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1087073

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	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

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

1086580

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Hinkley Point B Power Station: Closures
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 Answer of 1 March 2019 to Question 226169 on Hinkley Point B Power Station: Closures, what plans the Government has to replace the 965 megawatts generation capacity of Hinkley Point B; and what the timescales are for implementing the replacement of that capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	230793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>There are a range of options for replacing this capacity over the coming decades. This Government remains committed to delivering secure, low cost electricity to consumers. We agreed to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, which will provide 3.2 gigawatts of secure, low carbon electricity for at least 60 years and power nearly 6 million homes. We also procured over 3GW of offshore wind in a single Contract for Difference auction in our 2017 auction – at a price of £57.50 per megawatt hour.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:25:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 107886 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1086581

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Hartlepool Power Station: Closures
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 Answer of 1 March 2019 to Question 226166 on Hartlepool Power Station: Closures, what plans the Government has to replace the 1185 MW generation capacity of Hartlepool; and what the timescales are for the replacement of that capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	230794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>There are a range of options for replacing this capacity over the coming decades. This Government remains committed to delivering secure, low cost electricity to consumers through a diverse energy mix including renewables and nuclear new build. We agreed to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, which will provide 3.2 gigawatts of secure, low carbon electricity for at least 60 years and power nearly 6 million homes.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:24:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 107887 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1086617

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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 Company Obligation: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's Clean Growth Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount and proportion of the £3.6 billion Energy Company Obligation that will be allocated to the West Midlands metro area; over what time period that allocation will be spent; and what estimate he has made of the number of homes that will benefit from that allocation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	230636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Up until September 2018, 132,429 households received ECO measures within the West Midlands. This equates to 117 households per 1,000 households receiving ECO measures compared to 72 households per 1,000 households for Great Britain. These published statistics can be found here (Table 4.4): <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhousehold-energy-efficiency-statistics-headline-release-february-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSaira.Ali%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce8ea64ee7a734544308408d6a6e4a7f8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636879898327441811&amp;sdata=ep%2B1OGeVetv5lhJGxqvBz3CDgTX1dpHJoMKPQ7UDBGU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-statistics-headline-release-february-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>BEIS does not hold information on the amount of Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding that is allocated to individual areas. Neither does BEIS project where spending will occur in the future.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2019 12:01:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1086619

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Charging Points: West Midlands
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 funding has been allocated to the West Midlands Combined Authority for the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and over what time period that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	230638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2016 we announced an improved offer making available £4.5m to 2020 to Local Authorities wishing to install recharging infrastructure in residential areas for drivers of electric cars that lack offstreet parking through our On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme. 28 Local Authorities have applied to the scheme to date including Coventry City Council who have been awarded £300,000 to install 90 chargepoints. Additionally, as part of OLEV’s £20m Taxi Infrastructure Competition, Coventry, Wolverhampton and Birmingham were between them awarded over £4.5m in 2017 to help deliver charging infrastructure dedicated to ultra-low emission taxis. The Midlands was one of the eight ‘Plugged-in Places’ projects and received over £2.5m from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. Between December 2010 and 2013, the project helped develop a regional network of more than 850 electric vehicle Charging Points across both the East and West Midlands. The total funding amount awarded across the East and West Midlands for these schemes is £7.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/03/2019 16:42:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 107889 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1086654

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	ACAS: Languages
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 his Department has plans to make (a) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and (b) other services more accessible for non-English speaking workers.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	230889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Acas has a contractual relationship with ‘The Big Word’ to provide translation services. This commenced in July 2017 following the end of a contract with a previous provider. Acas are contacted by customers who require a translation service approximately 536 times per month, and the majority of these contacts are customers phoning their employment law Helpline for advice. Acas are supplied by ‘The Big Word’ with translators which cover many languages with Polish being the most popular, though they have used translators who are able to speak less common languages such as Turkmen.</p><p>The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, based in BEIS, provides support direct to agency workers and also offers translation facilities through ‘the Big Word’.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/03/2019 12:02:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 107880 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1086655

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Enforcement and 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, whether his Department plans to increase the resources allocated to labour inspection and labour law enforcement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	230890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is exploring options for a single labour market enforcement body – we will publish proposals on this for consultation shortly. More recently we announced that this consultation will consider extending the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s licensing scheme to further sectors and that we will ensure trade unions and businesses are consulted on the strategic direction of labour market enforcement.</p><p>As part of the forthcoming Spending Review we will consider what level of funding is appropriate to ensure that it is adequately resourced to deliver its strengthened remit.</p><p>Government is committed to ensuring fair and effective enforcement. We have taken concrete measures to increase the number of labour market inspectors and extend their coverage.</p><ul><li>Government has increased funding for HMRC’s enforcement of the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) to a record high of £26.3 million for 2018/19. The NMW enforcement team went from 140 staff in 2015-16 to 424 in 2017/18 (measured on a full-time equivalent basis).</li><li>Funding for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) has also risen in the last two years to reflect the expansion of its remit to tackle labour exploitation. The GLAA now receives over £7m per year in funding, up from £4.5m in 2016/17.</li><li>The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has seen its funding increase from £0.5m in 2016/17 to £0.725m in 2018/19.</li></ul><p>The Good Work Plan went further, setting out a number of measures to improve state enforcement of core employment rights. In addition to introducing state enforcement of holiday pay for vulnerable workers, we also committed to expand protection of agency workers to cover umbrella companies.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/03/2019 12:02:12 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 107879 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris