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674381

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Minimum Wage
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 the Government is taking to encourage employers to consider paying above the minimum wage levels set in legislation.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	60394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to build an economy that works for everyone, where low wage workers are fairly rewarded for their contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>We believe that it is essential for employers to ensure that their reward packages are competitive, in order to retain and develop the workers who are fundamental to their success. However, it is ultimately for employers to decide how they manage increases in their wage bill. The Government will hence continue to set a minimum hourly wage, and remuneration above that rate is a contractual matter for the employer and worker.</p><p>The Government has committed to ensuring a competitive business environment. The Government’s increase in the Employment Allowance, and reduction in employers’ National Insurance contributions, is estimated to benefit up to 500,000 businesses and charities, and the government’s cuts to the main rate of corporation tax will benefit over a million companies, allowing them to increase the pay of their workers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 13:53:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

674394

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
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 employees in his Department working in full-time business support roles in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Information on individual staff roles and the percentage of time spent on specific tasks is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 14:04:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674497

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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: Finance
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 increase the financial support available for small businesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The British Business Bank is supporting £3.2 billion of finance to over 51,000 smaller businesses across the UK. This includes over 44,000 Start-Up Loans worth over £275 million. At a local level, the Bank is working alongside 10 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the Northern Powerhouse region to deliver a fund of over £400 million and in the Midlands Engine region the Bank is working with Local Enterprise Partnerships to deliver a fund of over £250 million, once launched these funds will be available to support small businesses in these regions.</p><p>Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, helps high-growth potential SMEs become high-growth mid-sized companies. Its core budget is £567 million in 2016/17 and around 60% of Innovate UK’s grant funding goes to SMEs</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 14:56:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674498

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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
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 sole traders operating in the UK in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of sole traders are available from 1996 in the table below. Due to an improvement to the methodology in 2010 there is a break in the series; an estimate for 2009 on the new basis has been provided for information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of sole trader businesses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All – old method <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All – new method <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Of which</em> Employers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Of which</em></strong> <strong>No employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1996</strong></p></td><td><p>2,451,707</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>330,698</p></td><td><p>2,121,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p>2,470,260</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>329,865</p></td><td><p>2,140,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p>2,234,915</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>367,555</p></td><td><p>1,867,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p>2,204,955</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>358,845</p></td><td><p>1,846,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p>2,226,270</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>370,580</p></td><td><p>1,855,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p>2,326,530</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>368,055</p></td><td><p>1,958,475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p>2,325,545</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>369,570</p></td><td><p>1,955,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p>2,522,490</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>346,145</p></td><td><p>2,176,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p>2,719,410</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>329,225</p></td><td><p>2,390,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p>2,741,780</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>321,475</p></td><td><p>2,420,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p>2,816,885</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>322,100</p></td><td><p>2,494,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p>2,984,755</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>315,890</p></td><td><p>2,668,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>3,024,520</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>306,060</p></td><td><p>2,718,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>3,089,405</p></td><td><p>2,801,470</p></td><td><p>302,125</p></td><td><p>2,787,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2,757,200</p></td><td><p>302,800</p></td><td><p>2,454,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2,839,200</p></td><td><p>294,800</p></td><td><p>2,544,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,026,200</p></td><td><p>296,500</p></td><td><p>2,729,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,079,200</p></td><td><p>276,500</p></td><td><p>2,802,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,279,100</p></td><td><p>279,300</p></td><td><p>2,999,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,335,400</p></td><td><p>274,300</p></td><td><p>3,061,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,323,900</p></td><td><p>265,400</p></td><td><p>3,058,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. Source: <em>Small and Medium Enterprises in the UK and Regions</em></p><p>2. Source: <em>Business Population Estimates for the UK and Regions</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 14:02:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

673631

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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: Crawley
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 recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of local businesses in Crawley.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	60169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The ONS publish numbers of “active enterprises” for Crawley, based on their business register, and the following numbers include businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE only. An active enterprise is one which has reported employment or turnover during the year.</p><p> </p><p>2010 - 2,960</p><p>2011 - 3,015</p><p>2012 - 3,100</p><p>2013 - 3,215</p><p>2014 - 3,380</p><p>2015 - 3,605</p><p> </p><p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) were created in 2011 as partnerships between local authorities and business. All LEPs, including Coast to Capital, which covers Crawley, have Strategic Economic Plans based on their analysis of local economic conditions.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/01/2017 16:36:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

673632

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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: Government Assistance
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 companies each Minister of his Department has responsibility for government relationships with.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	60138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) is responsible for the Government’s strategic relations programme, which manages relationships with key investors and exporters through named contact ministers.</p><p>DIT and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are currently refreshing the allocation of contact ministers across Government and intend to publish the updated list on Gov.uk in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/01/2017 12:16:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 31016 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

672054

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Housing Associations: Land
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 average time taken for housing associations' titles to be registered at the Land Registry has been in each month of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	59820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The data requested is complex and will take some time to collate. I will place this in the Libraries of the House as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 13:12:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

672204

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Policy
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 provide a comprehensive list of the public policy targets established by his Department (a) between 2010 and May 2015 and (b) since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	59866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14<sup>th</sup> July 2016 bringing together the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department of Business Innovation and Skills.</p><p>During the period in question, high-level public policy targets for the Departments in 2010 were outlined in the Coalition Agreement. The plan can be found here:</p><p><strong>Coalition agreement </strong></p><p><strong>(</strong>Published 20 May 2010)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-coalition-documentation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-coalition-documentation</a></p><p>For the period 2011-2015, the predecessor Departments produced Business Plans outlining their public policy targets. The plans can be found here:</p><p><strong>DECC Business Plan 2011-2015 </strong></p><p>(Published 8 November 2010)<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2011-to-2015-department-for" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2011-to-2015-department-for</a></p><p><strong>DECC Business Plan 2012-2015 </strong></p><p>(Published 31 May 2012 – refreshed annually to 23 April 2015)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2012-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2012-to-2015</a></p><p><strong>BIS Business Plan 2011-2015 </strong></p><p>(Published 8 November 2010)<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2011-2015-department-for-business-innovation-and-skills--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-2011-2015-department-for-business-innovation-and-skills--3</a></p><p><strong>BIS Business Plan 2012-2015 </strong></p><p>(Published 31 May 2012 – refreshed annually to 23 April 2015)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/31960/12-p58-bis-2012-business-plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/31960/12-p58-bis-2012-business-plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>From 2015 the public policy targets for the predecessor Departments were published in the Single Departmental Plans. The plans can be found here:</p><p><strong>DECC Single Departmental Plan 2015-2020 </strong></p><p>(Published 19 February 2016)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decc-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decc-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020</a></p><p><strong>BIS Single Departmental Plan 2015-2020 </strong></p><p>(Published 19 February 2016)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020</a></p><p>A new Single Departmental Plan for BEIS, outlining the joint public policy targets for the Department will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2017 17:15:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

672215

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Post Offices: Retail Trade
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the remuneration package offered to retail businesses that host post offices takes account of the costs of (a) the national living wage, (b) business rates revaluations, (c) auto-enrolment pensions and (d) the apprenticeship levy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	59754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The negotiations on benefit packages for retail businesses that host post office branches into their stores is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2017 14:38:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

672218

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	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, which EU directives relating to his Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	59840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is responsible for transposition of the following agreed Directives: 2013/30/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/104/EU, 2015/2302/EU, 2015/2436/EU, 2016/2037, 2014/87/EU, 2013/59/EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2017 14:03:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman