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1087073

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date	12/03/2019
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	Post Offices: Franchises
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 new Post Office branch franchise opportunities are available in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland. and (d) each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	231519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. Matters relating to postmasters, network transformation and the operation of post offices by retailers are operational matters for the Post Office. I have therefore asked Post Office Limited to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/03/2019 12:01:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1087093

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Offshore Industry and Shipping: 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, when he last discussed national minimum wage compliance and enforcement in the (a) shipping industry and (b) offshore energy sector with officials of the HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	231505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to cracking down on employers who fail to pay the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW). In the last 3 years we have almost doubled HMRC’s budget to enforce the NMW from £13.2 million to a record £26.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>Workers who ordinarily work in the UK are entitled to minimum wage for all of their work, including, for example, for work on ships located outside the UK servicing offshore installations. Furthermore, workers on UK registered ships are entitled to minimum wage for all their work on the ship wherever it is located, unless they work entirely outside the UK or are not ordinarily resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>NMW issues fall within the portfolio of Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Kelly Tolhurst, who most recently met directly with HMRC officials on Monday 14<sup>th</sup> January.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS officials meet regularly with their HMRC colleagues through an established governance structure, to monitor progress and discuss current and emerging risks of non-compliance with the NMW.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/03/2019 15:42:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 108015 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1087117

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Job Creation: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 steps his Department has taken to help businesses create more highly skilled jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	231364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy is our long-term plan to boost productivity by backing businesses to create high-quality, well paid jobs throughout the United Kingdom, with investment in skills, industries and infrastructure. The Government has to date awarded over £50m to support businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), which brings together world-class UK research with business investment to develop the technologies that will transform existing industries and create entirely new ones. For example, we are investing in ITM Power (Trading) Ltd in Sheffield to demonstrate the feasibility of a hydrogen economy in remote areas.</p><p>Also, since its launch in 2012, the Start-Up Loans programme, part of the British Business Bank, has delivered more than 5,200 loans, totalling £42.690m in Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p>The Government is also investing over £1.3 billion through Yorkshire and Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deals and has established Enterprise Zones across the region, which are both supporting the creation of higher skilled jobs such as Siemens’ offshore wind blade factory in Hull and at the Humber Enterprise Park in Brough.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 12:37:04 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1087147

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Energy: EU Law
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 the Answers of 12 March 2019 to Question 229808 and Question 229809 on Energy: EU Law, whether Ofgem's licensing mechanisms to recover costs for a new REMIT system require energy suppliers to pay increased fees to Ofgem.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	231524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>In the event that domestic REMIT reporting systems are required, Ofgem will consider the costs relative to the operational benefit, to ensure that the systems represent value for money. Where costs are incurred it is correct that this may lead to an increase in licencing fees. Costs will be shared by all licenced entities, not just suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/03/2019 15:11:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1087164

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Competition and Markets Authority
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 plans to take to respond to Lord Tyrie's recommendations on the future role of the Competition and Markets Authority; and what the timetable is for the implementation of that response.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	231536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government will consult on these proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/03/2019 15:42:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 108016 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1087281

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Agency Workers: Equal Pay
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 his oral contribution of 6 March 2019, Official Report, column 994, on the Swedish derogation, what representations he has received on the timing of the abolition of the Swedish derogation; and when he plans to respond to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	231538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to upgrading workers’ rights as we leave the EU, not reduce them. The Good Work Plan represents a large part of this commitment and is the biggest upgrade in a generation. The Department regularly engages with stakeholders on the reforms announced in the Good Work Plan. Secondary legislation repealing the Swedish Derogation was laid on 17 December 2018 and approved by the House of Commons’ Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee on 6 March 2019. Subject to approval from the House of Lords, all agency workers will be entitled to the same pay as permanent staff after 12 weeks in an assignment from 6 April 2020. This will allow time for businesses to realign their contractual arrangements, both with their workers and the end hirers.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/03/2019 15:42:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 108017 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1087522

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Coal: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the implications of the Paris Agreement for policy on the opening of new coal mines; what has been their response to any such representations; and what assessment they have made of the decision of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales to reject a mine application by reference to the Paris Agreement and climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Beith
uin	HL14447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>We receive regular representations regarding the implications of the Paris Agreement for tackling climate change. In response, we are clear that the UK is committed to delivering the ambition of the Paris Agreement. The Climate Change Act committed the UK to reducing emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 levels and we are phasing out the use of unabated coal for electricity generation by 2025. In response to the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C, we have asked the Climate Change Committee to advise on whether further action is needed. No specific assessment has been made of the New South Wales decision noting that planning decisions for new mines are a matter for the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 18/03/2019 17:36:40 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

1087525

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Hydroelectric Power
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 potential in the UK for additional pumped storage hydro electricity generation; and whether such facilities can be accommodated within the capacity mechanism without the need for further legislation.
tabling member printed	Viscount Hanworth
uin	HL14450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that electricity storage technologies, including pumped hydro storage, provide an important source of flexibility to our energy system. We currently have around 3GW of storage capacity on our system, of which the vast majority is pumped hydro storage. The Electricity System Operator estimates that, by 2050, there could be 12-29 GW of total storage capacity on our system.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2017 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan and 2018 Progress Update set out a range of actions to remove barriers to storage and ensure flexibility is fairly valued in our energy markets. Pumped storage hydro is able to access the Capacity Market in the same way as other technologies, though a number of issues were raised in the recent Capacity Market review “Call for Evidence” which we will be considering.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 18/03/2019 17:37:04 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2648 label Biography information for Viscount Hanworth

1087544

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Employment: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the introduction of quotas for executive women in the workplace and for all BAME employees.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL14465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with the business community to create more inclusive workplaces from the shop floor to the boardroom. The Government commissioned and supports several business-led independent reviews, such as the Hampton-Alexander Review to increase the representation of women on boards and senior leadership positions in FTSE 350 companies to 33% by 2020 and the Parker Review to increase the ethnic diversity of FTSE 350 boards by 2024.</p><p>These reviews form part of the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy that works for all.</p><p>This business-led approach is working, with, for example, the representation of women on FTSE 100 boards rising to 30.9% from 12.5% in 2011.</p><p>Government agreed with my Noble friend’s recommendation that companies should set and publish aspirational diversity targets; and committed to lead from the front in the public sector. In June 2018 we published targets for the Civil Service to tackle the under-representation of ethnic minority staff in our most senior roles. If successful, we will approximately double the current proportion of new recruits from an ethnic minority to 13.2% by 2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/03/2019 11:55:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1087570

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Home Shopping
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 effectiveness of consumer protection legislation governing the sale of both new and used private goods online.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
uin	HL14487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government considers evidence of the effectiveness of all consumer legislation periodically and will take action where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the Government published a Consumer Green Paper consulting on a variety of issues including seeking views on the legal framework covering consumer to consumer transactions, which would include new and used goods. The Consumer Green Paper is available in the Libraries of the House. We will publish a Consumer White Paper in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/03/2019 16:52:13 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley