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1010443

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Lithium: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of lithium extraction in Cornwall to achieving the aims of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	907713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am very aware of Cornwall’s contribution to the UK economy and I welcome any responsible exploitation of its natural resources including lithium which as my hon Friend knows is a key element in battery technology. That technology has great potential, which we are backing with £246m through a Faraday Challenge to boost expertise in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/11/2018 15:22:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1535621

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Small Businesses: Inflation
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 has taken to help small and medium-sized enterprises manage the impact of high inflation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	901826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has reversed the National Insurance rise, which will save small businesses approximately £4,200, cut fuel duty for 12 months and brought in the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to protect small business’ high energy bills over the winter.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 11:47:57 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1535620

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	Business
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 (a) encourage entrepreneurship and (b) support small business expansion.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	901825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting SMEs through exemption of new regulations where possible. This exemption was recently extended to businesses with up to 500 employees, potentially reducing red tape and bureaucracy for up to 40,000 more businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank is supporting over £12.2bn of finance to over 96,000 SMEs. Schemes include Start-Up Loans and the Recovery Loan Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also acted to reverse the National Insurance rise, which will save small businesses £4,200 on average.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 11:47:07 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1535617

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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	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, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential revocation of EU workers’ rights regulations.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	901821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has one of the best workers’ rights records in the world. Our high standards were never dependent on our membership of the EU and this Government has raised domestic standards in recent years, while also retaining important flexibilities for employers which benefit the economy and wider labour market.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 25/10/2022 16:19:51 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1525066

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: 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, how many officials in his Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time Equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	68536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>There are approximately 77 FTE staff within BEIS working on Retained EU Law. The Department does not centrally hold the total headcount of all staff working on such legislation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 17:03:24 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1524144

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Veterans: Bankruptcy
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 veterans were declared bankrupt in each month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	67279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of veterans declared bankrupt is not available.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:47 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1524398

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Directors: Disqualification
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 number of directors who have been disqualified for fraudulent activity and have since committed further fraud offences after being disqualified, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In each of the last five years the Insolvency Service has obtained the following number of director disqualifications.</p><p> </p><p>18/19 - 1246</p><p>19/20 - 1285</p><p>20/21 - 981</p><p>21/22 - 803</p><p>22/23 - 441</p><p> </p><p>Directors may be disqualified for a range of corporate misconduct which can include fraudulent activity. Fraudulent activity is not recorded separately and therefore the data requested is not available. However, the full details of misconduct are published by The Insolvency Service on the Directors Disqualification register at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search-the-register-of-disqualified-company-directors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search-the-register-of-disqualified-company-directors</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:32:47 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 27388 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524388

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Compensation: Court Orders
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 (a) the number of Compensation Orders that have been made and (b) the total amount of funds that have been recouped from Compensation Orders in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In each of the last five years the Insolvency Service has obtained the following number of Compensation Orders or Undertakings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and recovered the following sums:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Amount (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£58,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data provided is Insolvency Service management information and not from official statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:36:02 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 27387 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524384

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Directors: Disqualification
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 amount recouped to creditors other than HMRC through Compensation Orders made against directors disqualified under the powers of the Rating and Director Disqualification Act 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Rating and Director Disqualifications Act came into force on 15<sup>th</sup> December 2021 and gave the Insolvency Service, on behalf of the Secretary of State, the power to seek, where appropriate, disqualification and compensation orders against directors of dissolved companies.</p><p> </p><p>As at 20<sup>th</sup> October 2022, the Insolvency Service has authorised disqualification and compensation order proceedings against 16 directors which are yet to be determined.</p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service has not to date obtained a compensation order or undertaking pursuant to the aforementioned statutory power.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:36:43 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 27386 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524298

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Help to Grow Schemes
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 expected annual (a) current and (b) capital expenditure on Help to Grow: Management will be in each financial year of that scheme; and if he will place that information in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	66989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>We intend to publish data on costs of both the Help to Grow programmes on the GOV.UK website by Spring 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 66988 question first answered 24/10/2022 16:06:21 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds