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828074

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Tickets: Sales
	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 additional funding has been allocated to National Trading Standards to enforce relevant consumer legislation on secondary ticketing in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	124034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>National Trading Standards have been tasked with investigating potential enforcement cases against sellers and secondary ticketing websites that do not comply with legislation from within their current and forthcoming annual budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides National Trading Standards with £13.25m per year for the coordination of regional and national Trading Standards activity in England and Wales. The National Trading Standards Board has allocated £300,000 towards investigation work on ticketing for this current financial year but has not yet allocated budgets for 2018-19 and 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 16:45:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

828079

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Tickets: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to issue updated guidance on s90 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to take account of the changes made by the Digital Economy Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	124039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has been consulting key stakeholders and will publish updated guidance on s.90 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 on the Business Companion website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 16:46:49 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

828178

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Tickets: Sales
	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 plans his Department has better to regulate online ticket sales companies to ensure that (a) consumers are protected when a company fails to supply the tickets and (b) a full refund is easy to obtain.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	124138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Consumer Protection legislation is in place to protect consumers where traders, including online ticket resale companies, fail to deliver what they promise. Consumers who have had problems should contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06 (or through its website). The helpline service offers consumers free advice on their rights and how to seek redress.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating online secondary ticket sites and is considering in particular, difficulties for customers in getting their money back under a website’s guarantee.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 16:47:44 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

828141

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Retail Trade: 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, what steps the Government is taking to support the retail sector in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	124101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers regularly engage with retailers based throughout the UK to understand their priorities and work with colleagues across Government to optimise the conditions for the sector. Specific initiatives which have benefited retailers include: the reduction in the corporation tax rate to 19%, with further plans to cut it further to 17% in 2020 and the introduction of the Employment Allowance, giving employers up to £3000 off their National Insurance contributions (NICs) bill, benefitting 1m employers. The Government has also introduced the Great British High Street Competition, now in its third year, which celebrates the achievements of local areas in creating vibrant and dynamic high streets and is open to applications from any community large or small.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 29/01/2018 14:56:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

828271

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Gratuities
	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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 12 December 2017, Official Report, column 166, what guidance has been issued on tipping; and what the evidential basis is for the statement there has been a significant improvement since his Department commissioned the review of tipping, gratuities and hospitality.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	124231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that employers should not make unreasonable deductions from the tips their staff receive. Furthermore, guidance on the National Minimum Wage explains that income from tips can not be used to top up a worker’s pay to the National Minimum Wage. The Government consultation on tipping practices published in 2016 also explained the law on how income from tips should be handled.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of that consultation, the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers and Unite the Union have established a joint Code of Practice for good practice in handling tips. The Government supports these efforts, and will respond to that consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 16:52:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

828281

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	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 discussions he has had with the Official Receiver and his Special Managers on support for sub-contractors of Carillion since that company entered liquidation. .
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	124241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Official Receiver is appointed by the courts and is independent of Government. My rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and I are therefore keen to facilitate dialogue between the Official Receiver and companies impacted by Carillion’s insolvency. Therefore we have invited representatives from PwC in their capacity as special managers on behalf of the Official Receiver to two meetings chaired by my rt. hon. Friend; the first, a meeting with the major trade associations and construction trade associations on 17 January and the second on 22 January to the second meeting of the Carillion Task Force comprising trade associations, TUC and other interested parties. These meetings have enabled PWC to expand the information on their dedicated website for Carillion suppliers - <a href="http://www.pwc.co.uk/carillion" target="_blank">www.pwc.co.uk/carillion</a>.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 10:31:19 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

828077

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Broadband
	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 the proposed Consumer Green Paper is planned to contain any measures to improve consumer representation in the mobile and broadband market.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	124037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Consumer Green Paper will tackle areas where markets are not working well for consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 16:40:11 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps