what reasons the Department has not published its response to its consultation on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator, which closed in January 2017, and when his Department plans to publish its response.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	121976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy continues to work closely with the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs on the Call for Evidence on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator. We have carefully analysed all responses received and considered potential solutions to issues identified by respondents. We will be publishing a full Government response to the Call for Evidence shortly.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:34:22 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

819967

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Furs: Labelling
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 is taking to ensure that consumers are provided with sufficient information on product labels to identify real animal fur in products sold in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	122039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department ensures that there are robust protections in place for consumers. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) requires information given to consumers to be accurate and not misleading. The Regulations prohibit commercial practices, such as labelling, which contain false or misleading information, or which omits material information that a consumers needs to make an informed decision.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the EU regulation on the labelling and marking of textile products (EU Regulation 1007/2011) requires that the presence of non-textile parts of animal origin in textile products, such as leather, beads, pearls and fur, must be clearly labelled in such a way that is not misleading and that the consumer can understand. The labelling of products containing such materials – even in small quantities – must be labelled or marked with the phrase “Contains non-textile parts of animal origin” whenever they are made available on the market.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 16/01/2018 11:56:31 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

818970

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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: Recruitment
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 timetable is to recruit new post-masters to the 776 sub-post offices which have temporarily closed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	121647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for the Post Office. The Government sets the parameters in which Post Office operates – including its geographic reach and the key services it offers – and then allows the Post Office to operate as an independent commercial organisation within those parameters. As such, the Government does not play a role in the day-to-day operational responsibilities of the company. This includes decisions regarding the recruitment of postmasters to any Post Office, whether a Directly Managed Crown branch or one that is operated on the Post office by a franchise partner.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 17:00:00 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

818997

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Energy: Housing
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 consumption of domestic energy and gas per household was for (a) those households in receipt of the Warm Home Discount and (b) other households in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	121674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold domestic energy consumption data for households in receipt of Warm Home Discount.</p><p>For the purposes of understanding fuel poverty, domestic energy consumption is modelled from survey data using assumptions about heating levels needed to ensure a household achieves an adequate level of warmth as opposed to data based on actual consumption.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:56:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

818998

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Energy: Standing 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, what information his Department holds on the proportion of average household domestic gas and electricity bills which standing charges have constituted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	121675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Energy bill estimates are based on a BEIS survey of energy providers which covers around 82 per cent of the market. This data is published as part of BEIS’ Quarterly Energy Prices publication. The table below shows the proportion of average household domestic gas and electricity bills which standing charges have constituted in each of the last five years, using consumption levels of 3,800kWh/year of standard electricity and 15,000kWh/year of gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Proportion of standing charge to bill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p>13.1%</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p>11.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>11.8%</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td><td><p>12.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017p</strong></p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Note: p's indicate provisional data.</em></p><p><em>Source: Quarterly Energy Prices</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a></em></p><p><em>Table 2.2.4 Average variable unit costs and standing charges for standard electricity </em></p><p><em>Table 2.3.4 Average variable unit costs and standing charges for gas</em></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 15/01/2018 16:57:49 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

818673

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	Growth Hubs: 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, with reference to the Industrial Strategy, published in November 2017, (a) what additional funding will be made available and (b) what the length of the funding settlement will be for Growth Hubs.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	121437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Through the Industrial Strategy White paper we have announced our intention to ensure all businesses in every region have access to a ‘Growth Hub’. We will build on this programme, providing continued funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) for Growth Hubs to enable them to carry on building their reach, developing peer to peer networks and signposting businesses to the best support available from the private and public sectors.</p><p>We will confirm the level and duration of funding to be awarded to LEPs for their Growth Hubs at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:00:15 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

818674

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	Growth Hubs
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 time period is for the funding settlement for Growth Hubs which the Government committed itself to in its Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	121438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Through the Industrial Strategy White paper we have announced our intention to ensure all businesses in every region have access to a ‘Growth Hub’. We will build on this programme, providing continued funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) for Growth Hubs to enable them to carry on building their reach, developing peer to peer networks and signposting businesses to the best support available from the private and public sectors.</p><p>We will confirm the level and duration of funding to be awarded to LEPs for their Growth Hubs at the earliest possible opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:00:31 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

818682

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	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