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947093

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hereditary Peers: By-elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will publish the terms and conditions of the contract with the Electoral Reform Services for their services in relation to hereditary peers' by-elections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL9783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Electoral Reform Services have provided services in relation to elections and by-elections for hereditary peers since they were instituted in 1999 on an ad hoc basis rather than under a contract of service. It is intended that a tender exercise will be undertaken shortly to put in place a contract to provide these services. Any contract signed as a result of that tender exercise is expected to be governed by the standard terms and conditions of the House of Lords, available on the Parliament website: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/CSD-Commercial-Services-Directorate/General%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20Contract%20-%2015%20May%202018%20-%20HoL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/CSD-Commercial-Services-Directorate/General%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20Contract%20-%2015%20May%202018%20-%20HoL.pdf</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 04/09/2018 13:25:41 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith attachment 1 file name General Terms and Conditions of Contract - 15 May 2018 - HoL.pdf title CSD Contract terms
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

947079

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Bookshops
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to support the long-term prosperity of independent bookshops.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL9769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants all retailers to thrive now and in the future. In March, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy established the industry-led Retail Sector Council to bring Government and industry together to boost the sector’s productivity and economic health. All retail activity in the UK is represented on the Council, including independent retailers. Government also engages with industry associations such as the British Independent Retailers Association to further understand the views of this important sector.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, on 16 July 2018 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a panel of experts, led by Sir John Timpson, to diagnose issues that currently affect the health of our high streets and advise on the best practical measures to help them thrive now and in the future. Later this summer the expert panel, in conjunction with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, will put out a call for evidence seeking what members of the public and young people in particular want from the high streets of the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 06/08/2018 14:27:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

946786

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Fuels: Prices
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction on an independent fuel price monitoring body.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	167410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that it is essential that consumers get a fair deal and that a competitive market is the best way to keep prices low.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Fair Trading last looked at fuel prices in 2013, and I expect its successor, the Competition and Markets Authority, to keep them under review.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor fuel prices and publishes weekly reports at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics</a>. BEIS analysis is that changes in the price of crude oil are the main driver of changes in the national average retail prices of petrol and diesel and both rises and falls in crude oil price reach the pumps within 7 weeks. The Government does not believe that a monitoring body is necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/09/2018 12:58:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

946864

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	AEA Group: Pensions
	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 holds pre-privatisation information on the AEA Technology pension scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	167344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold pre-privatisation information on the AEA Technology pension scheme. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to make a statement on this matter.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2018 13:52:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

946851

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	AEA Group: Pensions
	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 (a) lost or (b) destroyed (i) files and (ii) information it held on the AEA Technology Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	167343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Records are reviewed in consultation with The National Archives to determine which should be permanently preserved and which should be securely destroyed. Departmental policy ensures that records in official systems are stored securely until this process has been completed. In line with departmental policy on 20-year-old records, a number relating to AEA Technology have been selected for destruction.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2018 13:52:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

946935

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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 plans the Government has to secure payments to subcontractors and suppliers owed money for work undertaken for Carillion prior to its liquidation; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Insolvency Act 1986 to protect small and medium-sized enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	167330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Decisions regarding payments to subcontractors and suppliers to Carillion are the responsibility of the court-appointed Official Receiver. In his role as liquidator, the Official Receiver is an officer of the court and independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also taken swift action to put in place support to those affected by this insolvency event. The Banks have made provision for nearly £1 billion of support to those affected and the British Business Bank will provide support of up to £100 million of lending to small businesses through its Enterprise Finance Guarantee programme. HMRC will provide practical advice and guidance to those who were contracted to Carillion and are now concerned about their ability to pay tax.</p><p>In its response to the Insolvency and Corporate Governance consultation on 26 August 2018, the Government announced that it will increase the current £600,000 cap on the proportion of funds that can be ring-fenced and paid over to unsecured creditors, including small and medium-sized enterprises, ahead of the usual order of priority in an insolvency. The increase will be in line with the impact of inflation on the current cap since it came into effect in 2003, increasing the cap to approximately £800,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:25:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

946980

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Land Registry: Private Sector
	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 publish its response to the consultation entitled Land Registry: moving operations to the private sector public consultation, published in March 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	167313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government will be publishing its response to the consultation HM Land Registry: Moving operations to the private sector shortly. I will send a copy to the hon. Member once it is published.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/09/2018 16:51:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

946784

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Innovation and Research
	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 page 89 of the Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has launched the new international research and innovation strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	167296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Further to my response on 14 June 2018 to Question UIN <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-07/151204/" target="_blank">151204</a>, we intend to publish the International Research and Innovation Strategy in autumn this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/09/2018 16:14:14 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 73210 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

946783

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Catapult Centres: Finance
	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 page 82 of the Industrial Strategy, when he plans to agree long-term funding for the Catapult Network.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	167295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We announced long-term funding on 10 August, an additional £780 million to expand catapult centres which are fueling innovation across the country as part of the UK’s ambitious Industrial Strategy. This new funding backs Britain’s brightest talent – supporting work in high-tech labs, cutting edge factories and advanced training centres.</p><p> </p><p>This build on £180 million announced by my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister for centres in the North East last month, taking the total of funding to almost £1 billion.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/09/2018 12:58:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

946850

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 compatibility of smart meters with different energy suppliers to encourage customers to switch to cheaper tariffs.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	167288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are currently transitioning from the first generation of smart meters to the new SMETS2 smart meters that can be used across energy suppliers from the point of installation.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also underway to enrol the first generation of smart meters into the national Data and Communications Company (DCC) which will allow the SMETS1 smart meters to be used by all energy suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/09/2018 10:23:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty