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1092183

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	WH Smith: Post Offices
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 equality impact assessment has been undertaken on the franchising of 74 crown post offices to WHSmith announced in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	234733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. Impact assessments in respect of the franchising of Crown Post Offices to WHSmith are an operational matter for the Post Office. I have therefore asked the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon. Member on this matter. A copy of the reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/03/2019 15:06:19 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109939 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1092187

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
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 consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and what the cost of that hiring was to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	234810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - £63.0 million of which £41.4 million was related to Site Licence Companies</p><p>2017-18 - £50.4 million of which £37.3 million was related to Site Licence Companies.</p><p> </p><p>Site Licence Companies manage and operate the nuclear facilities at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109940 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1092209

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row four of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish the other programmes with their respective budgets referred to in that table.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	234820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Other Programmes under Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ordnance Survey - Public Sector Mapping Agreement</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety &amp; Standards</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design council</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portfolio Management</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Launch Investments</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Science and Innovation Policy</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homes England: Innovation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrally held</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Office dividend</p></td><td><p>-1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Other programmes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.4*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109929 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092210

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row three of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a detailed breakdown under the heading Business and Enterprise.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	234821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Business and Enterprise Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Price Floor Compensation</p></td><td><p>60.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU ETS compensation</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Productivity Council</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Solution Centre</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsorship</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Grant</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economic Intelligence And Analysis</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Information Management</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Manufacturing: Research</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional Support Programme</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Life Sciences: Database and Web Portal</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Business and Enterprise)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101.6*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109931 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092211

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: British Shipbuilders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row five of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, what the spending under British Shipbuilders relates to.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	234822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has responsibility for liabilities arising from the former publicly-owned company British Shipbuilders. The liabilities largely relate to damages due to former workers who were exposed to asbestos over a period until the late 1980s.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109934 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092213

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 11 of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Market Frameworks.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	234824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included under Market Frameworks Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizens Advice</p></td><td><p>35.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chartered Trading Standards Institute</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Minimum Wage (NMW) Enforcement</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW &amp; NLW (National Living Wage) enforcement and awareness raising campaigns</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW Enforcement complex cases</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Labour Market Enforcement Agency</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Business Commissioner</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convention of Scottish Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety and Standards: Product Regulations</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Expertise: General Costs</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour Market Emerging Priorities</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Departmental Programme Translation Work</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paternity Adoption and Shared Parental Pay</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Consumer Centre</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Minimum Wage</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADR (alternative dispute resolution) Directive</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Parental Leave Comms</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>College For Europe</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer Advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>eIDAS Implementation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Market Frameworks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84.3*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:22:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109937 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092219

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 12 of the table on page 40 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Science and Society.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	234829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Science and Society Capital DEL is as shown in the below table</p><p> </p><p>The total of £91.5m is provided to the Royal Society and UKRI to fund post-doctoral, professorship, early career fellowships, Science Technology Engineering &amp; Mathematics (STEM) Inspiration and Inspiring Science programmes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Society</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science &amp; Society: Science and Learning</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Society - Global Challenges Research Fund</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science &amp; Society: Science and Careers</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Science and Society)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91.5*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:22:46 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092284

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Parental 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, whether he has plans to implement shared parental pay and paternity pay as a right for all employees from their first day of employment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	234862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently evaluating the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme and, subject to the data collection process, we expect to report on this later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will look at the take up of Shared Parental Leave and Pay by fathers and partners, barriers to take-up, and how the scheme is being used in practice.</p><p> </p><p>As a part of the data collection process, we will, amongst other things, gather information on the take up of Paternity Leave and Pay by fathers and partners.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will improve the evidence base and inform future policy development in these areas.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/03/2019 15:06:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109926 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1091216

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Agency Workers: Equal 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, pursuant to his oral contribution of 6 March 2019, Official Report, column 994, on the Swedish derogation, whether he has finished reflecting upon the representations he has received from the trade unions on the timing of the abolition of the Swedish derogation; and what the outcome has been of his reflections.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	234197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Through the Good Work Plan, published in December 2018, the Government has committed to upgrading workers’ rights and protecting the most vulnerable workers. This represents the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in over 20 years. The Government has considered all representations made to it about the Swedish derogation and is committed to its repeal. Secondary legislation repealing the Swedish Derogation has already been approved by the House of Commons’ Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee on 6 March 2019. Subject to approval from the House of Lords, from April 2020 all agency workers will be entitled to the same pay as permanent staff after 12 weeks in an assignment. This timeframe allows businesses to realign their contractual arrangements, both with their workers and the end hirers.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/03/2019 15:10:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109562 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1090921

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Post Office: ICT
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 ensure that Post Office Ltd's computer systems are fit for purpose.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	233567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. The Post Office Limited’s computer systems is an operational matter for the Post Office. I have therefore asked, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/03/2019 17:33:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows