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1452192

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Companies: Registration
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 his timetable is for implementing the changes to Companies House proposed in the Corporate Transparency and Register Reform White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	141918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to legislating on register reform in the next session of this parliament. The proposed changes will be implemented as expeditiously as possible thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/03/2022 10:54:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1452193

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Companies House: 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, what the annual budget for Companies House (a) was in each year since 2015 and (b) is for each year until 2024.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	141919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The total departmental expenditure limits for Companies House since 2014/15 until 2024/25 are</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2016-17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017-18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018-19 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-</strong> <strong>20 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2020-</strong> <strong>21 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2021-</strong> <strong>22 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2022-23 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2023-</strong> <strong>24 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2024-</strong> <strong>25 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Budget </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 6.00m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 5.40m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 9.40m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 7.50m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 7.40m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 14.30m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 34.20m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 33.10m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 38.40m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 33.90m </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ 40.80m </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Companies House recovers the majority of its costs through fees, therefore it’s departmental expenditure limits are set net of its income.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/03/2022 10:54:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1452194

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Companies House: 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 equivalent staff were employed by Companies House in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	141920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The average full time equivalent of staff employed by Companies House since 2014/15, including projections until 2024/25 are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024-25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>854</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>810</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>832</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>849</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1199</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1182</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1143</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>2021/22 is provided as a year to date average to the end of February 2022</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/03/2022 10:54:58 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1452195

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Companies House: Reform
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 Autumn 2021 Budget, how much and what proportion of the £63 million committed to Companies House reform has been spent as of 17 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	141921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The £63 million allocated to Companies House at the Autumn 2021 Budget is to be spent across the Spending Review period of 2022-2025, which will begin at the start of the forthcoming financial year.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/03/2022 10:55:08 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1435236

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
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 his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the covid-19 outbreak on the pay gap for ethnic minority groups.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	129063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The economic impacts of Covid-19 are still playing out and it is difficult to draw firm conclusions as to whether any groups have been disproportionately impacted.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS publish official data on ethnicity pay and the first set of data covering the pandemic will be published in due course. Data for 2019 is available here:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Femploymentandlabourmarket%2Fpeopleinwork%2Fearningsandworkinghours%2Farticles%2Fethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain%2F2019&amp;data=04%7C01%7CTony.Mulcahy%40beis.gov.uk%7Ca9c8eb3215f54dafd4d608d9fb74c3b7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637817301175083887%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=sRPR3ltdok5b0g%2BGHBSWZQEOuhmHA8IxnHjOEfRxygQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/articles/ethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain/2019</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/03/2022 08:34:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1423164

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Zero Hours Contracts: Females
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 assessment he has made of the causes of women of colour being more likely than white men and women to be employed on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	124982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain and ensuring that equality and opportunity is available for all.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, individuals on zero-hours contracts represent a very small proportion of the workforce – just 3%. For this small group, this may be the type of contract which works best for them. The majority of people (62%) on zero-hours contracts say that they do not want more hours.</p><p> </p><p>Zero-hours contracts remain an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market, for both employers where there is not a constant demand for staff and for individuals who may need to balance work around other commitments such as childcare and study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/02/2022 16:21:23 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1359091

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Intellectual Property: Digital Technology
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 protect the intellectual property of digital works.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	56129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s IP framework is consistently rated as one of the best in the world. A good IP framework alongside an effective enforcement regime provides the best environment for creators of digital works to thrive.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the Intellectual Property Office have been holding roundtable meetings with representatives from social media businesses, alongside the creative industries, to discuss the protection of digital works on their platforms. These roundtable discussions have further enhanced our ability to fight piracy on social media platforms.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2021 11:15:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1331466

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Summertime
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of making daylight saving time permanent.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	12953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government believes that the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. We do not believe there is sufficient evidence to support changing the current system of clock changes, including for travel, tourism and energy usage.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/06/2021 08:31:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1331467

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
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	Bereavement 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the provision of bereavement leave to (a) mothers and (b) partners who have experienced a (i) miscarriage and (ii) stillbirth.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	12954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that losing a child at any age can be deeply upsetting. We encourage employers to provide appropriate support to women who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth.</p><p>In April 2020, we legislated to give parents who lose a child under the age of 18 a right to take up to 2 weeks off work in the 56 weeks following the death of their child. This right extends to parents of babies stillborn after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy. It is too early to conduct an evaluation of this policy.</p><p>Individuals who do not feel able to return to work following a miscarriage may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay while off work. All employees are also entitled to 5.6 weeks of Annual Leave a year and many employers also offer ‘Compassionate Leave’. We encourage employers to respond sensitively to each individual’s specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/06/2021 08:33:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1312019

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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	Summertime
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of making daylight saving time permanent.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	187143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/04/2021 08:52:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick