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1107816

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Stocks and Shares: Channel Islands
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 companies are registered with Companies House as listing on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	238678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Companies House cannot provide this data: legislation does not require companies to give it this information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/04/2019 15:16:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1110405

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Living Wage and Minimum Wage: North West
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 and what proportion of jobs in a) the North West b) Merseyside and (c) Wallasey constituency are paid the (i) National Living Wage and (ii) National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	242026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. April 2019’s increase to the NLW will see nearly 1.8 million workers in the UK receive a 4.9% pay rise. A full-time worker on the NLW will now be more than £2,750 better off over the year compared to when it was first announced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides estimates for the number and proportion of jobs in the UK and the North West on the NLW and NMW in 2019. The most recent available data for Merseyside and Wallasey shows an estimated 48,900 workers in Merseyside (8.6% of the workforce) and 3,400 workers in Wallasey (10.0%) on the NLW or NMW.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>April 2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>National Living Wage</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>National Minimum Wage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Number of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>% of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>Number of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>% of jobs</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>1,766,000</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>364,000</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>222,000</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:57:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1109939

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Regional Assistance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant on the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238659, what the date was of the meeting with the Secretary of State for Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	241451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets regularly with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and discussed this issue on Tuesday 26<sup>th</sup> February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:58:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109948

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Living Wage and 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 proportion of jobs in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) St Helens borough are paid the (i) National Living Wage and (ii) National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	241458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. April 2019’s increase to the NLW will see nearly 1.8 million workers in the UK receive a 4.9% pay rise. A full-time worker on the NLW will now be more than £2,750 better off over the year compared to when it was first announced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides estimates for the number and proportion of jobs in the UK and the North West on the NLW and NMW in 2019. The most recent available data for St. Helens shows were an estimated 2,400 workers who were on the NLW or NMW.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>National Living Wage</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>National Minimum Wage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Number of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>% of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>Number of jobs</em></p></td><td><p><em>% of jobs</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>1,766,000</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>364,000</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>222,000</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>46,000</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:58:38 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1109997

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
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 the Office for Product Safety and Standards received evidence of any instances of Whirlpool’s tumble dryer modification proving ineffective in preventing fires in machines as a result of lint catching in the appliance's heating element as part of its review of the company's handling of its safety issue announced in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	241474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The review found that there is a low risk of harm or injury from lint fires in modified Whirlpool tumble dryers. The Office for Product Safety and Standards is not aware of any evidence of lint fires attributed to a failure in the modification. The evidence indicates that the modification reduces the risk of fire.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:59:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1109998

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
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 Office for Product Safety and Standards has required Whirlpool to take to raise awareness of at-risk tumble dryers in UK homes, as part of its review of the company's handling of its safety issue announced in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	241475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has published specific requirements for Whirlpool to act on and issued a Decision Letter telling Whirlpool that the company must: improve its management of risk; set up a more rigorous system of quality assurance to ensure modifications are correctly installed; and reach affected consumers in more creative ways to minimise the risk of faulty machines still being in people’s homes.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS will monitor Whirlpool’s actions against these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/04/2019 14:59:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1109801

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
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	Paternity Leave
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 his Department plans to increase statutory paid paternity leave from two weeks.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	240998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently carrying out an evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme, collecting and analysing information from a variety of sources, including a large scale survey of around 4,500 parents.</p><p> </p><p>This will provide information on various entitlements to family-related time off work, including Paternity Leave and Pay. We expect to report on the findings of the evaluation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/04/2019 16:01:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1109340

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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 steps his Department is taking to support freelancers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	240521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s December 2018 Good Work Plan sets out the vision for the future of the labour market and the ambitious plans for implementing the recommendations arising from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to legislate to improve the clarity of the employment status tests, reflecting the reality of modern working relationships. This will help to ensure that both businesses and individuals understand their rights and obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Employment status is a complex issue and so it is only right that we take time to consider how best to achieve change that works for all. We will bring forward detailed proposals on status in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1109020

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Pay
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 pay of workers in the (a) hospitality and (b) retail sectors.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	240071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone. We demonstrated this commitment in April by raising the National Living Wage to £8.21, a 4.9% increase from last year, and bringing in inflation-beating rises to the National Minimum Wage. An estimated 2.1 million workers will benefit from the most recent increases, and the annual earnings of a full-time minimum wage worker have increased by over £2,750 since the introduction of the National Living Wage in April 2016. Latest constituency estimates from April 2018 suggest that 2,900 workers in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill were on one of the minimum wage rates.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that in the UK 429,000 workers in the hospitality sector and 347,000 workers in the retail sector will benefit from the increases in the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage from 1 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The industry-led Retail Sector Council recently agreed its priority work areas for the next two years, one of which focuses on employment protections. A senior industry figure will lead each of these work groups and bring proposals for action for both industry and Government back to the Council for consideration. The Tourism Industry Council is also working closely with Government Ministers to help improve in-work training and progression opportunities in the tourism and hospitality sector.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/04/2019 13:11:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1109021

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Living Wage: Moray
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 workers received an increase in wages as a result of the rise in the national living wage on 1 April 2019 in Moray constituency.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
uin	240076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. April 2019’s increase to the NLW will see nearly 1.8 million workers in the UK receive a 4.9% pay rise. In Scotland, 128,000 workers will directly benefit from this increase in the NLW. A full-time worker on the NLW will now be more than £2,750 better off over the year compared to when it was first announced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent available data relates to 2018, when there were an estimated 2,400 workers in Moray who were on the NLW or NMW.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross