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847061

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Fairtrade Initiative
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 proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 10:12:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847120

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Trade Unions
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 percentage of workers employed by his Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) were merged to create this new department.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS does not hold data on the number of workers employed by the department that belong to a trade union.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 10:35:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847145

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Zero Hours Contracts
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 (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were directly employed on zero-hours contracts by his Department in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>As the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created in July 2016, eight years data is not available. In the period since then, BEIS has not directly employed its staff using zero-hours contracts.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/03/2018 11:12:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

845701

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Fuel Poverty
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 he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty in the (a) Vale of Clwyd and (b) UK in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	128673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy does not hold data on fuel poverty in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Each nation in the UK has its own fuel poverty definition, targets and policies to tackle the issue. As each country uses different measures and heating assumptions, an overall UK figure is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest fuel poverty statistics for Wales can be found at: <a href="http://gov.wales/topics/environmentcountryside/energy/fuelpoverty/fuel-poverty-levels/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://gov.wales/topics/environmentcountryside/energy/fuelpoverty/fuel-poverty-levels/?lang=en</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/02/2018 15:29:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

837877

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
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 he has made of the trends in the provision and efficacy of business advice by the financial sector to (a) SMEs and (b) start-up companies since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	126907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The financial sector provides essential advice, support and guidance to both start-up and growing companies. It is for SMEs to choose the sources of advice best-suited to them. For many businesses this will be their accountant and three accountancy bodies (the ICAEW, ICAS and ACCA) offer a Business Finance Advice scheme through which businesses can receive expert advice on start-ups, finance and business planning.</p><p>The ICAEW in collaboration with the British Business Bank and a wide range of partners from the finance industry and business community have created the Business Finance Guide, which provides relevant and up-to-date information on business finance options. This is widely publicised through both public and private sector advisers.</p><p>Once an entrepreneur has identified the type of finance they are seeking, the Better Business Finance service from trade body UK Finance enables them to find a suitable provider and the website Business Banking Insight provides information on quality of service, which is particularly difficult for SMEs to determine. All of these services have been developed since 2008.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 14:51:22 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

829928

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Fuel Poverty
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 and what proportion of people his Department estimates to have lived in fuel poverty in each parliamentary constituency in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	124673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Estimates on the number and proportion of households in fuel poverty in each parliamentary constituency are available for 2011-2015 data. These can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Link</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2014-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2014-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2013-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2013-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2011-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2011-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/01/2018 15:13:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

830080

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who the lead non-executive director and other non-executive director board members are in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	124777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Our Lead Non-Executive Board Member is Archie Norman.</p><p>Our Non-Executive Board Members are Professor Dame Ann Dowling DBE, Stephen A. Carter, Dame Carolyn McCall, Kathryn Parsons, Stuart Quickenden and Charles Randell CBE.</p><p> </p><p>Information on our Non-Executive Board Members can be found on the gov.uk website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy</a>) under ‘Our Management’.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can also be found in the BEIS Annual Report and Accounts (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf</a>) from p.44.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/01/2018 15:44:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

820699

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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	Urban Areas
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 cumulative effect of the closure of (a) banks, (b) post offices, (c) building societies and (d) pubs on the sustainability of high streets.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	122117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not make assessments of the impact bank, post office, building society branch, or pub closures have on the sustainability of high streets. While the decision to close a branch remains a commercial judgement for individual banks and building societies, the impact on communities must be understood, considered and mitigated where possible.</p><p>The industry’s Access to Banking Standard, launched in May 2017, commits banks and building societies to ensure personal and business customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help. The Access to Banking Standard is monitored and enforced by the independent Lending Standards Board.</p><p>99% of banks’ personal and 95% of banks’ business customers are now able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. At Autumn Budget 2017, the then Economic Secretary to the Treasury wrote to the Post Office and UK Finance to ask them to raise public awareness of the banking services available at the Post Office for individuals and SMEs.</p><p>Since 2010, Government has invested over £2billion in to the Post Office network, with a further £370m announced on 20 December. This has led to the most stable number of branches in the network for decades.</p><p>The Post Office continues to meet its access criteria with 99.7% of the total population living within 3 miles of a Post Office.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of pubs to communities and the high street. To support pubs and local industries, and recognising that alcohol duties already rose by inflation earlier this year, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor announced at Autumn Budget 2017 that he was freezing all alcohol duties. Pubs play an important role in local communities and help promote responsible drinking. Freezing beer duty rates this year helps pubs: the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) estimate around two thirds of the alcohol sold in pubs is beer. At Spring Budget 2017, the Chancellor announced a package of support for pubs in England with their business rates. This provided a £1,000 discount to all pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000. This scheme was extended by an additional year into 2018/19 at Autumn Budget.</p><p>Additionally, the Chancellor brought forward the planned switch in the indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI by two years to 2018. This will benefit all businesses on the UK high street and represents a cut in business rates every year from April 2018. In total, the switch from RPI to CPI is worth £4.1bn by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 19/01/2018 10:04:56 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths previous answer version 34625 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

816977

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Post Offices
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 Community Post Offices in each Parliamentary constituency receive funding from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The Post Office is modernising and improving its national network, with thousands of branches benefitting from investment under the Government funded Network Transformation programme. This programme has already seen over 7,000 of the network’s branches modernised, delivering benefits to customers, including much longer opening hours and improved branch environments.</p><p> </p><p>It has also seen around 3,000 branches designated as ‘Community Branches’. These are typically ‘the last shop or service in a village or community’, providing vital access to Post Office services in areas which are mostly remote, rural or urban deprived. Community Branches are benefitting from continuing to receive a fixed element of remuneration from Post Office, and do not receive Government funding directly. Additionally, these branches have also had access to a £20m Government funded Community Branch Fund, to provide them with investment to help support their long-term sustainability.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/01/2018 13:27:24 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

816978

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Post Offices: Closures
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 (a) main post offices, (b) local post offices and (c) community post offices have closed as a result of network transformation.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The provision and location of post offices is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter to provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/01/2018 13:25:50 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane