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837309

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date	05/02/2018
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	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to enforce minimum wage standards across the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes robust enforcement action against employers who do not pay their staff in accordance with the National Minimum Wage (NMW) regulations. The budget for enforcing the National Minimum and Living Wage has increased from £13.2 million in 2015/16 to £25.3 million for 2017/18, leading to an increase in the number of compliance officers available to investigate abuses.</p><p>The penalty regime has been significantly strengthened in recent years; in 2016 the financial penalty was increased to 200% of arrears. We have also changed the penalty cap to apply on a ‘per worker’ rather than ‘per employer’ basis; this means that employers who break the law face a maximum penalty up to £20,000 maximum per worker.</p><p>To further deter employers from underpaying their staff, BEIS runs an NMW public naming scheme, publishing a quarterly list of employers who have failed to pay their staff the NMW.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 08/02/2018 17:06:28 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

837310

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Labour Market
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of artificial intelligence and automation on the labour market in the coming decades.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government continually monitors external evidence on this key topic, including evidence drawn from think tanks, academics and representative bodies.</p><p>In our Industrial Strategy, we announced a Grand Challenge on growing our AI and Data-driven economy. Meeting our Grand Challenge means maximising the opportunities created by AI and advanced data technologies, and responding to the potential impacts on society, including the labour market. Embedding AI across the UK will create thousands of jobs and drive economic growth. AI could add £232 billion to the economy by 2030. Through the Industrial Strategy, we will help people develop the skills needed for the jobs of the future, including by investing in maths, digital and technical skills, and introducing a national retraining scheme in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 14/02/2018 16:17:20 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

837435

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support SMEs affected by the collapse of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	126554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. friend, the Secretary of State and I are working to ensure information is provided to SMEs in the Carillion supply chain in a timely manner.</p><p>The Secretary of State has established the Carillion Taskforce to advise on the impact on small businesses and employees affected by Carillion insolvency. The Taskforce’s attendees included representatives from leading business bodies, the construction trade sector, unions, banks and government. This has already led to useful collaborations, in particular in relation to ensuring firms and employees have access to support from Government and the banks.</p><p>I have also met several times with leading business and construction trade bodies, representing Carillion’s sub-contractors, to understand the impact of Carillion’s insolvency on the supply chain, and agree actions that could be taken to mitigate this. It is our intention to continue to meet regularly with this group on an ongoing basis.</p><p>Following the Secretary of State and my meeting with the banks on Wednesday 17<sup>th</sup> January, they made public commitments to provide support to SMEs affected and are contacting customers and, where appropriate, are putting in place emergency measures, including overdraft extensions, payment holidays and fee waivers to ensure those facing short term issues can be helped to stay on track. Details of these can be found at <a href="https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/" target="_blank">https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/</a></p><p>On the 3<sup>rd</sup> February, the Government announced that through the British Business Bank, it will make available support of up to £100m to small businesses, through their delivery partners, using the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG); enabling lenders to extend credit to SMEs which, while viable, may have insufficient security to secure other credit lines to support their businesses at this time. Through this collaboration the UK government and the banks can continue to support small businesses with the appropriate finance.</p><p>The Secretary of State has written to all accredited EFG lenders to draw their attention to this additional support, and expects them to ensure that they are actively engaging with SME businesses so they can give them the support they need. Accredited EFG lenders are listed on the British Business Bank website at <a href="https://british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/supporting-business-loans-enterprise-finance-guarantee/efg-accredited-lenders/" target="_blank">https://british-business-bank.co.uk/ourpartners/supporting-business-loans-enterprise-finance-guarantee/efg-accredited-lenders/</a></p><p>The Department is providing a range of advice and support services for firms, delivered both nationally and locally available to SMEs affected by the insolvency of Carillion. These include a network of 38 Local Growth Hubs, run in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Partnership, to help businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to access support.</p><p>Information is published online by the Insolvency Service for employees, creditors and suppliers affected and seeking advice. In addition to providing current information, they provide a dedicated hotline for enquiries and contact numbers to other relevant organisations such as the Pensions Advisory Service, and the website PwC have been established to provide information. These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers</a></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 08/02/2018 14:52:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

837446

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
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 funding has been allocated from the public purse to the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate since 2016; and how many FTE staff that inspectorate has employed on an annual basis since that date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below details the budget for the Employment Agency Standard’s (EAS) Inspectorate and the number of staff employed by EAS since 2016:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment Agency Standard Inspectorate Budget</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Full Time Equivalent Staff for each year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£725,000*</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The increase in budget was provided to purchase new IT systems to increase casework productivity and support EAS’ intelligence capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full information regarding the activity of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate can be found in in their annual reports. These can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-agency-standards-eas-inspectorate-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-agency-standards-eas-inspectorate-annual-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 126332 question first answered 12/02/2018 17:34:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837453

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Conditions of Employment: Telephone 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, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights helpline received in 2016-2017; and how much funding that helpline received in each year between 2015 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2015, the Acas Helpline has been, in addition to their usual services, answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH). This includes calls on the National Minimum Wage, working for an employment agency, working hours, rest breaks and holidays, agricultural workers’ rights and working for a gangmaster.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who has any questions about their employment rights or workplace issues is now able to obtain this information in one place by contacting the Acas Helpline. The cost of running Acas Helpline Services, including advice provided by telephone and digitally, are:-</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cost (£ thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£13,191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£13,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£14,162</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Acas helpline answered 886,929 calls in 2016/17 on employment matters. 115,151 queries were recorded relating to topics previously handled by the former Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/02/2018 17:33:15 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837495

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in how many cases where HMRC raised objection to the striking off of a company by the Register of Companies was that objection acted upon by the Registrar of Companies in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2015-16 and (e) 2016-17; in how many such cases was additional tax revenue raised as a result of that objection in each such year; and how much additional revenue was raised as a consequence in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	126614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>Please find figures below for the number of HMRC Objections to the dissolution process actioned by Companies House in each of the financial years requested. Please note that all HMRC objections received are actioned.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of HMRC Objections actioned.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>109,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>90,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>59,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>94,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>107,372</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note: The information provided forms part of Companies House’s management information and is unaudited. Therefore, it is subject to change and should be used for indicative purposes only.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not separately estimate the tax gap due to companies being struck off. However, the HMRC Trust Statement contains figures for tax written off each year. Around 90% of the amounts written off relate to insolvencies.</p><p> </p><p>These figures differ from those provided by my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the answer to PQ UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/commons/2018-02-05/126607" target="_blank">126607</a> for a number of reasons. In particular, timing differences in the recognition of objections from HMRC, situations where the application to strike off has been abandoned by the time HMRC’s objection is processed and cases where HMRC are required to issue multiple objections in respect of the same winding up due the length of time involved.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/02/2018 14:40:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

837580

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Company Accounts
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 did not file an (a) financial statement and (b) annual return or confirmation statement on time in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	126699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is currently being researched. I will place this in the Libraries of the House as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 126700 126701 126702 126703 126704 126705 126707 126709 126711 question first answered 12/02/2018 10:09:31 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

837581

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Company Accounts
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 that did not file an (a) financial statement and (b) annual return or confirmation statement on time in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17 did so at a later date.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	126700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is currently being researched. I will place this in the Libraries of the House as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 126699 126701 126702 126703 126704 126705 126707 126709 126711 question first answered 12/02/2018 10:09:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

837582

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Company Accounts
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 were issued with penalty notices as a result of a failure to file (a) financial statements and (b) an annual return or confirmation statement on time in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17; and what the value was of those penalties.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	126701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is currently being researched. I will place this in the Libraries of the House as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 126699 126700 126702 126703 126704 126705 126707 126709 126711 question first answered 12/02/2018 10:09:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

837583

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Company Accounts
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 and what proportion of penalties issued to companies as a result of a failure to file (a) financial statements or (b) and annual return or confirmation statement on time in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17 was paid by those companies.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	126702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is currently being researched. I will place this in the Libraries of the House as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 126699 126700 126701 126703 126704 126705 126707 126709 126711 question first answered 12/02/2018 10:09:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills