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1092187

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:06:42
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 20:32:19 02/04/2019 12:53:07
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	234810
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and what the cost of that hiring was to the public purse.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234810
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234810
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - £63.0 million of which £41.4 million was related to Site Licence Companies</p><p>2017-18 - £50.4 million of which £37.3 million was related to Site Licence Companies.</p><p> </p><p>Site Licence Companies manage and operate the nuclear facilities at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) sites.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1092209

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:07:57
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 20:33:09 02/04/2019 12:53:05
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	234820
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row four of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish the other programmes with their respective budgets referred to in that table.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Other Programmes under Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ordnance Survey - Public Sector Mapping Agreement</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety &amp; Standards</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design council</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portfolio Management</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Launch Investments</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Science and Innovation Policy</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homes England: Innovation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrally held</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Office dividend</p></td><td><p>-1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Other programmes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.4*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092210

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:08:01
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 20:33:11 02/04/2019 12:53:04
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	234821
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row three of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a detailed breakdown under the heading Business and Enterprise.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234821
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234821
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Business and Enterprise Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Price Floor Compensation</p></td><td><p>60.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU ETS compensation</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Productivity Council</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Solution Centre</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsorship</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Grant</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economic Intelligence And Analysis</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Information Management</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Manufacturing: Research</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional Support Programme</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Life Sciences: Database and Web Portal</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Business and Enterprise)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101.6*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092211

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:08:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 20:33:13 02/04/2019 12:53:02
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: British Shipbuilders
	house id	1
	identifier	234822
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row five of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, what the spending under British Shipbuilders relates to.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234822
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234822
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has responsibility for liabilities arising from the former publicly-owned company British Shipbuilders. The liabilities largely relate to damages due to former workers who were exposed to asbestos over a period until the late 1980s.</p>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092213

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:09:22
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/03/2019 20:33:19 02/04/2019 13:00:15
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	234824
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:22:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 11 of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Market Frameworks.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234824
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234824
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included under Market Frameworks Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizens Advice</p></td><td><p>35.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chartered Trading Standards Institute</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Minimum Wage (NMW) Enforcement</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW &amp; NLW (National Living Wage) enforcement and awareness raising campaigns</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW Enforcement complex cases</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Labour Market Enforcement Agency</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Business Commissioner</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convention of Scottish Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety and Standards: Product Regulations</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Expertise: General Costs</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour Market Emerging Priorities</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Departmental Programme Translation Work</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paternity Adoption and Shared Parental Pay</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Consumer Centre</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Minimum Wage</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADR (alternative dispute resolution) Directive</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Parental Leave Comms</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>College For Europe</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer Advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>eIDAS Implementation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Market Frameworks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84.3*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1007769

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	15/11/2018
	date tabled	15/11/2018
	ddp created	15/11/2018 19:10:01
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	15/11/2018 19:16:09 27/11/2018 15:29:01
	hansard heading	Employment: Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	identifier	191950
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/11/2018 14:57:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of proposals for employers to be able to microchip employees.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 191950
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191950
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have not yet been asked to assess such proposals. However, it is not for Government to say what practices would be effective or beneficial for a particular employer. As long as their actions comply with all relevant legal requirements, an employer is free to decide what employment practices to follow.</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1010602

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	20/11/2018
	date tabled	20/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 20:26:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 20:37:03 04/12/2018 10:40:02
	hansard heading	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
	house id	1
	identifier	193520
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2018 10:08:27
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 193520
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193520
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1010603

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	20/11/2018
	date tabled	20/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 20:26:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 20:37:06 26/11/2018 17:57:01
	hansard heading	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
	house id	1
	identifier	193521
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 17:25:16
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 193521
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193521
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1010604

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	20/11/2018
	date tabled	20/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 20:26:41
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 20:37:08 26/11/2018 17:56:01
	hansard heading	Limited Liability: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	identifier	193522
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 17:24:23
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 193522
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193522
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I anticipate that the response to the Government’s consultation will be published before the end of the year.</p>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1010637

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	20/11/2018
	date tabled	20/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 20:27:56
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 20:38:18 26/11/2018 17:54:01
	hansard heading	Employment: Pastoral Care
	house id	1
	identifier	193545
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 17:22:24
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 193545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
	creator	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1010790

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	20/11/2018
	date tabled	20/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 20:33:55
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	21/11/2018 16:15:28 26/11/2018 17:55:01
	hansard heading	Consumers
	house id	1
	identifier	193477
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 17:23:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to respond to the Green Paper on modernising consumer markets.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 193477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193477
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring markets work in the interests of ordinary people and the Consumer Green Paper contained a number of provisions which safeguard consumer rights whilst ensuring competition benefits consumers. We will continue to develop policy options across the range of measures proposed in the green paper and will respond in due course.</p>
	creator	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

1015467

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	27/11/2018
	date tabled	27/11/2018
	ddp created	27/11/2018 19:59:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	28/11/2018 15:15:15 04/12/2018 18:22:02
	hansard heading	Employment: Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	identifier	196266
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2018 17:50:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 191454 on employment: Electronic Tagging, what the Government's policy is on employers microchipping their employees.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 196266
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196266
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26th November 2018.</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1016391

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	28/11/2018
	date tabled	28/11/2018
	ddp created	28/11/2018 20:16:38
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	28/11/2018 20:26:23 04/12/2018 18:24:03
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	identifier	196843
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2018 17:52:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to improve the enforcement of the national minimum wage for seafarers working on merchant ships operating between UK ports and offshore energy installations on the UK continental shelf.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 196843
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196843
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Workers who ordinarily work in the UK are entitled to minimum wage for all of their work, including, for example, for work on ships located outside the UK servicing offshore installations. Furthermore, workers on UK registered ships are entitled to minimum wage for all their work on the ship wherever it is located, unless they work entirely outside the UK or are not ordinarily resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This Government takes minimum wage enforcement seriously and is committed to ensuring all employers pay their workers correctly. We continue to invest heavily in minimum wage enforcement, increasing the budget to over £25 million for 2018/19, up from £13 million in 2015/16. In addition to following up on every worker complaint received, HMRC undertake proactive investigations and conduct awareness raising activities amongst both employers and workers.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, HMRC identified record arrears of £15.6 million, for over 200,000 workers.</p>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1016392

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	28/11/2018
	date tabled	28/11/2018
	ddp created	28/11/2018 20:16:41
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	29/11/2018 15:45:24 04/12/2018 18:24:02
	hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	identifier	196844
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2018 17:52:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps HMRC has taken to ensure compliance with the national minimum wage for seafarers working on vessels working in the construction and maintenance phase of the offshore wind industry.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 196844
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196844
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Workers who ordinarily work in the UK are entitled to minimum wage for all of their work, including, for example, for work on ships located outside the UK servicing offshore installations. Furthermore, workers on UK registered ships are entitled to minimum wage for all their work on the ship wherever it is located, unless they work entirely outside the UK or are not ordinarily resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This Government takes minimum wage enforcement seriously and is committed to ensuring all employers pay their workers correctly. We continue to invest heavily in minimum wage enforcement, increasing the budget to over £25 million for 2018/19, up from £13 million in 2015/16. In addition to following up on every worker complaint received, HMRC undertake proactive investigations and conduct awareness raising activities amongst both employers and workers.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, HMRC identified record arrears of £15.6 million, for over 200,000 workers.</p>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1016445

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/12/2018
	date	28/11/2018
	date tabled	28/11/2018
	ddp created	28/11/2018 20:19:24
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	28/11/2018 20:28:27 04/12/2018 17:47:01
	hansard heading	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
	house id	1
	identifier	196875
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2018 17:15:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards has plans to undertake an investigation into the safety of Whirlpool tumble dryers; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 196875
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196875
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is currently reviewing the corrective action taken by Whirlpool in respect of certain models of tumble dryer and the results of the review will be published when completed.</p><p>The level of risk for affected models is currently assessed as low and OPSS is keeping this under continuous review. The advice to consumers is that they should not use affected machines until they have been modified by Whirlpool.</p>
	creator	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1019907

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/12/2018
	date	04/12/2018
	date tabled	04/12/2018
	ddp created	04/12/2018 21:34:53
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/12/2018 22:08:26 14/12/2018 10:15:03
	hansard heading	McColl's: Post Offices
	house id	1
	identifier	198883
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/12/2018 09:43:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Post Office branches are located in McColl's stores; and whether there are plans to locate more Post Office branches in McColl's stores.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 198883
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198883
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. How many Post Office branches are located in McColl's stores and whether there are plans to locate more Post Office branches in McColl's stores are an operational matter for the Post Office. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1020647

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2018
	date	06/12/2018
	date tabled	06/12/2018
	ddp created	06/12/2018 21:02:55
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	10/12/2018 14:45:15 12/12/2018 17:21:01
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	199838
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/12/2018 16:49:28
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many in-flight files of EU legislation exist that affect the policy areas managed by his Department; and which in-flight files of EU legislation his Department intends to implement in UK law.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 199838
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199838
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As of 9 November, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) led on 46 EU legislative files that remain under negotiation.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say which files will be implemented in UK law; this will depend on a range of factors including the nature of any future EU-UK relationship and the details of the final agreed texts of individual files including any transposition deadlines.</p>
	creator	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1023247

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	11/12/2018
	date tabled	11/12/2018
	ddp created	11/12/2018 19:42:22
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/12/2018 19:48:37 20/12/2018 18:17:01
	hansard heading	Business: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	201183
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/12/2018 17:45:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on businesses in Scotland deploying no-deal contingency plans as a result of the Government deferring the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201183
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201183
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ministers in BEIS regularly speak to Scottish ministers about a wide range of issues including contingency planning.</p><p> </p><p>We do not want or expect a no deal scenario. We have agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. However, it is the duty of a responsible government to prepare business for a range of potential outcomes, and, as such, Government published 106 technical notices over the summer. Businesses have told us they will continue with no-deal contingency planning in light of these, and further guidance, until the agreement is finalised.</p>
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1023249

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	11/12/2018
	date tabled	11/12/2018
	ddp created	11/12/2018 19:42:27
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/12/2018 19:48:41 17/12/2018 18:41:31
	hansard heading	Business
	house id	1
	identifier	201185
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/12/2018 18:04:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of businesses deploying no-deal contingency plans as a result of the Government deferring the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201185
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201185
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We do not want or expect a no deal scenario. We have agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. However, it is the duty of a responsible government to prepare business for a range of potential outcomes, and, as such, Government published 106 technical notices over the summer. Businesses have told us they will continue with no-deal contingency planning in light of these, and further guidance, until the agreement is finalised.</p>
	creator	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1024034

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	12/12/2018
	date tabled	12/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 18:59:56
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/12/2018 19:09:18 18/12/2018 16:34:01
	hansard heading	Business: Regulation
	house id	1
	identifier	201670
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/12/2018 16:02:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to businesses the delegated legislation relating to the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal that have approved by Parliament.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201670
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201670
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 28 November 2018 the Government published a robust, objective assessment of potential impacts on sectors, nations and regions of the UK. This included both an assessment of tariff and non-tariff barrier costs broken down by sectors in different scenarios, including no deal, and how the economy and specific sectors may adjust to these.</p><p>We will continue publishing individual Impact Assessments to accompany legislation, where appropriate.</p>
	creator	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1024041

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	11/12/2018
	date tabled	11/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 19:00:13
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	17/12/2018 16:25:06 18/12/2018 16:35:02
	hansard heading	Company Accounts
	house id	1
	identifier	201672
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/12/2018 16:03:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for parliamentary scrutiny of the responsibilities of the European Commission that will be transferred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in relation to the Accounts and Reports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, which were laid before the House on 31 October 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201672
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201672
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Accounts and Reports (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (the “Regulations”) transfer functions and legislation from the EU to the UK to ensure that the UK legislative framework remains coherent. It does not aim to create new policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has the power to grant equivalence to third countries for their system of reporting payments to governments regarding the logging and mining activities of undertakings. There is no Parliamentary process built into the Commission’s decision. However there are specific criteria that the Commission must consider when exercising those powers.</p><p> </p><p>These Regulations transfer the power to the Secretary of State, to be exercised using the same criteria. The detailed criteria for forming the basis for granting equivalence are set out in paragraph 37 of Schedule 3 to the Regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1041629

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2019
	date	15/01/2019
	date tabled	15/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 20:11:55
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	15/01/2019 20:20:15 22/01/2019 12:41:03
	hansard heading	Limited Liability: Company Accounts
	house id	1
	identifier	208874
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 12:09:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) Scottish, (b) English and (c) Northern Irish Partnerships have been prosecuted each year since 2009 under Section 15.6 of The Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008, for failure to make their accounts available (a) to Companies House, (b) at their Principal Place of Business and (c) through mechanisms provided in other EEA countries.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208874
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208874
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>No Scottish, English and Northern Irish Partnerships have been prosecuted in each of the past three years, the latest years for which information is available, for failure to make their accounts available (a) to Companies House, (b) at their Principal Place of Business (c) through mechanisms provided in other EEA countries.</p>
	creator	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1042358

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2019
	date	16/01/2019
	date tabled	16/01/2019
	ddp created	16/01/2019 19:43:06
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	16/01/2019 19:49:37 22/01/2019 12:42:04
	hansard heading	Shops: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	209374
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/01/2019 12:10:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds statistics on the number of stores that closed in each quarter in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 209374
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209374
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not carry statistics on the number of stores closing in each quarter.</p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1043687

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2019
	date	18/01/2019
	date tabled	18/01/2019
	ddp created	18/01/2019 15:54:23
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	18/01/2019 15:55:16 24/01/2019 17:02:02
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: Testing
	house id	1
	identifier	210034
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/01/2019 16:30:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the testing of microchips intended for implantation in humans.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210034
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210034
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Products made available on the UK market are required to be safe. The Department has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the testing of microchips intended for implantation in humans.</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1047009

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	23/01/2019
	date tabled	23/01/2019
	ddp created	23/01/2019 19:04:02
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	23/01/2019 19:14:28 29/01/2019 14:01:07
	hansard heading	Timber: Enforcement
	house id	1
	identifier	211877
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2019 13:29:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of enforcement action by the Office for Product Safety and Standards related to illegally sourced timber in the last two years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211877
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211877
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) uses a variety of tools to improve compliance with technical and environmental regulations including those governing trade in timber. A significant amount of this activity is focussed on working with businesses to improve their compliance systems. Where appropriate statutory notices and other formal actions are used and a summary of all those issued by OPSS is published on gov.uk every six months.</p><p> </p><p>In the last two years, OPSS has taken two prosecutions and issued 26 notices of remedial action and 37 warning letters under the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013.</p>
	creator	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1047010

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	23/01/2019
	date tabled	23/01/2019
	ddp created	23/01/2019 19:04:04
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	23/01/2019 19:14:30 29/01/2019 14:01:05
	hansard heading	Timber: EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	211878
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2019 13:29:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many breaches there have been under the UK’s implementation of the EU Timber Regulation for placing illegal timber products on the UK market in the last two years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211878
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211878
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) uses a variety of tools to improve compliance with technical and environmental regulations including those governing trade in timber. A significant amount of this activity is focussed on working with businesses to improve their compliance systems. Where appropriate statutory notices and other formal actions are used and a summary of all those issued by OPSS is published on gov.uk every six months.</p><p> </p><p>In the last two years, OPSS has taken two prosecutions and issued 26 notices of remedial action and 37 warning letters under the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013.</p>
	creator	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1047093

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	23/01/2019
	date tabled	23/01/2019
	ddp created	23/01/2019 19:08:06
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/01/2019 16:25:17 29/01/2019 14:01:08
	hansard heading	Employment: Females
	house id	1
	identifier	211804
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/01/2019 13:29:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the participation of BAME women in the labour market.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211804
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211804
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In October 2018, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced a package of measures to make the workplace fairer for people from ethnic minorities, including a Race at Work Charter.</p><p> </p><p>Developed jointly by the Government and Business in the Community (BITC), the new Race at Work Charter commits businesses to a bold set of principles and actions designed to drive forward a step-change in the recruitment and progression of ethnic minority employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister also announced a consultation on mandatory ethnicity pay reporting by employers with more than 250 employees, to help tackle burning injustices in society and build a society that works for everyone. The consultation closed on 11 January 2019.</p>
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1048008

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2019
	date	25/01/2019
	date tabled	25/01/2019
	ddp created	25/01/2019 15:40:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	25/01/2019 15:46:04 31/01/2019 10:12:02
	hansard heading	Mash Holdings: Company Accounts
	house id	1
	identifier	212620
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/01/2019 09:40:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason Companies House have not taken action in relation to late submitting of statutorily required accounts by MASH holdings limited Company Number 06861426.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 212620
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212620
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Companies House is committed to ensuring companies file up to date. In line with the Companies Act 2006, Companies House has taken appropriate action to ensure the above company meets its filing obligations.</p>
	creator	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1048020

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2019
	date	25/01/2019
	date tabled	25/01/2019
	ddp created	25/01/2019 15:41:17
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	25/01/2019 15:46:31 31/01/2019 10:14:01
	hansard heading	Post Offices
	house id	1
	identifier	212637
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/01/2019 09:42:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to increase the number of main post offices; and what plans his Department has to undertake a consultation of post office service provision.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 212637
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212637
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. The number of main post offices, and their locations, are operational matters for the Post Office.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy conducted a consultation from 8 November to 21 December 2016 to understand what the British public wanted from their Post Office<strong>. </strong>The Government sought responses on the access criteria and the availability of services across the network. The consultation shaped Government decisions to leave access criteria unchanged, and work with the Post Office to extend availability of services to families and small businesses in rural areas. The response received from the Consultation played a central role in informing the Government’s commitment to £370 million of new funding for the Post Office to safeguard the network and invest in its future.</p><p>The Post Office Network Consultation and the Government’s response is available at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/post-office-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/post-office-network</a></p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1054575

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	04/02/2019 23:09:51
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 16:15:05 11/02/2019 17:51:04
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	216363
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:19:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has estimated the value of wages unlawfully unpaid in the last year for which information is available by category of unlawfully unpaid wages.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216363
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216363
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This Government does not hold estimates of the total value of wages unlawfully unpaid in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>Through enforcement of National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) law over the 2017/18 financial year, HM Revenue and Customs identified over £15.6 million in wage arrears, owed to over 200,000 workers. Government has increased HMRC’s enforcement budget again to a record high of £26.3 million for 2018-19.</p><p>Any worker who feels they have been underpaid should contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas). Acas provides free and impartial information and advice on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. Where appropriate, Acas will refer complaints relating to minimum wage underpayment on to HMRC for enforcement action.</p><p>The Acas website is at <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.acas.org.uk</a> and the Acas helpline number is 0300 123 1100.</p>
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1054752

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/02/2019
	date	04/02/2019
	date tabled	04/02/2019
	ddp created	04/02/2019 23:17:19
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/02/2019 23:28:39 11/02/2019 17:51:24
	hansard heading	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
	house id	1
	identifier	216311
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:19:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the annual budget has been for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in each of the last three years; and how many staff that Inspectorate has employed in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216311
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216311
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong>Draft Answer</strong></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 </strong></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>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£725,000</p></td><td><p>13*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Recruitment for additional EAS Inspectors is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19, BEIS is funding over £27million of labour market enforcement. In addition to the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, BEIS have increased resources to HMRC to enforce the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. Funding rose to £25.3 million in 2017/18 (from £20 million in 2016/17), where HMRC identified a record £15.6 million in minimum wage arrears for over 200,000 workers. HMRC’s enforcement budget for 2018/19 now stands at £26.3 million”</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Good Work Plan, the Government has committed to extend state enforcement for vulnerable workers to cover holiday pay and will bring forward proposals for a single labour market enforcement body.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1055066

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/02/2019
	date	05/02/2019
	date tabled	05/02/2019
	ddp created	05/02/2019 21:12:00
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 21:27:52 11/02/2019 17:51:25
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	217036
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:19:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish a response to its consultation entitled Creating a responsible payment culture: a call for evidence on tackling late payment.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 217036
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217036
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The call for evidence on tackling late payment closed on 29 November 2018 and we received nearly 300 responses. We are currently analysing those responses and intend to publish a response in due course.</p>
	creator	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1055270

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/02/2019
	date	05/02/2019
	date tabled	05/02/2019
	ddp created	05/02/2019 21:19:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 21:33:22 11/02/2019 17:51:27
	hansard heading	Business: Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	216974
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:19:28
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of year on year trends in the level of business insolvencies in each of the last seven years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216974
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216974
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Official statistics covering company insolvencies are published quarterly, and include annual statistics on the number of company insolvencies in each of the last seven years. The latest figures, covering up to 2018Q4, are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/insolvency-statistics-october-to-december-2018</a>.</p>
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1056801

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/02/2019
	date	07/02/2019
	date tabled	07/02/2019
	ddp created	07/02/2019 18:31:28
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 18:41:29 14/02/2019 18:29:28
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Codes of Practice
	house id	1
	identifier	218388
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 17:56:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will commission a review of the Pubs Code.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 218388
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	218388
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As required by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will review the operation of the Pubs Code for the period of 21 July 2016 to 31 March 2019. The Government is currently considering the format of the review and will ensure all those with an interest, including tenants and pub companies, have an opportunity to contribute.</p>
	creator	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1056802

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/02/2019
	date	07/02/2019
	date tabled	07/02/2019
	ddp created	07/02/2019 18:31:30
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 18:41:31 14/02/2019 18:29:26
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	218389
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 17:56:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will review trends in the level of pub closures in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Midlothian.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 218389
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	218389
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not hold information the information requested.</p><p>The Government recognises the important role pubs play in local communities. My Rt Hon Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at Autumn Budget 2018 that the Government was freezing beer duties for the second consecutive year as beer makes up close to 50% of pub sales. Many pubs are also benefitting from the business rates retail discount, announced at Budget 2018, which cuts bills by one third for retail properties with a rateable value below £51,000 from April 2019, as well as wider reforms and reductions to business rates.</p>
	creator	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1056804

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/02/2019
	date	07/02/2019
	date tabled	07/02/2019
	ddp created	07/02/2019 18:31:35
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 18:41:36 14/02/2019 18:29:25
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	218390
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 17:56:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to implement a pubs strategy to tackle the closure of pubs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 218390
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	218390
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not hold information the information requested.</p><p>The Government recognises the important role pubs play in local communities. My Rt Hon Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at Autumn Budget 2018 that the Government was freezing beer duties for the second consecutive year as beer makes up close to 50% of pub sales. Many pubs are also benefitting from the business rates retail discount, announced at Budget 2018, which cuts bills by one third for retail properties with a rateable value below £51,000 from April 2019, as well as wider reforms and reductions to business rates.</p>
	creator	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1059742

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 21:56:02
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 22:07:13 19/02/2019 16:49:55
	hansard heading	Post Offices: Closures
	house id	1
	identifier	220235
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:13:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) Post Office and (b) Crown Post Office closures on the local economy in England and Wales.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220235
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220235
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The management of the Post Office network is an operational matter for the Post Office Limited who are responsible for maintaining the network of branches and achieving the accessibility criteria set by Government. The Post Office does not have a branch closure programme, rather they are franchising branches to ensure services remain in communities and are actively looking for areas of the country where there is a demand for Post Office services, with over 350 local branches opened since April 2017 in new locations. Branches can sometimes close for reasons beyond the Post Office’s control and when this happens the Post Office seeks to restore services for the communities affected.</p>
	creator	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1059801

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 22:00:25
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 22:11:24 19/02/2019 16:49:50
	hansard heading	Asda: Sainsbury's
	house id	1
	identifier	220331
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:14:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that employees' views are taken into account during the extension of the inquiry by the Competition and Markets Authority into the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220331
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220331
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Mergers are considered by the independent Competition and Markets Authority under the Enterprise Act 2002.</p>
	creator	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1059802

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 22:00:27
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 22:11:28 19/02/2019 16:53:52
	hansard heading	Competition and Markets Authority: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	identifier	220332
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:15:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the role and function of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to (a) include consultation with trade unions on proposed mergers or takeovers, (b) permanent trade union representation on the CMA and (c) conduct a review of UK takeover laws to consider the effect on and interests of workers.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220332
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220332
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Mergers are considered by the independent Competition and Markets Authority under the Enterprise Act 2002. The Government keeps the law on mergers under constant review.</p>
	creator	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1059916

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 22:09:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 22:28:43 19/02/2019 16:53:47
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	220297
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:16:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216363 on Pay, for what reason his Department does not hold estimates of the total value of wages unlawfully unpaid in the last year.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220297
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220297
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not hold estimates of the total value of wages unlawfully unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>The enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) is a top priority for the Government; we have increased HMRC’s enforcement budget to a record high of £26.3 million for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The position of Director of Labour Market Enforcement was created in 2017 with an obligation to assess the scale and nature of labour market non-compliance. The Director draws upon a wide range of information and intelligence, including the Office for National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Director utilises this intelligence to identify future labour market enforcement priorities for the HM Revenue and Customs Minimum Wage team, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Director’s Labour Market Enforcement Strategy for 2018 to 2019 can be found below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-enforcement-strategy-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-enforcement-strategy-2018-to-2019</a>. The recommendations set out within the strategy were overwhelmingly adopted by the Government in December 2018.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1059917

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 22:09:40
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 22:28:48 19/02/2019 16:53:46
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	220298
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:16:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216363 on Pay, whether his Department has estimated the value of wages unlawfully unpaid for any periods of time.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220298
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220298
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not hold estimates of the total value of wages unlawfully unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>The enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NMW) is a top priority for the Government; we have increased HMRC’s enforcement budget to a record high of £26.3 million for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The position of Director of Labour Market Enforcement was created in 2017 with an obligation to assess the scale and nature of labour market non-compliance. The Director draws upon a wide range of information and intelligence, including the Office for National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Director utilises this intelligence to identify future labour market enforcement priorities for the HM Revenue and Customs Minimum Wage team, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Director’s Labour Market Enforcement Strategy for 2018 to 2019 can be found below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-enforcement-strategy-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-enforcement-strategy-2018-to-2019</a>. The recommendations set out within the strategy were overwhelmingly adopted by the Government in December 2018.</p><p> </p>
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	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1060747

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	13/02/2019
	date tabled	13/02/2019
	ddp created	13/02/2019 20:40:28
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 20:59:34 19/02/2019 16:53:40
	hansard heading	Post Offices: Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	220947
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:17:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an estimate of the additional cost to Post Office Ltd. if the rate of remuneration for postmasters in main branches was awarded to postmasters in local branches in 2017-18.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220947
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220947
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver its strategy and operate as an independent business. Postmasters’ remuneration and management of the branch network are operational matters for Post Office Limited. Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, will write to the Hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p>
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	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1060757

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	13/02/2019
	date tabled	13/02/2019
	ddp created	13/02/2019 20:40:59
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 20:59:56 19/02/2019 16:53:37
	hansard heading	Working Hours: EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	220853
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:19:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to replicate the Working Time Regulations after the UK leaves the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220853
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220853
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Employment law which derives from the EU is implemented in the UK, in statute if necessary. This includes the Agency Workers Directive and the Working Time Directive, which have been transposed into UK law. There is therefore no need to replicate them after the UK leaves the EU. We have committed not to roll back workers’ rights and that commitment includes the protections provided for by the Working Time Directive and the Agency Workers Directive. We also recently laid the Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019 which if passed will increase protections for agency workers on pay between assignment contracts.</p>
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1060758

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	13/02/2019
	date tabled	13/02/2019
	ddp created	13/02/2019 20:41:07
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 20:59:59 19/02/2019 16:53:36
	hansard heading	Agency Workers: EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	220854
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:19:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to replicate the Agency Workers Directive after the UK leaves the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220854
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220854
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Employment law which derives from the EU is implemented in the UK, in statute if necessary. This includes the Agency Workers Directive and the Working Time Directive, which have been transposed into UK law. There is therefore no need to replicate them after the UK leaves the EU. We have committed not to roll back workers’ rights and that commitment includes the protections provided for by the Working Time Directive and the Agency Workers Directive. We also recently laid the Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019 which if passed will increase protections for agency workers on pay between assignment contracts.</p>
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1061031

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/02/2019
	date	14/02/2019
	date tabled	14/02/2019
	ddp created	14/02/2019 19:10:17
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	14/02/2019 19:27:31 28/02/2019 17:39:03
	hansard heading	Companies House: Enforcement
	house id	1
	identifier	221663
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2019 17:07:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216281, how many times Companies House write to a company to remind them of their obligations before further enforcement action is taken.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 221663
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221663
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Companies House aims to secure compliance with the Companies Act 2006. The manner in which a company is reminded of its legal obligations varies for each individual case.</p>
	creator	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1061184

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/02/2019
	date	14/02/2019
	date tabled	14/02/2019
	ddp created	14/02/2019 19:26:56
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	14/02/2019 19:53:29 20/02/2019 18:07:07
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	221712
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/02/2019 17:35:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress has been made on his Department’s preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 221712
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221712
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>BEIS is leading one of the largest programmes of EU exit deliver across government. We have recruited 700 new staff to work on EU Exit Policy.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of delivering a huge secondary legislation programme to ensure a functioning statute book on exit day. As of today, BEIS has laid 62 exit related statutory instruments, including new laws for a nuclear safeguards regime that will maintain the UK industry’s ability to trade in the nuclear sector while ensuring the UK remains on track to meet its international obligations on day one of exit, and plan to lay the remaining instruments by the end of this month.</p><p> </p><p>We have also published 28 technical notices, including on oil and gas, climate change, company law and state aid. These will continue to be updated.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS also continues to work closely with the rest of government on EU Exit issues, to ensure a cohesive approach is taken to support businesses. BEIS has contributed to cross-government information programmes, such as helping to develop the EU Exit business Q&amp;A tool, which was been used over 20,000 times.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS continues to meet with key stakeholders across all sectors to inform our approach and will continue to use their expertise. For example, we have met with over 3,000 businesses to date.</p>
	creator	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1063810

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	18/02/2019
	date tabled	18/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 02:10:30
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 02:18:56 27/02/2019 14:00:11
	hansard heading	Gratuities
	house id	1
	identifier	222745
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/02/2019 13:28:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2018 to Question 178527 on Gratuities, when the Government plans to publish a response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222745
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222745
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has announced its intention to legislate to ensure that all tips left to workers are kept by them in full. In some sectors, tips are a significant part of staff income. It is only right that workers keep the full value of tips left in recognition of good service and hard work.</p><p>This commitment was published as part of the Government’s Good Work Plan, which represents the largest upgrade to workplace rights in a generation. Full details of legislation on tips and a response to the 2016 consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1063812

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	18/02/2019
	date tabled	18/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 02:10:41
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 02:19:01 27/02/2019 14:00:09
	hansard heading	Gratuities
	house id	1
	identifier	222747
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/02/2019 13:28:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 12 February 2019, Official Report, column 724, on Small Businesses, for what reason he is not bringing forward legislative proposals on tipping, gratuities and service charges until the next Session.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222747
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222747
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has announced its intention to legislate to ensure that all tips left to workers are kept by them in full. In some sectors, tips are a significant part of staff income. It is only right that workers keep the full value of tips left in recognition of good service and hard work.</p><p>This commitment was published as part of the Government’s Good Work Plan, which represents the largest upgrade to workplace rights in a generation. Full details of legislation on tips and a response to the 2016 consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1063814

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	18/02/2019
	date tabled	18/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 02:10:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 02:19:19 27/02/2019 14:00:07
	hansard heading	Agency Workers: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	222749
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/02/2019 13:28:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 17 December 2018, Official Report,column 573, when the the repeal of the Swedish Derogation will be implemented.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222749
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222749
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to upholding and extending workers’ rights. We laid the statutory instrument to repeal the Swedish derogation on 17 December 2018 and, subject to parliamentary approval, it will come into force from 6 April 2020.</p>
	creator	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064915

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/02/2019
	date	22/02/2019
	date tabled	22/02/2019
	ddp created	22/02/2019 15:16:35
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	22/02/2019 15:29:53 28/02/2019 15:30:06
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	224802
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2019 14:59:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to undertake a consultation on the transposition of the Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC) into domestic law.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 224802
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	224802
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK has already implemented the Posting of Workers Directive (96/71/EC). Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will need to implement the recent Directive amending the Posting of Workers Directive (2018/957/EU) by 30 July 2020. We intend to consult on the implementation of this Directive later this year. This will give us enough time to pass the necessary legislation, if any is required.</p>
	creator	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield