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869436

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Boating: Finance
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 estimate he has made of Government funding for Ben Ainslie’s sailing team; what assessment was made (a) before and (b) after that expenditure of its cost-effectiveness; what return was expected from that investment; and whether further funding will be allocated to the team.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	133950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In 2014 Government agreed up to £7.5 million funding to support Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team and their proposal to be based on the Camber in Portsmouth. Details of this funding agreement have previously been released and are publicly available here:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-approves-75-million-for-sir-ben-ainslie-project-to-boost-portsmouth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-approves-75-million-for-sir-ben-ainslie-project-to-boost-portsmouth</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">No further funding to the team is currently planned.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2014, under the Coalition Government, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Communities and Local Government, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport agreed a funding package of up to £7.5 million to support Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team and their proposal to base their permanent headquarters on the Camber in Portsmouth. This was announced by the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Rt hon Member for Twickenham (Sir Vince Cable).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This funding ensured the racing team’s commitment to basing their operations in Portsmouth for a minimum of 12 years to support three America’s Cup cycles, which in turn enabled economic benefits for the city’s marine and maritime sector. It also helped support community engagement and sailing participation projects in collaboration with Sport England.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The benefits arising from this investment extended beyond the sailing team. They included direct economic benefits from the generation of jobs and apprenticeships, together with the up-skilling of workers in the Solent area, the setting up of a Technical Innovation Group to help feed the innovations in applied technology developed by BAR into the marine industry, engagement with schools and higher education institutions, engagement with the local supply chain, and the setting up of a visitors’ centre.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Published details of this funding agreement are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-approves-75-million-for-sir-ben-ainslie-project-to-boost-portsmouth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-approves-75-million-for-sir-ben-ainslie-project-to-boost-portsmouth</a> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No further funding to the team is currently planned.</ins></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/04/2018 15:02:01 question first ministerially corrected 12/04/2018 10:59:34 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths previous answer version 51247 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

847844

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Financial Reporting Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 20 February (HL5467), whether the Financial Reporting Council changed the wording after my question (HL4627) was tabled on 11 January; and why the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 1 February (HL5095) referred to a position with future effect, not the past and present position.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL5821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The fact sheet <ins class="ministerial">attached to the</ins> <del class="ministerial">placed into the Libraries of the House in</del> response <ins class="ministerial">given</ins> to question HL5095 used the word “requested” and is dated June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>My answer to question HL5095 stated the position as of 1<sup>st</sup> February 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:27:58 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2018 15:35:43 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 44560 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

838334

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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	Financial Reporting Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 1 February (HL5095), for which periods, from 2004, the word “required” was used in the factsheet accompanying notices requesting payment by the Financial Reporting Council; and when, and for what reason, the wording was changed to “requests”.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL5467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Fact sheets for the preparers levy were used from 2009/10 when the preparers levy was extended to cover large private companies and public sector organisations. The fact sheets used the word “required” in explaining the rates applied to different categories of preparers. They also included similar wording to that included in the 2018/19 fact sheet which was <del class="ministerial">placed in the Library of the House in</del> <ins class="ministerial">attached to the</ins> response <ins class="ministerial">given</ins> to question HL5095. This makes clear that the Financial Reporting Council collects the levy from all preparers on a voluntary basis. The word “required” was replaced with the word “requested” to improve clarity in 2018/19.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/02/2018 16:58:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2018 12:34:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 41938 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

837886

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Fireworks: Prosecutions
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 prosecutions there have been under the Fireworks Regulations 2004 in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	126916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences under the Fireworks Regulations 2004, from 2006 to 2016 (latest available data), can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 14/02/2018 14:04:34 question first ministerially corrected 19/02/2018 15:03:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths attachment 1 file name PQ 126916 Table .xlsx title Prosecutions under Fireworks Regulations 2006-16 previous answer version 41260 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

809689

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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: Written Questions
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 his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has answered 1675 Written Parliamentary Questions so far this session as of 21<sup>st</sup> December. Of these, 3 questions (0.18% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collated and 4 questions (0.24% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collected centrally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has answered 1675 Written Parliamentary Questions so far this session as of 21<sup>st</sup> December. Of these, 4 questions (0.24% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collected and 3 questions (0.18% of questions asked) have referred to the information not being collated centrally.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/12/2017 13:32:20 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:28:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 32489 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809744

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Gratuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the response to the consultation on Tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	120364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Neither my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State, nor I have had discussions with charities about the impact of these rules on their work.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The State aid rules apply to funding given to charities, as they would for any other body, where they are involved in economic activities. The rules are blind as to legal form; rather they are concerned with whether an entity is undertaking economic activities. And equally State aid may be granted legally to charities on the same terms as anyone else if it complies with the rules.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is considering the responses to this consultation, and will respond in due course.</ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/12/2017 14:11:06 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:28:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 32347 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

798008

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Nuclear Reactors: Investment
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 he has made of levels in investment in the development of Small Modular Reactors in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	116915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Techno-Economic Assessment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) includes estimates of the likely capital requirements of SMR vendors and developers. We expect to publish the Techno-Economic Assessment of SMRs shortly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 7 December Government announced a package of nuclear measures, including up to £56 million for advanced nuclear technologies over the next 3 years. Full details of our announcement on next steps for the development of advanced technologies in the UK can be found at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-07/HCWS322/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-07/HCWS322/</a></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 07/12/2017 10:42:54 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2017 14:30:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 27764 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

786843

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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	Space Technology
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 supports the development of a domestic UK satellite launch capability.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	112281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world. We have made a landmark commitment to work with industry to boost spending on Research and Development (R&amp;D) to 2.4% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027. The work could increase public and private R&amp;D investment by as much as £80 billion over the next 10 years. This will start with government making an extra investment of £2.3 billion in 2021/22, raising total public investment in R&amp;D to £12.5 billion that year alone.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">As part of our ambition for a new deep and special partnership with the EU, recognising our shared interest in maintaining and strengthening research collaboration, the UK will seek an agreement that promotes science and innovation across Europe now and in the future. This includes continued collaboration in vital sectors such as life sciences that, through programmes such as the Innovative Medicines Initiative, help deliver better care for patients in the UK, member states and around the world.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">While we remain a member of the EU, UK businesses and universities should continue to bid for competitive EU funds, and we will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Government will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. This includes awards that are bid for before exit that are successful after exit.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has an exciting ambition to take the UK into the commercial space age. We are actively supporting the development of a commercial market for small satellite launch and sub-orbital flight in the UK, by helping industry to develop new technologies, infrastructure and services. This will establish the UK as a world leading destination for space launch. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are putting in place new regulation, working internationally to secure agreements and evaluating proposals for grants that would help get the first missions from the UK off the ground.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We welcome engagement from any company seeking to offer small satellite launch capability from a UK spaceport. </ins></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/11/2017 13:04:48 question first ministerially corrected 27/11/2017 15:16:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 24310 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

780339

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Minimum Wage: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions were made against employers for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage for internship roles in each year since 2010; and what were the details of those prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Details of the employers prosecuted for National Minimum Wage offences up to the end of 2016/17 are included in Table 1 below and are also published in Annex C of the 2017 <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630197/nmw-nlw-lpc-evidence-compliance-enforcement-2017.pdf" target="_blank">Government Evidence to the Low Pay Commission on compliance and enforcemen</a>t.</em> HMRC does not have any records of prosecutions in relation to interns.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: NMW Prosecutions, 2007/08 to 2016/17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Name of employer</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Trading Name</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Area</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Offence</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Date</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">T Aguda</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Rascals Day Nursery Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Walthamstow</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (a)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28/08/2007</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Torbay Council</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Torquay</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01/10/2007</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">R Singh</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Pound Mania</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30/04/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">David Jackson</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sheffield</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">02/07/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Pauline Smout</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sheffield</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">02/07/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Zaheer Ibrahim</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Jewel in the Crown</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21/07/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Ahmed Yassine</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Pheonix Hotel</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Rotherham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (2); 31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13/02/2009</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">B G Optical</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23/06/2010</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Widescope Security</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26/02/2013</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Amanda Barrett</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Amanda’s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Birmingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11/05/2016</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Richard Hunt</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Weymouth</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13/05/2016</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3D Telecon</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Oldham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(a)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">04/08/2016</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Dida Brothers Car Wash</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Southampton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">08/12/2016</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Name of employer</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Trading Name</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Area</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Offence</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Date</strong></del></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">T Aguda</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rascals Day Nursery Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Walthamstow</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (a)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28/08/2007</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Torbay Council</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Torquay</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">01/10/2007</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">R Singh</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pound Mania</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nottingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">30/04/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">David Jackson</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sheffield</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">02/07/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pauline Smout</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sheffield</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">02/07/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Zaheer Ibrahim</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Jewel in the Crown</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nottingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21/07/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Ahmed Yassine</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Pheonix Hotel</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rotherham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (2); 31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/02/2009</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">B G Optical</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Manchester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23/06/2010</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Widescope Security</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26/02/2013</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Amanda Barrett</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Amanda’s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Birmingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11/05/2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Richard Hunt</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Weymouth</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/05/2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3D Telecon</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Oldham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(a)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">04/08/2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Dida Brothers Car Wash</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Southampton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">08/12/2016</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: BEIS/HMRC enforcement data</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 13:56:21 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2017 11:59:25 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL2703.pdf title Evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission previous answer version 21502 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL2703.pdf title Evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission
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registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Small Business Commissioner
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the commitment set out in the document Small Business Commissioner: Policy for Secondary Legislation, published in February, that the Small Business Commissioner's complaints scheme will formally begin on 1 October, whether small businesses may now submit complaints; and through what process they can do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>On 2 October my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State announced the appointment of Paul Uppal as the UK’s first Small Business Commissioner (SBC). Mr Uppal and his team will provide general advice and information to small businesses on matters such as resolving payment disputes, including signposting small businesses through the SBC’s website to existing support and dispute resolution services.</p><p> </p><p>The SBC complaints scheme is dependent on secondary legislation, which is currently being considered by Parliament. Small businesses will be able to submit complaints once the service fully launches, including complaints relating to issues from <del class="ministerial">1</del> <ins class="ministerial">6</ins> April 2017. The office of the SBC will be operational by the end of 2017, subject to the will of Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/10/2017 14:11:50 question first ministerially corrected 13/11/2017 15:03:27 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton previous answer version 16191 answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
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