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1205099

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Aerospace Industry: Sutherland
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 the Government has made of the effectiveness of the plans of the (a) French Government (b) German Government and (c) US Administration to support their domestic aerospace industries; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing support for the aerospace industry in Sutherland.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	61567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16 June 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-10/58050/" target="_blank">58050</a>. We continually assess the impact on global aerospace supply chains of other countries. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a host of measures to help businesses through this period, including those in the aerospace sector, with £330 billion worth of Government support for businesses across the UK. The Government will continue to support all those affected by the crisis, in all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We also co-fund aerospace research and development through the £3.9 billion Aerospace Technology Institute, as well as the £300 million Future Flight programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has supported 8 million people, emergency loan schemes have awarded billions of pounds of support, and we have a world-leading export credit body that is expecting to support £3.5 billion of aviation exports over the next 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to support the UK aerospace industry to get back on its feet, and back into a position of growth, protecting high paid jobs across the length and breadth of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/06/2020 15:16:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1205107

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Working Conditions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has contributed to international research on working conditions during covid-19 similar to the report of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions entitled, Living, working and COVID-19, published on 6 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	61507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department continues to monitor the impact of Covid-19 on working conditions in the UK and internationally. We are currently contributing to domestic research on changes to working practices in the UK which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2020 12:49:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1205144

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Conditions of Employment: Adoption
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 bring forward legislative proposals to extend employment protection rights for pregnant women to people that are in the process of adopting children.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	61538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Pregnancy is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act. Pregnant women also get additional consideration under Health and Safety legislation because of the different risks they may face in the workplace. The Government has no current plans to extend these rights to people who are in the process of adopting children.</p><p> </p><p>Employees looking to adopt are already entitled to paid time off to attend adoption appointments. They are also entitled to up to 52 weeks Adoption Leave. When on Adoption Leave, they have additional redundancy protections which equate to those for Maternity Leave.</p><p> </p><p>Following consultation last year, the Government has committed to extend the redundancy protection which a parent currently enjoys while on maternity leave, shared parental leave or adoption leave, for a period for six months following a return to work.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring these measures forward as soon as there is an appropriate opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2020 12:52:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1205179

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Public Houses: Coronavirus
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 pubs without outdoor space will be allowed to reopen.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	61441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out a roadmap in his speech on the 10<sup> </sup>May outlining steps, or ‘phases’, to get people in the UK back to work in a way that is safe.</p><p> </p><p>The roadmap sets out our ambition to reopen sections of the hospitality industry, including pubcs, in Step Three of our strategy, provided they are safe and enforce social distancing. Any decision to reopen this sector will be subject to the scientific advice at the time.</p><p> </p><p>We are working at pace to develop safe ways for pubs to reopen at the earliest opportunity it is safe to do so, through our pubs and restaurants taskforce, and this work is progressing well.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2020 12:55:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1205181

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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 Business Grants Fund
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 take steps to enable local authorities to extend the discretion to distribute surplus Business Grant funds to businesses that are (a) not covered by existing discretions and (b) are above rateable value thresholds.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	61397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced a package of support for business to help with their ongoing costs in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19. This includes £12.33 billion to local authorities in England to support businesses under the Small Business Grants Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund. As at 14 June, £10.36 billion has been paid out to over 844,000 business properties across the two schemes.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 May, the Government announced a further £617 million available, in the form of the Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund, for local authorities to support small businesses that are not eligible for business rates or rates relief and are therefore not in scope of the existing grant schemes. Local authorities are responsible for defining precise eligibility for this scheme, and have discretion to pay grants to businesses based on local economic need – within the national guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-business-support-grant-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-business-support-grant-funding</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities will need to manage their schemes effectively to stay within their Discretionary Grants Fund allocation.</p><p> </p><p>As with other business support measures, Ministers continue to keep the Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund under review, monitoring roll-out and level of demand to assess how to ensure businesses and local economies are best supported.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2020 13:00:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1205192

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 employees that are furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme that are being consulted on redundancy.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	61494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold statistics on the number of employees that are furloughed who are being consulted for redundancies or those businesses using the job retention scheme that are planning or have already made employees redundant.</p><p>The legal position in relation to redundancy and dismissal remains the same whether or not an employee has been furloughed. Any redundancy process should be fair and reasonable with appropriate equalities considerations. Employees with the necessary qualifying service who believe that they have been unfairly selected for redundancy, or that the redundancy was unfair in some other way, may be able to complain to an employment tribunal.</p><p>As per the latest updates to the guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, grants cannot be used to substitute redundancy payments. Please visit the gov.uk page for updates to the scheme: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 61495 61496 question first answered 23/06/2020 14:54:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1205193

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 businesses in receipt of grant funding under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme that are consulting their workforces on redundancy.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	61495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold statistics on the number of employees that are furloughed who are being consulted for redundancies or those businesses using the job retention scheme that are planning or have already made employees redundant.</p><p>The legal position in relation to redundancy and dismissal remains the same whether or not an employee has been furloughed. Any redundancy process should be fair and reasonable with appropriate equalities considerations. Employees with the necessary qualifying service who believe that they have been unfairly selected for redundancy, or that the redundancy was unfair in some other way, may be able to complain to an employment tribunal.</p><p>As per the latest updates to the guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, grants cannot be used to substitute redundancy payments. Please visit the gov.uk page for updates to the scheme: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 61494 61496 question first answered 23/06/2020 14:54:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1205195

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
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 businesses that are in receipt of grant funding under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme that have made employees redundant to date.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	61496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold statistics on the number of employees that are furloughed who are being consulted for redundancies or those businesses using the job retention scheme that are planning or have already made employees redundant.</p><p>The legal position in relation to redundancy and dismissal remains the same whether or not an employee has been furloughed. Any redundancy process should be fair and reasonable with appropriate equalities considerations. Employees with the necessary qualifying service who believe that they have been unfairly selected for redundancy, or that the redundancy was unfair in some other way, may be able to complain to an employment tribunal.</p><p>As per the latest updates to the guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme, grants cannot be used to substitute redundancy payments. Please visit the gov.uk page for updates to the scheme: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 61494 61495 question first answered 23/06/2020 14:54:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1205256

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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: Coronavirus and Floods
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 additional steps his Department plans to take to support businesses that have been affected by both the covid-19 outbreak and the June 2020 floods.
tabling member constituency	Broxtowe
tabling member printed	Darren Henry
uin	61625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced an extensive package of support for businesses to help with their ongoing business costs in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF) have supported many thousands of small businesses with their ongoing business costs in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, on 1 May, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that up to £617 million is being made available to Local Authorities in England to allow them to provide discretionary grants. The Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund (LADGF) is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs but not liable for business rates or rates reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The SBGF, RHLGF and LADGF are just some of the measures the Department is working on to ensure there is immediate support for our local economies alongside our overall ambition to level up communities across the country.</p><p> </p><p>For more information on the SBGF, the RHLGF and the LADGF please visit: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-business-support-grant-funding-guidance-for-businesses&amp;data=02%7C01%7Chazel.rimmer%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb3555d478176413a36b908d8176a8db1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637285094655616228&amp;sdata=TaKR%2Be0DcnakuzsbdlHsrbOP4HxmjbbZK%2BONkXnhdvw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-business-support-grant-funding-guidance-for-businesses</a></p><p> </p><p>In order to be eligible for Government’s Flood Recovery Framework, including funding to supported flooded domestic and business properties, individual Local Authority areas had to have in excess of 25 residential properties and should have reported this data to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2020 14:50:08 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4794 label Biography information for Darren Henry

1205318

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Spaceflight: USA
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 the US-UK Technology Safeguards Agreement signed on 16 June 2020 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	61542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The draft Agreement was signed by the US and UK governments on 16 June 2020 and will be subject to scrutiny and ratification by Parliament. It will be laid in Parliament after enabling legislation is in force, and the Agreement will be published as soon as practically possible thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/06/2020 10:11:18 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson