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839275

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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	Self-employed: North West
	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 self-employed people who earn below the national living wage in (a) the North West and (b) Liverpool Walton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	127829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not made an estimate of the number of self-employed people earning below the National Living Wage. The legal entitlement to receive the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage does not apply to the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:11:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

843742

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	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, how many people started to receive statutory (a) paternity pay and (b) shared parental pay since April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	128165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>From information provided by employers to HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC), the following individuals started to receive (a) Statutory Paternity Pay and (b) Statutory Shared Parental Pay between April 2015 and September 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Tax year </strong> <strong>2015 / 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax year </strong> <strong>2016 / 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2017 to September 2017 (inclusive)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Numbers in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay</strong></p></td><td><p>214,500</p></td><td><p>218,600</p></td><td><p>108,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Numbers in receipt of Statutory Shared Parental Pay </strong></p></td><td><p>6,200*</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td><p>Information is not yet available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* This data includes claims for either Statutory Shared Parental Pay or Statutory Additional Paternity Pay: HMRC’s records do not distinguish between the two in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 22/02/2018 13:58:43 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

838593

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Minimum Wage: Arrears
	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 23 January 2018 to Question 123622, how many of the 169 employers who were instructed to self-correct further arrears in naming rounds 10-13 owed arrears, including those for which they were named and shamed of more than (a) £25,000, (b) £50,000; (c) £100,000; and (d) £250,000.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	127413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Of the 169 employers who were instructed to self-correct further arrears in naming rounds 10-13:</p><ul><li>13 employers owed total arrears of between £25,000 and £49,999</li><li>8 employers owed total arrears of between £50,000 and £99,999</li><li>5 employers owed total arrears of between £100,000 and £249,999</li><li>5 employers owed total arrears of more than £250,000.</li></ul> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 14:51:52 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

838562

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Minimum 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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, Column 1504, on the Taylor Review, what the timetable is for the Low Pay Commission to consider the impact of a higher minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government will ask the Low Pay Commission to produce advice in October 2018 on the impacts of the proposal to offer a premium over and above the National Minimum Wage to workers on contracts with variable hours. This commitment is made in the Government’s response to the Taylor Review, and a formal commission will be issued to the Low Pay Commission shortly.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 21/02/2018 14:54:43 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838565

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Maternity Rights
	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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, Column 1497, on the Taylor Review, what steps his Department is planning to take to raise awareness among expectant mothers of their workplace rights.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government’s response to the Taylor Review we committed to continue to work with a range of partners including Acas and the Equality and Human Rights Commission to improve advice and guidance on pregnancy and maternity issues so that employers are more fully aware of their obligations and women better understand their rights.</p><p> </p><p>Acas produced updated and comprehensive guidance in November 2017. Government will also update and consolidate the pregnancy and maternity discrimination pages on GOV.UK by summer 2018. To inform pregnant women of their rights at an early stage, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is working with the Department for Work and Pensions so that the MAT B1 form (the maternity certificate which enables a pregnant woman to claim Statutory Maternity Pay from her employer) signposts advice and guidance on pregnancy and maternity discrimination. BEIS and the Department for Health and Social Care are also working to signpost advice and guidance through the Start 4 Life campaign.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:10:47 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838654

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
	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 timescale is for the completion of the Government's review into local enterprise partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	127474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Government is leading a review to reflect our ambition to strengthen LEPs. This will enable them to prioritise investment in order to bring a strong business voice to local decision-making to drive sustainable private sector-led growth and job creation. This is testament to our belief that business and civic leaders working together can help business to prosper across the country.</p><p>The review is ongoing and we are currently taking views on how LEPs can support businesses deliver an effective and vibrant economy. We intend to conclude the review in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 15:28:03 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

838465

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Furs: Labelling
	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 to improve the labelling of goods containing real fur.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	127286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department ensures that there are robust protections in place for consumers. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) requires information given to consumers to be accurate and not misleading. The Regulations prohibit commercial practices, such as labelling, which contain false or misleading information, or which omits material information that a consumers needs to make an informed decision.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the EU regulation on the labelling and marking of textile products (EU Regulation 1007/2011) requires that the presence of non-textile parts of animal origin in textile products, such as leather, beads, pearls and fur, must be clearly labelled in such a way that is not misleading and that the consumer can understand. Products containing such materials – even in small quantities – must be labelled or marked with the phrase “Contains non-textile parts of animal origin” whenever they are made available on the market.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:13:16 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

838563

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Employment Agencies: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend statute to permit agencies to employ workers on cheaper rates; and if he will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>As the Government clearly set out in its response to the Taylor review it is our intention to consult on the extent and scale of the issue to ensure the most appropriate response is adopted.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 21/02/2018 14:57:10 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838594

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Consumers: Protection
	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 plans to bring forward the consumer green paper.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	127414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We will issue a Consumer Green Paper in due course that will tackle areas where markets are not working for consumers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 14:52:12 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

838557

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, column 1497, on the Taylor Review, what rights will be included for all workers on day one of commencing employment.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Taylor Review we set a clear path for action. We now need to consult to get more detail and look at how we implement particular recommendations. As Matthew Taylor reported, improving work is a complex, multi-faceted and long-term challenge. We are setting the direction for employment law for decades to come and that will take time and it needs to be right.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 127378 127379 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:08:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock