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date	13/07/2018
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	Business
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 he is taking to provide stability for businesses as the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	906491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK and EU have reached agreement on an implementation period that will operate from 30 March 2019 until 31 December 2020. During this period, market access to the EU will continue on current terms, enabling businesses to trade as now.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/07/2018 16:43:33 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

931423

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Business
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 had discussions with businesses on their concerns on the effect on supply chains of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	157771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Since the referendum, the Department has engaged with over 2500 businesses and representative organisations across sectors, both here and in Europe, to deepen our understanding of the key business priorities and opportunities after our withdrawal. This dialogue has included hearing businesses views on supply chain preparedness and on the importance of issues such as the need for an Implementation Period.</p><p> </p><p>The agreement on the Implementation Period gives businesses, particularly SMEs, the clarity and confidence that market access and common regulatory rules will remain in place until the end of 2020, meaning businesses will be able to trade on the same terms as now and that businesses will have the time to respond to one set of changes.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/07/2018 16:30:02 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

869594

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Business
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that the recently agreed transition period will provide enough time for businesses to be ready for Brexit; and what support they will provide, particularly to smaller businesses, to ensure that they are.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their representative bodies, as part of our preparation to leave the EU, to understand the concerns of small business owners and to find out what support they want from government.</p><p> </p><p>The time-limited implementation period responds to many of their concerns by giving businesses and citizens across the European Union and United Kingdom time they need to prepare for the future, by ensuring our access to each other’s markets continues on current terms.</p><p> </p><p>The support provided to businesses will also be informed by the outcome of negotiations with the EU on our future relationship.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 09/04/2018 15:39:26 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

800553

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
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	Business
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 is taking to (a) improve data collection on business ownership and (b) encourage more women to set up small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	117174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We are working to ensure we have the right business support for everyone, including women, to set up and grow a business.</p><p> </p><p>We carry out and publish the Longitudinal Small Business Survey which provides estimates of ownership of businesses by women. The 2016 survey can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/small-business-survey-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/small-business-survey-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Start-Up Loans provide funding and intensive support to new entrepreneurs. As at the end of October 2017, there were over 20,130 loans issued to women totalling over £132.5m. To date 39% of start-up loans have been issued to women.</p><p> </p><p>Government has also supported and invested in the creation of a network of 38 Growth Hubs (one in each Local Enterprise Partnership area), providing businesses across England with tailored advice and support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Business Support Helpline also provides information and guidance to people across England - 49% of users in the last year (2016-17) were women.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Industrial Strategy, we will identify ways to tackle barriers faced by female-led businesses in accessing venture capital through new behavioural research commissioned by the British Business Bank.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2017 15:16:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan