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168137

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>All nine members of the BIS Executive Board have declared their ethnicity as white British.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/12/2014 16:53:58 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168138

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no direct Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) employees paid less than the living wage, either nationally or in London.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold details centrally of all the staff working for companies contracted by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS has no plans to require their contractors to pay the Living Wage. We would encourage them to do so if it was affordable but this must be a decision for the contractors themselves. On the 1st April 2014 the Secretary of State increased the wages of the lowest paid contractors to £7.85.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 217409 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:06:48 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168142

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department are paid less than the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no direct Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) employees paid less than the living wage, either nationally or in London.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not hold details centrally of all the staff working for companies contracted by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS has no plans to require their contractors to pay the Living Wage. We would encourage them to do so if it was affordable but this must be a decision for the contractors themselves. On the 1st April 2014 the Secretary of State increased the wages of the lowest paid contractors to £7.85.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 217451 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:06:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168143

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of his Department's executive board are disabled.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>No members of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ Executive Board have declared any disabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/12/2014 16:28:32 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168145

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Agency Workers: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of those engaged with agencies using the Swedish derogation who are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The exact number of agency workers in the UK who are employed on pay between assignment contracts who are men, women, white British or any other ethnic minority background is not known. Any estimated impacts of the Agency Workers Regulations were covered in the original impact assessment which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121212135622/http:/www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/10-582-agency-workers-directive-impact-assessment" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121212135622/http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/10-582-agency-workers-directive-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 217342 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:26:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168148

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Agency Workers: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of those engaged with agencies using the Swedish derogation who are (a) men and (b) women.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The exact number of agency workers in the UK who are employed on pay between assignment contracts who are men, women, white British or any other ethnic minority background is not known. Any estimated impacts of the Agency Workers Regulations were covered in the original impact assessment which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121212135622/http:/www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/10-582-agency-workers-directive-impact-assessment" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121212135622/http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/10-582-agency-workers-directive-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 217343 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:26:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168149

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Five members of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ Executive Board are male and four are female.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/12/2014 16:29:21 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168151

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds on the boards of FTSE 250 companies.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has recently asked Trevor Phillips to start a new private sector led campaign which will look to address the lack of ethnic diversity in boardrooms, based in part on research that indicates the proportion of Black &amp; Ethnic Minority people in leadership positions is lower than expected compared to the wider population (estimated at 5.1% and 14% respectively).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/12/2014 16:27:34 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

93094

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Childbirth: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will undertake research into the effects of having a baby prematurely born on a mother's labour market attachment.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	210336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to look at the impact of having a premature baby on the mother’s attachment to the labour market. We will, however, consider the issues facing families with babies admitted to neonatal care within the context of the review of changes to employment law enacted by the Children and Families Act after 2018 – in particular the take up of shared parental leave and pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new system of shared parental leave and pay will give parents much more flexibility in the first year following their child’s birth. This flexibility will be particularly valuable to parents who have to deal with difficult or unexpected circumstances and it will allow parents, for the first time, to take leave together in a way that suits them. The system will be available for working parents whose baby is due on or after 5 April 2015 (irrespective of when the baby is born), and will be introduced later this year so that it catches babies who are born early.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/10/2014 14:55:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson