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date	08/07/2019
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	Maternity Leave
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 he has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on extending the period of statutory maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	274539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>In the UK, employed pregnant women and new mothers have a ‘day one’ right to 52 weeks of Maternity Leave; and, if eligible, they are entitled to 39 weeks of pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to extend the period of statutory Maternity Leave, and so I have not had any discussions on this subject with my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/07/2019 13:30:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1135769

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
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	New Businesses: Internet
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 support his Department provides for young people who want to set up an online retail business.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	271451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in our Digital Strategy and Charter, our ambition is to ensure the UK is the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business.</p><p>Support is in place to help small, early stage companies raise equity finance through the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, which offers tax reliefs to individual investors who purchase new shares in those companies. It complements the Enterprise Investment Scheme, which offers tax reliefs to investors in high risk and growing companies. The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme is intended to recognise the particular difficulties which very early stage companies face in attracting investment, by offering tax relief at a higher rate.</p><p>Tech Nation, which receives grant funding from DCMS, provides a range of resources to support the growth of digital businesses in the UK. This includes a Digital Business Academy that provides free online courses on starting and growing a digital business.</p><p>The Start Up Loans Company, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, delivers the Government’s Start Up Loans programme providing finance and support for businesses who struggle to access other forms of finance.</p><p>Online support is available for young people to start a digital business and apply for financing at the following websites:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/business-support-helpline" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/business-support-helpline</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/start" target="_blank">https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/start</a></p><p><a href="https://technation.io/resources/digital-business-academy/" target="_blank">https://technation.io/resources/digital-business-academy/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.startuploans.co.uk/about-start-up-loans-company/" target="_blank">https://www.startuploans.co.uk/about-start-up-loans-company/</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/07/2019 14:53:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1129295

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Research and Science: Equality
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 assessment she has made of (a) female and (b) BAME representation in senior science and research jobs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	259219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This is publicly available information.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish data on employment by occupation, which is available by gender: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/employmentbyoccupationemp04" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/employmentbyoccupationemp04</a></p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) publish data on academic research staff in UK universities, broken down by seniority, sex and ethnicity through the Higher Education Staff Data, Detailed Tables 13 and 15: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 259220 question first answered 11/06/2019 15:56:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1129296

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Science: Females
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 assessment she has made of female representation in scientific occupations as career levels progress.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	259220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>This is publicly available information.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish data on employment by occupation, which is available by gender: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/employmentbyoccupationemp04" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/employmentbyoccupationemp04</a></p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) publish data on academic research staff in UK universities, broken down by seniority, sex and ethnicity through the Higher Education Staff Data, Detailed Tables 13 and 15: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 259219 question first answered 11/06/2019 15:56:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon