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1169432

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to her Written Statement of 7 January 2020, Official Report HCWS20, whether an equality impact assessment was carried out when setting those national minimum wage rates.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	1355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This April, the Government will be increasing the National Living Wage by 6.2% to £8.72, meeting the Government’s target of reaching 60% of median earnings by 2020. Younger workers and apprentices will also see inflation beating increases in the NMW rates of between 4.6% and 6.5%. The Low Pay Commission estimates that these increases to the NMW and NLW will directly benefit over 2.8 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>An equality impact assessment was carried out when setting these minimum wage rates. The evidence suggests that there will be disproportionate positive wage impacts on protected groups as a result of the proposed increase in the minimum wage rates. As in previous years, the equality impact assessment will be published within the Government’s full impact assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/01/2020 16:34:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1169434

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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
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 progress her Department has made in its assessment of the use of fireworks in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	1357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a fuller picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The work to develop a full evidence base is an ongoing exercise which is not time limited and we will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/01/2020 16:34:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1169456

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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 her Department plans to (a) respond to the 2016 consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges and (b) bring forward legislative proposals to tackle unfair practices in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	1371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>We have already implemented a number of recommendations from the Taylor Review, and as announced in the Queens’ Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years.</p><p>This legislation will make workplaces fairer, by providing better support for working families, new protections for those in low-paid work and the gig economy, and by encouraging flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>One of the core measures to the Bill is ensuring that tips and service charges left for workers go to them in full, supporting fairness for workers in the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1169482

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Cosmetics: Sales
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 selling of cosmetics products in the UK will require a non-UK EU Responsible Person during the transition period of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	1388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>It is the intention that those placing cosmetic products on the UK market during the transition period will require a responsible person based in the UK or EU.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/01/2020 16:34:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1169483

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Cosmetics
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 timeframe is for the UK cosmetics portal to go live.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	1389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The timeframe for whether the UK Cosmetics Portal needs to go live is dependent on the outcome of negotiations on the future economic relationship between the UK and the EU. The Government has made preparations so that the UK cosmetics portal can go live as soon as it is needed.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/01/2020 16:34:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1169503

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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: Safety
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 progress the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has made on developing a fact-based evidence base relating to firework safety; and if the OPSS will make that evidence base available to the public.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a fuller picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence base work includes reviewing existing literature, research and data sources which are already publicly available. The work to develop a full evidence base is an ongoing exercise which is not time limited and we will report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1169531

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Heating: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will make it her policy to introduce a support framework for low-carbon heating after March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>In the 2019 Spring Statement, the Government committed to support low carbon heating by accelerating the decarbonisation of our gas supplies. We will consult on how to deliver our commitment to increase the proportion of green gas in the gas grid in due course.</p><p>The budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has been set out to the end of March 2021. Decisions on the future funding for the RHI and any other low-carbon heat support schemes will be a matter for future fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/01/2020 17:31:32 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1169532

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Heat Pumps: 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, if she will allocate new capital grant funding for the installation of heat pumps after March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has been set out to the end of March 2021. Decisions on the future funding for the RHI and any other low-carbon heat support schemes will be a matter for future fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/01/2020 15:27:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1169533

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Heating: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will undertake a review the Standard Assessment Procedure to ensure that it includes the carbon savings that can be delivered by (a) heat pumps and (b) other electricity-based heating systems.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is commencing work on the development of the next version of Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), SAP 11. As a part of this we are considering how we can ensure that SAP remains accurate, which will take into account a range of technologies including heat pumps and other electricity-based heating systems.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/01/2020 11:37:07 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1169534

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Heating: Carbon Emissions
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 plans his Department has to implement a nationwide training programme to develop high professional standards and skills for energy efficiency and low carbon heating in the building and heat supply trades.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Building a highly skilled workforce is key to delivering our net zero ambitions on energy efficiency and low carbon heating.</p><p> </p><p>In October last year, the Department announced that the TrustMark scheme would be expanded, so that any contractor installing energy efficiency measures under the Energy Company Obligation must be registered with the scheme. Industry is now delivering training to comply with the scheme, which ensures contractors meet industry standards and are committed to good customer service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working closely with industry to improve the offer to those seeking to train to become low carbon heating installers, and we are testing a range of options through engagement with industry, including where there might be opportunities for standardisation in the approach to training. Further details on this will be provided later this year.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/01/2020 11:37:15 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris