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708475

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the installation of smart meters on customers' ability to switch supplier.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	66594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s aim is that smart meters installed by one supplier can be operated by another so that consumers can switch energy supplier readily and retain the benefits of their smart metering service. That is why the Data and Communications Company (DCC), and the latest version of the smart metering technical specifications (known as SMETS2), have been established.</p><p>Smart meters complying with the first version of the technical specifications (SMETS1) are delivering real benefits to consumers and have helped the industry prepare for the main installation stage of the roll-out. Consumers with these meters are still able to switch supplier. If the new supplier is not able to operate the meter in smart mode, the meter will continue to record energy consumption accurately and can be used in traditional mode, with meter readings taken manually. The meter will not normally need to be replaced. Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers, through enrolment into the DCC’s system.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2017 16:47:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

708643

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	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	Manufacturing Industries: County Durham
	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 bring forward proposals to improve competitiveness and promote employment opportunities for manufacturing in East Durham.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	66541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to Question UIN 66289.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/03/2017 16:16:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

708645

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	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	Coal: Colombia
	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 his counterpart in the US on elimination of child labour in the Colombian coal mining industry; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	66624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not engaged with the US government on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2017 17:47:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708647

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	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: Policy
	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 his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	66658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>BEIS is at the heart of the Government’s ambition to create a stronger, fairer Britain – and a country that is more outward-looking than ever before.</p><p>BEIS has a critical role driving forward the changes that will build an economy that works for everyone. To deliver this ambitious agenda, our focus in 2017 will be: delivering a modern industrial strategy to enable all parts of the country to succeed– supporting and shaping a highly-skilled, competitive economy that benefits people throughout the UK. We will also be playing our role in a smooth and orderly exit from the European Union that works for the UK and for the EU, striving to be ambitious in the negotiations, securing the best possible access for businesses to trade with and operate in the European market.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/03/2017 16:38:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

707623

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	BBC Monitoring
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what agreement the Government has made with the BBC on (a) who will receive the proceeds of the sale of Caversham Park, Reading and (b) permitted uses of those proceeds.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	66480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>No agreement has been made. Who will receive the proceeds of a sale, and the use of those proceeds is dependent on ownership, which the Government is in the process of clarifying.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/03/2017 16:24:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

707630

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	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	Social Services: Taxation
	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 give direction to HM Revenue and Customs not to pursue care providers for back-dated tax which predates the guidance issued on the national minimum wage and sleep-in payments.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	66459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>I currently have no plans to issue a direction requiring HM Revenue and Customs not to pursue social care providers for arrears of pay or penalties relating to periods that pre-date amended Government guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2017 17:08:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

707631

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Southwark
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average percentage change in rateable values for businesses in (a) Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Southwark in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	66434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The effect of the revaluation of business rates on businesses in (a) Camberwell and Peckham and (b) the London Borough of Southwark will depend on the specific circumstances and location of the relevant property. A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support to properties which face an increase in rates. Additionally, my Department has been working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to those businesses with the steepest increases. A package of support was subsequently announced at the Budget today. It includes £110 million to support ratepayers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief as a result of the 2017 revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help individual businesses that are having the greatest difficulties paying increased rates bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/03/2017 16:58:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

707635

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of businesses to be affected by the 2017 change in rateable values in (a) Coventry South constituency and (b) the metropolitan area of Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	66527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The effect of the revaluation of business rates on businesses in (a) Coventry South and (b) the metropolitan area of Coventry will depend on the specific circumstances and location of the relevant property. A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support to properties which face an increase in rates.</p><p>Additionally, my Department has been working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to those businesses with the steepest increases. A package of support was subsequently announced at the Budget today. It includes £110 million to support ratepayers losing small business rates relief and rural rate relief as a result of the 2017 revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help individual businesses that are having the greatest difficulties paying increased rates bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/03/2017 16:57:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

707638

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part 1 of the UK Digital Strategy, published on 1 March 2017, what estimate his Department has made of the data speed per (a) passenger and (b) train that will be required to meet new train operator requirements in the rail franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	66520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>Our priority is for passengers to experience a reliable and highly available mobile service and we will be securing this within future franchises.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/03/2017 15:50:23 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707646

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Google: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 9, part 2 of the Government's Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, how many people Google plans to train through the Summer of Skills programme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	66463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>We are delighted Google have committed to launch a Summer of Skills programme in coastal towns across the UK. It will develop bespoke training programmes and bring Google experts to coach communities, tourist centres and hospitality businesses across the British coasts. This will accelerate digitisation and help boost tourism and growth in UK seaside towns. This new initiative is part of a wider digital skills programme from Google that has already trained over 150,000 people.</p><p> </p><p>Further questions should be directed to Google.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 08/03/2017 17:47:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh