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652584

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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: Young 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, if he will make an estimate of the potential effect of businesses paying the adult minimum wage rate to people under 25 years of age who are not in training but carrying out the same work as those 25 years of age or over on (a) rates of poverty and (b) levels of disposable income for people under 25 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	56280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government will publish an impact assessment on the increase in the National Living Wage and the increases in the National Minimum Wage rates announced at Autumn Statement in due course.</p><p>The Low Pay Commission also evaluates the impact of the various rates upon both employers and workers, drawing on economic, labour market and pay analysis, independent research and stakeholder evidence. Their report can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-autumn-2016-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-autumn-2016-report</a>.</p><p>From April 2017 all National Minimum Wage rates, and the National Living Wage, will be increased by more than inflation. The main rate (for 21 – 24 year olds) is expected, at that point, to be at its highest ever level in real terms.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 56281 question first answered 12/12/2016 11:30:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

652585

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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: Young 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, if he will make an estimate of the cost to businesses of their paying the adult minimum wage rate to people under 25 years of age who are not in training but are doing the same job as people 25 years of age or older.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	56281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government will publish an impact assessment on the increase in the National Living Wage and the increases in the National Minimum Wage rates announced at Autumn Statement in due course.</p><p>The Low Pay Commission also evaluates the impact of the various rates upon both employers and workers, drawing on economic, labour market and pay analysis, independent research and stakeholder evidence. Their report can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-autumn-2016-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-minimum-wage-low-pay-commission-autumn-2016-report</a>.</p><p>From April 2017 all National Minimum Wage rates, and the National Living Wage, will be increased by more than inflation. The main rate (for 21 – 24 year olds) is expected, at that point, to be at its highest ever level in real terms.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 56280 question first answered 12/12/2016 11:30:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

652681

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Drugs: Competition
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 pharmaceutical companies have been referred to the Competition and Markets Authority in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	56359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>In the last five years the Competition and Markets Authority and its predecessor bodies have launched a total of 20 investigations into the pharmaceutical sector involving 41 pharmaceutical companies. There have been: 11 merger cases, 8 Competition Act 1998 cases and 1 review of previous undertakings that were imposed on a firm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2016 17:17:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

652779

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Conditions of Employment
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 ruling of the Employment Tribunal on Aslam and others vs Uber of 28 October 2016, case number 2202550/2015, relating to the employment classification of Uber drivers, if he will estimate how many other such subordinate workers there are in the UK who are classified with a different legal status.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	56428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collate data on the employment status of those in the UK labour market with regard to employment rights.</p><p> </p><p>However, Matthew Taylor has been asked to conduct an independent review which includes considering the implications for employment rights and other policies of the emergence of new business models such as on–demand platforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2016 16:58:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

652780

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Uber
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 ruling of the Employment Tribunal on Aslam and others vs Uber of 28 October 2016, case number 2202550/2015, relating to the employment classification of Uber drivers, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that workers so misclassified are receiving (a) the national living wage, (b) paid holidays and (c) other employee rights.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	56426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for all and is why my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister asked Matthew Taylor to conduct an independent review to consider how employment rules might need to respond to changes in the way people work. This includes the implications of the growth in self-employment and the emergence of new business models such as on–demand platforms.</p><p> </p><p>If anyone has concerns around their employment rights or thinks they have not been paid the National Minimum/Living Wage (NM/LW) they should call the ACAS Helpline on 0300 123 1100 or visit their website for confidential advice. Calls made to ACAS about NMW/LW are passed to HMRC, who consider every complaint whether received through an individual or a third party.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2016 16:53:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

652782

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Gas 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 steps the Government plans to take to bring forward new gas generation in the event that no new combined cycle gas turbine capacity clears the capacity market auction in December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	56262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>In the recent capacity market auction, around 1.5GW of new gas plant cleared, including a new combined cycle gas turbine, a new open cycle gas turbine, and a variety of new smaller scale, flexible gas resources.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/12/2016 14:47:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 26012 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

652783

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Gas 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 estimate the Government has made of the proportion that gas-fired generation will form of the new proposed 14GW of electricity interconnection to be developed by 2023.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	56264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the proportion of electricity imports on interconnectors that will have been generated by gas-fired generation.</p><p>Electricity interconnection connects Great Britain’s energy market to the markets of neighbouring countries, enabling electricity to be traded. It is not possible to trace the precise source of the electricity transported through interconnectors; the electricity that we import will have been produced by the mix of generation technologies connected to the exporting country’s transmission network. The precise generation mix that provides the imported electricity at any point in time will depend on a complex set of factors and, in particular, will vary depending on the characteristics of the exporting market.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/12/2016 14:48:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 26013 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

652784

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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: Unpaid Work
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 unpaid internships there are in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	56299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>There are no unpaid internships in BEIS. BEIS participates in the Civil Service wide Summer Diversity Internship Programme, which is a two month placement and is paid. The Civil Service also runs the Early Diversity Internship Programme which is for a week only (and more akin to work experience) – it provides expenses to encourage applications and ensure there is no financial loss.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/12/2016 14:13:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

652785

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Director of Labour Market Enforcement
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 the Director for Labour Market Enforcement will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	56294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State plans to announce the outcome of the recruitment process for the Director of Labour Market Enforcement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2016 17:11:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

652788

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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: Travel
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 much his Department spent on travel that was not standard class in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	56225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Over the last 5 years the Department, and its predecessors, spent the following amounts on non-standard class travel:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>ex-DECC</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>ex-BIS*</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail</p></td><td><p>Business/First Class Air</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail</p></td><td><p>Business/First Class Air</p></td><td><p>First Class Rail</p></td><td><p>Business/First Class Air</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£3,382</p></td><td><p>£223,519</p></td><td><p>£52,803</p></td><td><p>£1,401,638</p></td><td><p>£56,185</p></td><td><p>£1,625,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£9,309</p></td><td><p>£167,187</p></td><td><p>£21,955</p></td><td><p>£1,527,987</p></td><td><p>£31,264</p></td><td><p>£1,695,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£6,837</p></td><td><p>£155,825</p></td><td><p>£21,672</p></td><td><p>£1,801,748</p></td><td><p>£28,509</p></td><td><p>£1,957,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£3,319</p></td><td><p>£211,120</p></td><td><p>£17,992</p></td><td><p>£1,100,481</p></td><td><p>£21,311</p></td><td><p>£1,311,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£11,906</p></td><td><p>£60,025</p></td><td><p>£14,901</p></td><td><p>£944,133</p></td><td><p>£26,807</p></td><td><p>£1,004,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£34,753</p></td><td><p>£817,676</p></td><td><p>£129,323</p></td><td><p>£6,775,987</p></td><td><p>£164,076</p></td><td><p>£7,593,663</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures include spend by UK Trade &amp; Investment (which is now part of the Department for International Trade) and policy directorates which are now part of the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/12/2016 14:49:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron