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638030

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: ICT
	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 of his Department's digital and IT projects are (a) under review and (b) subject to probable cancellation.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	53175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>(a) None of the Department’s digital and IT projects is currently under review;</p><p>(b) None of the Department’s digital and IT projects is subject to probable cancellation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/11/2016 16:28:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 21611 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

720906

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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	Directors: Conduct
	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 insolvency practitioners are registered to use the online Director Conduct Reporting Service.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	70258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>1,015 licensed insolvency practitioners are registered to use the online Director Conduct Reporting Service.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 11:13:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

747720

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013: Fines
	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 financial penalties have been imposed to date on respondent employers for aggravated breach of employment law under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid; and what the total value is of penalties (i) imposed, (ii) paid and (iii) not yet paid.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	2414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>18 financial penalties have been imposed to date on respondent employers for aggravated breaches of employment law under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. Of these, 12 penalties have been paid and 6 remain unpaid either because the company has been dissolved or efforts by the debt collection agency for recovery of the amounts have been exhausted.</p><p>The total value of penalties imposed is just over £54,400. The total paid is just over £17,700, which was fully paid within 21 days so the 50% discount applied. The value of the 6 unpaid penalties is £19,000.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/07/2017 16:19:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

758618

	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 registered their beneficial ownership information with Companies House by the 30 June 2017 deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	9487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>3,628,041 companies registered their beneficial ownership information by the deadline. This figure is based on data available on 5 July 2017 to ensure that paper filed documents submitted by the 30 June deadline had been processed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/09/2017 10:06:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

652414

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	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	Pubs 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, how many cases have been submitted to the Pubs Code Adjudicator for arbitration; and in how many of those cases (a) objections have been made by one of the parties relating to the conduct of the case by the Adjudicator, on the grounds of a conflict of interest and (b) an alternative arbitrator has been appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	56204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>79 referrals for arbitration have been submitted to the Pubs Code Adjudicator in the first four months of its operation from 21 July to 21 November 2016. 77 of these were valid or accepted for arbitration, while two were out of scope. Of those 77 referrals, an objection to the conduct of the case by the Adjudicator on the grounds of a conflict of interest has been made in 8 cases. No alternative arbitrators have been appointed by the Pubs Code Adjudicator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2016 17:05:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

809744

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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	Gratuities
	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 the response to the consultation on Tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	120364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Neither my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State, nor I have had discussions with charities about the impact of these rules on their work.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The State aid rules apply to funding given to charities, as they would for any other body, where they are involved in economic activities. The rules are blind as to legal form; rather they are concerned with whether an entity is undertaking economic activities. And equally State aid may be granted legally to charities on the same terms as anyone else if it complies with the rules.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is considering the responses to this consultation, and will respond in due course.</ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/12/2017 14:11:06 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:28:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 32347 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

809689

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Written Questions
	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 and what proportion of his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has answered 1675 Written Parliamentary Questions so far this session as of 21<sup>st</sup> December. Of these, 3 questions (0.18% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collated and 4 questions (0.24% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collected centrally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has answered 1675 Written Parliamentary Questions so far this session as of 21<sup>st</sup> December. Of these, 4 questions (0.24% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collected and 3 questions (0.18% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collated centrally.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/12/2017 13:32:20 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:28:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 32489 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

757033

	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	Social Services: 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, with reference to the letter of 6 April 2017 from Jon Thompson, Chief Executive HM Revenue and Customs, to the right hon. Member for North Norfolk, how many of the care sector employers involved in the 183 cases between 1 February 2015 and 30 September 2016 of non-compliance with the national minimum wage have been named and shamed by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	7792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 183 care sector employers found not to have complied with the National Minimum Wage regulations, 74 met the minimum criteria of the naming scheme and have been named to date. This number will change as cases are considered as part of future naming rounds.</p><p> </p><p>Under the scheme, employers whose arrears do not exceed the £100 threshold are not eligible for naming. In addition, cases opened by HMRC before the revised scheme came into effect on 1 October 2013 are not eligible for naming under the current criteria. Information on the naming scheme policy is published here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632656/national-minimum-wage-enforcement-policy-july-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632656/national-minimum-wage-enforcement-policy-july-2017.pdf</a>:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:02:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

797535

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	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	Post Offices: Bank Services
	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 is taking steps to raise awareness of the banking services that Post Office branches provide.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	116498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing universal banking access for all consumers and small businesses in the UK - 99% of UK personal bank customers and 95% of small business accounts can withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK’s network of 11,600 post offices.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the Post Office is working to increase public awareness of its banking services. There is a series of ongoing in-branch campaigns, a recent one seeing 7,000 post office branches advertising banking services nationwide. The Post Office is also working in conjunction with UK banks to launch a series of campaigning initiatives through the next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/12/2017 11:18:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

713603

	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, whether Matthew Taylor's independent review into modern employment practices will consider whether the recent growth in the self-employed workforce represents a genuine wave of entrepreneurship and a desire for flexible working or a tool for businesses to hold down pay and restrict workers' rights.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	68954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The wide ranging independent Review of Modern Employment Practices is considering if the current definitions of employment status need to be updated to reflect new forms of working.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has commissioned new research looking specifically at the gig economy. The research will look at the number of individuals working in the gig economy in the UK and the motivations, experiences and skills of these individuals. The research should be ready in the Summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Review is also considering to what extent the growth in non-standard forms of employment, including self-employment, undermines the reach of policies like the National Living Wage, pension auto-enrolment, sick pay, and holiday pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 14:54:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn