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772045

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Companies: Ownership
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 progress has been made by HM Revenue and Customs to pursue companies that have not registered their beneficial ownership with Companies House; and how much has been collected in fines from such companies.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	108184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for pursuing companies that have not filed PSC information rests with Companies House. Over 97% of active companies have filed PSC information.</p><p>Compliance is Companies House’s primary aim, rather than prosecution. It is taking action to ensure that all companies on the active register report their PSC information. Where companies do not move to comply, Companies House will consider what further action to take. This could lead to investigations being passed to other enforcement agencies who will consider the allegation made and, where appropriate, conduct a criminal investigation, which could lead to prosecution action.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 10:50:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 16640 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

772089

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	BAE Systems: Redundancy
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 potential effect of BAE Systems job losses, announced in October 2017, on the UK's capacity to produce aircraft and aviation systems.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	108110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Final decisions have not yet been taken on BAE Systems’ consultation on transforming its business. However the Government remains engaged with BAE Systems to understand the impact of the potential job reductions, and to ensure that vital skills are maintained.</p><p>This Government recognises the strength and capability of the UK's aerospace sector. We have a substantial programme of work underway through the Defence Growth Partnership, which is identifying opportunities to encourage growth and competitiveness of the UK defence sector. Taken alongside the Future Combat Air Systems Technology Initiative, this will maintain and enhance the UK's position as a global leader in combat air technologies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2017 12:09:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 16617 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

772352

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	UK Trade with EU
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 16 October 2017 to Question 105923 on UK Trade with EU; if he will publish those plans for contingency scenarios; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	108235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>As Parliament has agreed, the government will not publish anything that would undermine our ability to negotiate the best deal for the United Kingdom. It is not standard practice to provide an ongoing commentary on internal work that is being carried out within government.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 15:50:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

772353

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	UK Trade with EU
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 16 October 2017 to Question 105923 on UK Trade with EU; what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on planning to meet those contingency scenarios.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	108236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Officials in the Department are working with their counterparts in other government departments to develop and inform our scenario planning. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I will continue to work with our colleagues cross Government to prepare for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 15:49:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

772354

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	UK Trade with EU
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 16 October 2017 to Question 105923 on UK Trade with EU; what cost to the public purse was incurred by developing those plans to meet those contingency scenarios.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	108237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to quantify the specific cost or time spent on contingency plans. This work is a standard part of policy development, as a responsible government prepares for all potential outcomes. As ever, we are committed to spending public money in an efficient, effective and economic manner.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 15:48:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

772355

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Land: Ownership
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 his Department has made of the extent of offshore ownership of UK land freeholds.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	108268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>In March 2016, HM Land Registry published, for free, information on registered land in England and Wales that was owned by overseas companies. Updates to this data set have been available at a charge and the datasets (both free and chargeable) are accessible at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-overseas-companies-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-overseas-companies-data</a>.</p><p>As part of the government’s housing white paper, <em>Fixing our broken housing market</em>, HM Land Registry committed to become the world’s leading land registry for speed, simplicity and an open approach to data. This will include releasing later this year, free of charge, the updated overseas company ownership data set.</p><p>This open approach to data will better support development, ensure financial stability, collection of taxes, law enforcement and the protection of national security.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/10/2017 11:32:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

772357

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation
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 impact assessment of the (a) implementation of a domestic safeguards regime and (b) undertaking other roles fulfilled by UK membership of Eurtatom by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	108256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>A full Impact Assessment is being undertaken on the Nuclear Safeguards Bill, which will create the legal framework for a domestic nuclear safeguards regime following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from Euratom. This Impact Assessment will assess the options for and implementation of a domestic nuclear safeguards regime following withdrawal from Euratom. Besides new responsibilities in respect of the new domestic nuclear safeguards regime, we do not anticipate the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) undertaking additional responsibilities as a result of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from Euratom. The Department is in regular discussions with the ONR to ensure that they will be in a position to take on the role and responsibilities required to help ensure the UK’s domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime meets our international safeguards and nuclear non-proliferation obligations standards upon leaving Euratom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2017 11:22:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

772358

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation
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 his Department has made of the adequacy of the workforce capacity of the Office for Nuclear Regulation to undertake the safeguarding programmes currently undertaken by Eurtatom.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	108258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Office for Nuclear Regulation to ensure that they will be in a position to take on the role and responsibilities required to help ensure the UK’s domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime meets international safeguards and nuclear non-proliferation standards upon leaving Euratom. The Office for Nuclear Regulation are already recruiting inspectors and increasing their capacity to carry out this new role, and we are confident that adequate capacity will be in place following withdrawal from Euratom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2017 11:20:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

772359

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation
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 funding his Department plans to make available to the Office for Nuclear Regulation to enable it to take responsibility for the nuclear safeguarding role currently undertaken by Eurtatom.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	108257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department will allocate to the Office for Nuclear Regulation the funding necessary to set up a domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2017 11:20:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

772360

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Energy: Billing
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 the Government holds on how many households have been on British Gas, E.on, EDF, Npower, Scottish Power and SSE's standard variable tariffs for (a) five years or more and (b) 10 years or more.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	108315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor Ofgem collect data on how long customers have been on specific tariffs.</p><p>Ofgem have previously published data on the number of customer accounts on standard variable tariffs by company. Data as at November 2016 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Supplier</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of customers accounts on standard variable tariffs</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Gas</p></td><td><p>6,639,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EDF Energy</p></td><td><p>1,943,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E.ON</p></td><td><p>3,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Npower</p></td><td><p>1,738,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Power</p></td><td><p>1,541,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SSE</p></td><td><p>3,864,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data is available on Ofgem’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/standard-variable-tariff-comparison-28-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/standard-variable-tariff-comparison-28-november-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 10:50:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter