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1131062

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Redundancy: Pregnancy
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 timeframe is for the publication of the Government’s response to the public consultation on extending redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	262329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 5<sup>th</sup> April 2019. We are currently analysing responses and will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/06/2019 14:21:15 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

780670

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Service Industries
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 potential effect on (a) fair competition, (b) earnings and working conditions for workers and (c) labour market efficiency of mandating portability of reviews and ratings of service workers within sectors of the economy that are characterised by digital interfaces between customers and workers who provide services but who are not employed by the interface provider.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	110183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is now considering the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices which discusses the issues you raise. Matthew Taylor’s report is comprehensive and detailed and we are giving the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/11/2017 14:26:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

760811

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Minimum 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 steps the Government is taking to empower local authorities to tackle non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	105293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19<sup>th</sup> September 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-12/10031" target="_blank">10031</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/10/2017 11:01:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

759634

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Local Government: Minimum 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 steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to tackle non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	10031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforce the National Minimum Wage on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). In 2016/17, HMRC identified £10.9m of underpayments, owed to 98,000 workers. The enforcement budget has been increased to £25.3m for 2017/18.</p><p>Effective communications are an integral part of our strategy for promoting compliance. Both BEIS and HMRC provide information and guidance to help employers ensure they are compliant, and we encourage Local Authorities and other agencies to use these resources and others to support employer compliance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2017 08:54:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732598

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Poverty: Consumer Organisations
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 56 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to support consumer organisations with funding, capacity and statutory rights, to enable them to analyse data to identify areas of detriment to people in poverty.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The department provides £22.3 million to Citizens Advice and £2.9 million to Citizens Advice Scotland annually in core funding enabling those organisations to use their data to undertake further research to help those most in need, including the vulnerable and those in poverty.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2017 14:18:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732666

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Low 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 page 149 of the report UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the Low Pay Commission's compliance and operational proposals in full.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government carefully considers all Low Pay Commission recommendations. We continue to strengthen our enforcement of the National Minimum Wage, including the three areas identified in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s report.</p><p>For example, we have increased resources available for enforcement – to £20 million in 2016/17, increasing to £25.3m for 2017/18.</p><p>Last year, HMRC identified a record £10.9 million in arrears for 98,000 workers.</p><p>Tougher penalties for non-compliance were introduced in April 2016 – underpayments occurring since then are subject to a penalty of 200% the value of the arrears, capped at £20,000 per worker.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/07/2017 10:44:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

714259

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	Poverty
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 55 of the report UK Poverty Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation in that report on the remit of regulations; and if he will make it his policy to implement that recommendation.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	69358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government will shortly bring forward a Green Paper to examine markets that are not working efficiently or fairly for consumers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/03/2017 15:34:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown