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1135978

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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	Productivity: North of England
	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 he plans to use the Northern Powerhouse strategy refresh to improve productivity in the North of England.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	271528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s continued commitment to the Northern Powerhouse, and the North’s vital role in improving the country’s productivity, is reflected in my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s recent decision to make the Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth a joint appointment between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and and Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. This builds on the commitment at Autumn Budget 2018 to refresh the Northern Powerhouse Strategy.</p><p>The Strategy will be developed across government and in partnership with external stakeholders, including mayoral combined authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships and civic and business leaders, to ensure the whole of the North of England benefits from government investment with a clear plan for improved productivity and prosperity. It will also reflect the development of Local Industrial Strategies across the North, the first of which was published last month by Greater Manchester with government.</p><p>The refreshed Northern Powerhouse Strategy will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 09/07/2019 14:54:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1137867

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	NP11
	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 terms of reference are for the NP11.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	275222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The NP11 has been provided with £850,0000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and NP11 have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding and headline business plan for 2019/20. It sets out how the NP11 will work with Government to unlock the north’s economic potential. This includes collaboration across the Local Enterprise Partnerships, key business and civic leaders, and other strategic partners across the North.</p><p> </p><p>The NP11 is an independent body, and so appoint their own Chair and Vice Chair.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 275223 275224 question first answered 16/07/2019 16:43:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1137868

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	NP11: Finance
	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 funding has been allocated from the public purse to the NP11.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	275223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The NP11 has been provided with £850,0000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and NP11 have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding and headline business plan for 2019/20. It sets out how the NP11 will work with Government to unlock the north’s economic potential. This includes collaboration across the Local Enterprise Partnerships, key business and civic leaders, and other strategic partners across the North.</p><p> </p><p>The NP11 is an independent body, and so appoint their own Chair and Vice Chair.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 275222 275224 question first answered 16/07/2019 16:43:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1137869

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	NP11: Public Appointments
	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 selection (a) process and (b) criteria were used for the appointment of the (i) Chair and (ii) Vice Chair to the NP11.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	275224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The NP11 has been provided with £850,0000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and NP11 have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding and headline business plan for 2019/20. It sets out how the NP11 will work with Government to unlock the north’s economic potential. This includes collaboration across the Local Enterprise Partnerships, key business and civic leaders, and other strategic partners across the North.</p><p> </p><p>The NP11 is an independent body, and so appoint their own Chair and Vice Chair.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 275222 275223 question first answered 16/07/2019 16:43:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1226661

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	905076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK has demonstrated that clean, green growth is absolutely possible.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1990 and 2018 we grew our economy by 75 per cent, whilst cutting emissions by 43%.</p><p> </p><p>In his Summer Statement, my Rt hon Friend, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer set out £3 billion pounds to improve the energy efficiency of homes and public buildings which will also support around 140,000 green jobs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/07/2020 12:14:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1254172

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	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	Bounce Back Loan Scheme
	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 number of businesses prevented from accessing the Bounce Back Loan Scheme due to being declined for feeder accounts by banks after a credit check.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	118538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. <del class="ministerial">Decisions on lending are a matter for the British Business Bank and accredited lenders.</del></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/11/2020 16:24:47 question first ministerially corrected 30/11/2020 15:36:09 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 64352 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1287372

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Printing Machinery
	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 prevent printer manufacturers from locking devices to only being able to use approved printer cartridges.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	154747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to tackling consumer rip-offs and bad business practices, including profiteering. Under competition law, responsibility for investigating individual and market-wide competition issues falls to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s competition authority.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has ensured that the CMA has significant powers and expertise to investigate anti-competitive practices. Consumers and businesses can report concerns regarding competition issues to the CMA.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government continues to work with the CMA and other consumer and retail organisations to monitor the extent of profiteering, and will update the law if it is proportionate to do so.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to tackling consumer rip-offs and bad business practices. The Government has ensured that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has significant powers and expertise to investigate such issues.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, it is a criminal offence to provide consumers with misleading information or omit important details about a product they are purchasing. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under competition law, the CMA is responsible for investigating individual and market-wide competition issues. Consumers and businesses should report concerns about competition issues to the CMA.</ins></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/02/2021 18:02:22 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2021 14:50:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 84760 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1300314

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Uber: 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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 24 February 2021, Official report, col 939, which stakeholders ACAS conducted its fact-finding exercise with.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	164414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Acas engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services. <del class="ministerial">They shared their findings with BEIS officials on 17 February 2021.</del></p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently considering these findings, and the Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/03/2021 17:38:29 question first ministerially corrected 22/03/2021 11:29:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 89531 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1314045

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2021
	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	Parental 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, further to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 146798 on Paternity Leave, how many people received statutory shared parental pay in (a) Quarter 3 and (b) Quarter 4 of 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Pay was introduced in December 2014 for the parents of children due or adopted from 5 April 2015. The scheme enables eligible working parents to share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay in the first year, where the mother does not intend to use her full maternity entitlements.</p><p>Information provided by employers to HMRC in respect of claims for Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) indicates that 4,100 individuals were in receipt of ShPP in Quarter 3 of 2020-21, and 3,300 individuals were in receipt of ShPP in Quarter 4 <ins class="ministerial">(January and February only)</ins> of 2020-21.</p><p>Please note that HMRC does not hold information which calculates the total duration of ShPP received by individual claimants. However, the following table sets out the number of individuals in receipt of ShPP in 2019-20 by the number of months in the year that they made a claim:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of months claimed in 2019-20 (see note 4)</p></td><td><p>Number of claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Please note:</em></p><ol><li><em>The data collected uses HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) system and was extracted in May 2021. RTI is subject to revision or updates, and so there may be small fluctuations in figures reported, and these figures should not be considered “final”.</em></li><li><em>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</em></li><li><em>The number of individuals in receipt of ShPP per quarter are based on the total number of individuals in that quarter irrespective of when the payment first started. Quarterly figures should not be added together to make a yearly count of individuals in receipt of ShPP due to double counting claimants from quarter to quarter.</em></li><li><em>“Number of months claimed” counts each month the same individual was in receipt of ShPP in a given tax year (2019-20). This should not be interpreted as the total duration of pay received. Where individuals are in receipt of pay that spans two financial years HMRC data can only count the period within a single year and where individuals have received pay spanning months, however briefly, will be recorded as two months.</em></li><li><em>This data represents individuals in receipt of Shared Parental Pay only, so those who take unpaid Shared Parental Leave are not included.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/05/2021 13:17:42 question first ministerially corrected 21/05/2021 14:32:33 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 1607 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1434684

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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	Foreign Companies: Property
	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 plans to introduce a publicly available register for residential property that has foreign ownership.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	128333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Tomorrow, the Government will introduce a register of beneficial ownership, and is continuing to progress the draft Registration of Overseas Entities legislation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As announced by the Secretary of State on 28 February, a Register of Overseas Entities will be legislated for within the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill, introduced to Parliament on 1 March.</ins></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/02/2022 18:06:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2022 10:00:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 53953 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell