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36720

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department as paid the living wage or above.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	186697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>100% of permanent and temporary staff at HM Treasury are paid the Living Wage or above.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury fully complies with EU procurement directives and awards contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer. Nevertheless, we have encouraged contractors to commit to paying a living wage and expect all employers to pay at least the national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports businesses that choose to pay the Living Wage however the Government's main policy on wages is the National Minimum Wage, which has continued to protect the relative wages of the low paid. This is independently set by the Low Pay Commission at a level that maximises their wages without reducing employment prospect. It is for workers and employers to decide the level of wages above the minimum wage based on current circumstances. This includes the Government as a procurer and an employer. Over 95%, around 20 million employees earn above the minimum wage and the majority of public sector workers currently earn above the Living Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

1628566

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	185672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department [GLD] is currently considering the best way to approach Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting in the Civil Service and is working with Civil Service HR colleagues and other government departments through the details of the reporting guidance published on 17 April 2023.</p><p>The Civil Service is looking to develop Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting in line with current Gender Pay Gap Reporting. The outcomes of this development work will inform whether we are able to publish a report for 2023/2024.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 26/05/2023 12:59:20 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

793937

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office investigation into G4S and Serco launched in 2014 into allegations of fraud on the tagging contract will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	115026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The SFO criminal investigation into G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts is still ongoing and it would not be appropriate to publish any further details at this stage as this could compromise the investigation. SFO cases are by their very nature complex, lengthy and resource intensive and it is not unusual for them to take a considerable time to be concluded. However, the SFO will publish information about this case on its website when it is appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/11/2017 11:23:56 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1628561

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers published on 17 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	185667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <ul><li>We are currently considering the best way to approach Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting in the Civil Service.</li></ul><ul><li>Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting is voluntary.</li></ul><ul><li>In line with Gender Pay Gap Reporting, the Civil Service is looking to develop a consistent methodology to be used in departments to produce the data.</li></ul><ul><li>The outcomes of this development work will inform whether the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is able to publish a report for 2023/2024.</li></ul><ul><li>More generally the Civil Service is undertaking extensive work both centrally and within DBT to promote diversity across its workplaces, including ethnicity.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 31/05/2023 10:14:45 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1656328

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Fireworks: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to (a) reduce the noise levels of all categories of fireworks, (b) ban the sale of category 3 and 4 fireworks and (c) introduce licences for selling fireworks.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	196273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government endorses the considerate use of fireworks and believes that the existing regulatory framework strikes the right balance between allowing individuals to enjoy fireworks while reducing the risks and disturbances to individuals, animals and property. The majority of individuals who use fireworks do so in a responsible and safe manner and there are enforcement mechanisms in place to tackle situations when fireworks are misused.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to i) reduce the maximum permitted noise level of fireworks for public sale, ii) ban the sale of category 3 and 4 fireworks or iii) amend the existing licensing scheme for selling fireworks but the Government continues to monitor the situation and engage with stakeholders to listen to and understand their views.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/09/2023 09:14:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1659201

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Fireworks: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 196273 on Fireworks: Licensing, if she will publish a list of the (a) organisations and (b) stakeholders her Department has met with to (i) listen to and (ii) understand their views on inconsiderate use of fireworks between 2019 and 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	198392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government engages with a wide range of stakeholders in relation to product safety, both in person but also through regular correspondence. We do not hold a full list of organisations and stakeholders that have been met where fireworks have been discussed. However, our engagement includes, but is not exclusive to, trade associations, animal welfare organisations, the industry, members of the public, parliamentarians and other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/09/2023 07:10:31 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1712681

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the model numbers were of drone engines that were authorised for export in the last 12 months; what the end (a) uses and (b) users were of each drone (i) aero-engine and (ii) other component; and what (A) Export Control Joint Unit and (B) other criteria were used to assess those applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	22965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>We do not release confidential or commercially sensitive information provided by exporters as part of their export licence application. However, we do publish data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 25/04/2024 16:36:06 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1712682

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there are any extant export licenses for the supply of (a) R902W engines and (b) related components for use on (i) Hermes 450, (ii) Hermes 900 and (iii) IAI Heron unmanned aerial vehicles by (A) the Israeli military and (B) other entitles controlled by the Israeli government.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	22966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>There are no extant licences which meet these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 25/04/2024 13:34:21 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1282907

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2021
	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	Director of Labour Market Enforcement
	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 candidates his Department has shortlisted for the position of Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	147876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>Matthew Taylor was appointed as interim Director of Labour Market Enforcement in July 2019. His appointment was due to end in July 2020 and we extended it until 31 January 2021 to provide continuity during the early stages of the pandemic. In November 2020, we launched a recruitment campaign for a permanent Director of Labour Market Enforcement However, we received an insufficient number of suitable applications for the role to shortlist, so we have now reopened the recruitment process.. So far, we have not spent anything on recruitment beyond resourcing from departmental staff, but some paid-for activity is planned over the coming weeks. The deadline for applications is 28 February. Once the campaign has closed we will work at pace to recruit a new Director as soon as possible. We have not identified a new interim appointment and cannot make any comments on individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>While we work to fill the vacancy as soon as possible, the heads of three enforcement bodies will remain responsible for their overall work and enforcement responsibilities. They will continue to work hard to protect workers and bring enforcement action against employers who break the rules.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 147877 147878 147879 147880 147881 question first answered 10/02/2021 18:13:39 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1282908

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2021
	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	Director of Labour Market Enforcement
	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 what reason his Department has reopened the recruitment process for the position of Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	147877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>Matthew Taylor was appointed as interim Director of Labour Market Enforcement in July 2019. His appointment was due to end in July 2020 and we extended it until 31 January 2021 to provide continuity during the early stages of the pandemic. In November 2020, we launched a recruitment campaign for a permanent Director of Labour Market Enforcement However, we received an insufficient number of suitable applications for the role to shortlist, so we have now reopened the recruitment process.. So far, we have not spent anything on recruitment beyond resourcing from departmental staff, but some paid-for activity is planned over the coming weeks. The deadline for applications is 28 February. Once the campaign has closed we will work at pace to recruit a new Director as soon as possible. We have not identified a new interim appointment and cannot make any comments on individual circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>While we work to fill the vacancy as soon as possible, the heads of three enforcement bodies will remain responsible for their overall work and enforcement responsibilities. They will continue to work hard to protect workers and bring enforcement action against employers who break the rules.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 147876 147878 147879 147880 147881 question first answered 10/02/2021 18:13:39 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain