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846345

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Utilities: Billing
	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 making mandatory the provision of utility bills in accessible formats.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	129003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I would expect utility and other providers to be willing to supply bills in more accessible formats, such as in large print and braille upon request.</p><p> </p><p>In the energy sector, the Regulator Ofgem requires suppliers to establish and maintain a Priority Services Register of their vulnerable customers and provide them with appropriate mechanisms and arrangements including communications in an accessible format.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:18:01 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

845766

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Low Pay: Universal Credit
	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 include in the Government's response to the Taylor Review provisions to ensure that low-paid workers on zero-hours contracts are aware of their entitlement to Universal Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	128738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices was published on 7 February this year, alongside four public consultations.</p><p> </p><p>The Review did not focus specifically on Universal Credit, but did identified the difficulties people encounter relating to income insecurity when working atypical work patterns, such as on zero hours contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for ensuring all people, including those who work on zero hours contracts, are aware of their entitlement to Universal Credit is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 15:05:46 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

847158

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Conditions of Employment: EU Law
	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 Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128106, for what reasons that answer did not confirm whether his Department is conducting a review of the potential effects on the economy of (a) amending and (b) removing existing EU-derived employment regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	129332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The previous answer set out the premise on which we are directing our work for the UK’s departure from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 15:50:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths previous answer version 43728 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

846367

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	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 legislative plans his Department has to protect workers employed by a contractor which either (a) ceases trading or (b) absconds; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	129021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service can make statutory redundancy payments to the former employees of an employer that is unwilling or unable to make these payments. This would include an employer that ceases trading or absconds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no legislative plans to extend this protection.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:16:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

847783

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the (a) Insolvency Service's investigation into the conduct of Carillion's directors and (b) Financial Reporting Council's investigation into the preparation of Carillion’s accounts to conclude; whether he has received any provisional conclusions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	129459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>For the official receiver, the amount of time an investigation takes is dependent on the size and complexity of the business. As this is a large and complex case, it is not possible at this early stage to specify a timeframe. Should the official receiver find any evidence of director misconduct this would be referred to the Insolvency Service for further investigation. The Secretary of State has not received any provisional conclusions from the investigation, nor would he expect to do so from either the official receiver or the insolvency service. Investigations by the official receiver and the insolvency service are conducted separately from Ministers, as is the making of decisions arising from investigations on any possible prosecution or director’s disqualification.</p><p>For the Financial Reporting Council, the timing of the investigation depends on the size and complexity of the issues to be considered, but will be taken forward as quickly as possible. At the conclusion of an investigation, the matter may be referred to an independent tribunal which the FRC would convene for the purpose of hearing the case and determining final sanction.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 15:47:43 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

847835

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	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 discussions he has had with companies inheriting contracts from Carillion on the extension of TUPE rights to Carillion employees; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	129511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Some elements of TUPE do not apply in liquidation, specifically the continuity of service to those employees who transfer to new employers.</p><p> </p><p>Importing employers may well decide to offer terms to transferring employees which recognise existing employment rights; that is a matter for the importing employer, though the Government has the aspiration to ensure transferred employees are no worse off. The Official Receiver is doing all he can to facilitate this wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:19:03 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

846229

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Business: Sustainable Development
	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 his policy is on sustainability reporting for UK businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	128908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Currently, all UK registered companies, except those entitled to the small companies exemption, are required to file a strategic report as part of their annual report.</p><p> </p><p>This must include, to the extent necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the company’s business, information relating to environmental matters. Quoted companies are also required to report, within their strategic reports, on:</p><ul><li>the impact of the company’s business on the environment, and</li><li>social, community and human rights issues.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Many UK companies choose to go further than this within their annual reports which the current flexible company law framework supports.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:37:59 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden