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578554

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had, or intend to have, with the Confederation of British Industry on the consequences of any future alteration in the status of the land border between the UK and the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL1698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>My right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union met with CBI NI as part of the inaugural meeting of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s business advisory group on 1 September. The group is a platform for businesses across Northern Ireland to provide high level advice to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and NIO ministers on critical business and economic issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/09/2016 12:51:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

578560

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Consumer Goods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the London Fire Brigade's proposal for a single, publicly accessible UK register of product recalls.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2016 answer text <p>We want to ensure consumers have easy access to information on product recalls. We have already asked an industry led Recall Review Steering Group to explore how a single source of information on product recalls can be delivered for business and consumers. We will be discussing proposals on this with them shortly. The London Fire Brigade are represented on the Recall Review Steering Group by the Chief Fire Officers Association.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/09/2016 13:45:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

578561

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Consumer Goods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to require manufacturers of household appliances to make publicly available the risk assessments they carry out on their appliances.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/09/2016 08:19:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

578562

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for reviewing the legislation concerning the safe use of electrical products at home.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes consumer safety extremely seriously. This country has some of the most robust product safety legislation in the world. We cannot be complacent. We have the legislation in place to protect consumers, but we do sometimes see unsafe products on the market. That is why in November 2014 the Government announced an Independent Review of the Product Recall System.</p><p> </p><p>Following this review we invited a team of industry experts to form a Steering Group to consider how the review’s recommendations might be implemented. The Steering Group has set itself a timeframe of 2 years in which to complete its work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/09/2016 14:20:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

578770

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Energy: Low Incomes
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 financial support his Department provides under the Energy Heroes scheme run by E.ON in (a) England, (b) the North West of England and (c) Denton and Reddish constituency.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	45689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2016 answer text <p>The Energy Heros scheme is operated by E.ON independently of Government. We do not hold information on it.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 45688 question first answered 23/09/2016 13:34:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

578774

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Employment Agencies
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 employment agencies and businesses the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has (a) issued warning letters to and (b) prosecuted for publishing job advertisements in EEA states before publishing them in the UK since the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 came into force; and how his Department plans to monitor the effectiveness of those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>In the four months since the introduction of the advertising provisions in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016, EAS has not issued any warning letters to employment agencies or employment businesses in relation to these specific provisions. There have been no prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>EAS inspectors review advertising records during the course of inspections of employment agencies and employment businesses to ensure compliance with these provisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/09/2016 10:15:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

578778

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Employment Agencies: Inspections
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 employment agencies and employment businesses the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (a) investigated, (b) issued warning letters to and (c) prosecuted in each year since 2009-10; and how much was recovered by that agency in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	45727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>The table below sets out (a) the total number of cases completed by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate since 2009-10 (EAS does not differentiate between cases which arise as a result of a complaint or an inspection so the figures relate to both); (b) the total number of warning letters following both complaints and inspections issued by EAS since 2009-10; (c) the total number of successful prosecution cases brought by EAS and the number of defendants who were convicted since 2009-10; and (d) the money recovered by EAS as a result of their investigations (complaints and inspections) since 2009-10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Warning letters</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prosecution cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total defendants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Money recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,096</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£204k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,344</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£295k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,191</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£129k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£169k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>825</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£85k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£225k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>924</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£88k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/09/2016 10:11:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

578780

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Energy: Low Incomes
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 monitoring his Department undertakes of the number of homes which have successfully applied for the Energy Heroes scheme run by E.ON.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	45688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2016 answer text <p>The Energy Heros scheme is operated by E.ON independently of Government. We do not hold information on it.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 45689 question first answered 23/09/2016 13:34:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne