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759012

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Behavioural Insights Team
	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 services his Department and former constituent departments have received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The services that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the former departments of Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change have received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014 are listed below.</p><p> </p><ul><li>The design, implementation, and analysis of randomised control trials.</li><li>Literature and evidence reviews.</li><li>Policy advice.</li><li>Workshops.</li><li>Qualitative research, such as interviews and focus groups.</li><li>Quantitative research.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 15:46:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758891

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Modern Working Practices 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, what steps the Government plans to take as a result of the publication of the Taylor Review of modern working practices, published on 11 July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	9617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We welcome, accept and agree with Matthew’s ambition that all work in the UK economy should be fair and decent with realistic scope for development and fulfilment.</p><p>The report is comprehensive and detailed and will require careful thought and further consultation.</p><p>We will give the report the careful consideration it deserves and respond in full later this year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 14:39:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758895

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Companies: Ownership
	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 companies have not met the most recent Persons of Significant Control reporting deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	9558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Companies House’s internal statistics indicate that 130,000 companies on its active register (around 3% of the total) have not yet provided People with Significant Control information. Companies House is taking action is underway to secure compliance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 15:42:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

758894

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Companies: Ownership
	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 has accrued to the public purse from fines and penalties from companies failing to report their Persons of Significant Control in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	9557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>No fines or penalties have accrued to the public purse from companies failing to report their persons of significant control in the last twelve-months. Given the evidence required to take forward a prosecution, we would not anticipate any cases going to court until later in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 15:45:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

758898

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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: Average Earnings
	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 raise wages for the self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	9539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Many people choose to be self-employed because of the greater autonomy it gives them over when they work and what work they do.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2016 the Department of Business Innovation and Skills published research on self-employment. This showed that 84% of self-employed people thought their life overall was better in self-employment, compared with being an employee, and over half believed they were better off financially.</p><p> </p><p>The Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices looked at ways to ensure that the regulatory framework surrounding employment, and the support Government provides to businesses and workers, were keeping pace with changes in the labour market and the economy, including the rise in self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will give the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 15:46:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758897

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Agency Workers: Holidays
	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 representations the Government has received from (a) employment agencies and (b) agency workers on holiday payments.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	9538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any representations from employment agencies specifically about holiday payments. Representations have been received from a small number of agency workers concerning non-payment or calculation of holiday pay.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 14:58:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758907

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Electrical Safety: Fires
	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 Home Secretary on the potential correlation between periods of high electricity usage and electrical fires in the home.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	9362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Consumer safety is a priority for the Department and we are taking steps to further improve the safety of white goods and the recalls system. The Department is in regular contact with the Home Office on a range of issues related to fire safety.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 14:36:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

758908

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Employment: Childbirth
	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 the timetable is for publication of ACAS guidelines for employers whose employees have a baby born premature or sick; and what plans his Department has to ensure that those guidelines are (a) implemented and (b) evaluated.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	9332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting working parents of premature babies and giving their employers the tools that they need to deal with requests for additional time off work and flexible working arrangements.</p><p>The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) published comprehensive guidance for employers on 5 September 2017 to help employers support staff with premature or sick babies. The guidance covers topics from offering financial support to parents paying extra childcare costs to the statutory pay and leave to which employees may be entitled.</p><p>We believe that this will help working families to understand the options available to them, as well as enabling employers to provide the best possible support to their staff at this difficult and stressful time. We will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 14:38:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

732338

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are incorrectly classified as self employed in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Determining employment status can be complicated and is based on the reality of each working relationship. Government has not made an estimate of the numbers of people in each status, but shares concerns regarding insecure work. This is why in October 2016 my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister asked Matthew Taylor to carry out an independent review to consider employment practices and whether they need to change to keep pace with modern business models. We understand that Matthew Taylor is working to complete his report at the moment, and expect it to be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/06/2017 15:11:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

758325

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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	Small Businesses: Northamptonshire
	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 small businesses are registered in Northamptonshire; how many such businesses were registered in Northamptonshire in 2010; and what assessment he has made of the health of the local business environment in that county.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	9277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Northamptonshire has 30,665 registered small/micro private sector businesses with fewer than 50 employees in 2016, compared to 24,175 in 2010 (ONS).</p><p>Velocity Growth Hub, through its Northamptonshire spoke, supported 1385 businesses in 2016/17 to start and grow.</p><p>The Midland Engine Investment Fund provides access to finance for businesses, accelerating economic growth and job creation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 15:23:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone