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1122847

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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	Passenger Ships
	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 the Department for Transport on the effect of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals on older UK passenger boats on businesses and skilled maritime jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	247016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and BEIS ministers have not had any direct discussions with the Department for Transport (DfT) on the effect of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals on older UK passenger boats on businesses and skilled maritime jobs. BEIS officials have reached out to the MCA and industry to further understand the issue raised. They also remain closely engaged with DfT on the delivery of the recently published Maritime 2050 strategy and to support growth ambitions across the maritime sector.</p><p>Should my hon. friend wish to discuss this issue, I would be happy to arrange a meeting.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/05/2019 16:06:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 115577 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1088245

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Public Houses: Closures
	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 pubs closed in the 12 months (a) before the business rates revaluation came into force in 2017 and (b) after that revaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	231972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/03/2019 17:21:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088747

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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	Public Houses: Codes of Practice
	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 he plans to begin a review of the Pubs Code.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	232543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the format of the statutory review of the Pubs Code which will cover the operation of the Code from when it came into force to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 11:44:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1037281

	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: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps he has taken to support small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	908443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy, we are making the UK one of the best places in the world for businesses to start up and grow.</p><p> </p><p>The Government-owned British Business Bank is supporting nearly 78,000 small businesses with over £5.5 billion of finance; and we’ve extended funding for the Start Up Loans Company until 2021, supporting 10,000 more entrepreneurs.</p><p> </p><p>We’re also providing £56m of funding to boost business productivity, including £11m to create a Small Business Leadership Programme.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/01/2019 15:29:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1002183

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Parental Leave
	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 information his Department holds on the average amount of parental leave taken by (a) women and (b) men in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) the London Borough of Lewisham in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	188224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The most recent official data on average length of family-related leave taken by parents is from the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey in 2009, which collected data from parents of children born in 2008 across Great Britain.</p><p>This shows that in 2008,</p><ul><li>mothers took an average of 39 weeks of maternity leave, up from 32 weeks in 2006.</li><li>amongst fathers who took some paternity leave, 16% took more than two weeks, 50% took two weeks and 34% took less than two weeks of leave.</li></ul><p>This does not contain information on average weeks of unpaid Parental Leave, nor of Shared Parental Leave which was introduced in 2015.</p><p>Information on the amount of leave taken at the regional or local level is not available.</p><p>The full Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey 2009/10 Research Report can be found here:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214367/rrep777.pdf</p><p>We are currently evaluating the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes. As a part of this, we are commissioning a new survey which will provide updated information. Subject to the progress of data collection, we anticipate publishing findings in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/11/2018 16:43:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1041694

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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	Maternity Leave
	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 employed mothers of babies who were admitted to neonatal care used their full 52 weeks of maternity leave entitlement in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	208911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely collect data on the length of maternity leave taken by employed mothers of babies who were admitted to neonatal care. The most recent data on the length of maternity leave taken by all mothers is from the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey in 2009, which collected data from parents of children born in 2008 across Great Britain.</p><p>This shows that in 2008, 23% of all employed mothers took 52 weeks of Statutory Maternity Leave or more (e.g. by taking annual leave in addition).</p><p>We are currently undertaking a new survey of parents which will provide updated information on family-related leave and pay entitlements, including the length of Maternity Leave taken by mothers in general. Mothers who gave birth prematurely or whose babies were admitted to neonatal care are within the scope of this survey, but it may not be possible to identify them, nor to draw conclusions given that they will represent only a small number of respondents.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/01/2019 14:04:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1041695

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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	Fathers: 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, what steps his Department is taking to support working fathers whose babies have been admitted to neonatal units.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	208912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Employed fathers have a number of workplace employment rights which can be used to help care for their children or to support the other parent, subject to meeting qualifying conditions. These include Paternity Leave and Pay, Shared Parental Leave and Pay, Unpaid Parental Leave and time off for dependants. Where a child is born prematurely, fathers have the flexibility to take Paternity Leave and Pay within 8 weeks of the expected date of birth rather than within 8 weeks of the actual birth.</p><p>The Government is sympathetic towards the traumatic experiences of parents whose babies have been admitted to neonatal care units. This is why officials in the Department are currently conducting an informal review of the provisions available to parents or premature and sick babies and those experiencing multiple births, as part of the evaluation of Shared Parental Leave.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/01/2019 14:04:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1054795

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Business: Location
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of UK-based businesses based in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham, (c) London and (d) the UK that are considering relocating out of the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	216418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure an orderly exit from the EU and a good deal for the UK. We continue to engage extensively with business across the country, including London, to understand their concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing businesses with the latest advice and information to ensure that they are prepared for all aspects of leaving the EU. The guidance published at <a href="https://euexitbusiness.campaign.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://euexitbusiness.campaign.gov.uk/</a> helps businesses locate the most relevant information based on their sector and activities.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/02/2019 17:20:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1123040

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Economic Growth: Environment Protection
	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 he has to inform young people of progress of the Government's Clean Growth Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Our progress in delivering the Clean Growth Strategy is set out in detail in the Government Response to the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report to Parliament, which includes an assessment of progress against key actions and milestones.</p><p> </p><p>‘Delivering Clean Growth’, our response to the CCC’s 2018 Progress Report, highlighted our achievements in 2018 while establishing new stretching milestones for 2019 to continue to drive progress on our commitments. This can be read at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2018-progress-report-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2018-progress-report-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes and shares young people’s enthusiasm for tackling climate change. We engage with young people on these issues through a variety of channels, including as part of the first ever Green GB Week, which was held in October 2018 to showcase the benefits, opportunities and challenges of tackling climate change and driving clean growth. We look forward to engaging with young people when Green GB Week returns for a second week of clean growth action on 4 November 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:01:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1123043

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 targets the Government has set for the UK to reduce carbon dioxide emissions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK was the first country to introduce long-term, legally binding emission reduction targets through the Climate Change Act 2008, which set a 2050 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% relative to 1990 levels. The Act also introduced carbon budgets which cap emissions over successive 5-year periods and must be set 12 years in advance.</p><p> </p><p>The UK carbon budgets already set in legislation are among the most stringent in the world. The level of each Carbon Budget is set out in the table below. Carbon budgets cover a range of greenhouse gas emissions including carbon dioxide, measured in million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Carbon Budget 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2028-32</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Budget Level</strong> <strong>(MtCO2e)</strong></p></td><td><p>3,018</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td><td><p>2,544</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on the impact of global warming of 1.5°C in October 2018, the Government commissioned its independent experts, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), to provide their advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, including on setting a net-zero target. The CCC’s advice is due on 2 May and we will consider it carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:01:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker