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1177012

registered interest
date	07/02/2020
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	IKEA: Coventry
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 her Department will take steps to support employees affected by the closure of IKEA's store in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	13994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>This will be a concerning time for employees and their families, and we are in contact with IKEA regarding the closure. I can equally assure you that Jobcentre Plus through its Rapid Response unit will work with IKEA to understand the level of employee support required and help all affected employees get back into employment as soon as possible.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus’s Rapid Response Service is able to provide tailored support and can include some or all the following:</p><ul><li>Help with job searches, CV writing and interview skills</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps, linked to the labour market</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry certification that will improve employability</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training, securing a job or self-employment, such as childcare costs, tools, work clothes and travel costs.</li></ul> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/02/2020 10:09:12 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1176825

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: 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, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of devolving powers on the regulation of the sale of fireworks to the Scottish Parliament; and if she will take steps to devolve those powers.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	13591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Under the Scotland Act 1998 the regulation of the sale and supply of goods and services to consumers and product safety and liability are reserved matters. The regulation of fireworks for these purposes is covered by the Fireworks Regulations 2004 and the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015, which are the responsibility of this Department. The use and discharge of fireworks is devolved to the Scottish Government which has powers to impose certain restrictions on the use of fireworks. The Scottish Government has legislated in this area through the Fireworks (Scotland) Regulations 2004. There are no plans to devolve this matter further.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has been talking to officials in the Scottish Government about the recent consultation on fireworks undertaken by the Scottish Government. The outcomes of that consultation are being considered as part of OPSS’ work on a fireworks evidence base. This will build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify what, if any, further action is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/02/2020 11:01:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1176900

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Hydrogen
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 the Government is taking to support hydrogen development as a sustainable energy resource in order to meet the Government's pledge to become carbon neutral by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	13611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to exploring the development of hydrogen as a strategic decarbonised energy carrier, alongside electricity and other decarbonised gases. We are investing in innovation, with up to £108m supporting a range of projects to explore and develop the potential of low carbon hydrogen across the value chain from production to end use. We are investing in production at scale through the development of the £100m Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund, announced in 2019, and developing sustainable business models to support low carbon hydrogen production at scale. Alongside this we are working with a range of stakeholders to develop opportunities for scale up of UK hydrogen, notably through the Industrial Clusters Mission and the Offshore Wind Sector Deal.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/02/2020 15:39:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1176311

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Post Office
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 27 January 2020 to Question 6034 on the Post Office, if she will meet with representatives of the Communication Workers Union to discuss how that cultural change will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	12841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that postmasters are the backbone of the Post Office network and it is committed to ensuring cultural change takes place regarding the Post Office's engagement and relationship with postmasters.</p><p> </p><p>As such I am keen to hold discussions with representatives of the Communication Workers Union. My office has been in touch with the Communication Workers Union and are waiting for a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/02/2020 11:01:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1176324

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Parental 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, when she plans to publish the outcome of the Neonatal Leave and Pay consultation, which closed on 29 November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	12873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. 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. This will include measures to allow parents of children who have been in neonatal care for a prolonged stay to take additional paid leave (subject to qualifying criteria).</p><p> </p><p>This will take forward the proposals which the Government consulted on from July to October last year. The consultation outlined our estimates of the cost of this policy to business and to the Exchequer. This covered a range of options for how many weeks leave and pay the entitlement would cover, as well as the impact of a qualifying ‘minimum stay’ in neonatal care. The consultation document is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families</em></a> with provisional costings on p44. The Government will publish a full impact assessment when the Bill is introduced in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to setting out our plans soon with the publication of the Government Response.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 12874 12913 12914 question first answered 10/02/2020 17:50:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176326

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Parental 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, when neonatal leave and pay will be available to parents with a baby receiving neonatal care.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	12874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. 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. This will include measures to allow parents of children who have been in neonatal care for a prolonged stay to take additional paid leave (subject to qualifying criteria).</p><p> </p><p>This will take forward the proposals which the Government consulted on from July to October last year. The consultation outlined our estimates of the cost of this policy to business and to the Exchequer. This covered a range of options for how many weeks leave and pay the entitlement would cover, as well as the impact of a qualifying ‘minimum stay’ in neonatal care. The consultation document is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families</em></a> with provisional costings on p44. The Government will publish a full impact assessment when the Bill is introduced in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to setting out our plans soon with the publication of the Government Response.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 12873 12913 12914 question first answered 10/02/2020 17:50:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176464

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Parental Leave: Childbirth
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 her Department offers additional parental leave to its employees who become parents of premature babies.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	12911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not currently offer additional parental leave specifically to employees who become parents of premature babies. All employees can apply for paid special leave or unpaid parental leave, both of which are considered on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does offer employees maternity leave, adoption leave, paternity leave, and shared parental leave.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to enhancing workers’ rights and to supporting people to balance their work and caring responsibilities. We have already laid regulations in Parliament that will give grieving parents a right to paid time off work. We will also introduce a new entitlement to carers’ leave as well as entitlement to paid leave for parents of children who spend time in neonatal care.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making the UK the best place to work and grow a business. As announced in the Queen’s Speech, we will bring forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers’ rights in over 20 years.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/02/2020 15:00:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176466

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Parental Leave: Childbirth
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 estimate her Department has made of the cost per annum to the public purse of introducing for parents of premature babies an entitlement to (a) two weeks of neonatal leave and pay and (b) an additional week of neonatal leave and pay for each week a baby is in neonatal care paid at the statutory maternity pay rate.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	12913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. 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. This will include measures to allow parents of children who have been in neonatal care for a prolonged stay to take additional paid leave (subject to qualifying criteria).</p><p> </p><p>This will take forward the proposals which the Government consulted on from July to October last year. The consultation outlined our estimates of the cost of this policy to business and to the Exchequer. This covered a range of options for how many weeks leave and pay the entitlement would cover, as well as the impact of a qualifying ‘minimum stay’ in neonatal care. The consultation document is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families</em></a> with provisional costings on p44. The Government will publish a full impact assessment when the Bill is introduced in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to setting out our plans soon with the publication of the Government Response.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 12873 12874 12914 question first answered 10/02/2020 17:50:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176467

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Parental Leave: Childbirth
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 estimate her Department has made of the cost per annum to the private sector of introducing for parents of premature babies an entitlement to (a) two weeks of neonatal leave and pay and (b) an additional week of neonatal leave and pay for each week a baby is in neonatal care.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	12914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. 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. This will include measures to allow parents of children who have been in neonatal care for a prolonged stay to take additional paid leave (subject to qualifying criteria).</p><p> </p><p>This will take forward the proposals which the Government consulted on from July to October last year. The consultation outlined our estimates of the cost of this policy to business and to the Exchequer. This covered a range of options for how many weeks leave and pay the entitlement would cover, as well as the impact of a qualifying ‘minimum stay’ in neonatal care. The consultation document is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/good-work-plan-proposals-to-support-families</em></a> with provisional costings on p44. The Government will publish a full impact assessment when the Bill is introduced in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to setting out our plans soon with the publication of the Government Response.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 12873 12874 12913 question first answered 10/02/2020 17:50:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176469

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Equal Pay: LGBT+ People
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 she is taking to tackle the LGBT+ pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	12847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Government’s Equalities Office and they will be responding shortly to the same question.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/02/2020 08:55:04 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 6047 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler