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752448

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the TUC estimate that some 500,000 workers are on zero-hours contracts or in insecure temporary employment; and what percentage of the total workforce aged 21 to 65 this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows that the number of people who report they are on a ‘zero hour contract’ in their main employment was 905,000 in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016, which represents 2.8% of those in employment ages 16-65+, with nearly 70% happy with their hours.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 years old.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752449

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many workers aged 21 to 65 are recognised as self-employed; and what percentage of the total workforce this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows the number of people reporting to be self-employed was 4.8 million in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 year olds.</p><p>However, as a proportion of the total number of people in employment (31,713,000), self-employed people between the ages of 25 and 64 account for 13.1% of total employment. Self-employed people between the ages of 18 and 64 account for 13.7% of total employment.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752479

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, and how, the wider social costs and benefits of regulations are taken into account by Government departments in (1) achieving their policy objectives for the business impact target, (2) the implementation of the One in, Three out rule announced by the Business Secretary on 3 March 2016, and (3) the application of the requirement to identify £3 in savings for each £1 of additional cost when assessing proposed new regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s Green Book guidance on policy appraisal and evaluation sets out how the economic, financial, social and environmental assessments of a policy, or specification of regulations, should be combined. The Government has not yet decided how its better regulation system will operate in this Parliament. This includes any One-In, Two-Out policy and the setting of a target in respect of the economic impact of new regulation on business for this Parliament as required under section 21 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:20:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752481

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Regulatory Policy Committee is empowered to rate an impact assessment as inadequate on the grounds that it does not adequately consider the wider social costs and benefits of proposed regulatory measures.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) comments on the Government’s performance in assessing regulatory impacts as set out in Impact Assessments. These assessments should address the wider societal costs and benefits. The RPC sets out its view on the analysis contained in the impact assessments in its published Opinions and annual reports. Under its current remit, the RPC cannot rate an impact assessment as ‘not fit for purpose’ in relation to wider societal impacts at final stage. The Government has not yet decided what approach it will take to deliver better regulation during the current Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:08:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752482

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimates of (1) the value of lives saved, and (2) additional life years gained, they use when classifying proposed regulatory measures as “in”, “out” or “zero net cost” in departmental submissions to the Regulatory Policy Committee.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s Green Book guidance on policy appraisal and evaluation sets out how the economic, financial, social and environmental assessments of a policy, or specification of regulations, should be combined. It includes guidance on appraising social impacts, such as health and welfare benefits and prevented fatality and how to weight such considerations against other impacts.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:09:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

752811

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Energy: Wrexham
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 the number and proportion of people in Wrexham constituency who will be covered by the Government's latest proposals to safeguard customers on the poorest value energy tariff.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	5272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>Ofgem is considering options to protect vulnerable consumers and has yet to announce a formal proposal. Alongside this Ofgem has announced a package of measures to help consumers move away from poor value tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/07/2017 12:57:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

752822

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Energy: Torfaen
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 the (a) number and (b) proportion of people in Torfaen constituency who are customers on the poorest value energy tariff.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	5121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) run a quarterly survey of domestic electricity and gas suppliers. This survey has coverage of around 85 per cent of the market. Data is supplied to BEIS, on numbers of customers by tariff, by region, and by payment type, but as this data is supplied in confidence, individual tariff or company data cannot be made publically available.</p><p>Aggregate statistics are produced and published as part of our quarterly energy prices (QEP) publication. In quarter 1 2017, we estimate 66 per cent of standard electricity and 65 per cent of gas customers were on variable tariffs. Our current methodology does not breakdown standard variable tariffs from other variable tariffs or by constituency. Data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/07/2017 16:37:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

752847

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Retail Trade: Productivity
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 improve productivity in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	5424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Retail is a vital sector for the UK economy, spreading wealth across the whole of the country, creating jobs, and injecting billions of pounds into our economy. We are working closely with retailers to address productivity issues, and would welcome their proposals as part of Industrial Strategy. Support for retailers is also available from Local Growth Hubs and Local Enterprise Partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/07/2017 14:20:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

752848

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Mergers and Monopolies: Data Protection
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 Competitions and Markets Commission (a) assesses and (b) calculates the value and market power of data when considering monopolies and mergers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	5426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) takes account of data and data markets where appropriate when assessing relevant mergers for their potential effects on competition.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/07/2017 16:40:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

752851

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Construction: Employment
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 discussions he has had with representatives the Construction Skills Certification Scheme on the effect on workers of withdrawal of the construction related occupation card.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	5410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Construction Scheme Card Scheme is an industry-led initiative which aims to ensure workers on construction sites are qualified to undertake the work they are to perform, and have received safety training. The industry decided to replace the previous fragmented system with a standardised one. The Government has supported this, but is not involved in its implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/07/2017 14:17:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden