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1314496

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Animal Experiments: Surveys
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 his Department plans to publish an update to the Public Attitudes to Animal Research survey last published in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of this research; the Department is working to ensure that this survey can be undertaken and the results published as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/05/2021 14:59:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1310279

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Re-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 Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164417, when the Government plans to respond to the Acas findings on fire and rehire shared with his Department's officials on 17 February 2021; and if he will place in the Library a copy of those findings.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	183120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department engaged ACAS to gather evidence of how fire and rehire is being used and they have concluded their work.</p><p> </p><p>ACAS engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are now giving this evidence due consideration, and the Government will communicate our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/04/2021 16:35:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1304675

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
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	Bus Services: Restart Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons coach tour operators are ineligible for a Restart Grant payment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	172975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Coach Tour Operators are not eligible for the Restart Grant Scheme. This is because eligible businesses must offer in-person services, where the main service and activity takes place in a fixed rate-paying premises, in the relevant sectors.</p><p> </p><p>However, they may be able to access discretionary support through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced an additional £425m will be made available via ARG meaning that more than £2bn has been made available to local authorities since November 2020. This funding gives Local Authorities the ability to provide support that suits their local area including to support those businesses not required to close but which have had their trade severely affected by the restrictions. Guidance for the Additional Restrictions Grant identifies that group tour and coach operators can be considered for support through this funding.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/03/2021 17:30:23 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1304677

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
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	Bus Services: Restart Grant Scheme
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 exclusion of coach tour operators from the definition of a leisure business in the Restart Grant: guidance to local authorities, what sector definition coach operators come under.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	172976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Restart Grant guidance to local authorities seeks to define in-scope sectors for the purpose of the grants only and not in general terms.</p><p> </p><p>Coach Tour Operators are not eligible for the Restart Grant Scheme. This is because eligible businesses must offer in-person services, where the main service and activity takes place in fixed rate-paying premises, in the relevant sectors.</p><p> </p><p>They are eligible for support through the Additional Restrictions Grant.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/03/2021 17:26:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300314

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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: 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 oral contribution of the Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 24 February 2021, Official report, col 939, which stakeholders ACAS conducted its fact-finding exercise with.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	164414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Acas engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services. <del class="ministerial">They shared their findings with BEIS officials on 17 February 2021.</del></p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently considering these findings, and the Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/03/2021 17:38:29 question first ministerially corrected 22/03/2021 11:29:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 89531 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300315

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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: 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 oral contribution of the Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 24 February 2021, Official report, col 939, on what date ACAS shared its insights with his Department.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	164415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Acas engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services. They shared their findings with BEIS officials on 17 February 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently considering these findings, and the Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 164414 164416 164417 question first answered 11/03/2021 17:38:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300317

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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: 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 oral contribution of the Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 24 February 2021, Official report, col 939, when he plans to communicate his Department’s response to the findings by ACAS.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	164416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Acas engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services. They shared their findings with BEIS officials on 17 February 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently considering these findings, and the Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 164414 164415 164417 question first answered 11/03/2021 17:38:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300318

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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: 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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 24 February 2021, Official Report, column 939 on the Supreme Court’s ruling on Uber, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service's report to his Department on fire and rehire.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	164417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>Acas engaged with a range of groups, including employer bodies and trade unions, as well as professional bodies with advisory contact with employers, such as employment lawyers, accountants, and payroll services. They shared their findings with BEIS officials on 17 February 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are currently considering these findings, and the Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 164414 164415 164416 question first answered 11/03/2021 17:38:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1289501

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Local Restrictions Support Grant
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 ensure that businesses that are unable to operate due to covid-19 lockdown rules but have not been mandated to close are eligible for the Additional Restrictions Support Grant.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	158015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Businesses who are not mandated to close but have had their trade adversely affected by the Covid-19 restrictions may be eligible for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). The Additional Restrictions Grant is a discretionary scheme with eligibility set by Local Authorities, who are responsible for the administration of the funding. Local Authorities may use this funding for grants for those business not mandated to close or for other related business support as they see fit.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities have been allocated a total of £1.6 bn in Additional Restrictions Grant; £1.1 bn in November 2020 and a further £500m in January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/03/2021 17:49:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1285667

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
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	Termination of Employment: Coronavirus
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 bring forward proposals to ban employers dismissing workers on medical grounds where an employee is waiting for a medical procedure which has been delayed due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	152480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Throughout this crisis, our priority has been to protect lives and livelihoods, this includes peoples’ health, their jobs, their businesses, and their financial security. The NHS continues to work hard to deliver the maximum amount of elective activity as possible, with £1 billion announced at Spending Review to address backlogs and waiting lists by facilitating up to 1 million extra checks, scans and additional operations.</p><p> </p><p>Employees who believe they have been dismissed unfairly may be able to raise their case with an employment tribunal which will give special consideration to cases where the employee has been dismissed as a result of ill health. Employers must also behave reasonably in relation to dismissal and avoid discriminating against employees on the grounds of a protected characteristic.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/02/2021 16:21:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris