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753310

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to increase the use of rooftop solar power.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story. In 2013 we estimated that solar capacity would reach 10-12GW by 2020. We now expect Government support to bring forward around 13 GW by 2020. The Feed-in Tariff remains open to solar PV which provides an incentive for businesses to invest in rooftop solar.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2017 13:33:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

753296

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate for 2017–18; how many staff it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many staff it employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate currently employs thirteen members of staff and has a budget of £750,000 for the financial year 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the number of staff employed by EAS in the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Full Time Equivalent Staff as of the 1st April for each year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2 (supported by an Administrative Officer)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2017 13:32:45 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

752491

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to preserve businesses' confidence as part of a transitional plan for Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>We need an economy that works for everyone and the Government is working to deliver a bold, long term Industrial Strategy that builds on our strengths and prepares us for the years ahead.</p><p>Government is engaged in extensive and diverse engagement with businesses of all sizes across the UK, having open and honest conversations about both the challenges that leaving the EU poses, but also the opportunities that will become open to us. As part of this, government is creating a new EU exit business advisory group to ensure business is not only heard but is influential throughout the negotiations.</p><p>We are also providing as much certainty and clarity as we can at every stage. For example the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill aims to maximise certainty for businesses by ensuring that the laws and rules that we have now will, wherever practicable, continue to apply once we have left the EU. This provides the basis for a smooth and orderly exit.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/07/2017 14:22:36 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

752482

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimates of (1) the value of lives saved, and (2) additional life years gained, they use when classifying proposed regulatory measures as “in”, “out” or “zero net cost” in departmental submissions to the Regulatory Policy Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s Green Book guidance on policy appraisal and evaluation sets out how the economic, financial, social and environmental assessments of a policy, or specification of regulations, should be combined. It includes guidance on appraising social impacts, such as health and welfare benefits and prevented fatality and how to weight such considerations against other impacts.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:09:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752481

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Regulatory Policy Committee is empowered to rate an impact assessment as inadequate on the grounds that it does not adequately consider the wider social costs and benefits of proposed regulatory measures.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) comments on the Government’s performance in assessing regulatory impacts as set out in Impact Assessments. These assessments should address the wider societal costs and benefits. The RPC sets out its view on the analysis contained in the impact assessments in its published Opinions and annual reports. Under its current remit, the RPC cannot rate an impact assessment as ‘not fit for purpose’ in relation to wider societal impacts at final stage. The Government has not yet decided what approach it will take to deliver better regulation during the current Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:08:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752480

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they apply the business impact target (BIT) to regulations relating to fire safety in buildings; whether they intend to review the application of BIT to such regulations; and whether they intend to exempt such regulations from BIT.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering how best to continue to deliver its commitment to regulate more efficiently and effectively over the course of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/07/2017 14:20:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752479

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, and how, the wider social costs and benefits of regulations are taken into account by Government departments in (1) achieving their policy objectives for the business impact target, (2) the implementation of the One in, Three out rule announced by the Business Secretary on 3 March 2016, and (3) the application of the requirement to identify £3 in savings for each £1 of additional cost when assessing proposed new regulations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s Green Book guidance on policy appraisal and evaluation sets out how the economic, financial, social and environmental assessments of a policy, or specification of regulations, should be combined. The Government has not yet decided how its better regulation system will operate in this Parliament. This includes any One-In, Two-Out policy and the setting of a target in respect of the economic impact of new regulation on business for this Parliament as required under section 21 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:20:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752471

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the results of their review into the role and remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator; and whether the Adjudicator will have powers to (1) investigate alleged breaches of the Code on her own initiative, and (2) increase the level of fines in the event of a breach of the Code.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government published the statutory review of the Grocery Code Adjudicator on 19 July. This review considered the Grocery Code Adjudicator’s performance within the current remit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government separately launched a Call for Evidence to consider whether the remit should be extended. The Government is considering the evidence submitted through the Call for Evidence including considering the position of indirect suppliers within the dairy sector. The Government will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Grocery Code Adjudicator can already investigate suspected breaches of the Code. It has published statutory guidance on how it will carry out investigation and enforcement functions on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/511676/GCA_Statutory_Guidance_updated_March_2016.pdf" target="_blank">GCA Statutory Guidance on Enforcement and Investigations</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The review decided that the maximum level of fines the Grocery Code Adjudicator could impose would not be amended at this time.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL916 question first answered 27/07/2017 13:31:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

752470

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to extend the remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator to cover the dairy sector.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government published the statutory review of the Grocery Code Adjudicator on 19 July. This review considered the Grocery Code Adjudicator’s performance within the current remit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government separately launched a Call for Evidence to consider whether the remit should be extended. The Government is considering the evidence submitted through the Call for Evidence including considering the position of indirect suppliers within the dairy sector. The Government will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Grocery Code Adjudicator can already investigate suspected breaches of the Code. It has published statutory guidance on how it will carry out investigation and enforcement functions on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/511676/GCA_Statutory_Guidance_updated_March_2016.pdf" target="_blank">GCA Statutory Guidance on Enforcement and Investigations</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The review decided that the maximum level of fines the Grocery Code Adjudicator could impose would not be amended at this time.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL917 question first answered 27/07/2017 13:31:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

752459

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Within the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators budget it is not possible to identify the membership costs for any individual member state. Details of their costs and the work they do are set out in their Programming Document[1] for 2017-2019.</p><p>In common with other EU agencies, as part of exit negotiations the government will discuss with the EU any potential future relationship with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.acer.europa.eu/en/The_agency/Mission_and_Objectives/Documents/ACER%20Programming%20Document%202017-September%202016.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.acer.europa.eu/en/The_agency/Mission_and_Objectives/Documents/ACER%20Programming%20Document%202017-September%202016.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/07/2017 15:26:25 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill