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806028

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date	13/12/2017
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	Horizon 2020
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 oral contribution by the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation on 12 December 2017, Official Report, col. 172, what plans he has to make up the funding to the UK from Horizon 2020 which that programme has not contributed to the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	119237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Until our departure from the EU, we remain a fully paid up Member State, with all the rights and obligations that entails. This means that while we remain a member of the EU, UK businesses and universities continue to have full access to funding through the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme, Horizon 2020. The important work being done by our researchers, universities and innovative businesses must continue throughout this period.</p><p>The joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government approved by the European Council on 15 December stated that UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This means that UK based organisations and individuals will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, in 2019 and 2020, and will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of the project.</p><p>It remains the case that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, which is why the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place. UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds while we remain a member of the EU and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/12/2017 16:52:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

806083

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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: Conservation
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 he has plans to reduce the potential cost of energy efficiency schemes to off-gas-grid households in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2017, the Carbon Savings Community Obligation is no longer part of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). However, we introduced a rural safeguard of 15% in the Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation (CERO) of the current ECO scheme. In addition, the scoring mechanism under ECO is such that it incentivises delivery of measures in properties off the gas grid. Early next year we intend to consult on proposals for the future Energy Company Obligation which are expected to run from October 2018 to March 2022. The consultation will include proposals on rural delivery and on moving to a 100% focus on vulnerable and low income households.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 119281 119284 question first answered 19/12/2017 14:01:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

806142

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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	Charities: Government Assistance
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 discussions he has had with charities to discuss the impact of state aid rules on their work.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	119343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Neither my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State, nor I have had discussions with charities about the impact of these rules on their work.</p><p>The State aid rules apply to funding given to charities, as they would for any other body, where they are involved in economic activities. The rules are blind as to legal form; rather they are concerned with whether an entity is undertaking economic activities. And equally State aid may be granted legally to charities on the same terms as anyone else if it complies with the rules.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/12/2017 15:12:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

806260

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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	Business: 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, if he will estimate the savings to businesses of the repeal of regulations in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	119452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of the savings to business that were delivered through improvements to regulation during the 2010-15 Parliament are set out in <em>The</em> <em>Ninth Statement of New Regulation, </em>published in December 2014. It is available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Government has not yet published its final report on the savings to business delivered during the 2015-17 Parliament, but we will do so in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2017 15:57:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

804752

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Females: Directors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what legislative quotas have existed for women on UK boards since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>No legislative quotas have existed for women on UK boards since 2010. The Government is strongly committed to increasing the number of women on public and private sector boards and believes that the most effective way of effecting this change is through a voluntary approach, including non-legislative targets. The Government is supportive of the Hampton-Alexander Review into FTSE Women Leaders which has set a target of 33% female representation across FTSE 350 boards by 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/12/2017 14:17:16 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

804771

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Care Workers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when Ministers were notified that social care workers had been paid below the minimum wage for statutory sleeping-in care; when that information was passed on to Government agencies, including the NHS and local authorities; why social care providers were not notified earlier; and what steps they are taking to ensure such underpayments could not happen again.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL4100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4101 HL4102 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804772

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they (1) received from HMRC, and (2) gave to local authorities, on sleeping-in payments over the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4100 HL4102 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804773

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the impact on charities and other voluntary organisations providing social care of new advice on the statutory provision of sleeping-in payments.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL4102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4100 HL4101 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

805181

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Money Laundering
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 reports of concern about money laundering have been made through the Companies House report it facility; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Eight reports about money laundering have been made through the Companies House report it facility. The new report it facility was introduced earlier this year to help improve the integrity of the information on the register of companies. Although it is still in its early stages following implementation, the facility is working well.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/12/2017 15:07:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

805309

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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
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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation of 12 December 2017, Official Report, Column 169-70, what target his Department has set for the proportion of UK energy needs to be delivered from renewable sources by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	118981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK does not have renewables targets to 2030. The Government has just published its Clean Growth Strategy, which sets out our plans to build on the successful decarbonisation of the power sector, while looking further across the whole of the economy and the country.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/12/2017 15:36:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson