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1464539

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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	Help to Grow Schemes
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 the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 145878 on Help to Grow Scheme: Digital Technology, when his Department plans to publish data on the take-up and completion of the Help to Grow programmes; and where that data will be published.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	5404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We intend to publish data on take up and completion of the Help to Grow Programmes later this year on the GOV.UK website, and thereafter on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/05/2022 15:29:28 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1464563

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: Inflation and Taxation
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 Hospitality Sector Council is taking steps to help hospitality businesses with the increases in (a) VAT rate, (b) National Income Contributions and (c) the rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	5406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its first-ever Hospitality Strategy in July 2021. The Strategy set out twenty-two commitments to support the sector across a range of policy areas, grouped into three themes: Reopening, Recovery, and Resilience.</p><p> </p><p>This Department launched the Hospitality Sector Council to oversee the delivery of the strategy, and BEIS officials and I continue to work with the Council and the sector to deliver the strategy commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government engages regularly with hospitality businesses and organisations to understand the pressing issues that they face, including cost pressures and supply chain disruptions.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/05/2022 15:51:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1464574

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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: Subsidies
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 subsidies are not awarded to firms who do not comply with UK law.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	5407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Subsidy Control Act 2022, once commenced, will require that a subsidy not be mis-used and provides mechanisms for recovery were this to occur. Until the Act is commenced, the provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, which contains similar provisions, have binding effect.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of a subsidy is to achieve a specific change in behaviour to facilitate a specific policy objective, not to give the Government ongoing leverage over how a company conducts its affairs. It is for other areas of law to set out the limits of acceptable corporate behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/05/2022 15:49:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1463467

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
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, with reference to the report by the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed entitled The Self Employed 2021 Landscape Report, published on 31 January 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reduction in self-employment levels identified in that report.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	3804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor labour market trends and consider their wider implications. The UK labour market is currently performing strongly with high employment and low unemployment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that many self-employed people have encountered challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic but has supported the self-employed through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) which paid out over £28 billion across all five grants to nearly 3 million self-employed individuals and has been one of the most generous schemes for the self-employed in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that the UK continues to be one of the best places in the world to work and grow a business.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/05/2022 13:25:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1461293

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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: Coronavirus
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 the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119598, on Business: Coronavirus, whether companies with links to the Russian government have received a covid-19-related grant or loan.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 10<sup>th</sup> February 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-07/119598" target="_blank">119598</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/05/2022 15:22:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1461295

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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: Closures
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 help reduce the number of business deaths per quarter.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>In a dynamic and competitive economy, a proportion of businesses will cease trading each year, for a range of reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the impact of the pandemic on businesses across the UK, this government has provided around £400 billion of direct support to the economy since March 2020, which has helped to safeguard jobs, businesses and public services in every region and nation of the UK. This includes a total of over £26bn in business grants.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/05/2022 15:23:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1457468

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Energy: Prices
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 assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising energy prices on energy-intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	153965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>In the UK Energy Security Strategy, the Government announced that the Energy Intensive Industry (EII) Compensation Scheme will be extended for a further 3 years to protect manufacturing sectors from high electricity costs. The Government is also more than doubling the current budget for the EII Compensation Scheme to support Energy Intensive Industries.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/04/2022 16:17:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1457469

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Energy: Prices
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 assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising energy prices on small and medium size enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	153966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises this is a worrying time for businesses facing pressures due to increasing energy prices. Ministers and officials continue to provide support for industry, including businesses, by engaging constructively to further understand and mitigate the impacts of high energy prices.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is in regular contact with the energy industry and Ofgem to manage the impact of high energy prices and will continue to monitor the situation closely, including the impacts on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/04/2022 16:03:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1457744

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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: Supply Chains
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 has plans to update the Government's hospitality strategy in the context of the increase in the VAT rate, National Insurance contributions and inflation and challenges facing supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	153970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government published its first-ever Hospitality Strategy in July 2021. The Strategy set out twenty-two commitments to support the sector across a range of policy areas, grouped into three themes: Reopening, Recovery, and Resilience.</p><p> </p><p>This Department launched the Hospitality Sector Council to oversee the delivery of the strategy, and I and my officials continue to work with the Council and the sector to deliver the strategy commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government engages regularly with hospitality businesses and organisations to understand the pressing issues that they face, including cost pressures and supply chain disruptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/04/2022 16:47:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1457861

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Brain Cancer: Innovation and Research
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 discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) the Medical Research Council on brain cancer research and innovation.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	153974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>BEIS officials regularly speak to representatives of UK Research and Innovation and its constituent councils on a range of issues. There have been no recent conversations specifically on brain cancer.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/04/2022 16:58:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra