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944080

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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	Accountancy
	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 he has received from the Big Four accountancy firms on their potential break-up.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	165526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has regular meetings with representatives from major professional services firms in the UK industry, including accounting firms.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/07/2018 11:59:55 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

973365

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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
	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 make an estimate of the number of people employed by umbrella companies.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	174743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy holds no data on the number of people employed by umbrella companies.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/10/2018 13:47:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

967912

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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: Conditions of Employment
	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 page 15 of the Government response to the Taylor review of modern working practices, published in February 2018, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to improve transparency for agency workers.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	170364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering responses to the consultations and will respond in due course. I am grateful to those who have contributed.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:54:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

967913

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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: Equal Pay
	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 recent representations he has received on ending the Swedish derogation.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	170365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government consulted on Pay Between Assignments, also known as Swedish Derogation contracts, earlier this year as part of the implementation of the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. We received 99 responses to the Agency Workers consultation, which included Pay Between Assignments, and these are being carefully considered. We will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:54:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

944877

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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	Asda: Sainsbury's
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2018 to Question 158768, whether his letter to the Competition and Markets Authority expressed the view that the assessment of the proposed merger of ASDA and Sainsbury's must also consider the potential effect of that merger on the high street.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Mr John Hayes
	uin	166071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s letter and the Competition and Markets Authority’s reply are available on:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/j-sainsbury-plc-asda-group-ltd-merger-inquiry" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/j-sainsbury-plc-asda-group-ltd-merger-inquiry</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/07/2018 13:06:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

947676

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	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	British Business Bank
	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 has any plans to privatise the British Business Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	167880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The British Business Bank (BBB) is 100% owned by Government and we have no plans to alter that position.</p><p> </p><p>As at end of July 2018, the Start Up Loans programme – run by the Start Up Loans Company (SULCo), a subsidiary of BBB – had lent £436m to more than 57,000 entrepreneurs.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:25:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

942967

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	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	Carbon Dioxide: Northern Ireland
	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 officials of the devolved administration in Northern Ireland on the (a) shortage of carbon dioxide supplies and (b) effects of that shortage on the agri-food industry in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	164899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of the industrial gases sector, including the CO2-providing subsector. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has continued to monitor the shortage and Ministers and officials have been in regular contact with producers and suppliers throughout the process. We have been assured by producers of CO2 that production and supply levels are now returning to normal.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Department talked regularly to counterparts in departments whose sectors were affected by the recent carbon dioxide shortage, and cross-Whitehall discussions on the shortage were open to any affected department or agency and the Devolved Administrations. DEFRA officials were also in contact with the Devolved Administrations to update them on developments. In particular, DEFRA regularly convened the Food Chain Emergency Liaison Group (FCELG), which all the Devolved Administrations are members of, to gather intelligence about the impacts of the carbon dioxide shortage across the UK food supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/07/2018 12:00:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

964942

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	Care Workers: Pay
	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 Court of Appeal judgment on Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad made on 13 July 2018, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals of the pay rates for care workers on sleep-in shifts.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	169353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal judgment overturns the previous interpretation of the law and means that “sleep-in” shifts, as defined by the Court of Appeal, no longer attract the National Minimum Wage. The Court of Appeal judgment applies both retrospectively and going forward. Government guidance on when “sleep-in” shifts should attract the National Minimum Wage has been updated to confirm that the Government has noted the judgment. That guidance will be updated shortly once Ministers have fully considered the implications the Court of Appeal judgment.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past year Ministers from across the Government have been working closely on how “sleep-in” shifts are remunerated and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health and Social Care are liaising with local authorities and care commissioners to ensure that they have clarity on the legal position and on their responsibilities when commissioning care services.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s voluntary Social Care Compliance Scheme remains open. Employers participating on the scheme should take note of the Court of Appeal judgment and review their pay practices accordingly. HMRC officers have been in contact directly with all employers enrolled on the scheme to set out next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 169349 169350 169351 169352 question first answered 11/09/2018 14:24:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

946935

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	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 plans the Government has to secure payments to subcontractors and suppliers owed money for work undertaken for Carillion prior to its liquidation; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Insolvency Act 1986 to protect small and medium-sized enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	167330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Decisions regarding payments to subcontractors and suppliers to Carillion are the responsibility of the court-appointed Official Receiver. In his role as liquidator, the Official Receiver is an officer of the court and independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also taken swift action to put in place support to those affected by this insolvency event. The Banks have made provision for nearly £1 billion of support to those affected and the British Business Bank will provide support of up to £100 million of lending to small businesses through its Enterprise Finance Guarantee programme. HMRC will provide practical advice and guidance to those who were contracted to Carillion and are now concerned about their ability to pay tax.</p><p>In its response to the Insolvency and Corporate Governance consultation on 26 August 2018, the Government announced that it will increase the current £600,000 cap on the proportion of funds that can be ring-fenced and paid over to unsecured creditors, including small and medium-sized enterprises, ahead of the usual order of priority in an insolvency. The increase will be in line with the impact of inflation on the current cap since it came into effect in 2003, increasing the cap to approximately £800,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:25:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

965004

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	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 timeframe is for the publication of the investigation into the collapse of Carillon by the Official Receiver.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	168999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Statute allows the Insolvency Service up to three years, following a company’s insolvency, in which to bring disqualification proceedings against its directors. Typically investigations are concluded in less time, however because of the uncertainty that attaches to any large, complex, investigation it is not possible at present to offer a more precise estimate.</p><p> </p><p>If any directors are disqualified the Insolvency Service will publish the details of the disqualification on its website (for three months) and will notify Companies House, which maintains the statutory register of disqualifications.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:23:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett