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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

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

652789

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	Living 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 5 December 2016 to Question 55692, for what reasons his Department did not consult small and medium-sized businesses on the effect of a rise in the national living wage on productivity.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	56259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission consulted extensively with a broad range of stakeholders to inform its recommendation for the National Living Wage, including representatives from small and medium-sized businesses. A list of stakeholders consulted is available from page 197 of its report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572730/LPC_report_autumn_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572730/LPC_report_autumn_2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation for the National Living Wage rate that should apply from April 2017 which is expected to benefit over a million workers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2016 17:09:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

652978

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	Nissan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of (1) the maximum, and (2) the likely, total cost of any regional, employment, training, subsidy, grant, incentive payment, or other financial support, which Nissan UK might be entitled to receive over the next (a) five, and (b) 10, years.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL3868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my statement to the House on 31 October 2016, Official Report, Vol. 776.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/12/2016 14:12:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Statement BNR 31.10.16 Nissan Sunderland.pdf title BNR Statement 31st Oct 2016 on Nissan: Sunderland
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

652988

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	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to implement the recommendations of the Kelly report <i>Management of the Levy Control Framework: Lessons Learned Report (2015)</i>.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL3877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>On 25 November, BEIS published a response to the Management of the Levy Control Framework Lessons Learned Report which set out the actions being taken against each of the recommendations raised in the report including progress to date.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/12/2016 12:31:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

652989

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	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will resume publication of the estimated impacts of energy and climate policies on energy prices and bills, as part of its commitment to increased transparency, as recommended in the Kelly report <i>Management of the Levy Control Framework: Lessons Learned Report (2015)</i>.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL3878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering this issue, along with the other recommendations and actions arising from the Public Accounts Committee hearing on the Levy Control Framework that took place on 30 November. A response to the Committee will be submitted in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/12/2016 12:32:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley