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810483

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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: Brexit
	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 estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that his Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	120829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Impact Assessments, typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament, are narrowly defined. For example, the Government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which can be found on our website.</p><p> </p><p>Civil servants conduct any Impact Assessments related to legislation as business as usual. Our broader analysis continues.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 10:54:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816751

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Impact Assessment for the Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill does not include statistical information on the (a) costs and (b) benefits of the proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	121178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Impact Assessment, the costs and benefits will depend on the detailed methodology the independent regulator Ofgem adopts to set the level of a tariff cap. The Government does not wish to prejudice the deliberations of Ofgem’s work in establishing the methodology, and has therefore not included quantified analysis of the costs and benefits in the Impact Assessment but has included a qualitative discussion.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 10/01/2018 15:30:50 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

816752

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for what reason the Impact Assessment for the Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill does not include an assessment of the potential merits of not including an appeals process to the Competition and Markets Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	121179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>It would not be normal for an impact assessment to include an analysis of the merits of different appeal processes.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 10/01/2018 15:31:00 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

816753

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department's impact assessment on the Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill does not include an explanation for why it believes that Ofgem will be able to achieve an acceptable trade-off between the different criteria for setting the cap.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	121180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Ofgem will consult on the methodology for setting the cap, including how it can best achieve an acceptable trade-off between the different criteria for setting the cap.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 10/01/2018 15:31:11 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

816754

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department's impact assessment on the Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill does not include analysis of the impact of the Pre-Payment Cap or retail price controls elsewhere.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	121181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment sets out clearly the rationale for introducing a cap. Analysis of the impact of the Pre-Payment Cap and retail price controls elsewhere will be of most relevance when the methodology for setting the cap is considered by Ofgem, but the Government will consider what might be relevant to include on this at the final legislation stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/01/2018 13:28:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

816755

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Energy: Prices
	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 ensure that consumers on default or standard variable energy tariffs get a fairer deal.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	121182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government published the draft Domestic Gas &amp; Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill which would require Ofgem to impose a tariff cap on domestic standard variable and default tariffs with some exceptions. The draft Bill is currently undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny by the BEIS Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 121183 question first answered 11/01/2018 11:08:05 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

816756

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Energy: Prices
	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 address the loyalty penalty faced by consumers who do not switch energy providers.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	121183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government published the draft Domestic Gas &amp; Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill which would require Ofgem to impose a tariff cap on domestic standard variable and default tariffs with some exceptions. The draft Bill is currently undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny by the BEIS Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 121182 question first answered 11/01/2018 11:08:05 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

816812

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the transparency document entitled Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Gender Pay Gap Report 2017, if he will set out the pay gap data for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade, (b) profession and (c) and whether the staff to whom that data applies are from (i) the core department or (ii) arms-length bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The median and mean pay gap by grade for core BEIS, under the methodology used for gender pay gap reporting, are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Pay Gap</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median Pay Gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7/6</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Bonus Gap</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median Bonus Gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA/AO</p></td><td><p>-8.6%</p></td><td><p>-6.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>-13.7%</p></td><td><p>-16.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO/SEO</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7/6</p></td><td><p>-0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>-1.3%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any data on the pay gap, if any, by profession.</p><p>It should be noted that the methodology used for Gender Pay Gap reporting differs from that used for considering Equal Pay cases. In addition the figures above do not compare staff doing the same or similar weighted work.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 10/01/2018 16:09:45 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816826

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
	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 he is taking (a) to increase the number of inspectors and (b) to raise the level of penalties to deal with employers who pay less than the minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	121253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The budget for enforcing the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) has increased from £13.2 million in 2015/16 to £25.3 million for 2017/18. The increase in HM Revenue and Customs’ enforcement resources has enabled an increase in the number of compliance officers available to investigate NMW abuses.</p><p> </p><p>The penalty regime has been significantly strengthened in recent years. The Government raised the penalty calculation up to 200% in 2016; this was previously 50% and more recently 100%. We have also changed the penalty cap to apply on a ‘per worker’ rather than ‘per employer’ basis; this ensures that employers who break the law face a penalty equivalent to the arrears they owe their workers, up to £20,000 maximum per worker.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:13:41 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

816977

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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
	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 Community Post Offices in each Parliamentary constituency receive funding from the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	121404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Post Office is modernising and improving its national network, with thousands of branches benefitting from investment under the Government funded Network Transformation programme. This programme has already seen over 7,000 of the network’s branches modernised, delivering benefits to customers, including much longer opening hours and improved branch environments.</p><p> </p><p>It has also seen around 3,000 branches designated as ‘Community Branches’. These are typically ‘the last shop or service in a village or community’, providing vital access to Post Office services in areas which are mostly remote, rural or urban deprived. Community Branches are benefitting from continuing to receive a fixed element of remuneration from Post Office, and do not receive Government funding directly. Additionally, these branches have also had access to a £20m Government funded Community Branch Fund, to provide them with investment to help support their long-term sustainability.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/01/2018 13:27:24 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane