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1580704

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Holiday Leave
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 notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	132460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>There is no central policy on buying/selling leave; instead, departments may consider introducing this benefit under their own delegated authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) recently launched a buy/selling of leave policy for the 2022 annual leave year. The policy was introduced to allow BEIS employees to exercise greater flexibility within their total reward package.</p><p> </p><p>All eligible BEIS staff were informed that they were able to access the benefit portal during a three-week window, to register their request to buy or sell up to 5 days (full time equivalent) annual leave. The three-week window ran from 3<sup>rd</sup> January 2023 to 23<sup>rd</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS issued communications via our Intranet platform on the 22<sup>nd</sup> November, the 16<sup>th</sup> December and a final reminder on the 5<sup>th</sup> January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 02/02/2023 16:48:12 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579627

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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: 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, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	129889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to paying people a decent living wage, which is being addressed through the statutory National Living Wage(NLW). In April 2022, the Government increased the National Living Wage to £9.50 per hour. This will rise to £10.42 an hour from 1 April 2023, an increase of 9.7%.</p><p> </p><p>By 2024, the Government has committed that the National Living Wage will reach 66% of median UK earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The National Living Wage is the statutory minimum wage for workers aged 23 and over. Different minimum wage rates apply to 21-22 year olds, 18-20 year olds, 16-17 year olds and apprentices aged under 19 or in the first year of an apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>All employees of The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are paid above the National Living Wage rate.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 31/01/2023 13:54:12 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1569005

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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: Equality
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 ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy routinely collects a wide variety of data relating to its employees; much of this is published and is publicly available on GOV.UK. Human Resource teams use this data to review the impact of our policies and procedures in line with the Civil Service Code, and other our statutory obligations, and make recommendations for improvements, as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 30/01/2023 15:05:18 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1569023

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
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 Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
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 ensure his Department's compliance with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	128668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS provides specific HR data/information to DTUS on request in line with our obligations under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Alongside this, management information is shared with the recognised trade unions as part of normal engagement on a range of issues. Furthermore, BEIS publishes a range of information about the operation of the Department, which is available on GOV.UK and so is publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/01/2023 17:38:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

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