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540104

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
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 posthumous claims for compensation under the (a) Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 and (b) Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 were successful in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Meale
uin	43331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>With regards to the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979, the Department for Work and Pensions have advised that the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For the Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 (CWPS) the figures for posthumous claims received and paid, and the reasons for the difference between the two are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Deceased</strong> <strong>Claims Received</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Dec’d</strong> <strong>Claims Paid</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Denials &amp; Work In Progress (WIP)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Duplicate Claim Denial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Failed Eligibility Denial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nil Offer*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work In Progress/Withdrawn/</strong> <strong>Other Denial</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* Nil Offer – a claim under the 1979 Act resulted in a higher award than would have been payable under the CWPS</em></p><p><em>N.B. Figures only available from July 2011 onwards when current claims handler took on the contract.</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43332 question first answered 03/08/2016 13:51:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	361 label Biography information for Sir Alan Meale

540105

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
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 recipients of posthumous claims for compensation under the (a) Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 and (b) Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 were found to be in receipt of less compensation than they were entitled to after the post-mortem evidence for those claims was submitted.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Meale
uin	43330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2016 answer text <p>There have been no such claims.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/08/2016 14:56:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	361 label Biography information for Sir Alan Meale

540106

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Pneumoconiosis: Compensation
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 posthumous claims for compensation under the (a) Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 and (b) Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 were submitted in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Meale
uin	43332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>With regards to the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979, the Department for Work and Pensions have advised that the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>For the Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Scheme 1974 (CWPS) the figures for posthumous claims received and paid, and the reasons for the difference between the two are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Deceased</strong> <strong>Claims Received</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Dec’d</strong> <strong>Claims Paid</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Denials &amp; Work In Progress (WIP)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Duplicate Claim Denial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Failed Eligibility Denial</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nil Offer*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work In Progress/Withdrawn/</strong> <strong>Other Denial</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* Nil Offer – a claim under the 1979 Act resulted in a higher award than would have been payable under the CWPS</em></p><p><em>N.B. Figures only available from July 2011 onwards when current claims handler took on the contract.</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43331 question first answered 03/08/2016 13:51:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	361 label Biography information for Sir Alan Meale

539727

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	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, whether responsibility for the Digital Single Market and the digital economy sits within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	43223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for the Digital Single Market sits with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and responsibility for the Digital Economy sits with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/07/2016 16:06:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

539729

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Employment: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 he is taking to protect employment levels in the Yorkshire and Humber region from the potential (a) immediate and (b) short to long-term effects of the UK withdrawing from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	43113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>The employment rate is at a record high. Government is committed to ensuring that UK remains open for business, and continues to grow and thrive. Our recent UK Innovation survey report confirms business innovation is growing across the UK and Yorkshire and Humber leads the way as the most innovative region. Government has awarded £1.19 billion in Growth Deals to the Local Enterprise Partnerships in the region so far which is forecast to attract £1.62 billion of co-investment and create 39,000 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/08/2016 07:07:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

539730

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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, following the recent machinery of government changes, the National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines is still based in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	43210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for International Trade.</p><p>Under the machinery of government changes announced recently the UK NCP will now be located in the Department for International Trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/07/2016 16:55:39 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

539732

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing 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, what his Department's policy is on including the steel industry in its industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Responsibility for developing and implementing an industrial strategy clearly sits within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. We will be working closely across Government and with a range of organisations – including regional representatives, businesses, trade and research bodies, universities, and trade unions - to deliver this, to help ensure that the economy grows strongly in all parts of the country, and to support the UK’s global competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p>We will be engaging with all sectors, including the steel industry through the Steel Council, to understand issues common to multiple sectors, and where Government needs to focus its effort to support UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 42968 question first answered 15/08/2016 12:59:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

539733

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Industry
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 Department's responsibilities are on developing and implementing an industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Responsibility for developing and implementing an industrial strategy clearly sits within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. We will be working closely across Government and with a range of organisations – including regional representatives, businesses, trade and research bodies, universities, and trade unions - to deliver this, to help ensure that the economy grows strongly in all parts of the country, and to support the UK’s global competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p>We will be engaging with all sectors, including the steel industry through the Steel Council, to understand issues common to multiple sectors, and where Government needs to focus its effort to support UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 42967 question first answered 15/08/2016 12:59:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

539734

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	British Airways: Conditions of Employment
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 investigate whether TUPE provisions have been applied to British Airways IT workers' jobs that have been outsourced in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	42998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/08/2016 answer text <p>When a business changes owner, TUPE regulations may apply. Outsourcing part of their business is a commercial decision taken by British Airways and it is not a matter for the Government to investigate such decisions.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/08/2016 12:53:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

539736

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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: Public Expenditure
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 estimate he has made of his Department's total budget in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	43020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Following the Machinery of Government changes, budgets will be formally agreed and approved by Parliament through the relevant Supply Estimate process. The next Estimate will be published in early 2017. The Department is working through the budgetary implications of the recent MOG announcements in advance of this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/07/2016 15:59:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham