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578774

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date	08/09/2016
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
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 employment agencies and businesses the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has (a) issued warning letters to and (b) prosecuted for publishing job advertisements in EEA states before publishing them in the UK since the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 came into force; and how his Department plans to monitor the effectiveness of those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>In the four months since the introduction of the advertising provisions in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016, EAS has not issued any warning letters to employment agencies or employment businesses in relation to these specific provisions. There have been no prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>EAS inspectors review advertising records during the course of inspections of employment agencies and employment businesses to ensure compliance with these provisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/09/2016 10:15:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

578778

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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: Inspections
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 employment agencies and employment businesses the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (a) investigated, (b) issued warning letters to and (c) prosecuted in each year since 2009-10; and how much was recovered by that agency in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>The table below sets out (a) the total number of cases completed by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate since 2009-10 (EAS does not differentiate between cases which arise as a result of a complaint or an inspection so the figures relate to both); (b) the total number of warning letters following both complaints and inspections issued by EAS since 2009-10; (c) the total number of successful prosecution cases brought by EAS and the number of defendants who were convicted since 2009-10; and (d) the money recovered by EAS as a result of their investigations (complaints and inspections) since 2009-10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Warning letters</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prosecution cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Money recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,096</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£204k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,344</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£295k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,191</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£129k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£169k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>825</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£85k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£225k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>924</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£88k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/09/2016 10:11:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

578790

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	New Businesses: EU Grants and Loans
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 plans to take to help ensure that start-up companies who receive funding from EU institutions continue to have access to similar levels of funding after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	45699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to ensuring the UK continues to be a world leader in international research and innovation. My right hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has committed that HM Treasury will underwrite all competitively bid for EU research funding that is applied for before departure. Future access to EU collaborative research will be subject to the negotiation.</p><p>The UK already has a wide number of measures in place to help start-ups. Start-up loans provide both finance and business advice with over £250 million loans drawn down to date. Advice on starting and growing businesses is available from the 39 growth hubs around the country and the national Business Support Helpline.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2016 14:35:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh