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967825

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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: Billing
	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 recent trends in the proportion of late payments to SMEs.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	170292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands how important tackling late payment is, especially for smaller businesses. In due course, the Department will be publishing a call for evidence to understand the current trends and evidence on how late payments are affecting SMEs and to seek views on how the Government could go further to tackle the problem.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967826

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Self-employed
	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 recent trends in the number of self-employed individuals.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	170293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relies on published labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

973185

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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: Brexit
	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 2018-19 Main Estimates, how much funding his Department has allocated to prepare for the UK to leave the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	174775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, made on the 13 March 2018: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/10/2018 13:50:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1010637

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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: Pastoral Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to support employers in the provision of pastoral care programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	193545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government encourages businesses to support the Stevenson Farmer mental health core standards, including the commitment to provide employees with good working conditions and ensure they have a healthy work life balance and opportunities for development. We are working with the Campaign to End Loneliness and a group of leading employers to develop case studies and good practice guidance to tackle loneliness and build social connections within the workforce. Acas has also published guidance for employers on how to promote wellbeing at work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/11/2018 17:22:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 86893 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

982873

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Limited Liability: Public Consultation
	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 his Department's consultation entitled Limited partnerships: reform of limited partnership law, published on 30 April 2018, when his Department plans to publish a response to that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	176374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 23rd July 2018. We intend to publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/10/2018 13:23:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1010602

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
	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 fines have been levied against Scottish limited partnerships for failing to register a person of significant control.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	193520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>No Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) have been fined since the People with Significant Control register came into force.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her on 2nd July 2018 to Question 157783. Compliance is Companies House’s primary aim, rather than prosecution. It is taking action to ensure that all SLPs report their PSC information. Companies House is actively engaged with SLPs and their representatives to make them aware of their responsibilities, and in addition, it has issued reminder letters to all SLPs who have failed to file PSC information. Failure to comply with the requirement to report PSC information does not incur a civil penalty but it is an offence and may lead to a fine or imprisonment upon prosecution. Companies House is not a prosecuting body and will refer cases to a relevant prosecutor when all other avenues have been exhausted and an SLP has not complied with their obligations.</p><p>In April the Government consulted on a package of reforms which would limit the misuse of limited partnerships, including in their Scottish form. I anticipate that the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2018 10:08:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 86896 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1010604

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Limited Liability: Public Consultation
	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 he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation on the review of limited partnership law.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	193522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I anticipate that the response to the Government’s consultation will be published before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/11/2018 17:24:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 86897 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

942936

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	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 the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to verify the integrity of information held by Companies House.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	165051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Companies House is constantly looking to improve the integrity of information that is filed on the companies register. New systems have been introduced over the last 12 months to help ensure that inaccurate or fraudulent information is spotted. Their integrity team has also expanded and there are currently around 80 staff working on integrity issues.</p><p> </p><p>Following the evaluation of the UK’s anti-money laundering regime by the Financial Action Task Force, the Government will actively consider areas where the regulatory framework can be improved. This will include how assurance is provided over information filed with Companies House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/07/2018 14:42:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

964172

	registered interest
	date	31/07/2018
	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: Discrimination
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Equality Act 2010 to enable Scottish Courts to take protective measures to ensure that claimants in discrimination employment tribunals receive payments where they are due, including statutory powers to arrest funds.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	169456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Civil enforcement is a devolved matter and the powers of Scottish Courts in this respect are therefore a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is clear that where an employment tribunal has made an award then it should be paid promptly. That is why BEIS introduced the UK-wide unpaid award penalty scheme, in addition to other existing enforcement action, to improve award payment rates. Since introduction in April 2016, the unpaid award penalty scheme has levied penalties of £485,646 and secured payment of £829,343 of previously unpaid employment tribunal awards as of January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also committed to further reforms to enforcement, including unpaid awards, following the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices and will update on progress on those reforms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 16:43:54 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1010603

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
	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 Scottish limited partnerships that are qualifying under the terms of the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 and the Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	193521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As of 31 October 2018, there are 31,982 Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) registered with Companies House. I refer the Hon Member to the Department’s previous answer of 2 July 2018 to Question UIN <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-26/157784/" target="_blank">157784</a>. All registered SLPs are eligible under the terms of the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The above regulations also require a Scottish qualifying partnership (SQP) to register with Companies House and deliver information concerning its People with Significant Control (PSC). An SQP is a general partnership constituted under the law of Scotland that is a qualifying partnership under the Partnership (Accounts) Regulations 2008. On 31 October 2018, 378 bodies had declared as being eligible as SQPs and delivered PSC information to Companies House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/11/2018 17:25:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 86898 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss