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714233

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Social Services: 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, what analysis he has undertaken on the effect of the national living wage on the cost to the adult social care sector of employing staff on sleep-in contracts.
tabling member constituency	Devizes
tabling member printed	Claire Perry
uin	69322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>Workers who are required to be available to perform work as and when called upon are entitled to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) for the entire shift if they are deemed to be “working”. This remains the case, even if they are permitted to sleep during that shift.</p><p> </p><p>The Government asks the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to monitor and evaluate the impact of the National Minimum and National Living Wage rates. The LPC carry out extensive research, consultation and analysis across a range of sectors to inform its wage rate recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The LPC autumn 2016 report, summarises its consultation with business stakeholders on the impact of the NLW and NMW. The report is available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-autumn-2016-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-autumn-2016-report</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government also produces analysis of the NMW/NLW rates in its Impact Assessment, this projected that around 126,000 workers are affected by the April 2017 rate rises (p79). Available here - <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/465/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/465/impacts</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/04/2017 16:49:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry

714250

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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: Grandparents
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 open a consultation on parental leave for grandparents.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	69211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is exploring options for supporting working families and we will bring forward proposals in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 13:27:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

714254

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Renewable Energy: 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 accredited renewable energy generators operate in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn and (b) London in each of the last three years; and how many Renewables Levy Exemption Certifications Ofgem issued in those areas in those years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	69148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is set out below, based on the postcode for the installations. For Hampstead and Kilburn, we have used the postcodes of N8, NW2, NW3, NW6, NW8, NW10, W9 and W10.</p><p> </p><p>For the Renewables Obligation and the Feed-in Tariffs scheme, the “New” column shows new installations in the specified year. The “Total” columns show the cumulative number since the schemes started, in 2002 and 2010 respectively.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Renewables Obligation</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of installations granted accreditation</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Feed-in Tariffs Scheme</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of operational installations</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>4,616</p></td><td><p>22,545</p></td><td><p>5,574</p></td><td><p>28,119</p></td><td><p>1,769</p></td><td><p>29,888</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Levy Exemption Certificates (LECs) </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of LECs issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>944,803</p></td><td><p>333,854</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/04/2017 16:44:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714255

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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: Private Rented 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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 66455, which options he is considering for the implementation of the private rented property energy efficiency regulations.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	69167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The Energy Act 2011 requires that the energy efficiency private rented property regulations come into force no later than 1 April 2018. We are working hard to ensure the regulations can be implemented as planned from this date.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has recently published guidance to landlords of non-domestic property on compliance with the minimum standard requirements, and is developing an exemptions register, as required by the Energy Efficiency Regulations 2015. We will set out the detail of how the domestic regulations will be implemented through corresponding guidance for landlords of domestic private rented property. This will be published prior to the launch of the exemptions register for domestic landlords later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2017 09:29:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

714257

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Official Hospitality
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 his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	69212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The latest available information for the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</p><p>(former BIS only) is</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</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<br> Apr-Feb</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A) Hotel</p></td><td><p>£1,150,701</p></td><td><p>£1,463,207</p></td><td><p>£1,055,134</p></td><td><p><strong>£3,669,042</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B) Hospitality / C) Food and Drink</p></td><td><p>£9,726</p></td><td><p>£9,859</p></td><td><p>£5,805</p></td><td><p><strong>£25,390</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D) Transport</p></td><td><p>£5,277,839</p></td><td><p>£5,041,693</p></td><td><p>£3,731,821</p></td><td><p><strong>£14,051,352</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6,438,266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6,514,759</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4,792,760</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,745,785</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(former DECC only) is</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>FY 2014/15</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>FY 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-Feb</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A) Hotel &amp; Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£322,438</p></td><td><p>£484,665</p></td><td><p>£502,423</p></td><td><p><strong>£1,309,526</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B) Hospitality /</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>£210,602</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>£167,150</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>£56,455</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>£434,207</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C) Catering</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D) Transport</p></td><td><p>£1,792,648</p></td><td><p>£1,505,946</p></td><td><p>£1,966,603</p></td><td><p><strong>£5,265,197</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,325,688</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,157,761</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,525,481</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£7,008,930</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/04/2017 16:39:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713838

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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	Carers: Leave
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 consider making provision for grandparents and other carers to be entitled to up to 10 days statutory leave to provide emergency care for a grandchild or other dependant.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	69070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>Workers in the UK are entitled to a minimum of 28 days paid annual leave if they work full time and a proportionate amount if they work part time. Grandparents may also be able exercise the Right to Time Off for Dependents which allows employees to take a reasonable amount of time off work to deal with certain unexpected or sudden emergencies involving a dependant and to put care arrangements in place.</p><p>The Government is developing a new national Carers Strategy, which will consider the range of issues faced by people who provide unpaid care for a relative, friend or someone close to them.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 09:10:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

713840

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Internet
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 five most visited websites were by staff of his Department in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	69110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The five most visited websites by staff of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from September 2016 to March 2017 were</p><ul><li>intranet.beis.gov.uk</li><li>bbc.co.uk</li><li>twitter.com</li><li>theguardian.com</li><li>beis.manhattan-online.com (this is a room booking system for the Department).</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information provided also includes staff of the Department of International Trade as the IT system is shared between the two departments.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 16:27:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713841

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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: Meters
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 he has made of the likelihood of every home having a smart meter by 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	69051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every home and small business in the country is offered a smart meter the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers’ licence conditions require them to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to roll-out smart meters to all their domestic and non-domestic customers by 31 December 2020. Ofgem is responsible for regulating energy suppliers against that obligation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 14:38:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

713405

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux
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 make an assessment of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding for the Citizens Advice Service in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Kirklees in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides funding to Citizen Advice (CitA), the umbrella body for the Citizen Advice Service in England and Wales through an annual grant to support their core function and to deliver consumer advocacy and advice. Funding over the last three years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>BIS Core Funding</p></td><td><p>Consumer advice, information &amp; advocacy</p></td><td><p>Total Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,974,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,874,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,313,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,213,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£18,940,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£37,840,300</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Central Government does not provide funding directly to local individual Citizen Advice offices, core funding for which is usually provided by the local authority in which they are located.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2017 14:23:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

713589

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, following the independent self-employment review of February 2016, whether he plans to introduce a legal definition of self-employment.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	69019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The independent Matthew Taylor review on employment practices in a modern economy is considering the impact of non-standard working arrangements on employment status and employment rights. That review will be reporting in the summer with recommendations which this Government will consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 14:48:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn