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792668

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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	Property: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to require overseas companies owning property in the UK to declare publicly their beneficial owners.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	114595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The responses to the call for evidence are currently being analysed and a response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/11/2017 17:36:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

793898

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to facilitate the restructuring at an early stage of viable businesses in order to prevent their insolvency and any adverse consequential effects on other firms and jobs in the supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	114987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Government has recently consulted on whether improvements could be made to the existing restructuring options available within the insolvency regime. A summary of responses to this consultation was published in September 2016. Government has continued to discuss the proposals with interested parties and the issues that they raised since this time. This further engagement will ensure that any reforms, if necessary, will be fit for purpose and best achieve the Government’s aims of rescuing distressed but viable businesses, therefore preserving both value and jobs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/11/2017 11:41:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

794059

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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	EU Grants and Loans
	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 made on its plans for a UK Shared Prosperity Fund; what the Government's planned timeframe is for (a) the whole introduction of the fund and (b) introducing draft legislation; what he plans the scope of that fund will be; and what consultation and input in plans to seek from the devolved administrations on that fund.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	115147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to boost productivity and reduce economic inequality across the country following our departure from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Industrial Strategy white paper, the Government will consult widely on the design of the new Fund in 2018. We will work with devolved administrations prior to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2017 16:40:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

621965

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	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: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in his Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	50393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016; therefore no data for the department exists prior to that date.</p><p>The number and proportion of our Senior Civil Service graded posts in the department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader or (iv) policy manager, as at 30 September 2016, are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total number of Deputy Directors</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of Deputy Directors based outside London</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of Deputy Directors based outside London</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2016 14:10:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

641401

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	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	Maternity Action
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) when he last met and (b) what future meetings he has planned with representatives of Maternity Action .
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	54063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Ministers last met representatives from Maternity Action on 25 May 2016. There are no future ministerial meetings planned at present. Officials met representatives from Maternity Action in February, May and September 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 14:11:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

766003

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, at what time of the day the main use of electricity in domestic homes was by (a) day and (b) month in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	106410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Domestic electricity consumption is not collected at this level of detail. However, National Grid statistics show a regular weekday peak demand between 5pm and 7pm in winter from all sectors of the economy. The maximum peak usually occurs on the coldest weekday: in 2015-16, it was Monday 18 January 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2017 12:59:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

713590

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Adoption: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, following the independent self-employment review of February 2016, what steps he is taking to introduce a new adoption allowance for self-employed people.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	69018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consult in the summer on whether there is a case for greater parity in parental benefits between the employed and the self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities may make a payment equivalent to Maternity Allowance in cases where adopters do not qualify for family related statutory pay because they are self-employed. This payment is discretionary and means-tested to ensure that resources are targeted at those adopters who need it most and is part of a package of post-adoption support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 14:52:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

713589

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, following the independent self-employment review of February 2016, whether he plans to introduce a legal definition of self-employment.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	69019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The independent Matthew Taylor review on employment practices in a modern economy is considering the impact of non-standard working arrangements on employment status and employment rights. That review will be reporting in the summer with recommendations which this Government will consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 14:48:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

785171

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	Shipping: 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, for what reasons officials of his Department did not attend the meeting of the Legal Working Group on seafarers and the national minimum wage held at the Department for Transport on (a) 22 February and (b) 1 November 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	111714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break National Minimum Wage law. Officials engage regularly with members of the Legal Working Group on Seafarers and the National Minimum Wage, particularly in relation to updating Government guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/11/2017 08:14:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

601018

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the publication of the Bonfield Review, due to be published in March 2016, has been delayed; and when he expects that review to be made available.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	48622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The report of the Independent Review of Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for UK home energy efficiency and renewable energy measures is in the course of completion and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/10/2016 13:08:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey