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967825

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/09/2018
	date	04/09/2018
	date tabled	04/09/2018
	ddp created	04/09/2018 21:21:50
	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	04/09/2018 21:29:14 12/09/2018 17:25:08
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	170292
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/09/2018 16:53:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the proportion of late payments to SMEs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 170292
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	170292
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government understands how important tackling late payment is, especially for smaller businesses. In due course, the Department will be publishing a call for evidence to understand the current trends and evidence on how late payments are affecting SMEs and to seek views on how the Government could go further to tackle the problem.</p>
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

942936

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/07/2018
	date	17/07/2018
	date tabled	17/07/2018
	ddp created	17/07/2018 19:50:03
	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	17/07/2018 20:09:40 23/07/2018 15:14:05
	hansard heading	Companies: Registration
	house id	1
	identifier	165051
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2018 14:42:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to verify the integrity of information held by Companies House.
	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 165051
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165051
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Companies House is constantly looking to improve the integrity of information that is filed on the companies register. New systems have been introduced over the last 12 months to help ensure that inaccurate or fraudulent information is spotted. Their integrity team has also expanded and there are currently around 80 staff working on integrity issues.</p><p> </p><p>Following the evaluation of the UK’s anti-money laundering regime by the Financial Action Task Force, the Government will actively consider areas where the regulatory framework can be improved. This will include how assurance is provided over information filed with Companies House.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

964172

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	31/07/2018
	date tabled	31/07/2018
	ddp created	03/09/2018 17:22:33
	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	05/09/2018 13:05:07 11/09/2018 17:15:03
	hansard heading	Employment: Discrimination
	house id	1
	identifier	169456
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/09/2018 16:43:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Equality Act 2010 to enable Scottish Courts to take protective measures to ensure that claimants in discrimination employment tribunals receive payments where they are due, including statutory powers to arrest funds.
	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 169456
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	169456
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Civil enforcement is a devolved matter and the powers of Scottish Courts in this respect are therefore a matter for the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is clear that where an employment tribunal has made an award then it should be paid promptly. That is why BEIS introduced the UK-wide unpaid award penalty scheme, in addition to other existing enforcement action, to improve award payment rates. Since introduction in April 2016, the unpaid award penalty scheme has levied penalties of £485,646 and secured payment of £829,343 of previously unpaid employment tribunal awards as of January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also committed to further reforms to enforcement, including unpaid awards, following the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices and will update on progress on those reforms in due course.</p>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

947313

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/09/2018
	date	24/07/2018
	date tabled	24/07/2018
	ddp created	24/07/2018 18:50:36
	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	25/07/2018 10:05:14 10/09/2018 16:09:03
	hansard heading	Parental Leave: Fathers
	house id	1
	identifier	168092
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/09/2018 15:37:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage more fathers to take shared parental leave.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 168092
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	168092
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Between February and April 2018, we ran a £1.5m paid for communications campaign to promote Shared Parental Leave and Pay to eligible parents. This was supported by the publication of revised tools and guidance which make it easier for parents to understand and access the scheme.</p>
	creator	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

943874

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2018
	date	18/07/2018
	date tabled	18/07/2018
	ddp created	18/07/2018 19:33:42
	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	18/07/2018 19:38:42 06/08/2018 14:51:02
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	identifier	165703
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/08/2018 14:19:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small and medium-sized businesses in Nottinghamshire have received support under each business support scheme operated by his Department since 2015.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 165703
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165703
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We want the UK to be the best place to start or grow a business and we are supporting SMEs to do so. As part of the Industrial Strategy we have an action plan to unlock over £20bn of investment in innovative and high potential businesses. As part of this, British Patient Capital – a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank – has been given resources of £2.5bn and will deliver a new programme designed to support UK businesses with high growth potential to access the long-term financing they need to scale up.</p><p> </p><p>We have also created a network of 38 Growth Hubs across England, and we are tackling late payments by appointing a Small Business Commissioner.</p><p> </p><p>Growth Hubs are a single point of contact providing SMEs with access to information and advice. The D2N2 Growth Hub - operating in the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire area - has had 6,583 interactions with SMEs since its launch in December 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SMEs across the UK benefit from programmes operated by the Government-owned British Business Bank (BBB). BBB programmes are currently supporting £575.2m of finance for SMEs in the East Midlands Region, across 3,669 businesses. Also, as of 31 March through the BBB-owned Start-Up Loans programme, 779 loans have been made to individuals in Nottinghamshire, totalling £5.2m.</p><p> </p><p>The Business Support Helpline, Government’s free centralised business advice and support service, has received 432 contacts from the Nottinghamshire area since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16 nearly 70 SMEs in the Nottinghamshire area have received Innovate UK funding in total and this includes some companies who are in receipt of multiple awards. Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency, driving productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas.</p><p> </p><p>UK businesses can access core services, information and guidance on starting up and running a business, as well as their statutory rights and obligations, on <strong>GOV.UK</strong> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business</a>).</p>
	creator	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

967813

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/09/2018
	date	04/09/2018
	date tabled	04/09/2018
	ddp created	04/09/2018 21:21:23
	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	04/09/2018 21:28:47 12/09/2018 17:34:01
	hansard heading	New Businesses: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	identifier	170444
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/09/2018 17:02:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding was awarded to businesses in Nottinghamshire under the Government-backed start-up loans scheme; and how much of that money has been repaid to date.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 170444
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	170444
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy aims to make the UK the best place in the world to start or grow a business. The Start Up Loans programme helps individuals access the necessary finance to start or grow a business in the UK. In addition to receiving a loan, applicants are offered free business support and access to a business mentor for 12 months after receiving funding, thereby enhancing their chances of success. Individuals can borrow between £500 and £25,000 and loan repayment periods are between one and five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Start Up Loans programme is managed by the Start Up Loans Company, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank. At the end of July 2018 the Start Up Loans programme had lent £436m to over 57,000 entrepreneurs.</p><p> </p><p>Since the inception of the programme in 2012, 808 loans have been distributed in Nottinghamshire at a value of £5.4m with repayments of £2.2m to date.</p>
	creator	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

944744

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2018
	date	19/07/2018
	date tabled	19/07/2018
	ddp created	19/07/2018 17:35:04
	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	23/07/2018 10:05:33 24/07/2018 16:34:02
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	identifier	166082
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/07/2018 16:02:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much each nation and region of the UK received per capita in EU structural funding for the (a) 2007-13 and (b) 2014-2020 reporting periods.
	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 166082
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	166082
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>(a) In the 2007-13 period, the UK was allocated the following amount from EU Structural Funds:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total allocation</p></td><td><p>Equivalent per capita allocation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£4,344m</p></td><td><p>£84.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>£557m</p></td><td><p>£107.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>£321m</p></td><td><p>£182.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£1,509m</p></td><td><p>£502.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(b) In the 2014-20 period, the UK was allocated the following amounts from EU Structural Funds:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total allocation</p></td><td><p>Equivalent per capita allocation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£5,410m</p></td><td><p>£99.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>£698m</p></td><td><p>£130.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>£400m</p></td><td><p>£217.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£1,881m</p></td><td><p>£608.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The level of support for each nation and region depends on its position in relation to the average GDP per capita of all EU member states.</p><p> </p><p>Population data used derived from ONS Population estimates for 2007 and 2014. The foreign exchange rates used were the ones valid at the time of the allocations, i.e. €1=£0.68 for 2007 and €1=£0.78 for 2014.</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

946980

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/09/2018
	date	23/07/2018
	date tabled	23/07/2018
	ddp created	23/07/2018 21:58:13
	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	23/07/2018 22:17:41 04/09/2018 17:23:02
	hansard heading	Land Registry: Private Sector
	house id	1
	identifier	167313
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/09/2018 16:51:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Land Registry: moving operations to the private sector public consultation, published in March 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 167313
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	167313
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government will be publishing its response to the consultation HM Land Registry: Moving operations to the private sector shortly. I will send a copy to the hon. Member once it is published.</p>
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

946935

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/09/2018
	date	23/07/2018
	date tabled	23/07/2018
	ddp created	23/07/2018 21:54:50
	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	24/07/2018 14:36:04 11/09/2018 14:57:03
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	167330
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/09/2018 14:25:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to secure payments to subcontractors and suppliers owed money for work undertaken for Carillion prior to its liquidation; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Insolvency Act 1986 to protect small and medium-sized enterprises.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 167330
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	167330
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Decisions regarding payments to subcontractors and suppliers to Carillion are the responsibility of the court-appointed Official Receiver. In his role as liquidator, the Official Receiver is an officer of the court and independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also taken swift action to put in place support to those affected by this insolvency event. The Banks have made provision for nearly £1 billion of support to those affected and the British Business Bank will provide support of up to £100 million of lending to small businesses through its Enterprise Finance Guarantee programme. HMRC will provide practical advice and guidance to those who were contracted to Carillion and are now concerned about their ability to pay tax.</p><p>In its response to the Insolvency and Corporate Governance consultation on 26 August 2018, the Government announced that it will increase the current £600,000 cap on the proportion of funds that can be ring-fenced and paid over to unsecured creditors, including small and medium-sized enterprises, ahead of the usual order of priority in an insolvency. The increase will be in line with the impact of inflation on the current cap since it came into effect in 2003, increasing the cap to approximately £800,000.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

947326

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2018
	date	24/07/2018
	date tabled	24/07/2018
	ddp created	24/07/2018 18:51:08
	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	24/07/2018 19:02:35 05/09/2018 16:48:02
	hansard heading	Industry
	house id	1
	identifier	167959
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/09/2018 16:16:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria his Department used to decide which areas would be chosen to work with the Government to develop their local industrial strategies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 167959
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	167959
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have committed to work with all Local Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral Combined Authorities across England to develop Local Industrial Strategies.</p><p> </p><p>Government will take a phased approach - in July we announced the next wave of six areas with which Government is working closely with on their Local Industrial Strategies. These were chosen to give us experience of working with a variety of areas.</p>
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis