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1568605

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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: Trade Unions
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 human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	127788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS publishes a range of HR information which is available on GOV.UK and which is therefore publicly available. In addition, routine human resources information is shared with the recognised trade unions as part of normal engagement on a range of issues. BEIS also provides specific HR data/information to Departmental Trade Union Side (DTUS) on request in line with our obligations under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/01/2023 15:04:30 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1463627

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Closures
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 gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, if he will place in the Library a copy of the business case for the decision to close Insolvency Service offices.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to place in the Library a copy of the business case for the Insolvency Service’s move to regional centres as it contains commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>This transition involves closing 10 smaller sites and developing regional centres in 11 locations in which the Insolvency Service has offices. These centres will enable it to provide services more efficiently, with greater flexibility to respond to future changes in demand for services. The Insolvency Service has put in place measures to support staff in affected offices to transfer to their nearest regional centre.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/05/2022 14:11:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1463628

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Closures
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 gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, whether his Department has consulted with (a) the public, and (b) the business community over the closure of Insolvency Service offices.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	3653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>A key objective of the project to transition the Insolvency Service to a regional hub structure, is to ensure it continues to deliver high standards of service to business and the public. The regional hub structure will enable the Insolvency Service to operate more efficiently and effectively in the future.</p><p> </p><p>There has been informal engagement with a number of stakeholders and this will continue as the transition to regional hubs is delivered over the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/05/2022 13:28:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1462986

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Closures
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 gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of (a) recruitment, (b) training and (c) development that will be required to replace staff as a result of the decision to close Insolvency Service offices.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	2536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service announced its transforming workplaces strategy on 11 May 2022. It is not the intention of that strategy to reduce workforce numbers either by redundancy or otherwise.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/05/2022 16:19:52 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1462987

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Training
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 much his Department has spent on Insolvency Service Investigator Programme training for staff in the Insolvency Service in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	2537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Spending on the Insolvency Service’s investigator programme over the last 3 years was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SPEND (£) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>242,151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>314,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>115,336</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/05/2022 16:20:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1462990

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Training
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 and what proportion of Insolvency Service staff started but did not complete Insolvency Service Investigator Programme training in each of the last three years; and what the associated costs were.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	2538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The number of Insolvency Service staff beginning but not completing the investigator programme over the last three years was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NO OF LEARNERS ENROLLED </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NO OF LEARNERS LEAVING WITHOUT COMPLETION</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>COST (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>85,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>38,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/05/2022 16:21:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1462991

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: 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, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of redundancies as a result of Insolvency Service office closures.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	2539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service announced its transforming workplaces strategy on 11 May 2022. It is not the intention of that strategy to reduce workforce numbers either by redundancy or otherwise.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/05/2022 16:21:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1462992

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Insolvency Service: 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, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, whether his Department will offer the option of homeworking to mitigate potential redundancies for staff based in Insolvency Service offices that are due to be closed.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	2540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>In order to support employees moving to a new regional centre location, the Insolvency Service will be exploring with each employee what adjustments can be made to their working arrangements to support their move. The Insolvency Service offers a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/05/2022 16:21:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1458381

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Scotland
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 will make an assessment of any factors that may impact LPG supply in Scotland; and if he will take steps to work with all parties to ensure taxi drivers in Scotland have sufficient access to LPG fuel.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	155802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The supply of LPG remains sufficient to meet demand across the UK. BEIS works closely with industry to monitor the LPG supply position throughout the year and proactively take steps to mitigate any risks that may affect distribution to customers and essential services.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2022 16:41:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1453560

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	Shared Services Connected and UK Shared Business Services
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 plans to transfer shared service matrix cluster (a) staff and (b) work out of (i) UK Shared Business Services and (ii) Shared Services Connected Ltd to a new provider.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	145902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The Matrix shared services cluster will create a single shared service centre with a single technology and a single service provider, in line with the Government Shared Services Strategy. Current plans are that the Matrix shared services cluster will be formed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Cabinet Office in a first wave of rapid adopters, followed by the Department for Education, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Attorney General’s Office, and HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>A programme team has been put in place to develop a business case and secure a budget for the implementation of the shared service centre for the cluster. Until a budget is secured, and a business case approved, any figures or options are only tentative and subject to finalising the scope and approach for the programme. Current options being considered include in-sourcing, UK Shared Business Services as provider and using a new provider. The business case will explore the merits of the options in line with standard Government practice, so all options remain a possibility, including those listed above.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/03/2022 14:22:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens