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997404

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership: Staff
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 FTE staff have been employed by the Coast to Capital LEP in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	184835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>Coast to Capital LEP has employed the following Full Time Equivalent Staff in the last five years:</p><p> </p><p>• March 2018 – 30</p><p>• March 2017 – 25</p><p>• March 2016 – 14</p><p>• March 2015 – 12</p><p>• March 2014 – 10</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The increase from 2016 to 2017 was due to bringing the Growth Hub in-house and the start of the Enterprise Adviser Network.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/11/2018 14:35:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 82617 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

997408

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership
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 the investment objectives are of the public funds distributed by the C2C Local Enterprise Partnership.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	184844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Growth Deal agreed with Government Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has been awarded £304m from the Local Growth Fund for projects that benefit the local area and the economy. Projects are expected to deliver improvements for the local economy in line with the Strategic Economic Plan developed by the LEP. These include but are not limited to jobs, new homes and improvements in transport and skills.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/11/2018 14:34:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 82619 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

992788

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Post Offices: Opening Hours
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 (a) safeguards and (b) terms and conditions are in place to ensure that there is no reduction in operating hours when the Post Office transfers a branch to a franchisee.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	182156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Providing customers with convenient access to Post Office services is of vital importance. Over the last few years, as part of the Post Office’s programme to modernise their branch network, the Post Office have increased opening hours at almost 6,000 branches, offering in excess of 200,000 additional opening hours overall. Nearly 4,000 branches are now open on Sundays.</p><p> </p><p>When the Post Office franchises a branch to a new partner, they always ensure that the opening hours are at least equal to those in the existing branch. This agreement on hours is formalised in the Post Office’s contract with the partner. However, in the vast majority of cases, opening hours are extended on Saturday afternoons and often branches will open earlier on weekdays and on Sundays. The Post Office’s recent announcement to franchise branches to WHSmith (subject to public consultation) will see opening hours extended on Saturday afternoons and on Sundays.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/10/2018 15:41:46 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 80908 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

992636

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Living Wage: Business
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 he has made of the number of businesses paying the national living wage in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and if he'll make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	182093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone, and the National Living Wage is part of our wider commitment to ensuring this, both in terms of fair pay and fair working conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold these particular statistics. Analysis from the Low Pay Commission (published in March 2018) shows that around 2.1 million workers are on the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates, in England, which equates to 8.9% of all workers. In Coventry around 11,400 workers are on the minimum wage (equivalent to around 8.1% of all workers), and across the West Midlands 266,000 workers are on the minimum wage (equivalent to 11.5% of all workers in the region).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/10/2018 15:43:59 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 80904 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

995569

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	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 (a) extend access to employment tribunals, and (b) improve employment rights for employees with less than two years’ service.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £1bn in a programme of modernisation and reform of the courts and tribunals. These reforms will be implemented over a number of years, with reform of the Employment Tribunals scheduled for the latter part of the reform programme.</p><p> </p><p>We responded to the Taylor review of modern working practices in February 2018, committing to firm action and future legislation. We launched four consultations on the detail, including proposals that would improve clarity for recently recruited employees and a consultation on the enforcement of labour market rights. We are currently considering the responses and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Qualifying periods apply to certain employment rights so as to strike the right balance between fairness for employees and flexibility for employers, and so that employers are not discouraged from taking on new staff.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/11/2018 16:59:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 82146 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis