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1108709

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Advertising: Statistics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the use of potentially misleading statistics in advertising.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	239231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Advertising in the UK is regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the industry’s independent regulator, which enforces the Advertising Codes through a system of self-regulation and co-regulation with Ofcom. The Codes apply to all media, including broadcast and online. They incorporate all relevant legislation and set standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers must adhere, including specific conditions on advertising to children, causing offence and social responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA is recognised by the government, the courts and trading standards as the ‘established means’ for the enforcement of misleading advertising, and the Codes include rules designed to ensure that advertisers do not mislead consumers. It has a range of sanctions it can take against non-compliant advertisers and, as a last resort, can refer some to Trading Standards.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/04/2019 16:37:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756166

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover support for small businesses and farmers that supply supermarkets.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	6863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of analysing the responses to the Call for Evidence to extend the Groceries Code Adjudicator remit. We will publish the outcome to the Call for Evidence, jointly with Defra, in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:25:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

756167

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
	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 its call for evidence on extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	6864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to publish the Government response to the Call for Evidence on extending the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s remit in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:19:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

536140

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
	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 extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to include primary producers' relationships with their suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	42634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2016 answer text <p>We will shortly be commencing a review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator and as part of that we will take account of the recent calls for its remit to be extended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/08/2016 06:50:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

675643

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	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	Post Offices: 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, how many (a) post offices and (b) sub post offices have closed in each year since 2010 in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) the York Local Authority area, (iii) North Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) England.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	60717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The provision of its post office branches is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/01/2017 14:11:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

693410

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	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	Post Offices: 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, how many Post Office branches were classed as (a) temporarily closed and (b) permanently closed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	65096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The provision of post offices is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/02/2017 17:34:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

708912

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux
	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 assess the adequacy of the level of Government funding for Citizens Advice services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	66780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides core funding to Citizens Advice, the umbrella body for the local Citizens Advice service in England and Wales. That core funding allows for the provision of essential central services to the network including IT, information, training and the recruitment of volunteers and the auditing of bureaux to ensure they retain their capability and capacity to deliver.</p><p> </p><p>Central Government does not fund individual Citizens Advice offices (formerly referred to as bureaux) who receive funding from a variety of public, charity and private sources, with core funding typically provided by the Local Authority in which they are located.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2017 15:32:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712542

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received funding from local enterprise partnerships in each year since 2010-11; and how much funding did each of those receive.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	68509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available at a national level. Through their management of local business growth capital programmes, Local Enterprise Partnerships and their accountable bodies are responsible for providing funding directly to business beneficiaries and for collecting relevant management information. I can confirm however that the Government has provided Regional Growth and Local Growth Funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships to run their business growth capital programmes as follows: -</p><p> </p><p>Regional Growth Funds (RGF)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Contracted Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£30m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>3 and 4</p></td><td><p>£25.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>3 and 4</p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNYER)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£4m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, £32m was provided to Lancaster University in RGF Round 4 to help boost economic growth in twenty large English cities (“Tier 2 Cities”), including in Yorkshire and the Humber, by supporting businesses to grow through better and more effective business growth services.</p><p> </p><p>Growth Deal</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Growth Deal Rounds (covering financial years 2015-2021)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>1 and 3</p></td><td><p>£12m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>1 to 3</p></td><td><p>£57.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>1 and 2</p></td><td><p>£52m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>YNYER LEP is making up to £10.6m available to support businesses in its area through flexibilities over the management of its Growth Deal Programme.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided the following Growing Places Funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships in Yorkshire and the Humber, which could be used to support business investment projects to unlock economic growth and create jobs: -</p><p> </p><p>Growing Places Fund</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Award </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>£8.098m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>£33.481m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>£17.167m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YNYER</p></td><td><p>£8.663m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/03/2017 13:57:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712547

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Bankruptcy
	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 (a) businesses and (b) individuals filed for bankruptcy in (i) York, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	68516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire &amp; Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the table below. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2016 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from July/August 2017 (exact date yet to be confirmed), alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).</p><p>Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-2015<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>4,272</p></td><td><p>43,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>5,812</p></td><td><p>57,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>5,957</p></td><td><p>59,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>6,661</p></td><td><p>62,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>7,232</p></td><td><p>68,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>5,929</p></td><td><p>53,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>4,317</p></td><td><p>38,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>3,295</p></td><td><p>29,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>2,444</p></td><td><p>22,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>2,032</p></td><td><p>18,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>14,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>49,501</p></td><td><p>467,586</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1 </sup>Where individual has provided postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for October - December 2016 were published on 27 January 2017, and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-october-to-december-2016</a></p><p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2015 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Location, Age and Gender</em> publication (also includes an Excel based analysis tool), which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individual-insolvencies-by-location-age-and-gender-england-and-wales-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individual-insolvencies-by-location-age-and-gender-england-and-wales-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/03/2017 16:40:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

715212

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	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	Post Offices: 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, what information his Department holds on how many and which post offices were subject to temporary closure in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17; and what the length of the temporary closure was in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	69763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>As the provision of its post office branches is the responsibility of Post Office Limited, the Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/04/2017 12:41:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell