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732764

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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	Bereavement Leave: Parents
	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 Cabinet colleagues on the merits of introducing statutory paid leave for parents who suffer the loss of a child.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	900038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>I know my Hon. Friend has done a considerable amount of work on this, given his own tragic experience. I would like to reassure him that we are exploring options for supporting bereaved parents in employment.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect employers to be compassionate and flexible at such a difficult time, however we understand this is not always the case.</p><p> </p><p>So we are looking at ways to enable parents to take time away from work to grieve.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/06/2017 15:33:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

746301

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	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	High Rise Flats: Electrical 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 assessment he has made of the merits of introducing white goods safety checks in tower blocks in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	1803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the highest sets of product safety requirements in the EU which requires goods to meet strict safety rules before they are put into use.</p><p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1471 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

657461

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	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	Agency Workers: Conditions of 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 recent representations he has received on the status and rights of agency workers.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	907835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>I receive regular correspondence from individuals and organisations concerning the rights of workers, including agency workers. The status and rights of agency workers are being examined further by Matthew Taylor in his review of modern working practices. In considering their position he will be engaging with workers, employers, trade unions and representative bodies over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2016 17:10:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

756859

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Furniture: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) the adequacy of and (b) compliance with the fire safety standards of furniture products in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	7834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The fire safety requirements currently in place for upholstered furniture and furnishings used in UK homes are being reviewed to ensure they reflect changed fire safety risks, risks associated with exposure to flame retardant chemicals and technological advances. In doing so, public protection remains the Government’s priority.</p><p>We have consulted on proposals for reform and are reviewing options in light of the stakeholder responses received and in light of the Grenfell Tower Fire. We will publish the Government response in due course.</p><p>Local authority trading standards are responsible for checking compliance with and enforcement of the requirements.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 15:46:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

710666

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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: Migrant 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 many and what proportion of people employed by his Department are from other EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	67455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Like all Government Departments, BEIS is bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment as part of pre-employment checks but there is no requirement to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose. Holding this information then is not mandatory and as a result is not available for the whole BEIS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/03/2017 16:51:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

714254

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	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	Renewable Energy: Greater London
	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 accredited renewable energy generators operate in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn and (b) London in each of the last three years; and how many Renewables Levy Exemption Certifications Ofgem issued in those areas in those years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	69148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is set out below, based on the postcode for the installations. For Hampstead and Kilburn, we have used the postcodes of N8, NW2, NW3, NW6, NW8, NW10, W9 and W10.</p><p> </p><p>For the Renewables Obligation and the Feed-in Tariffs scheme, the “New” column shows new installations in the specified year. The “Total” columns show the cumulative number since the schemes started, in 2002 and 2010 respectively.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Renewables Obligation</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of installations granted accreditation</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Feed-in Tariffs Scheme</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of operational installations</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014/15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>New</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>4,616</p></td><td><p>22,545</p></td><td><p>5,574</p></td><td><p>28,119</p></td><td><p>1,769</p></td><td><p>29,888</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Levy Exemption Certificates (LECs) </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of LECs issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>944,803</p></td><td><p>333,854</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/04/2017 16:44:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

713405

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux
	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 an assessment of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding for the Citizens Advice Service in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Kirklees in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	69046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides funding to Citizen Advice (CitA), the umbrella body for the Citizen Advice Service in England and Wales through an annual grant to support their core function and to deliver consumer advocacy and advice. Funding over the last three years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>BIS Core Funding</p></td><td><p>Consumer advice, information &amp; advocacy</p></td><td><p>Total Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,974,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,874,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,313,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,213,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£18,940,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£37,840,300</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Central Government does not provide funding directly to local individual Citizen Advice offices, core funding for which is usually provided by the local authority in which they are located.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2017 14:23:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

713593

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2017
	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	Conditions of Employment: Maternity Rights
	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 potential merits of applying equivalent maternity rights for women in permanent employment to women in casual, fixed-term or zero-hours employment contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>Entitlement to statutory employment rights, including family related statutory leave and pay, is determined by the individual’s employment status and not the type of contract that they have. This means that many women on casual, fixed-term or zero-hours contracts will already enjoy the same maternity benefits as women in full-time, permanent employment.</p><p>The wide ranging independent review of Modern Employment Practices is looking at the impact of non-standard forms of employment on security, pay and rights</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2017 13:06:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 42702 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

720891

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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: Secondment
	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 staff are seconded to his Department; and how many such staff are seconded from which companies and organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	70941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 40 staff seconded to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The table below shows the organisations that secondees are from and the number of secondees from each organisation:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Grid</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Irish Government</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>New Economy Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove City Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>NHS Trust Development Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Royal Society</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City &amp; County of Swansea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Imperial College London</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>National Physical Laboratory</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Oxford University</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMWi - Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>British Business Bank</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire combined Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QAA (Quality assurance agency for higher education)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>UK Petroleum Industry Association Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Southend on Sea Borough Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research Councils UK</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>City of Bradford MDC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Science &amp; Technology Facilities Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chartered trading standards institute</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Jisc</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>UK Atomic Energy Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Sheffield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Financial Conduct Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Natural Environment Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacobs</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>The Financial Reporting Council Ltd</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Environment Agency</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>British Standards Institute</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shell</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Deloittes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 15:41:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

747085

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	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	Holiday 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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 June 2017, Official Report, columns 457-8W, on workers' rights, what powers the Government has made available to HM Revenue and Customs to sanction companies withholding employees' paid holiday allowance; and on how many occasions such powers have been used.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	2293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has no powers to sanction companies for withholding holiday pay.</p><p>However, HM Revenue and Customs plays a vital role in enforcing the National Minimum Wage and the Government has continued to strengthen enforcement action in this area.</p><p>More broadly, the Government has asked Matthew Taylor to consider new forms of work such as the ‘gig economy’ and self-employment, and their implications on employee rights and responsibilities, employer freedoms and obligations, and the existing regulatory framework surrounding employment.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/07/2017 16:21:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin