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631997

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2016 to Question 46899, how much of the £8,157,919 of arrears recovered from the 815 employers issued with both a Notice of Underpayment and financial penalty was recovered through the self-correction mechanism introduced by HM Revenue and Customs in 2015; from how many employers those arrears were recovered; and how many of the 43,995 workers for whom arrears were recovered benefited only as a result of that self-correction of arrears by their employer.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) use self-correction in appropriate situations as an additional tool to maximise the impact of their enforcement activity. For example, where HMRC have investigated a National Minimum Wage complaint and found arrears, they have the flexibility to instruct the employer to self-correct for the rest of their payroll – freeing up HMRC staff to work on more investigations. HMRC follow up with a sample of workers to ensure employers have carried out its instructions.</p><p> </p><p>Self-correction has helped identify a significant amount of arrears and ensure it has been paid back to workers while only requiring minimal investment of public funds. Of the £8,157,919 arrears identified in 2015/16 from employers who were issued with a Notice of Underpayment and penalty by HM Revenue and Customs, £3,154,112 owed to 14,296 workers was identified through self-correction. In total, 67 employers reported additional, self-corrected arrears.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/11/2016 11:08:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

631998

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 39267, how much of the £2,065,874 of arrears recovered from the 145 employers found to be non-compliant with the national minimum wage but not issued with a Notice of Underpayment or financial penalty was recovered through the self-correction mechanism introduced by HM Revenue and Customs in 2015; from how many employers those arrears were recovered; and how many of the 14,055 workers for whom arrears were recovered benefited only as a result of that self-correction of arrears by their employer.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the above-referenced cases, 46 employers reported £688,695 of arrears owed to 3,341 through the self-correction mechanism.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/11/2016 11:09:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

631999

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2016 to Question 44540, how many of the 197 employers named by his Department for non-compliance with the national minimum wage on 11 August 2016 identified and paid additional arrears, not included in the sum of arrears for which they were named, under the self-correction mechanism introduced by HM Revenue and Customs in 2015; and what the combined total was of those additional arrears.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	52385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Of the 197 employers named on 11 August 2016, 22 paid further arrears identified through self-correction. The sum total of self-corrected arrears paid by these employers was £410,967. This sum was paid to 1574 workers who had been underpaid.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/11/2016 16:03:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

632002

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Consumers
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 8 November 2016, what assessment he has made of which consumer standards will be considered by the Government to be necessary after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	52422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Great Repeal Bill will remove from the statute book the European Communities Act. As we repeal the European Communities Act, we will convert the body of existing EU law into British law. When the Great Repeal Bill is given Royal Assent, Parliament will be free – subject to international agreements and treaties with other countries and the EU on matters such as trade – to amend, repeal and improve any law it chooses. The Government will engage with business and other stakeholders for their views as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2016 10:42:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

632003

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: Christchurch
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 take steps to require the Post Office to reinstate post office services in Christchurch town centre.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	52396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government requires Post Office to meet national access criteria to ensure proximity to customers. Within that criteria, the provision and location of post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>There are two other Post Office branches located 1 mile away (Purewell Cross Post Office and Stourvale Post Office) from which customers can access a wide range of services until a suitable solution is found. Both branches offer extended opening hours with the Stourvale branch being open from 6am to 11pm, 7 days a week.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office regrets instances where a post office is forced to close temporarily, however a temporary closure is normally the result of a situation beyond the control of the Post Office. There is no maximum time set to resolve a temporary closure and the time this can take will vary depending on the individual local circumstances in each case. The Post Office continues investigate and explore solutions which will enable it to restore the provision of services to the Christchurch community as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 52397 question first answered 14/11/2016 16:36:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

632004

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Cadbury: Mondelez International
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 was made aware of the further takeover of the Cadbury's biscuit licence by Mondelez, and if he has met with any of the companies involved.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	52423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>This is a commercial matter for the parties concerned. I have had no such meetings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2016 10:44:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

632005

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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: 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, what the maximum period is that a Post Office can be closed temporarily without the need for any pubic consultation.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	52397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government requires Post Office to meet national access criteria to ensure proximity to customers. Within that criteria, the provision and location of post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>There are two other Post Office branches located 1 mile away (Purewell Cross Post Office and Stourvale Post Office) from which customers can access a wide range of services until a suitable solution is found. Both branches offer extended opening hours with the Stourvale branch being open from 6am to 11pm, 7 days a week.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office regrets instances where a post office is forced to close temporarily, however a temporary closure is normally the result of a situation beyond the control of the Post Office. There is no maximum time set to resolve a temporary closure and the time this can take will vary depending on the individual local circumstances in each case. The Post Office continues investigate and explore solutions which will enable it to restore the provision of services to the Christchurch community as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 52396 question first answered 14/11/2016 16:36:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

632006

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
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 civil servants are currently working in his Department on energy and climate changes issues; and how many civil servants were employed by the former Department for Energy and Climate Change in November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	52414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s activity to tackle climate change cuts across the work of various teams and is in many cases undertaken by officials who, as well as energy and climate change, also work to deliver the department’s other priorities.</p><p>Consequently, it is not possible to calculate the exact number of officials who work on energy and climate change issues. However, as recent announcements outline, delivery of the Government’s commitments on climate change remains a key priority for the department.</p><p>The Department for Energy and Climate Change’s published civil servant staff figures for November 2014 was 1575, including 102 senior civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2016 17:11:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

632007

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Burton's Foods
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 meet members of the trade unions which represent workers in the Burton's factories.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	52421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To my knowledge, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has received no representations from trade unions which represent workers in the Burton’s factories.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/11/2016 16:29:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

632010

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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 Fired Power Stations
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 he plans to provide to communities where coal-powered power stations are to be phased out.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	52353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Most of our existing coal stations are old and likely to close on economic grounds well before 2025. Setting an end date for coal is expected to help stimulate new investment into alternative energy sources, create new jobs in construction and operation for the next two decades, and contribute towards delivering a secure, affordable low carbon future. The Government aims to support those directly affected into new employment, including through the Job Centre Plus Rapid Response Force.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/11/2016 14:03:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann