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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

626145

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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: Working Hours
	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 officials of his Department have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	51125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not record centrally the number of officials who have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/11/2016 10:48:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

627487

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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: 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, how much his Department has spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	51613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The expenditure on agency workers is included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>The former Department of Energy and Climate Change’s annual spend on temporary staff (including Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Executive Agency) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend on temporary staff £’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>6,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>10,171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>11,706</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual spend on temporary staff (including Executive Agency and Non-Departmental Public Bodies) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend on temporary staff £’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>67,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>85,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>87,846</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>70,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>57,397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The expenditure on agency workers is included in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts under ‘other staff costs’ which is the basis for this answer. Please be aware that the costs may include payments to non-executive board members.</p><p>Total annual spend on temporary staff for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is therefore:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend on temporary staff £’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>72,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>92,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>98,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>80,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>69,103</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/11/2016 15:39:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

638029

	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: Procurement
	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 times his Department has (a) terminated a contract, (b) imposed a penalty and (c) denied permission for a company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct since November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	53174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (including the former Departments for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change) has not terminated a contract, imposed a penalty or denied permission for any company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct since November 2015.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/11/2016 16:26:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

643183

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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: 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 the difference has been between the salary of his Department's highest paid director and the median salary of all staff in his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	54638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) were merged to create this new department. The information requested from 2010 has therefore been broken down in to the tables below by each department.</p><p>The median salaries in the tables below are published on the Office for National Statistics website every October.</p><p>Salaries of highest paid senior employees are published in annual reports in bands of £5,000. Please note that as Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals are generally paid higher salaries than Directors in the civil service, the figures below reflect the highest paid employees, and not the highest paid staff in the Director grade.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BIS</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Highest Earner</p></td><td><p>Difference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£38,430</p></td><td><p>£180,000-£185,000</p></td><td><p>£141,570-£146,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£38,800</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£121,200-£126,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£37,950</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£122,050-£127,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£37,410</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£122,590-£127,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£35,710</p></td><td><p>£160,000-£165,000</p></td><td><p>£124,290-£129,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£34,290</p></td><td><p>£185,000-£190,000</p></td><td><p>£150,710-£155,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£33,180</p></td><td><p>£185,000-£190,000</p></td><td><p>£151,820-£156,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>DECC</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>Highest Earner</p></td><td><p>Difference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£48,400</p></td><td><p>£180,000-£185,000</p></td><td><p>£131,600-£136,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£48,420</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£116,580-£121,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£47,920</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£117,080-£122,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£40,080</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£124,920-£129,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£40,740</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£124,260-£129,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£46,890</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£118,110-£123,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£40,310</p></td><td><p>£165,000-£170,000</p></td><td><p>£124,690-£129,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 17:01:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

647832

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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: Billing
	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 proportion of payments by his Department to small businesses are made on time and in accordance with the prompt payment code.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	55444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not differentiate between small, medium or larger businesses as many smaller businesses can be found throughout the supply chain. The performance for ex-DECC and ex-BIS in the 15/16 financial year resulted in 98.8% and 96.7% of supplier invoices being paid within 5 working days.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/12/2016 13:40:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

652788

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Travel
	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 much his Department spent on travel that was not standard class in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	56225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Over the last 5 years the Department, and its predecessors, spent the following amounts on non-standard class travel:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>ex-DECC</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>ex-BIS*</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail</p></td><td><p>Business/First Class Air</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail</p></td><td><p>Business/First Class Air</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail</p></td><td><p>Business/First Class Air</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£3,382</p></td><td><p>£223,519</p></td><td><p>£52,803</p></td><td><p>£1,401,638</p></td><td><p>£56,185</p></td><td><p>£1,625,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£9,309</p></td><td><p>£167,187</p></td><td><p>£21,955</p></td><td><p>£1,527,987</p></td><td><p>£31,264</p></td><td><p>£1,695,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£6,837</p></td><td><p>£155,825</p></td><td><p>£21,672</p></td><td><p>£1,801,748</p></td><td><p>£28,509</p></td><td><p>£1,957,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£3,319</p></td><td><p>£211,120</p></td><td><p>£17,992</p></td><td><p>£1,100,481</p></td><td><p>£21,311</p></td><td><p>£1,311,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£11,906</p></td><td><p>£60,025</p></td><td><p>£14,901</p></td><td><p>£944,133</p></td><td><p>£26,807</p></td><td><p>£1,004,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£34,753</p></td><td><p>£817,676</p></td><td><p>£129,323</p></td><td><p>£6,775,987</p></td><td><p>£164,076</p></td><td><p>£7,593,663</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures include spend by UK Trade &amp; Investment (which is now part of the Department for International Trade) and policy directorates which are now part of the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2016 14:49:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

677443

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Prosecutions
	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 prosecutions have been brought by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	61286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the total number of successful prosecution cases brought by Employment Agency Standards (EAS) since 2010-11 <strong>and</strong> the number of defendants.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prosecution cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defendants </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>EAS are currently investigating 11 cases (21 defendants) that may lead to prosecution proceedings. EAS publishes its prosecution figures in its Annual Reports.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 14:20:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

677637

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Finance
	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 budget of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has been in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	61285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£932,000 (actual spend)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£697,631 (actual spend)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£551,461 (actual spend)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£532,032*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Not available **</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£500,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* This is the budget allocated for these financial years, as actual spend is not available.</p><p> </p><p>**The Employment Agency Standards budget was held at a higher level of aggregation and managed across a number of different programmes, so we are unable to provide a figure for that financial year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 14:19:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

681275

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cleaning 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, what the hourly pay-rate is for his Department's cleaning staff.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	62260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>On average the hourly rate for a cleaning operative is £8.04.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/02/2017 15:24:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron