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1690346

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	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	Business: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the guidance sent by the Director of the Grant Delivery Directorate to councils on 10 November 2023, with the subject Flood Recovery Framework Schemes Operational Guidance - Business Recovery Grant, Storm Babet 19-25 October 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing the reference to businesses that have made no efforts to seek appropriate insurance and (b) reopening that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	14838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Flooding Recovery Framework is based on a set of long-established principles including, in the case of the Business Recovery Grant, that:</p><p>&quot;Funding should not be used to reward poor business practice (e.g. if a business has made no efforts to seek appropriate insurance....).&quot;</p><p>Whilst there are no immediate plans to change the scheme eligibility criteria or to re-open the activation for those impacted by Storm Babet, it is worth noting that the Business Recovery Grant does not operate in isolation but as part of a package of support including business rates relief for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/02/2024 16:46:32 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1582428

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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	Vacancies
	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 estimate of the number of (a) accounting, (b) architecture and (c) quantity surveying job vacancies as of 31 January 2023; and if he will make an assessment of whether there are skills gaps in those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	136588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>ONS vacancies data[1] shows that there were 122,000 vacancies in the professional, scientific and technical activities sector, which includes accounting, architecture and quantity surveying, in the three months to December 2022. The sector currently has a vacancy rate of 4.5%. The number of vacancies in the sector has fallen 6.2% compared with the first quarter of 2022 but remain at relatively high levels and are 58% higher than in the final quarter of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing an additional £3.8 billion into skills and further education over this Parliament to ensure workers develop the skills businesses need. More specifically, the Department for Education set a strategy for skills reform which puts employers at the heart of skills training and education in the Skills for Job white paper. The Government help to articulate what employers need from the skills system through our sector teams’ engagement and sharing workforce data and intelligence with DfE’s Unit for Future Skills.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/vacanciesbyindustryvacs02" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/vacanciesbyindustryvacs02</a></em></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/02/2023 12:24:19 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1689003

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Business: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance was provided to local authorities on the eligibility criteria for businesses applying for a Business Recovery Grant following flooding.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	13996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>For both Storm Babet and Storm Henk Business Recovery Grant activation, Local Authorities were invited by letter to agree a MOU with DBT which established the responsibilities of the parties and the principles for their co-operation. An operational guidance document provided further context, including definitions of terms, detail on the schemes and indicative timelines for reporting and payments.</p><p>A frequently asked questions document was provided, supplemented via regular stakeholder engagement sessions with officials to address queries and process requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/02/2024 17:20:14 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1627057

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	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	Export Controls: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason there is a requirement for UK manufacturers to raise standard individual export licences applications for specific products into China.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	184614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>An export licence is required to export controlled items including military goods, software and technology and dual-use items specified on the dual-use list from the United Kingdom to another country. A consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items that require export authorisation is published on GOV.UK and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-control-lists-the-consolidated-list-of-strategic-military-and-dual-use-items-that-require-export-authorisation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-control-lists-the-consolidated-list-of-strategic-military-and-dual-use-items-that-require-export-authorisation</a></p><p>In addition, items not included in this list may be subject to an export licence for China if they are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for use for use in a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/supplementary-wmd-end-use-controls" target="_blank">Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) programme</a> or intended for a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/end-use-controls-applying-to-military-related-items" target="_blank">military</a> end-use.</p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-12-08/hcws449" target="_blank">Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.</a> HM Government published guidance for Standard individual export licences (SIELs) which can be accessed on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/standard-individual-export-licences" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/standard-individual-export-licences</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 19/05/2023 11:46:13 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1171064

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	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	Business: 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 progress has been made in tackling the late payment of invoices by businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	3728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The government is completely focussed on fulfilling our manifesto commitment to clamp down on late payment and strengthen the powers of the Small Business Commissioner to support small businesses that are exploited by their larger partners.</p><p>Good progress is being made on the policies announced in our Government Response to the 2018 Call for Evidence to assess what further steps and intervention may be needed to create a responsible payment culture, where we will be:</p><p>o consulting on the merits of strengthening the Commissioner’s existing powers, to assist and advocate for small businesses in the area of late payments;</p><p>o strengthening and reforming the Prompt Payment Code and moving its administration to the Small Business Commissioner;</p><p>o taking a tough compliance approach to large companies who do not comply with the Payment Practices Reporting Duty. We have sent over 2,000 ‘help and enforcement’ letters to non-complaint companies and over 1,000 more unique companies have since filed reports;</p><p>o reviewing role supply chain finance plays in prompt payment &amp; greater transparency in companies reporting supply chain finance.</p><p>In October we launched a Business Basics Fund competition of up to £1 million, which will encourage SMEs to utilise payment technology and boost productivity in SMEs by reducing the time taken to chase payments. Winners will be announced in April.</p><p>In November, the Financial Reporting Council issued an open letter to company report preparers recommending payment practices are reported in annual reports.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/01/2020 14:39:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1286567

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Measurement: Equipment
	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 products that will need to undertake the EC to UK CA transition for weights and measures equipment in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	153189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The UKCA marking requirements came into force at 11pm on 31 December and apply to most products placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) that were previously subject to CE marking requirements. The scope of the UKCA regime covers approximately 10,000 to 17,000 manufacturers across industries and product sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help businesses to transition to the new marking requirements, in areas where GB and EU rules remain the same, products with the CE marking, but without the UKCA marking, will be accepted on the GB market until 1 January 2022 in most cases (so long as they meet the relevant regulatory requirements). Businesses are not required to report to Government when they have transitioned to the new UKCA regime.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to engage closely with industry to ensure that the transition to the new regime is as smooth as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 153190 question first answered 22/02/2021 17:40:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1286568

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Measurement: Equipment
	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 weighing and measuring products have already successfully transitioned from the EC weights and Measures directive to the UK CA directive in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	153190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The UKCA marking requirements came into force at 11pm on 31 December and apply to most products placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) that were previously subject to CE marking requirements. The scope of the UKCA regime covers approximately 10,000 to 17,000 manufacturers across industries and product sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help businesses to transition to the new marking requirements, in areas where GB and EU rules remain the same, products with the CE marking, but without the UKCA marking, will be accepted on the GB market until 1 January 2022 in most cases (so long as they meet the relevant regulatory requirements). Businesses are not required to report to Government when they have transitioned to the new UKCA regime.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to engage closely with industry to ensure that the transition to the new regime is as smooth as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 153189 question first answered 22/02/2021 17:40:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1315247

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Photographs: Coronavirus
	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 photography studios are no longer in the leisure services category for covid-19 support grants.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The Restart Grants announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors, to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.</p><p> </p><p>Strand One of the Restart Grants aims to support non-essential retail with grants of up to £6,000. Stand Two is to support hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses, with grants of up to £18,000. The higher amount is in recognition that these sectors will have been allowed to open at a later date and are likely to be more severely impacted by remaining restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The main service principle will determine which threshold of funding a business receives. Businesses will need to declare which is their main service. Local Authorities will need to exercise their reasonable judgement to determine whether or not a business is eligible for grants, and under which funding threshold, and be satisfied that they have taken reasonable and practicable steps to pay eligible businesses, and to pay them the correct amount.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities in England have also been allocated £2bn in additional funding via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), to provide essential support that best suits their area. The latest FAQs issued to Local Authorities on 6 May explain that ARG funding can be used as a top-up for businesses that are in receipt of grants under other schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAmanda.Thomas%40beis.gov.uk%7Cec30cd39689c45ce2db008d91a2481c1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637569566353712440%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ajgAUjID8d31lZ5irWjul61jpg4YE3pj%2F6J8U7vGpeE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 2261 2262 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:40:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1315248

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Restart Grant Scheme: Photographs
	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 made of the potential effect of the decision on the level of coronavirus restart grant to be awarded to photography studios on the revenue of those studios in the context of the restrictions placed on their business as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The Restart Grants announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors, to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.</p><p> </p><p>Strand One of the Restart Grants aims to support non-essential retail with grants of up to £6,000. Stand Two is to support hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses, with grants of up to £18,000. The higher amount is in recognition that these sectors will have been allowed to open at a later date and are likely to be more severely impacted by remaining restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The main service principle will determine which threshold of funding a business receives. Businesses will need to declare which is their main service. Local Authorities will need to exercise their reasonable judgement to determine whether or not a business is eligible for grants, and under which funding threshold, and be satisfied that they have taken reasonable and practicable steps to pay eligible businesses, and to pay them the correct amount.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities in England have also been allocated £2bn in additional funding via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), to provide essential support that best suits their area. The latest FAQs issued to Local Authorities on 6 May explain that ARG funding can be used as a top-up for businesses that are in receipt of grants under other schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAmanda.Thomas%40beis.gov.uk%7Cec30cd39689c45ce2db008d91a2481c1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637569566353712440%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ajgAUjID8d31lZ5irWjul61jpg4YE3pj%2F6J8U7vGpeE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 2260 2262 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:40:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1315249

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Restart Grant Scheme: Photographs
	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 review the decision to award photography studios a £2,600 restart grant; and if he will allocate additional funds to local authorities so that a grant of £8,000 can be awarded to those studios.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	2262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The Restart Grants announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors, to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.</p><p> </p><p>Strand One of the Restart Grants aims to support non-essential retail with grants of up to £6,000. Stand Two is to support hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses, with grants of up to £18,000. The higher amount is in recognition that these sectors will have been allowed to open at a later date and are likely to be more severely impacted by remaining restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The main service principle will determine which threshold of funding a business receives. Businesses will need to declare which is their main service. Local Authorities will need to exercise their reasonable judgement to determine whether or not a business is eligible for grants, and under which funding threshold, and be satisfied that they have taken reasonable and practicable steps to pay eligible businesses, and to pay them the correct amount.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities in England have also been allocated £2bn in additional funding via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), to provide essential support that best suits their area. The latest FAQs issued to Local Authorities on 6 May explain that ARG funding can be used as a top-up for businesses that are in receipt of grants under other schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAmanda.Thomas%40beis.gov.uk%7Cec30cd39689c45ce2db008d91a2481c1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637569566353712440%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ajgAUjID8d31lZ5irWjul61jpg4YE3pj%2F6J8U7vGpeE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 2260 2261 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:40:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins