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1172129

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Business: Leicestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to support local businesses in Hinckley and Bosworth.
	tabling member constituency	Bosworth
	tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
	uin	900293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Government provides businesses in Hinckley and Bosworth with support through Leicester and Leicestershire’s LEP Growth Hub.</p><p> </p><p>We have made specific investments in Horiba MIRA to support the future automotive industry.</p><p> </p><p>This has included £9.5m to establish the MIRA Technology Institute to develop state of the art training facilities to nurture automotive engineers of the future.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/01/2020 14:53:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1091123

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to support high street businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Lewes
	tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
	uin	909881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>High streets are changing, and the Government is committed to helping communities adapt.</p><p> </p><p>In Budget 2018, we set out Our Plan for the High Street, a £1.6bn package to support the sustainable transformation of our high streets.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a £675m Future High Streets Fund, support for local leadership with a High Streets Task Force, and a one third cut to the business rates bills of eligible small retailers for two years from April this year.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/03/2019 15:16:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1151210

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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: Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to maintain universal access to cash throughout the post office network.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	900054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are pleased to see 27 banks have made the decision to sign up to the renegotiated Banking Framework agreement in full.</p><p> </p><p>There is ongoing work across government to safeguard access to cash. The government will ensure communities, particularly the most vulnerable residents and those living in rural areas, will be supported and continue to have the choice over how they manage their finances.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/10/2019 13:37:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1151209

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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: East Renfrewshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to help ensure the viability of the post office branch network in East Renfrewshire.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	900053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government absolutely recognises the importance of post offices in East Renfrewshire, Blaydon and other communities across the UK and is committed to the Post Office network’s future.</p><p> </p><p>Government has provided a further £370 million from 2018 to 2021 to safeguard the network and invest in its future. Following this, and the new Banking Framework, postmaster pay is increasing. This has led to the most stable network in generations, with over 11,600 branches across the UK, the largest retail network in the country.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 900058 question first answered 22/10/2019 13:34:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1151214

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to help ensure the sustainability of the post office network.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	uin	900058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government absolutely recognises the importance of post offices in East Renfrewshire, Blaydon and other communities across the UK and is committed to the Post Office network’s future.</p><p> </p><p>Government has provided a further £370 million from 2018 to 2021 to safeguard the network and invest in its future. Following this, and the new Banking Framework, postmaster pay is increasing. This has led to the most stable network in generations, with over 11,600 branches across the UK, the largest retail network in the country.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 900053 question first answered 22/10/2019 13:34:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1123799

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support women at work.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	910613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy aims to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase earning power for all.</p><p> </p><p>This includes removing barriers faced by women in accessing and progressing at work and in starting and growing a business, as explored in the recent Rose Review.</p><p> </p><p>We are also giving parents more choice about who is the primary carer in the first year of their babies’ lives through the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 30/04/2019 13:47:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1037283

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Money Laundering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to tackle money laundering.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	908448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Financial Action Task Force has just completed a landmark review of the UK’s regime for tackling money laundering, concluding that we have some of the strongest controls in the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on our strengths. In the last six months, the Department has published a draft bill to tackle money laundering in the property market; set out reforms to tackle misuse of limited partnerships; and committed to consulting on reforms to Companies House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/01/2019 15:30:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1184529

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help protect seafarers from nationality-based pay discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	901512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 provides protection for EEA seafarers and those from designated States. These Regulations will be reviewed later this year.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/03/2020 13:44:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1275076

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Disability and Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure the provision of accessible homes for older and disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	uin	910684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>By April 2022, the Government will have invested over £4 billion through the Disabled Facilities Grant, which will have funded adaptations to almost 400,000 homes since 2010.</p><p>In addition, 10 per cent of units delivered under the new Affordable Homes Programme will be used to increase the supply of specialist or supported housing.</p><p>Our current planning rules mean councils must consider the needs of older people and those with disabilities when planning new homes, and the Government recently consulted on options that include introducing higher mandatory accessibility standards for all new homes.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/01/2021 17:44:55 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1037280

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure full and timely payments to small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	908447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Small Business Commissioner has recovered £2 million for small businesses in his first year. We have recently taken steps to strengthen the Prompt Payment Code, and we are working through nearly 300 responses to our recent call for evidence on creating a more responsible payment culture.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/01/2019 15:29:59 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows