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921984

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Life Sciences: Databases
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 has taken to streamline the (a) ethical and (b) legal approval processes for national datasets recommended in the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy; and which body is responsible for the implementation of that recommendation.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	152256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital is responsible for implementing this recommendation. It continues to work to improve processes required to gain research approvals and to make the data applicant process more efficient. NHS Digital is working with others in the sector to ensure consistent understanding of the laws, policy and guidance around the use of health data in research.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/06/2018 13:22:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

903910

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
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	Mark Group
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 information his Department holds on the number of people who had work that they consider defective completed by the Mark Group under the Green Deal.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	143810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no records of cases of people who had work that they consider defective completed by the Mark Group funded by Green Deal finance.</p><p> </p><p>There is a process in place for complaints under the Green Deal. A consumer should in the first instance complain to their Green Deal Provider, who may be a different company from the one that completed the installation. If not resolved satisfactorily, the consumer may then approach the Green Deal Ombudsman or the Financial Ombudsman Service, depending on the nature of the complaint. Their decisions will be binding on the Green Deal Provider.</p><p> </p><p>The Mark Group was dissolved in 2015. The Green Deal Code of Practice – with which all Green Deal Providers are required to comply – requires the provision of a guarantee covering the functioning of installations, and that guarantees must be backed by insurance so that in the event a Provider ceases to exist, consumers are still protected against faults in their installations. In cases where there are faults with installations and customers have no recourse to Providers, consumers should refer to the relevant insurance policies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 143811 question first answered 17/05/2018 16:27:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

903911

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
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	Mark Group
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 his Department is taking to ensure that people who had work that they consider defective undertaken in their homes by the Mark Group under the Green Deal are (a) compensated and (b) able to remedy the resulting problems.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	143811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no records of cases of people who had work that they consider defective completed by the Mark Group funded by Green Deal finance.</p><p> </p><p>There is a process in place for complaints under the Green Deal. A consumer should in the first instance complain to their Green Deal Provider, who may be a different company from the one that completed the installation. If not resolved satisfactorily, the consumer may then approach the Green Deal Ombudsman or the Financial Ombudsman Service, depending on the nature of the complaint. Their decisions will be binding on the Green Deal Provider.</p><p> </p><p>The Mark Group was dissolved in 2015. The Green Deal Code of Practice – with which all Green Deal Providers are required to comply – requires the provision of a guarantee covering the functioning of installations, and that guarantees must be backed by insurance so that in the event a Provider ceases to exist, consumers are still protected against faults in their installations. In cases where there are faults with installations and customers have no recourse to Providers, consumers should refer to the relevant insurance policies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 143810 question first answered 17/05/2018 16:27:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

872339

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Pyramid Selling
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 his Department is taking to ensure that misleading claims about the financial benefits of multi-level marketing schemes are tackled.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	134253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) prohibit pyramid selling schemes and traders in all sectors from making misleading claims. This would include misleading claims about the financial benefits of multi-level marketing schemes. Enforcement of the CPRs is by local authority Trading Standards Services.</p><p>Alleged breaches of the legislation should be reported in the first instance to the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06 (<a href="http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.citizensadvice.org.uk/</a>). The helpline offers a free service to consumers on their rights and can refer on complaints to Trading Standards for further enforcement action where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/04/2018 15:48:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

872338

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Pyramid Selling: Bankruptcy and Debt Relief Orders
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of participants in multi-level marketing schemes that have applied for debt relief or bankruptcy orders since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	134252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/04/2018 10:08:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

648922

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	Pyramid Selling: Regulation
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework for multi-level marketing schemes.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	55715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>There have been a number of recent prosecutions of pyramid selling schemes under the Fraud Act 2006 and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.</p><p>The Government keeps the law on consumer protection under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/12/2016 15:48:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

648923

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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	Pyramid Selling: Regulation
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 regulations govern multi-level marketing schemes in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	55716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Multi-level marketing schemes where no products are sold can be considered to be pyramid selling which is an unfair practice under Schedule 1 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and may also be considered fraudulent.</p><p>To be legal, multi-level marketing schemes must comply with the Trading Scheme Act 1996 and the Trading Schemes Regulations 1997.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/12/2016 15:48:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

535520

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum are for changes to the potential number of solar jobs supported on a headcount basis set out in his Department's Impact Assessment on the Periodic Review of Feed-in Tariffs, published on 17 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	42466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s guiding principle throughout the process of leaving the EU will be to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage, it is not possible to assess the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum on the potential solar jobs figures set out in the Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:41:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

533858

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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	Solar Power: Redundancy
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 estimate he has made of the change in the number of jobs in the UK solar sector since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	42253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold estimates of the number of jobs in the UK solar sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:38:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes