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1058805

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:16:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:40:19 19/02/2019 14:36:14
	hansard heading	Tidal Power: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	219489
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 14:04:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to promote Scotland's tidal energy potential in 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219489
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219489
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>At the beginning of this month, I met the rt. hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, the hon. Member Argyll and Bute, and other parliamentary colleagues to discuss industry proposals for developing the wave and tidal energy sectors. Wave and tidal stream projects are eligible to enter the forthcoming Contract for Difference allocation round.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 14:04:02 answering member 3974
	creator	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1059000

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:28:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:52:47 19/02/2019 16:55:03
	hansard heading	Channel Tunnel and Port of Dover: Customs
	house id	1
	identifier	219342
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:22:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the effect on businesses using the (a) Port of Dover and (b) Channel Tunnel of the reintroduction of customs procedures between the EU and the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219342
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219342
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Delivering a negotiated deal with the EU remains the Government's top priority, but it is the job of a responsible government to ensure we are prepared for all scenarios, including no-deal.</p><p>The Government aims to ensure that movement through ports will continue to be as frictionless as possible in a no-deal scenario, so that the effects on businesses using the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel are minimised. To achieve this, the Government’s no deal <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/moving-goods-to-and-from-the-eu-through-roll-on-roll-off-locations-including-eurotunnel" target="_blank">roll on-roll off model</a> (which applies at these ports) moves customs processes away from the border. Furthermore, HMRC on 4 February <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fhm-revenue-and-customs-simplifies-importing-from-the-eu-as-part-of-no-deal-preparation&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmicah.coleman%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc4eb8b82cf5242eb8a3408d690e57033%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636855712437110562&amp;sdata=OLj6Zl4T3MmwqZpFyOX011p1wVy01LeOkZxKS0iq634%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">announced transitional simplified procedures</a> (TSP) which will aid businesses using these ports, and the Border Delivery Group is actively engaging with prospective declarants on both sides of the Channel.</p><p>As the application of additional customs checks by the EU is outside of our control, the Government has undertaken a range of preparatory measures to mitigate potential impacts and ensure that goods can continue to flow into and out of the UK as freely as possible. These include Operation Brock and other traffic management measures in order to manage HGV flows effectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:22:04 answering member 4487
	creator	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1058997

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:28:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:52:37 19/02/2019 16:55:05
	hansard heading	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	identifier	219558
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:20:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK moving from 4th to 9th in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index on the viability of small businesses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219558
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219558
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK’s 2019 Ease of Doing Business score of 82.65 currently is higher than the average of the OECD high income economies, which is 77.80. The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index ranks the United Kingdom 8 out of 140 countries, and in December 2018 Forbes Magazine nominated the UK as the best country in the world for business out of 161 countries.</p><p> </p><p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy, we are focused on maintaining and improving our first-class business environment. We are cutting corporation tax and reforming Business Rates to link them to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and exempt 655,000 firms all together. We have introduced the new Streamlined Company Registration Service, to ease administrative burdens on new businesses and are exempting small and micro-businesses from regulation where possible and desirable.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, we are providing over £5.5 billion of finance to almost 78,000 smaller UK businesses through programmes operated by the Government-owned British Business Bank. We have created the Small Business Commissioner (SBC) with powers to tackle unfair payment practices; in the first year SBC has returned £2.1million to SMEs in payment disputes.</p><p> </p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:20:51 answering member 4487
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1058743

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:12:27
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:36:14 28/02/2019 17:39:05
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	219386
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2019 17:07:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is drawing up plans for specific nations and regions of the UK to boost the economy in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219386
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219386
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government continues to work towards a deal and we are confident of securing a relationship with the EU which maintains the current, liberalised access and frictionless trade we enjoy. This is in the interest of business across all regions of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting vital industries in any EU exit scenario, including taking action to provide continuity for UK business in trading arrangements wherever possible. Extensive engagement continues between Government and industry to help businesses prepare for different scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>Our modern Industrial Strategy has set out a long-term approach to ensure that we’re building an economy fit for the future and will help us make the best of our relations with Europe and beyond. This includes a range of measures aimed at increasing investment to all regions of the UK from the private and public sector, from cutting business taxes, slashing red tape to investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale.</p> question first answered 28/02/2019 17:07:04 answering member 4487
	creator	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1058742

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:12:24
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:36:11 19/02/2019 16:59:01
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	219385
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:27:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is drawing up plans for specific sectors to boost the UK economy in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219385
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219385
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government continues to work towards a deal with the EU. This is very much in the interest of the EU as well as the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting vital industries in any EU exit scenario. Extensive engagement has taken, and is taking, place between Government and industry to communicate actions businesses can take in preparation and to explore the implications of different scenarios on sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Our modern Industrial Strategy has set out a long-term approach to ensure that we’re building an economy fit for the future and will help us make the best of our relations with Europe and beyond. This includes a range of measures aimed at increasing investment from the private and public sector, from cutting business taxes, slashing red tape to investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:27:58 answering member 4487
	creator	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1058841

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:18:54
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:42:26 21/02/2019 15:33:02
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	219288
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 15:01:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the value of contracts held by his Department with (a) Deloitte, (b) Slaughter and May and (c) Mott MacDonald is in the last two years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219288
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219288
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy holds a contact register detailing all live contracts with a whole life value of over £100K. The data from this register shows a contract value of;</p><p>(a) Deloitte £155,960;</p><p>(b) Slaughter and May £0;</p><p>(c) Mott MacDonald £5,293,380.</p> question first answered 21/02/2019 15:01:25 answering member 4068
	creator	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1058981

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:27:31
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:51:29 21/02/2019 16:52:02
	hansard heading	Electrical Control Equipment: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	219265
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 16:18:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Electricity, Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002 and (b) Distribution Connection and Use of Service Agreement whereby only Distribution Network Operators, Energy Suppliers and meter operators can remove cut-out fuses in domestic properties.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219265
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219265
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>No recent assessments have been made of the effectiveness of the Electricity, Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations. Regulation 24 requires the cut-out to be locked or sealed to prevent supply interference by unauthorised persons.</p><p>The Distribution Connection and Use of System Agreement is a multi-party contract between licensed electricity distributors, suppliers and generators in Great Britain concerned with the use of the electricity distribution system. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is not a party to this agreement. The industry regulator, Ofgem, is responsible for approving changes to this agreement.</p><p>Government and Ofgem have launched a review into the rules that govern our energy system to develop options for improving the codes and their governance. The Distribution Connection and Use of System Agreement is in the scope of this review.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/02/2019 16:18:11 answering member 3974
	creator	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1058707

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:10:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:26:44 19/02/2019 16:59:06
	hansard heading	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Training
	house id	1
	identifier	219467
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:26:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what gender awareness training staff at the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have undertaken in relation to their inspections of employment agencies’ practices; and whether the inspectorate has a gender awareness strategy in place for those inspections.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219467
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219467
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All staff in the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have to undertake mandatory training on diversity and inclusion, including unconscious bias training. The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has a published enforcement policy statement which details their approach to conducting inspections:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615442/employment-agency-standards-inspectorate-enforcement-statement.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615442/employment-agency-standards-inspectorate-enforcement-statement.pdf</a></p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:26:57 answering member 4487
	creator	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1058794

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:16:18
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 15:15:19 19/02/2019 18:15:03
	hansard heading	Research: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	219416
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 17:43:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s commitment to increase public investment in research and development by £7 billion by 2021-22 is dependent on the outcome of the forthcoming Spending Review.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219416
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219416
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government committed at Budget 2017 to increase public investment in Research &amp; Development by £7 billion by 2021-22. This is not dependent on the outcome of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 17:43:43 answering member 4021
	creator	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1058871

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:20:42
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:44:14 19/02/2019 17:00:16
	hansard heading	Business: Underpayments
	house id	1
	identifier	219502
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:24:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have been fined for underpaying staff in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219502
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219502
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) is a priority for this Government. HMRC enforce the NMW on behalf of BEIS; in 2018/19 we increased HMRC’s enforcement budget to a record high of £26.3 million. HMRC responds to 100% of worker complaints.</p><p> </p><p>In the financial year 2017/18, HMRC closed 2,402 cases and identified £15.6 million in arrears of wages for over 200,000 workers. This is the largest amount of money recovered for the highest number of workers since the NMW came into force. HMRC issued financial penalties in 810 of these cases, with a record total value of just under £14.1 million.</p><p> </p><p>Further details are available in the published document below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/742668/nmw-nlw-enforcement-compliance-report-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/742668/nmw-nlw-enforcement-compliance-report-2018.pdf</a></p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:24:52 answering member 4487
	creator	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley