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732338

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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
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 people who are incorrectly classified as self employed in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Determining employment status can be complicated and is based on the reality of each working relationship. Government has not made an estimate of the numbers of people in each status, but shares concerns regarding insecure work. This is why in October 2016 my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister asked Matthew Taylor to carry out an independent review to consider employment practices and whether they need to change to keep pace with modern business models. We understand that Matthew Taylor is working to complete his report at the moment, and expect it to be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/06/2017 15:11:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731750

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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: Inverclyde
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 the Government will bring the Small Business Saturday 2017 roadshow to Inverclyde.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The organisation of Small Business Saturday is managed by Small Business Saturday UK. To request a visit to Inverclyde you can contact them via their website <a href="https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/" target="_blank">https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com</a>.</p><p>The Department is fully supportive of the Small Business Saturday campaign and recognises the role it plays in highlighting the importance of small businesses to the local community and the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/06/2017 15:15:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

731766

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 support micro-enterprises in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Support for businesses in Scotland is largely a devolved matter, and <a href="https://www.mygov.scot/business/" target="_blank">https://www.mygov.scot/business/</a> provides advice to people starting, running and growing a business, including a section on funding and grants in Scotland. In addition, British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses. One of the main programmes – administered by the Start-Up Loans Company - is supporting 70 start-up loans worth £283k in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.</p><p>Microbusinesses in Scotland also benefit from UK-wide initiatives to encourage investment, for example the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. If they have business premises, microbusinesses will also benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme and receive 100% relief on their rates bill for property valued below £10,000.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/06/2017 15:12:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731767

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Trade Union Recognition: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 companies which do not recognise trades unions in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>It is the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to determine applications by trade unions to be statutorily recognised by an employer for collective bargaining purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The CAC publishes an annual report detailing its activities over the past year. This can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cac-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cac-annual-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>Where a trade union can demonstrate that it has majority support in the workplace for recognition, the CAC will award statutory recognition for collective bargaining purposes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 14:50:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731769

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	British Business Bank
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 much finance the British Business Bank has provided since its creation in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The British Business Bank (BBB) is a government-owned economic development bank. It manages the UK Government’s access to finance programmes for smaller businesses within a single commercially-minded institution. The Bank received State aid clearance to start operating in November 2014. Since this date, BBB has facilitated the following finance:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Linlithgow and East Falkirk*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance facilitated</p></td><td><p>£9.5bn</p></td><td><p>Over £323m</p></td><td><p>Almost £1m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* ENABLE data is not available at constituency level</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2017 14:10:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731790

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Flexible Working
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 statutory flexible working requests made in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not routinely collect data on the number of statutory flexible working requests. The Right to Request Flexible Working Regulations were introduced in 2014 and we plan to evaluate their impact in 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 14:28:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731888

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to continue with the Red Tape Challenge; and if he will provide an update of its work to date.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Red Tape Challenge programme ran until 2015 and identified over 3,000 regulations to improve and reform. We are currently considering how best to continue to deliver our commitment to regulate more efficiently and effectively over the course of this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/06/2017 12:55:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 343 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

731891

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Companies: Registration
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 take steps to strengthen identification requirements, including proof of address, for businesses registering with Companies House.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to creating an environment that supports business, by striking the right balance between effective corporate transparency and the ease of doing business. Consistent with this, Companies House focuses on improving the quality of data on the register through post-registration investigation and enforcement rather than the introduction of identification requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/06/2017 14:52:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

731137

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Domestic Visits: Glasgow East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on which date (a) he or (b) a Minister of his Department last visited a company headquartered in Glasgow East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The BEIS Ministerial Team has undertaken several visits across Scotland this year, as part of the Department’s stakeholder engagement for an Industrial Strategy that works for the whole of the UK and drives growth right across the country.</p><p>Most recently, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State visited Scotland for two days during which he hosted a reception at Edinburgh University on 11 April which was attended by over 100 businesses from all over Scotland. This was followed by visits in the region.</p><p>The Ministerial team has and continues to visit numerous businesses around the UK to prioritise engagement on Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/06/2017 12:09:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

731161

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Furniture: Fire Prevention
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 intends to respond to the consultation on Furniture and furnishings fire safety regulations: proposed changes, which closed on 11 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Revision of these regulations is technically complex and stakeholders hold a wide spectrum of views on the proposals that have been made. We will issue the Government response only after careful consideration of all 120 responses received. The Grenfell Tower fire highlights the need for public protection to remain our priority and we are now reviewing the proposed changes in the light of that tragic event.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2017 15:59:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson