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date	17/01/2019
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 Sector Council
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 often the Retail Sector Council meets; and whether the dates of these meetings are in the public domain.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	209772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Retail Sector Council meets approximately three times a year. They first met in March, then June and November of 2018. Their next meeting is scheduled for February.</p><p> </p><p>The UK retail sector is one of the largest employers in the country, with a workforce of over three million and accounting for around 5.1% of economic output with sales of nearly £360 billion in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The latest ONS retail briefing shows that for the whole of 2018, retail sales in terms of quantity bought increased by 2.7% and Total Retail sales in 2018 increased to £368bn in 2018, an increase of 3%, but we and the Council recognise that the sector faces some key challenges.</p><p> </p><p>The Council is prioritising its work to address the key challenges facing the sector and will initially focus on; costs to business, skills and lifelong learning, employment protection, consumer protection, the circular economy and the Industrial Strategy. The priority areas were selected by the industry and each workstream will be led by a senior industry figure.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/01/2019 16:29:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

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date	29/06/2018
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	Retail Sector Council
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 often the retail sector council is planned to meet; what the scope of that council is; and what work it is undertaking.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	159048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Retail Sector Council held its first meeting in March this year, and its second meeting on 25<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p><p>The Council is industry led and brings Government and industry together to boost the sector’s productivity and economic health. There are a range of retailers and retail associations on the Council, and all types of retail activity in the UK are in scope.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/07/2018 14:53:46 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

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registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Retail Sector Council
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 he will publish the (a) dates, (b) attendees and (c) minutes of all Retail Sector Council meetings since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	147887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The first meeting of the Retail Sector Council was held on the 22<sup>nd</sup> March 2018, with the second meeting due to be held on the 25<sup>th</sup> June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The following members attended the March meeting: Amazon, Asos, Association of Convenience Stores, Boots, British Retail Consortium, GFirst LEP, Keelham Farm Shop, and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). I co-chaired the meeting with Richard Pennycook, Chairman of Fenwick, The Hut Group and Howden Joinery Group. Senior officials from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy were also in attendance.</p><p> </p><p>A full list of members can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/industry-led-retail-sector-council-launched-to-act-as-champion-for-future-growth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/industry-led-retail-sector-council-launched-to-act-as-champion-for-future-growth</a></p><p> </p><p>The Council are currently in the process of establishing a website which will contain a summary of each Retail Sector Council meeting.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/06/2018 16:08:56 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson