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1122729

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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	Fracking: Regulation
	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 submissions his Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) civil society groups on concerns over the maintenance of tremor limits in fracking regulations.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	247024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department routinely receives correspondence from members of the public and civil society groups in relation to the regulatory regime for shale gas extraction, including the traffic light system.</p><p> </p><p>The Traffic Light System for monitoring induced seismicity was introduced after consideration of advice from scientists, following operations at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in 2011. The level of magnitude 0.5 at which operators must pause operations, was set in consultation with industry as an appropriate precautionary measure. These regulations have been working as intended and there are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:03:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1122731

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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	Fracking: Regulation
	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 ensure that members of the public are reassured about the adequacy of the regulatory system for shale gas extraction.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	247025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK regulatory regime for shale gas is considered among the most robust and stringent in the world.  In October 2018 we established a Shale Environmental Regulator Group (SERG) to act as a single-entry point for the environmental regulation of the shale gas industry and bring the three regulators (Oil and Gas Authority, the Environment Agency and the Health and Safety Executive) together to act as one coherent entity.</p><p> </p><p>Local communities have met with the regulators at public information events and community liaison groups. During fracking operations at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire the regulators provided newsletters to residents and published information online on ‘Citizen Space’, including inspection reports and results from environmental monitoring. The regulators are visible and responding to community concerns.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:03:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1170766

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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	Fireworks: Regulation
	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 her Department has made of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework on the sale and use of fireworks for preventing their anti-social use.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/01/2020 14:29:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1170768

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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	Fireworks: Regulation
	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 representations she has received from members of the public and civil society groups on tighter restrictions on the use of fireworks; and what she steps she is taking in response to those representations.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>We receive representations from a wide range of stakeholders, including members of the public, organisations and charities, all with ranging views on what the issues are and what action they would like to see.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks, including noise, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a fuller picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate. This work is an ongoing exercise, which is not time limited and we will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/01/2020 16:40:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1046157

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	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 Crown Post Offices across the UK are currently not providing post office services.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	211321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. The management of the Crown network is an operational matter for Post Office Limited. Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, will write to the hon Member this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/01/2019 15:56:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1169199

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	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	Living Wage
	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 she has made of the number of people paid below the Real Living Wage in (a) London and (b) the rest of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	1079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. Through the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NLW) the Government protects the lowest paid within our society and ensures they are fairly rewarded for their contribution to the economy.</p><p>The NMW and NLW rates are legal minimum thresholds. These rates are different from the Living Wage which is a voluntary minimum rate of pay endorsed by the Living Wage Foundation. The Government commends the work of the Living Wage Foundation and those employers who commit to paying the Living Wage rates.</p><p>In April 2020, we will be increasing the NLW by 6.2% to £8.72 meeting the Government’s target of reaching 60% of median earnings by 2020. The Low Pay Commission estimates that these increases to the NMW and NLW will directly benefit over 2.8 million people. Last year, the Chancellor pledged to raise the NLW further, to two-thirds of median earnings, to an expected £10.50 by 2024, making the UK the first major economy in the world to set such an ambition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:38 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 1154 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171299

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	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 many small and medium-sized enterprise start-ups there were in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	4407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The below table lists the number of start-ups according to ONS Business Demography UK data (the most recent of which is for 2018). Please note, this data refers to the number of VAT/PAYE registrations, and is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable%2Fcurrent%2Fprevious%2Fv2%2Fbusinessdemographyexceltables2015.xls&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=qJUAmiOcwC76m1hG%2B%2F%2FM676VE1X5W2alJmLvQD2bhqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable/current/previous/v2/businessdemographyexceltables2015.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=0UidJKvOUt1hFwOa4rP05Kw%2F9qrDYubGg0ogM6gOIA8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of start-ups</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York UA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>207,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>17,235</p></td><td><p>232,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>17,990</p></td><td><p>239,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>23,120</p></td><td><p>308,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>23,465</p></td><td><p>312,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>25,140</p></td><td><p>344,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>26,775</p></td><td><p>373,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td><td><p>339,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>23,405</p></td><td><p>340,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>We want to make the UK the best place to work and grow a business. The Government-owned British Business Bank’s programmes are supporting more than £7.0bn of finance to over 91,000 SMEs, the majority outside London and the South East. The BBB in collaboration with ten Local Enterprise Partnerships, combined authorities and growth hubs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). By September 2019, NPIF had invested £135m in over 500 ambitious SMEs across the Northern Powerhouse region, in deals that have attracted an additional £123m of investment from the private sector. This support seeks to address the disparity in the availability of finance across the UK and was further bolstered last autumn, with the launch of the £100m Business Angel investment programme designed to support clusters of business angels outside London. The BBB also established a UK-wide network of relationship managers to help tackle regional imbalances in access to finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of loans made by the BBB’s Start Up Loans programme in York local authority and Yorkshire &amp; Humber is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start-Up Loans:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York LA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3 loans - £22,000</p></td><td><p>160 loans - over £726,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>26 loans - £139,000</p></td><td><p>1,083 loans - over £5.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24 loans – over £167,000</p></td><td><p>965 loans – over £5.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £215,000</p></td><td><p>765 loans - over £5.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25 loans - £244,000</p></td><td><p>762 loans – over £8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>32 loans – over £448,000</p></td><td><p>774 loans – over £10.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £264,000</p></td><td><p>783 loans – over £7.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019- 31 December 2019)</p></td><td><p>17 loans – over £154,000</p></td><td><p>583 loans – over £6.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The local York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, ‘single point of contact’ to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector.</p><p> </p><p>SMEs across Yorkshire and Humber are also benefiting from over £1.3 billion investment over the years 2015-2021 through Yorkshire and Humber LEP Growth Deals. This includes over £145m through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding LEP Growth Deal and £695m through the Leeds City Region LEP Growth Deal.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 4409 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:36:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171301

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 financial support her Department has provided to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the City of York local authority and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	4409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The below table lists the number of start-ups according to ONS Business Demography UK data (the most recent of which is for 2018). Please note, this data refers to the number of VAT/PAYE registrations, and is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Ffile%3Furi%3D%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable%2Fcurrent%2Fprevious%2Fv2%2Fbusinessdemographyexceltables2015.xls&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=qJUAmiOcwC76m1hG%2B%2F%2FM676VE1X5W2alJmLvQD2bhqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable/current/previous/v2/businessdemographyexceltables2015.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fbusinessindustryandtrade%2Fbusiness%2Factivitysizeandlocation%2Fdatasets%2Fbusinessdemographyreferencetable&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMarc.Mueller%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd59b0cd6d6b74592f43908d79db40f56%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637151268980566771&amp;sdata=0UidJKvOUt1hFwOa4rP05Kw%2F9qrDYubGg0ogM6gOIA8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of start-ups</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York UA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>207,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>17,235</p></td><td><p>232,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>17,990</p></td><td><p>239,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>23,120</p></td><td><p>308,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>23,465</p></td><td><p>312,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>25,140</p></td><td><p>344,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>26,775</p></td><td><p>373,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td><td><p>339,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>23,405</p></td><td><p>340,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>We want to make the UK the best place to work and grow a business. The Government-owned British Business Bank’s programmes are supporting more than £7.0bn of finance to over 91,000 SMEs, the majority outside London and the South East. The BBB in collaboration with ten Local Enterprise Partnerships, combined authorities and growth hubs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). By September 2019, NPIF had invested £135m in over 500 ambitious SMEs across the Northern Powerhouse region, in deals that have attracted an additional £123m of investment from the private sector. This support seeks to address the disparity in the availability of finance across the UK and was further bolstered last autumn, with the launch of the £100m Business Angel investment programme designed to support clusters of business angels outside London. The BBB also established a UK-wide network of relationship managers to help tackle regional imbalances in access to finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of loans made by the BBB’s Start Up Loans programme in York local authority and Yorkshire &amp; Humber is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start-Up Loans:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York LA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3 loans - £22,000</p></td><td><p>160 loans - over £726,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>26 loans - £139,000</p></td><td><p>1,083 loans - over £5.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24 loans – over £167,000</p></td><td><p>965 loans – over £5.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £215,000</p></td><td><p>765 loans - over £5.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25 loans - £244,000</p></td><td><p>762 loans – over £8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>32 loans – over £448,000</p></td><td><p>774 loans – over £10.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>26 loans – over £264,000</p></td><td><p>783 loans – over £7.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019- 31 December 2019)</p></td><td><p>17 loans – over £154,000</p></td><td><p>583 loans – over £6.3m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The local York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, ‘single point of contact’ to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector.</p><p> </p><p>SMEs across Yorkshire and Humber are also benefiting from over £1.3 billion investment over the years 2015-2021 through Yorkshire and Humber LEP Growth Deals. This includes over £145m through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding LEP Growth Deal and £695m through the Leeds City Region LEP Growth Deal.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 4407 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:36:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

999573

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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: Closures and Franchises
	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 funding has been allocated to settlement agreements following the announcement that 74 Crown post offices will be closed or franchised.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	187068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office is a responsible employer and takes its duty of care to all staff affected by its franchising programme very seriously. Post Office employees at affected branches have the right to transfer their employment in line with TUPE legislation, to leave the business with a voluntary settlement, or to be redeployed elsewhere in the Company. The Post Office reports total figures for severance on an annual basis as part of its Annual Report and Financial Statements.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 06/11/2018 16:16:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

999574

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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: Franchises
	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 how long the Post Office is planning to subsidise the staff costs of franchised Crown post officers following the announcement that 74 Crown post offices will be closed or franchised.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	187069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>WHSmith have been operating Post Offices in their High Street Stores since 2006.</p><p>The agreement between the Post Office and WHSmith is a commercial agreement between them and as such the financial terms of the deal are commercially confidential and cannot be publicly disclosed. However, the Post Office has been clear in its duty of care for any staff affected, in that they have the right to transfer their employment to the franchise partner in line with TUPE legislation and there might also be opportunities for redeployment or voluntary settlement.</p><p> </p><p>WHSmith have been operating Post Offices in their High Street Stores since 2006.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 187070 question first answered 06/11/2018 11:08:51 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell