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1719360

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Post Offices: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will have discussions with the Post Office on the fairness of its fee structure for services provided in (a) main and (b) local branches.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	27107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Although remuneration rates are an operational matter for Post Office, postmaster remuneration is something I regularly raise in my meetings with the CEO of Post Office Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>Remuneration rates are designed to reflect the differing operating models, range of products and services and cost structures between main and local branches.</p><p> </p><p>As I stressed at the National Federation of Sub Postmasters Conference on 13<sup>th</sup> May, we recognise how important postmaster pay issues are for postmasters and the future of the network and believe there are opportunities for Post Office that will make a difference to postmasters, particularly in the cash and banking space.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 10:04:09 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1719374

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Office for Product Safety and Standards will publish the findings of its Product Safety Review of e-bikes.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	27043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 13:13:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1719402

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Jewellery: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support independent jewellers in Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Independent jewellers in Southport and across the country have benefited from the extension of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief for 2024-25, a tax cut worth nearly £2.4 billion and a freeze to the small business multiplier for a fourth consecutive year, protecting over a million ratepayers from bill increases.</p><p>Government provided an unprecedented package of support for businesses with energy costs through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and the Energy Bill Discount Scheme. Together these schemes have provided around £7.5 billion to businesses for energy costs.</p><p>The industry led Retail Sector Council is developing a strategic approach for retail and continues to invite views on the opportunities and challenges for business set out in the recently published discussion paper Retail: The Great Enabler.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 09:37:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1719403

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Arts and Digital Technology: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support the (a) digital technology and (b) creative industries in (a) the North West and (b) Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 15:05:41 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1719413

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	New Businesses: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support the establishment of new business ventures (a) in the North West and (b) Southport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	27151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 15:04:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1719428

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether employees of postmasters who lost earnings due to issues arising from the failures of the Horizon IT System will be eligible for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	27166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>As per the Horizon Shortfall Scheme eligibility criteria which are published on Post Office’s website, individuals must have, or have previously had, a contract directly with the Post Office to be eligible for compensation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 09:40:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1718769

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support (a) pubs, (b) restaurants, (c) cafes and (d) other parts of the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>My Department meets regularly with the sector through the Hospitality Sector Council to understand the challenges businesses are facing and help build the sector’s resilience.</p><p>In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced a business rates support package worth £4.3 billion over the next five years to support small businesses. The small business multiplier will be frozen for a fourth consecutive year, and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief will be extended. It should be noted that the support monies provided for Scotland and Wales were not fully passed on to relevant businesses as intended.</p><p>At the Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced that the government will freeze alcohol duty from 1 August 2024 until 1 February 2025, extending the six-month freeze announced at Autumn Statement 2023.</p><p>In addition, as part of our efforts to make regulation more effective and less burdensome for businesses, we are consulting on making it easier for bars and pubs to serve you a drink on a terrace.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/05/2024 08:57:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1718857

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Carers: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the level of paid carers leave on rates of economic activity.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	26759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>A new entitlement of up to a week of unpaid carer’s leave was introduced for employees from 6 April 2024. The published Impact Assessment (IA) contains a cost benefit analysis and full evaluation of the policy. We estimate there are 2.5 million people balancing employment and unpaid care, who could benefit from this new entitlement.</p><p>The IA commits to reviewing the effectiveness and rationale for the policy by seeking evidence from businesses and employees in 5 years. The IA was published during the passage of the Bill on <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3199/publications" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3199/publications</a> under the Impact Assessment tab.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 26761 question first answered 22/05/2024 16:48:06 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1718859

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Carers: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits for (a) businesses and (b) workers of introducing paid carers leave.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	26761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>A new entitlement of up to a week of unpaid carer’s leave was introduced for employees from 6 April 2024. The published Impact Assessment (IA) contains a cost benefit analysis and full evaluation of the policy. We estimate there are 2.5 million people balancing employment and unpaid care, who could benefit from this new entitlement.</p><p>The IA commits to reviewing the effectiveness and rationale for the policy by seeking evidence from businesses and employees in 5 years. The IA was published during the passage of the Bill on <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3199/publications" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3199/publications</a> under the Impact Assessment tab.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 26759 question first answered 22/05/2024 16:48:06 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1718874

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Funerals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing licensing for funeral directors.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	26670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to introduce a licensing scheme for funeral directors.</p><p> </p><p>Funeral directors are subject to existing consumer rights legislation. We believe this provides the tools necessary for tackling rogue practices in the sector. We are strengthening consumer rights as part of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.</p><p /><p>Following a market investigation into the funerals sector, the Competition and Markets Authority introduced legal obligations on funeral directors and crematorium operators in 2021 and set these out in guidance in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2024 09:41:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins