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886138

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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	New Businesses
	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 financial support his Department provided to help people start up businesses in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	136333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy aims to make Britain the best place to start and grow a business. Programmes operated by the government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) are supporting £4 billion of finance to over 65,000 smaller businesses (as at end Sept 2017).</p><p> </p><p>This includes funding from the Start Up Loans programme which made 8,551 loans in the 2017-18 Financial Year, totalling £104m. Since its inception in 2012, the Start Up Loans programme has lent over £400m, making over 54,000 loans. We also offer support for SMEs across a broad range of sectors to tackle barriers to growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides support to start-up businesses across England through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. In addition, in 2017-2018 we have provided £12m of funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to enable them to provide tailored support and advice to start-ups and existing businesses through their network of Growth Hubs.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 14:10:36 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

890286

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Business: West Midlands
	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 local businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	137418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized businesses across England can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. Over the last three years, Government has also supported and invested in the creation of 38 Growth Hubs (one in each Local Enterprise</p><p>Partnership area), providing businesses across England with tailored advice and support. To date, Growth Hubs have engaged and supported over 570,000 businesses, delivered 68,000 diagnostic interventions and helped 11,391 individuals to start a business.</p><p> </p><p>Since launch, the six Growth Hubs in the West Midlands have supported over 37,500 businesses; delivered over 2,200 intensive diagnostics; and helped over 1,850 individuals to start a business. Of these, the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub has supported over 2,530 businesses; delivered 380 intensive diagnostics and helped 415 individuals to start a business.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the recently launched £250 million Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), provides finance to help smaller business across the Midlands to start up and grow, helping realise the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. As at March 2018, it had made 6 investments into 6 SMEs in the West Midlands with £203k invested.</p><p> </p><p>Aligned to this, the Midlands Engine Strategy sets out our actions to date and the next steps to deliver our vision for the Midlands by tackling local productivity barriers. This includes; £392m for Midland's projects to accelerate local growth, bringing the total Growth Deal Funding for the Midlands to nearly £1.9 billion, a flagship £20 million Midlands Skills Challenge to improve skills across the Midlands, £4 million to support the Midlands Engine Partnership to deepen their excellent work.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, programmes operated by the government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) are supporting £4 billion of finance to over 65,000 smaller businesses (as at end Sept 2017). Since the launch of the British Business Bank in November 2014, its programmes have facilitated over £607m to businesses in the West Midlands. Of this figure, over £75m has supported businesses in Coventry*. Additionally, since 2012, the Start-up Loans programme has made over 4,500 loans totalling over £31m in the West Midlands, this includes 244 loans totalling over £1.5m in Coventry**.</p><p> </p><p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we will continue to back small and medium-sized business to grow and create jobs by providing an environment in which they can thrive.</p><p> </p><p><em>*BBB figures minus SUL are as at end of December 2017</em></p><p><em>** SUL figures at end of December 2017</em></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:51:02 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

890335

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Insurance: Liability
	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 he has considered the implications for the public liability claims handling process of the non-disclosure by organisations of their public liability insurer.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	137508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>At present, prospective claimants may be able to obtain information about insurance cover held by a prospective defendant under the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 if the defendant is insolvent or in other similar circumstances covered by that Act and under Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules, which permits the court to order the pre-action disclosure of documents in appropriate cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not have any plans to change the law in this area.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:51:33 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

890470

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Toys and Games: Safety
	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 for the continuation of CE safety and quality marking on British-made toys after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	137382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>A CE marking indicates that a product conforms to the requirements set out in the relevant EU legislation. In some cases the product will also have been tested by a third-party body before the manufacturer labels the product with a CE marking.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is to keep people safe and we are currently considering options regarding CE marking for goods sold in the UK after the UK leaves the EU. As the PM set out in her Mansion House speech, our aim is to ensure that products only need to undergo one series of approvals, in one country, to show that they meet the required regulatory standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with a wide range of businesses to ensure their views are represented as we progress our work on future options regarding CE marking.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 14:14:49 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

890483

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
	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 policy is on the maintenance of the provisions of the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	137593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of consumer product safety extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that only safe products, including personal protective equipment, is placed on the UK market now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The safety requirements that personal protective equipment must meet that are based on EU law will be retained through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. This means that, on day 1 after exit, personal protective equipment will only be able to be sold on the UK market if it meets the same safety requirements as it does now.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:51:48 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

890484

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
	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 policy is on the maintenance of the Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	137594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of consumer product safety extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that only safe products, including gas appliances, are placed on the UK market now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The safety requirements that gas appliances must meet that are based on EU law will be retained through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. This means that, on day 1 after exit, gas appliances will only be able to be sold on the UK market if they meet the same safety requirements as they do now.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:52:04 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

890520

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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	Small Businesses: 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, if he will make it his policy to classify small businesses as preferential creditors in cases of (a) insolvency and (b) bankruptcy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	137408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Certain debts, mostly relating to employees’ remuneration or pension scheme entitlements, are paid before other categories of creditor when a company enters liquidation or administration or an individual becomes bankrupt.</p><p> </p><p>Giving small businesses a similar preferential status would reduce the level of returns for other groups of creditors affected by an insolvency, potentially including a reduction in the returns received by existing preferential creditors such as employees. The Government therefore does not intend to change the status of debts owed to small businesses in insolvencies.</p><p> </p><p>In the recently-published Insolvency and Corporate Governance consultation, Government has proposed removing or increasing the current £600,000 cap on the proportion of funds realised from assets subject to floating charge security in a liquidation, administration or administrative receivership that can be ring-fenced and paid to unsecured creditors (known as the “prescribed part”). Doing so would increase returns to unsecured creditors, including small businesses, without changing their status.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:50:16 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson