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1123798

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to bring forward new sector deals in the near future.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	910608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>My Honourable Friend has been a fantastic champion of Sector Deals. He has been integral to the delivery of the ten Sector Deals published so far, creating over £3bn of investment from industry and Government.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on his excellent work with new deals for the tourism and food and drink sectors which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/04/2019 13:46:44 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

1123799

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Employment: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support women at work.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	910613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy aims to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase earning power for all.</p><p> </p><p>This includes removing barriers faced by women in accessing and progressing at work and in starting and growing a business, as explored in the recent Rose Review.</p><p> </p><p>We are also giving parents more choice about who is the primary carer in the first year of their babies’ lives through the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 30/04/2019 13:47:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1123800

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Working Conditions: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce the proposed EU directive on transparent and predictable working conditions into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	910614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK has led the development of this Directive. We already meet, exceed or plan to take action in all key areas.</p><p> </p><p>Last month, the Government published proposals that would give Parliament the right to consider and vote on any future changes in EU law that strengthened workers’ rights.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/04/2019 13:49:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1107816

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Stocks and Shares: Channel Islands
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 companies are registered with Companies House as listing on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	238678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Companies House cannot provide this data: legislation does not require companies to give it this information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/04/2019 15:16:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1123497

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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: Price Caps
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 his Department has made of the effect of the energy price cap on consumers.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	910595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The cap is protecting 12 million households – many elderly or vulnerable - from paying too much, saving them on average £75-100 a year.</p><p> </p><p>With London having some of the lowest levels of switching, the cap is protecting households in Harrow West from the loyalty penalty.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/04/2019 13:46:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1123518

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Artificial Intelligence: 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, what recent steps he has taken to train and prepare workers for the impact of artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	248599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation, alongside measures to ensure our people are equipped to capitalise on those opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving the UK's system for training in digital skills and lifelong learning to ensure that working people have the support they need to navigate the challenge of automation to a higher-wage future. Through the Industrial Strategy we are delivering:</p><p> </p><ul><li>16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>New prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent, underpinned by up to £50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget</li><li>Industry-funding for new AI Masters places;</li><li>Invested £406m in maths, digital and technical education; and</li><li>Committed £100m for the first phase of developing the National Retraining Scheme to support people vulnerable to technological change.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Good Work Plan was published in December 2018 and will ensure that the labour market continues to work for everyone. The Plan commits to a wide range of policy and legislative changes to ensure that workers can access fair and decent work, that both employers and workers have the clarity they need to understand their employment relationships, and that the enforcement system is fair and fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/05/2019 15:06:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1123578

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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
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 protect customers from the potential negative effects of collapse of energy retail companies.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	248725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Where an energy supplier fails its customers are quickly transferred to another supplier appointed by Ofgem and their account balances are protected. Ofgem are considering a range of options to limit consumers’ exposure to the costs of supplier failures and plan to consult further in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The choice for consumers has increased from 13 suppliers in 2010 to around 60 now, with a wide range of innovative tariffs, competitive prices and low-carbon products.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2019 15:02:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1123603

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Natural Gas: 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, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the number of customers who switched suppliers of (a) LPG and (b) mains gas in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	248702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>According to data held by the Competition and Markets Authority, the annual switching rate for suppliers of Liquified Petroleum Gas in 2016, 2017 and 2018 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year to 31 May</p></td><td><p>Metered estates (%)*</p></td><td><p>Single tanks (%)*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>3.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>4.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td><td><p>5.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Calculated as the percentage of customers switching away compared to the size of the customer base at the start of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding mains gas switching is publicly available information, and can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/number-domestic-customers-switching-supplier-fuel-type-gb" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/number-domestic-customers-switching-supplier-fuel-type-gb</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2019 15:02:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1123604

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of the LPG market by the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	248703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The monitoring of the liquefied petroleum gas supply market for domestic suppliers is a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) exercising its role as an independent competition authority.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic bulk LPG suppliers remain subject to regulation under the CMA Statutory Orders and the CMA continues to monitor compliance with these Orders and the 2012 voluntary agreements. More information is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/liquefied-petroleum-gas-lpg-market-orders-and-calculator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/liquefied-petroleum-gas-lpg-market-orders-and-calculator</a></p><p> </p><p>In February 2018 the CMA published a factsheet and short animation explaining switching rights for new and existing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) customers on metered estates: www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-advises-liquefied-petroleum-gas-customers-on-switching-rights. This was accompanied by updated guidance from the sector trade association UKLPG for its members about how best to communicate with residents of metered estates about their supply and switching options and a Q&amp;A for residents on their website.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/05/2019 15:02:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1123661

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 December 2018, Official Report HCWS1184, when he plans to bring forward detailed proposals on tackling uncertainty around employment status.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	248558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to legislate to improve the clarity of the employment status tests, reflecting the reality of modern working relationships. This will help to ensure that both businesses and individuals understand their rights and obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Employment status is a complex issue and so it is only right that we take time to consider how best to achieve change that works for all. We will bring forward detailed proposals on status in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/05/2019 16:05:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald